Men's 100 metres world record progression

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IAAF-ratified world record progression for the men's 100 m. In 1977 the IAAF began requiring fully automatic timing, accounting for both the increase in measured times and the decrease in measurement uncertainty.

The first record in the 100 metres for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912.

Template:As of, the IAAF had ratified 67 records in the event, not including rescinded records.<ref name = iaaf2011/>

Unofficial progression before the IAAF

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Location of races	Date
10.8	Luther Cary	Template:Flag	Paris, France	July 4, 1891
	Cecil Lee	Template:GBR	Brussels, Belgium	September 25, 1892
	Étienne De Ré	Template:BEL	Brussels, Belgium	August 4, 1893
	L. Atcherley	Template:GBR	Frankfurt/Main, Germany	April 13, 1895
	Harry Beaton	Template:GBR	Rotterdam, Netherlands	August 28, 1895
	Harald Anderson-Arbin	Template:SWE	Helsingborg, Sweden	August 9, 1896
	Isaac Westergren	Template:SWE	Gävle, Sweden	September 11, 1898
		Template:SWE	Gävle, Sweden	September 10, 1899
	Frank Jarvis	Template:Flag	Paris, France	July 14, 1900
	Walter Tewksbury	Template:Flag	Paris, France	July 14, 1900
	Carl Ljung	Template:SWE	Stockholm, Sweden	September 23, 1900
	Walter Tewksbury	Template:Flag	Philadelphia, United States	October 6, 1900
	André Passat	Template:FRA	Bordeaux, France	June 14, 1903
	Louis Kuhn	Template:SUI	Bordeaux, France	June 14, 1903
	Harald Grønfeldt	Template:DEN	Aarhus, Denmark	July 5, 1903
	Eric Frick	Template:SWE	Jönköping, Sweden	August 9, 1903
10.6	Knut Lindberg	Template:SWE	Gothenburg, Sweden	August 26, 1906
10.5	Emil Ketterer	Template:Flag	Karlsruhe, Germany	July 9, 1911
	Richard Rau	Template:Flag	Braunschweig, Germany	August 13, 1911
	Richard Rau	Template:Flag	Munich, Germany	May 12, 1912
	Erwin Kern	Template:Flag	Munich, Germany	May 26, 1912

IAAF record progression

	Ratified
	Not ratified
	Ratified but later rescinded

"Wind" in these tables refers to wind assistance, the velocity of the wind parallel to the runner - positive values are from the starting line towards the finish line, negative are from the finish line towards the starting line, 0 is no wind in either direction, and all values are measured in metres per second. Any wind perpendicular to the runners (from left to right, right to left, or up to down or down to up, although the conditions of the track generally preclude those wind directions) is ignored and not listed.

"Auto" refers to automatic timing, and for the purposes of these lists, indicates auto times which were either also taken for hand-timed records, or were rounded to the tenth or hundredth of a second (depending on the rounding rules then in effect) for the official record time.

