100 metres facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Athletics 100 metres
Start of the men's 100 metres final at the 2012 Olympic Games in London
World records
Men	Usain Bolt 9.58 (2009)
Women	Florence Griffith-Joyner 10.49 (1988)
Olympic records
Men	Usain Bolt 9.63 (2012)
Women	Elaine Thompson-Herah 10.61 (2021)
World Championship records
Men	Usain Bolt 9.58 (2009)
Women	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 10.67 (2022)

The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter (109.36 yd) dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women. The inaugural World Championships were in 1983.

The reigning 100 m Olympic or world champion is often named "the fastest man or woman in the world". Fred Kerley and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are the reigning world champions; Marcell Jacobs and Elaine Thompson-Herah are the men's and women's Olympic champions.

On an outdoor 400-metre running track, the 100 m is held on the home straight, with the start usually being set on an extension to make it a straight-line race. There are three instructions given to the runners immediately before and at the beginning of the race: "on your marks," "set," and the firing of the starter's pistol. The runners move to the starting blocks when they hear the 'on your marks' instruction. The following instruction, to adopt the 'set' position, allows them to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles: this will help them to start faster. A race-official then fires the starter's pistol to signal the race beginning and the sprinters stride forwards from the blocks. Sprinters typically reach top speed after somewhere between 50 and 60 m. Their speed then slows towards the finish line.

The 10-second barrier has historically been a barometer of fast men's performances, while the best female sprinters take eleven seconds or less to complete the race. The current men's world record is 9.58 seconds, set by Jamaica's Usain Bolt in 2009, while the women's world record is 10.49 seconds set by American Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.

Race dynamics

Start

Male sprinters await the starter's instructions

At the start, some athletes play psychological games such as trying to be last to the starting blocks.

At high level meets, the time between the gun and first kick against the starting block is measured electronically, via sensors built in the gun and the blocks. A reaction time less than 0.1 s is considered a false start. The 0.2-second interval accounts for the sum of the time it takes for the sound of the starter's pistol to reach the runners' ears, and the time they take to react to it.

For many years a sprinter was disqualified if responsible for two false starts individually. However, this rule allowed some major races to be restarted so many times that the sprinters started to lose focus. The next iteration of the rule, introduced in February 2003, meant that one false start was allowed among the field, but anyone responsible for a subsequent false start was disqualified.

This rule led to some sprinters deliberately false-starting to gain a psychological advantage: an individual with a slower reaction time might false-start, forcing the faster starters to wait and be sure of hearing the gun for the subsequent start, thereby losing some of their advantage. To avoid such abuse and to improve spectator enjoyment, the IAAF implemented a further change in the 2010 season – a false starting athlete now receives immediate disqualification. This proposal was met with objections when first raised in 2005, on the grounds that it would not leave any room for innocent mistakes. Justin Gatlin commented, "Just a flinch or a leg cramp could cost you a year's worth of work." The rule had a dramatic impact at the 2011 World Championships, when current world record holder Usain Bolt was disqualified.

Mid-race

Runners usually reach their top speed just past the halfway point of the race and progressively decelerate to the finish. Maintaining that top speed for as long as possible is a primary focus of training for the 100 m. Pacing and running tactics do not play a significant role in the 100 m, as success in the event depends more on pure athletic qualities and technique.

Finish

The winner, by IAAF Competition Rules, is determined by the first athlete with their torso (not including limbs, head, or neck) over the nearer edge of the finish line. There is therefore no requirement for the entire body to cross the finish line. When the placing of the athletes is not obvious, a photo finish is used to distinguish which runner was first to cross the line.

Climatic conditions

Climatic conditions, in particular air resistance, can affect performances in the 100 m. A strong head wind is very detrimental to performance, while a tail wind can improve performances significantly. For this reason, a maximum tail wind of 2.0 metres per second (4.5 mph) is allowed for a 100 m performance to be considered eligible for records, or "wind legal".

