Editing Donovan Bailey (section)

===1996: Olympic History===
With a world title now under his belt, Bailey was highly considered to be a favorite for the Olympic title in [[Atlanta]] that July. As a precursor to the centennial Olympics, Bailey broke the indoor 50 m world record during a competition in [[Reno, Nevada]] in 1996. He was timed at 5.56 seconds. [[Maurice Greene (athlete)|Maurice Greene]] later matched that performance in 1999, but his run was never ratified as a world record.

Bailey was officially selected to represent [[Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics]] after winning his 3rd consecutive national title in the 100 m. On July 27, after a very disrupted start to the race, Bailey won the [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|Olympic 100 m title]] setting a new world record of 9.84 seconds. During the race, he hit a top speed of 12.10&nbsp;m/s (43.6&nbsp;km/h or 27.1&nbsp;mph), which was the fastest top speed ever recorded by a human being at the time. Many Canadians felt Bailey's victory restored the image of Canadian athletes, after the exposure of [[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]]'s history of doping. At the time, Bailey was only the second person after Carl Lewis to hold all the major titles in the 100 m concurrently (World Champion, Olympic Champion & World Record Holder). 6 days later, he completed the 100 m/{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} double once again, anchoring Canada to their first ever [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Olympic {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} title]] in a national record of 37.69 seconds.