Records 1912–1976

Time	Wind	Auto	Athlete	Nationality	Location of race	Date	Ref
10.6			Donald Lippincott	Template:Flag	Stockholm, Sweden	July 6, 1912	<ref name = iaaf> Template:Cite web </ref>
			Jackson Scholz			September 16, 1920	<ref name = iaaf/>
10.4			Charley Paddock		Redlands, USA	April 23, 1921	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.0		Eddie Tolan		Stockholm, Sweden	August 8, 1929	<ref name = iaaf/>
					Copenhagen, Denmark	August 25, 1929	<ref name = iaaf/>
10.3			Percy Williams	Template:Flag	Toronto, Canada	August 9, 1930	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.4	10.38	Eddie Tolan	Template:Flag	Los Angeles, USA	August 1, 1932	<ref name = iaaf/>
			Ralph Metcalfe		Budapest, Hungary	August 12, 1933	<ref name = iaaf/>
			Eulace Peacock		Oslo, Norway	August 6, 1934	<ref name = iaaf/>
			Chris Berger	Template:NED	Amsterdam, Netherlands	August 26, 1934	<ref name = iaaf/>
			Ralph Metcalfe	Template:Flag	Osaka, Japan	September 15, 1934	<ref name = iaaf/>
	2.0				Dairen, Japan	September 23, 1934	<ref name = iaaf/>
	2.5		Takayoshi Yoshioka	Template:Flag	Tokyo, Japan	June 15, 1935	<ref name = iaaf/>
10.2	1.2		Jesse Owens	Template:Flag	Chicago, USA	June 20, 1936	<ref name = iaaf/>
10.3	0.5		Lennart Strandberg	Template:SWE	Malmö, Sweden	September 26, 1936	<ref group=note name="Strandberg">Lennart Strandberg ran 10.3 to tie the then-extant world record on September 26, 1936, and this was ratified as a world record. On February 28, 1938, the IAAF ratified Jesse Owens' 10.2 from June 20, 1936, meaning Strandberg's mark, achieved after Owens', was rescinded as a record.</ref><ref name="wrp">Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Rp
10.2	−0.9		Harold Davis	Template:Flag	Compton, USA	June 6, 1941	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.7		Lloyd LaBeach	Template:PAN	Fresno, USA	May 15, 1948	<ref name = iaaf/>
		10.35	Barney Ewell	Template:Flag	Evanston, United States	July 9, 1948	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.0		McDonald Bailey	Template:GBR2	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	August 25, 1951	<ref name = iaaf/>
	1.1		Heinz Fütterer	Template:FRG	Yokohama, Japan	October 31, 1954	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.9		Bobby Morrow	Template:Flag	Houston, USA	May 19, 1956	<ref name = iaaf/>
	−1.0		Ira Murchison		Compton, USA	June 1, 1956	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.0		Bobby Morrow		Bakersfield, USA	June 22, 1956	<ref name = iaaf/>
	−1.3		Ira Murchison		Los Angeles, USA	June 29, 1956	<ref name = iaaf/>
	−0.4		Bobby Morrow
10.1	0.7		Willie Williams		Berlin, Germany	August 3, 1956	<ref name = iaaf/>
	1.0		Ira Murchison			August 4, 1956	<ref name = iaaf/>
	1.5		Leamon King		Ontario, USA	October 20, 1956	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.9				Santa Ana, USA	October 27, 1956	<ref name = iaaf/>
	1.3		Ray Norton		San Jose, USA	April 18, 1959	<ref name = iaaf/>
10.0	0.9	10.25	Armin Hary	Template:FRG	Zürich, Switzerland	June 21, 1960	<ref name = iaaf/>
	1.8		Harry Jerome	Template:Flag	Saskatoon, Canada	July 15, 1960	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.0		Horacio Esteves	Template:Flag	Caracas, Venezuela	August 15, 1964	<ref name = iaaf/>
	1.3	10.06	Bob Hayes	Template:USA	Tokyo, Japan	October 15, 1964	<ref name = iaaf/>
	2.0	10.17	Jim Hines	Template:USA	Modesto, USA	May 27, 1967	<ref name = iaaf/>
	1.8		Enrique Figuerola	Template:CUB	Budapest, Hungary	June 17, 1967	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.0		Paul Nash	Template:Flagcountry	Krugersdorp, South Africa	April 2, 1968	<ref name = iaaf/>
	1.1		Oliver Ford	Template:USA	Albuquerque, USA	May 31, 1968	<ref name = iaaf/>
	2.0	10.20	Charles Greene		Sacramento, USA	June 20, 1968	<ref name = iaaf/>
	2.0	10.28	Roger Bambuck	Template:FRA
9.9	0.8	10.03	Jim Hines	Template:USA			<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.8	10.14	Ronnie Ray Smith
	0.9	10.10	Charles Greene
	0.3	9.95	Jim Hines		Mexico City, Mexico	October 14, 1968	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.0		Eddie Hart		Eugene, USA	July 1, 1972	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.0		Rey Robinson
	1.3		Steve Williams		Los Angeles, USA	June 21, 1974	<ref name = iaaf/>
	1.7		Silvio Leonard	Template:CUB	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	June 5, 1975	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.0		Steve Williams	Template:USA	Siena, Italy	July 16, 1975	<ref name = iaaf/>
	−0.2				Berlin, Germany	August 22, 1975	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.7				Gainesville, USA	March 27, 1976	<ref name = iaaf/>
	0.7		Harvey Glance		Columbia, USA	April 3, 1976	<ref name = iaaf/>
					Baton Rouge, USA	May 1, 1976	<ref name = iaaf/>
	1.7		Don Quarrie	Template:JAM	Modesto, USA	May 22, 1976	<ref name = iaaf/>