Furthermore, sprint athletes perform a better run at high altitudes because of the thinner air, which provides less air resistance. In theory, the thinner air would also make breathing slightly more difficult (due to the partial pressure of oxygen being lower), but this difference is negligible for sprint distances where all the oxygen needed for the short dash is already in the muscles and bloodstream when the race starts. While there are no limitations on altitude, performances made at altitudes greater than 1000 m above sea level are marked with an "A".

10-second barrier

The 10-second mark had been widely considered a barrier for the 100 metres in men's sprinting. The first man to break the 10 second barrier with automatic timing was Jim Hines at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Since then, over 170 sprinters have run faster than 10 seconds.

Ethnicity

Only male sprinters have beaten the 100 m 10-second barrier, the vast majority of them being of West African descent. Namibian (formerly South-West Africa) Frankie Fredericks became the first man of non-West African heritage to achieve the feat in 1991 and in 2003 Australia's Patrick Johnson (an Indigenous Australian with Irish heritage) became the first sub-10-second runner without an African background.

In 2010, French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre became the first Caucasian to break the 10-second barrier. In 2017, Azerbaijani-born naturalized Turkish Ramil Guliyev followed and in 2018, Filippo Tortu became the first Italian to run under 10s.

In the Prefontaine Classic 2015 Diamond League meet at Eugene, Su Bingtian of China ran a time of 9.99 seconds, becoming the first East Asian athlete to officially break the 10-second barrier. Subsequently, Chinese sprinter Xie Zhenye ran 9.97 on June 19, 2018. On 1 August 2021, Su improved his Asian record at the Olympic semifinal in Tokyo with a time of 9.83. On 9 September 2017, Yoshihide Kiryū became the first man from Japan to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres, running a 9.98 (+1.8) at an intercollegiate meet in Fukui. Kiryu's Japanese teammates Yuki Koike followed suit and ran 9.98 on July 20, 2019, and Ryota Yamagata ran 9.95 on June 6, 2021.

British sprinter Adam Gemili, an athlete with an Iranian-Moroccan ethnic background, became the first sprinter of Middle-Eastern and North African ancestry to legally break the barrier on 7 June 2015, having done so earlier in the same season with an excessive wind reading.

On 3 July 2022, Yupun Abeykoon became the first Sri Lankan as well as first South Asian sprinter in history ever to break 10 second barrier when he won the Resisprint International 2022 title in Switzerland. Yupun's achievement also meant Sri Lanka became the 32nd country in the world to have a sub-10 sprinter and Yupun also became the 167th member of the sub-10 club.

Record performances

Major 100 m races, such as at the Olympic Games, attract much attention, particularly when the world record is thought to be within reach.

The men's world record has been improved upon twelve times since electronic timing became mandatory in 1977. The current men's world record of 9.58 s is held by Usain Bolt of Jamaica, set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships final in Berlin, Germany on 16 August 2009, breaking his own previous world record by 0.11 s. The current women's world record of 10.49 s was set by Florence Griffith-Joyner of the US, at the 1988 United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 16 July 1988 breaking Evelyn Ashford's four-year-old world record by .27 seconds. The extraordinary nature of this result and those of several other sprinters in this race raised the possibility of a technical malfunction with the wind gauge which read at 0.0 m/s- a reading which was at complete odds to the windy conditions on the day with high wind speeds being recorded in all other sprints before and after this race as well as the parallel long jump runway at the time of the Griffith-Joyner performance. All scientific studies commissioned by the IAAF and independent organisations since have confirmed there was certainly an illegal tailwind of between 5 m/s – 7 m/s at the time. This should have annulled the legality of this result, although the IAAF has chosen not to take this course of action. The legitimate next best wind legal performance would therefore be Elaine Thompson-Herah's 10.54 second clocking in 2021 at the Prefontaine Classic. Griffith-Joyner's next best legal performance of 10.61 from 1988, would have her third on the all time list behind Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.60).

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Jim Hines, Ronnie Ray Smith and Charles Greene were the first to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m, all on 20 June 1968, the Night of Speed. Hines also recorded the first legal electronically timed sub-10 second 100 m in winning the 100 metres at the 1968 Olympics. Bob Hayes ran a wind-assisted 9.91 seconds at the 1964 Olympics.

Continental records

Updated 16 July 2022

Area	Men				Women
	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation
Africa (records)	9.77	+1.2	Ferdinand Omanyala	Kenya	10.72	+1.4	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast
Asia (records)	9.83	+0.9	Su Bingtian	China	10.79	0.0	Li Xuemei	China
Europe (records)	9.80	+0.1	Marcell Jacobs	Italy	10.73	+2.0	Christine Arron	France
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	9.58 WR	+0.9	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	10.49 WR	0.0	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States
Oceania (records)	9.93	+1.8	Patrick Johnson	Australia	10.97	+0.5	Zoe Hobbs	New Zealand
South America (records)	10.00	+1.6	Robson da Silva	Brazil	10.91	−0.2	Rosângela Santos	Brazil

All-time top 25 men

Usain Bolt breaking the world and Olympic records at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

As of June 2022^[update]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Reaction (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
1	1	9.58	+0.9	0.146	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 AUG 2009	Berlin
	2	9.63	+1.5	0.165	Bolt #2		05 AUG 2012	London
	3	9.69	±0.0	0.165	Bolt #3		16 AUG 2008	Beijing
2	3	9.69	+2.0	0.178	Tyson Gay	United States	20 SEP 2009	Shanghai
			−0.1	0.142	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	23 AUG 2012	Lausanne
	6	9.71	+0.9	0.144	Gay #2		16 AUG 2009	Berlin
	7	9.72	+1.7	0.157	Bolt #4		31 MAY 2008	New York City
4	7	9.72	+0.2		Asafa Powell	Jamaica	02 SEP 2008	Lausanne
	9	9.74	+1.7	0.137	Powell #2		09 SEP 2007	Rieti
5	9	9.74	+0.9	0.161	Justin Gatlin	United States	15 MAY 2015	Doha
	11	9.75	+1.1		Blake #2		29 JUN 2012	Kingston
			+1.5	0.179	Blake #3		05 AUG 2012	London
			+0.9	0.164	Gatlin #2		04 JUN 2015	Rome
			+1.4	0.154	Gatlin #3		09 JUL 2015	Lausanne
	15	9.76	+1.8		Bolt #5		03 MAY 2008	Kingston
			+1.3	0.154	Bolt #6		16 SEP 2011	Brussels
			−0.1	0.152	Bolt #7		31 MAY 2012	Rome
			+1.4	0.146	Blake #4		30 AUG 2012	Zürich
6	15	9.76	+0.6	0.128	Christian Coleman	United States	28 SEP 2019	Doha
		9.76	+1.2		Trayvon Bromell	United States	18 SEP 2021	Nairobi
		9.76	+1.4		Fred Kerley	United States	24 JUN 2022	Eugene
	22	9.77	+1.6	0.150	Powell #3		14 JUN 2005	Athens
			+1.5	0.145	Powell #4		11 JUN 2006	Gateshead
			+1.0	0.148	Powell #5		18 AUG 2006	Zürich
			+1.0		Gay #3		28 JUN 2008	Eugene
			−1.3		Bolt #8		05 SEP 2008	Brussels
			+0.9		Powell #6		07 SEP 2008	Rieti
			+0.4		Gay #4		10 JUL 2009	Rome
			−0.3	0.163	Bolt #9		11 AUG 2013	Moscow
			+0.6	0.178	Gatlin #4		05 SEP 2014	Brussels
			+0.9	0.153	Gatlin #5		23 AUG 2015	Beijing
			+1.5		Bromell #2		05 JUN 2021	Miramar
9	22	9.77	+1.2		Ferdinand Omanyala	Kenya	18 SEP 2021	Nairobi
	22	9.77	+1.8		Kerley #2		24 JUN 2022	Eugene
10		9.78	+0.9		Nesta Carter	Jamaica	29 AUG 2010	Rieti
11		9.79	+0.1		Maurice Greene	United States	16 JUN 1999	Athens
12		9.80	+1.3		Steve Mullings	Jamaica	04 JUN 2011	Eugene
			+0.1		Marcell Jacobs	Italy	01 AUG 2021	Tokyo
14		9.82	+1.7		Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	21 JUN 2014	Port of Spain
15		9.83	+0.9		Su Bingtian	China	01 AUG 2021	Tokyo
			+0.9		Ronnie Baker	United States	01 AUG 2021	Tokyo
			+1.3	0.150	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain	24 JUN 2023	New York City
18		9.84	+0.7		Donovan Bailey	Canada	27 JUL 1996	Atlanta
			+0.2		Bruny Surin	Canada	22 AUG 1999	Seville
			+1.2		Akani Simbine	South Africa	06 JUL 2021	Székesfehérvár
21		9.85	+1.2		Leroy Burrell	United States	06 JUL 1994	Lausanne
			+1.7		Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	12 MAY 2006	Doha
			+1.3		Mike Rodgers	United States	04 JUN 2011	Eugene
			+1.5		Marvin Bracy	United States	05 JUN 2021	Miramar
25		9.86	+1.2		Carl Lewis	United States	25 AUG 1991	Tokyo
			−0.4		Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	03 JUL 1996	Lausanne
			+1.8		Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	19 APR 1998	Walnut
			+0.6		Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	22 AUG 2004	Athens
			+1.4		Keston Bledman	Trinidad and Tobago	23 JUN 2012	Port of Spain
			+1.3		Jimmy Vicaut	France	04 JUL 2015	Saint-Denis
			+0.9		Noah Lyles	United States	18 MAY 2019	Shanghai
			+0.8		Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	07 JUN 2019	Austin
			+1.6		Michael Norman	United States	20 JUL 2020	Fort Worth
			+0.2		Oblique Seville	Jamaica	21 MAY 2022	Kingston
			+0.7		Micah Williams	United States	27 MAY 2022	Fayetteville