The first manual time of 9.9 seconds was recorded for Bob Hayes in the final of the 100 metres at the 1964 Olympics. Hayes' official time of 10.0 seconds was determined by rounding down the electronic time of 10.06 to the nearest tenth of a second, giving the appearance of a manual time. This method was unique to the Olympics of 1964 and 1968, and the officials at the track recorded Hayes' time as 9.9 seconds.<ref>revisionist history: men's 100 WR. Track and Field News. November 1, 2013</ref>

Records since 1977

Since 1975, the IAAF has accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting on January 1, 1977, the IAAF has required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.<ref name = iaaf/>

Jim Hines' October 1968 Olympic gold medal run was the fastest recorded fully electronic 100 metre race up to that date, at 9.95 seconds.<ref name = iaaf/> Track and Field News has compiled an unofficial list of automatically timed records starting with the 1964 Olympics and Bob Hayes' gold medal performance there. Those marks are included in the progression.

The event is linked on some of the dates.

Time	Wind	Auto	Athlete	Nationality	Location of race	Date	Notes<ref group="note">"A" stands for records set more than 1,000 metres above sea level, "OR" stands for Olympic record, "CR" stands for World Championships record</ref>	Duration of record
10.06	1.3		Bob Hayes	Template:USA	Tokyo, Japan	October 15, 1964	<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews>Template:Cite journal</ref>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
10.03	0.8		Jim Hines		Sacramento, USA	June 20, 1968	<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
10.02	2.0		Charles Greene		Mexico City, Mexico	October 13, 1968	Template:AthAbbr<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.95	0.3		Jim Hines	Template:USA	Mexico City, Mexico	October 14, 1968	Template:AthAbbr, Template:AthAbbr<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.93	1.4		Calvin Smith		Colorado Springs, USA	July 3, 1983	Template:AthAbbr<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.83	1.0		Ben Johnson	Template:CAN	Rome, Italy	August 30, 1987	<ref group=note name="Johnson">Ben Johnson's time of 9.79 on September 24, 1988 was disallowed and never ratified as a record as he tested positive for stanozolol after the race. Johnson subsequently admitted to steroid use between 1981 and 1988, and his world record of 9.83 set on August 30, 1987 was rescinded by the IAAF Council in September 1989.(Track and Field News, November 1989, vol. 42, #11, p. 37)</ref>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.93	1.0		Carl Lewis	Template:USA	Rome, Italy	August 30, 1987	<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews/><ref>Track and Field News, November 1989, vol. 42, #11, p. 37</ref><ref group=note>Carl Lewis's times of 9.93 were deemed by the IAAF to have equalled the world record after Ben Johnson's 9.83 time was rescinded, but were never ratified as world records, and his time of 9.92 to win the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics after Johnson was disqualified was recognized as the world record from January 1, 1990.</ref>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
	1.1				Zürich, Switzerland	August 17, 1988	<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.79	1.1		Ben Johnson	Template:CAN	Seoul, South Korea	September 24, 1988	<ref group=note name="Johnson">Ben Johnson's time of 9.79 on September 24, 1988 was disallowed and never ratified as a record as he tested positive for stanozolol after the race. Johnson subsequently admitted to steroid use between 1981 and 1988, and his world record of 9.83 set on August 30, 1987 was rescinded by the IAAF Council in September 1989.(Track and Field News, November 1989, vol. 42, #11, p. 37)</ref><ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.92	1.1		Carl Lewis	Template:USA	Seoul, South Korea	September 24, 1988	Template:AthAbbr<ref group=note name="Johnson"/><ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.90	1.9		Leroy Burrell		New York, USA	June 14, 1991	<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.86	1.2Template:Efn		Carl Lewis		Tokyo, Japan	August 25, 1991	<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.85	1.2	9.848	Leroy Burrell		Lausanne, Switzerland	July 6, 1994	<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.84	0.7	9.835	Donovan Bailey	Template:CAN	Atlanta, USA	July 27, 1996	Template:AthAbbr<ref name = iaaf/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.79	0.1		Maurice Greene	Template:USA	Athens, Greece	June 16, 1999	<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.78	2.0		Tim Montgomery		Paris, France	September 14, 2002	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref group="note">Tim Montgomery's time of 9.78 on September 14, 2002 was rescinded after a 2005 ruling on his involvement with BALCO scandal ordered his results from 2001-2005 struck from the records and ordered him to forfeit medals and prizes from that time. By that time, however, it had been surpassed by Asafa Powell.[1]</ref>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.77	1.6	9.768	Asafa Powell	Template:JAM	Athens, Greece	June 14, 2005	<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
	1.7	9.766	Justin Gatlin	Template:USA	Doha, Qatar	May 12, 2006	<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref group="note">Justin Gatlin was briefly credited with a new world record time of 9.76, but five days later the IAAF announced that the official timers, Tissot Timing, had discovered Gatlin's time of 9.766 had erroneously been rounded down to the nearest hundredth instead of rounded up. This time instead made Gatlin co-world record holder with Asafa Powell,[2] but this was rescinded in 2007 after Gatlin failed a doping test.[3]</ref>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
	1.5	9.763	Asafa Powell	Template:JAM	Gateshead, United Kingdom	June 11, 2006	<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
	1.0	9.762			Zürich, Switzerland	August 18, 2006	<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.74	1.7	9.735			Rieti, Italy	September 9, 2007	<ref name=iaaf2011> Template:Cite web </ref><ref>Template:Cite web </ref>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.72	1.7	9.715	Usain Bolt		New York, USA	May 31, 2008	<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.69	0.0	9.683			Beijing, China	August 16, 2008	Template:AthAbbr<ref name = iaaf/>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days
9.58	0.9	9.572			Berlin, Germany	August 16, 2009	CR<ref name = iaaf2011/><ref name="IAAF2">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	data-sort-value="Template:Age in days" | Template:Age in years, months and days