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 9.80). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

• Justin Gatlin ran 9.45 (+20 m/s) in 2011 on the Japanese TV show Kasupe! assisted by wind machines blowing at speeds over 25 metres per second. Due to the nature of the performance, World Athletics has not recognized it as a legitimate clocking.
• Tyson Gay (USA) ran 9.68 (+4.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 29 June 2008.
• Obadele Thompson (BAR) ran 9.69 (+5.7 m/s) at high altitude in El Paso, Texas on 13 April 1996, which stood as the fastest ever 100 metres time for 12 years.
• Andre De Grasse (CAN) ran 9.69 (+4.8 m/s) during the Diamond League in Stockholm on 18 June 2017, 9.74 (+2.9 m/s) during the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon on 21 August 2021, and 9.75 (+2.7 m/s) during the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 12 June 2015.
• Richard Thompson (TTO) ran 9.74 (exact wind unknown) in Clermont, Florida on 31 May 2014.
• Darvis Patton (USA) ran 9.75 (+4.3 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 30 March 2013.
• Trayvon Bromell (USA) ran 9.75 (+2.1 m/s) in Jacksonville, Florida on 30 April 2022, 9.76 (+3.7 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 26 June 2015, and 9.77 (+4.2 m/s) in Lubbock, Texas on 18 May 2014.
• Churandy Martina (AHO) ran 9.76 (+6.1 m/s) at high altitude in El Paso, Texas on 13 May 2006.
• Carl Lewis (USA) ran 9.78 (+5.2 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana on 16 July 1988 and 9.80 (+4.3 m/s) during the World Championships in Tokyo on 24 August 1991.
• Maurice Greene (USA) ran 9.78 (+3.7 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 31 May 2004.
• Ronnie Baker (USA) ran 9.78 (+2.4 m/s) during the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon on 26 May 2018.
• Fred Kerley (USA) ran 9.78 (+2.9 m/s) during the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon on 21 August 2021.
• Andre Cason (USA) ran 9.79 (+5.3 m/s) and (+4.5 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 16 June 1993.
• Favour Ashe (NGR) ran 9.79 (+3.0 m/s) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on 30 April 2022.
• Walter Dix (USA) ran 9.80 (+4.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 29 June 2008.
• Mike Rodgers (USA) ran 9.80 (+2.7 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 31 May 2014 and 9.80 (+2.4 m/s) in Sacramento, California on 27 June 2014.
• Terrance Laird (USA) ran 9.80 (+3.2 m/s) in College Station, Texas on 15 May 2021.
• Marvin Bracy (USA) ran 9.80 (+2.9 m/s) in Montverde, Florida on 4 June 2022.
• Noah Lyles (USA) ran 9.80 (+4.4 m/s) in Devonshire, Bermuda on 21 May 2023.

Annulled marks

• Tim Montgomery ran 9.78 (+2.0 m/s) in Paris on 14 September 2002, which was at the time ratified as a world record. ..... The time had stood as the world record until Asafa Powell first ran 9.77.
• Ben Johnson ran 9.79 (+1.1 m/s) at the Olympics in Seoul on 24 September 1988, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for stanozolol after the race. .....

All-time top 25 women

Florence Griffith-Joyner of the U.S. is the world record holder.

Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica, the fastest woman alive and the second fastest woman of all time.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, the third fastest woman in history.

As of September 2022^[update]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Reaction (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
1	1	10.49	±0.0		Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States	16 JUL 1988	Indianapolis
2	2	10.54	+0.9	0.150	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica	21 AUG 2021	Eugene
3	3	10.60	+1.7	0.151	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	26 AUG 2021	Lausanne
	4	10.61	+1.2	0.12	Griffith-Joyner #2		17 JUL 1988	Indianapolis
			−0.6	0.150	Thompson-Herah #2		31 JUL 2021	Tokyo
	6	10.62	+1.0	0.107	Griffith-Joyner #3		24 SEP 1988	Seoul
			+0.4	0.134	Fraser-Pryce #2		10 AUG 2022	Monaco
	8	10.63	+1.3		Fraser-Pryce #3		05 JUN 2021	Kingston
4	9	10.64	+1.2	0.150	Carmelita Jeter	United States	20 SEP 2009	Shanghai
	9	10.64	+1.7	0.154	Thompson-Herah #3		26 AUG 2021	Lausanne
5	11	10.65	+1.1	0.183	Marion Jones	United States	12 SEP 1998	Johannesburg
	11	10.65	+0.6	0.139	Thompson-Herah #4		09 SEP 2021	Zürich
			−0.8	0.159	Fraser-Pryce #4		08 SEP 2022	Zürich
	14	10.66	+0.5	0.152	Fraser-Pryce #5		06 AUG 2022	Chorzów
	15	10.67	−0.1	0.145	Jeter #2		13 SEP 2009	Thessaloniki
		10.67	−0.4		Fraser-Pryce #6		07 MAY 2022	Nairobi
		10.67	+0.5	0.137	Fraser-Pryce #7		18 JUN 2022	Paris
			+0.8	0.137	Fraser-Pryce #8		17 JUL 2022	Eugene
			+1.3	0.139	Fraser-Pryce #9		08 AUG 2022	Székesfehérvár
	20	10.70	+1.6		Griffith-Joyner #4		17 JUL 1988	Indianapolis
			−0.1	0.120	Jones #2		22 AUG 1999	Seville
			+2.0	0.188	Jeter #3		04 JUN 2011	Eugene
			+0.6		Fraser-Pryce #10		29 JUN 2012	Kingston
			+0.3		Thompson-Herah #5		01 JUL 2016	Kingston
			+1.1		Fraser-Pryce #11		23 JUN 2022	Kingston
6		10.71	+0.4	0.171	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	10 AUG 2022	Monaco
7		10.72	+1.6		Sha'Carri Richardson	United States	10 APR 2021	Miramar
			+0.4		Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Côte d'Ivoire	10 AUG 2022	Monaco
9		10.73	+2.0		Christine Arron	France	19 AUG 1998	Budapest
10		10.74	+1.3		Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	07 SEP 1996	Milan
+1.0				English Gardner	United States	03 JUL 2016	Eugene
12		10.75	+0.4		Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	10 JUL 2009	Rome
13		10.76	+1.7		Evelyn Ashford	United States	22 AUG 1984	Zürich
			+1.1		Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	31 MAY 2011	Ostrava
15		10.77	+0.9		Irina Privalova	Russia	06 JUL 1994	Lausanne
			+0.7		Ivet Lalova	Bulgaria	19 JUN 2004	Plovdiv
17		10.78	+1.0		Dawn Sowell	United States	03 JUN 1989	Provo
		10.78	+1.8		Torri Edwards	United States	28 JUN 2008	Eugene
			+1.6		Murielle Ahouré	Côte d'Ivoire	11 JUN 2016	Montverde
			+1.0		Tianna Bartoletta	United States	03 JUL 2016	Eugene
			+1.0		Tori Bowie	United States	03 JUL 2016	Eugene
22		10.79	±0.0		Li Xuemei	China	18 OCT 1997	Shanghai
			−0.1		Inger Miller	United States	22 AUG 1999	Seville
			+1.1		Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	27 JUL 2013	London
25		10.81	+1.7		Marlies Göhr	East Germany	08 JUN 1983	Berlin
			−0.3		Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	24 AUG 2015	Beijing
			+1.7		Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	14 MAY 2022	Lubbock
			+0.5		Aleia Hobbs	United States	24 JUN 2022	Eugene