Low-altitude record progression 1968–1987

The IAAF considers marks set at high altitude as acceptable for record consideration. However, high altitude can significantly assist sprint performances.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> One estimate suggests times in the 200 m sprint can be assisted by between 0.09s and 0.14s with the maximum allowable tailing wind of 2.0 m/s, and gain 0.3s at altitudes over 2000m.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For this reason, unofficial low-altitude record lists have been compiled.

After the IAAF started to recognise only electronic times in 1977, the then-current record and subsequent record were both set at altitude. It was not until 1987 that the world record was equalled or surpassed by a low-altitude performance. The following progression of low-altitude records therefore starts with Hines's low-altitude "record" when the IAAF started to recognise only electronic timing in 1977, and continues to Lewis's low-altitude performance that equalled the high-altitude world record in 1987. (Ben Johnson's 9.95 run in 1986 and 9.83 run in 1987 are omitted.)

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Location of race	Date
10.03	Jim Hines<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews/>	Template:USA	Sacramento, USA	June 20, 1968
10.03	Silvio Leonard<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews/>	Template:CUB	Havana, Cuba	September 13, 1977
10.02	James Sanford<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews/>	Template:USA	Westwood, USA	May 11, 1980
10.00	Carl Lewis<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews/>		Dallas, USA	May 16, 1981
10.00			Modesto, USA	May 15, 1982
9.97			Modesto, USA	May 14, 1983
9.97	Calvin Smith<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews/>		Zürich, Switzerland	August 24, 1983
9.96	Mel Lattany<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews/>		Athens, USA	May 5, 1984
9.93	Carl Lewis<ref name=TrackAndFieldNews/>		Rome, Italy	August 30, 1987

See also

• Women's 100 metres world record progression
• Men's 200 metres world record progression
• 100-yard dash