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 10.75). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

• Assuming that the 10.49 run by Florence Griffith-Joyner was aided by a +6.0 m/s tailwind, her personal best is 10.61, she also ran 10.54 (+3.0 m/s) on 25 September 1988 at the Olympic Games and 10.60 (+3.2 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana on 16 July 1988.
• Sha'Carri Richardson also ran 10.57 (+4.1 m/s) in Miramar, Florida on 8 April 2023.
• Blessing Okagbare (NGR) ran 10.63 (+2.7 m/s) in Lagos on 17 June 2021, 10.72 (+2.7 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 31 March 2018 and 10.75 (+2.2 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 1 June 2013.
• Brittany Brown (USA) ran 10.66 (+3.2 m/s) during the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco, Texas on 24 April 2022.
• Melissa Jefferson (USA) ran 10.69 (+2.9 m/s) during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 24 June 2022.
• Tori Bowie (USA) ran 10.72 (+3.2 m/s) during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 26 June 2015 and 10.74 (+3.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 3 July 2016.
• Tawanna Meadows (USA) ran 10.72 (+4.5 m/s) in Lubbock, Texas on 6 May 2017.
• Julien Alfred (LCA) ran 10.72 (+2.4 m/s) in Gainesville, Florida on 14 April 2023 and 10.72 (+2.3 m/s) on 10 June 2023 in Austin, Texas.
• Aleia Hobbs (USA) ran 10.72 (+2.9 m/s) during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 24 June 2022.
• Cambrea Sturgis ran 10.74 (+2.2 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 12 June 2021.
• Twanisha Terry (USA) ran 10.74 (+2.9 m/s) during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 24 June 2022.
• Jenna Prandini (USA) ran 10.75 (+4.3 m/s) in Montverde, Florida on 4 June 2022.

Notes:

Season's bests

Men Year Time Athlete Place 1972 10.07  Valeriy Borzov (URS) Munich 1973 10.15  Steve Williams (USA) Dakar 1974 9.9h  Steve Williams (USA) Los Angeles 1975 10.05  Steve Riddick (USA) Zürich 1976 10.06  Hasely Crawford (TRI) Montreal 1977 9.98  Silvio Leonard (CUB) Guadalajara 1978 10.07  Clancy Edwards (USA) Eugene 10.07  Eddie Hart (USA) Colorado Springs 10.07  Steve Williams (USA) Zürich 1979 10.01  Pietro Mennea (ITA) Mexico City 1980 10.02  James Sanford (USA) Westwood 1981 10.00  Carl Lewis (USA) Dallas 1982 10.00  Carl Lewis (USA) Modesto 1983 9.93  Calvin Smith (USA) Colorado Springs 1984 9.96  Mel Lattany (USA) Athens 1985 9.98  Carl Lewis (USA) Modesto 1986 10.00  Chidi Imoh (NGR) Berlin 1987 9.93  Carl Lewis (USA) Rome 1988 9.92  Carl Lewis (USA) Seoul 1989 9.94  Leroy Burrell (USA) Houston 1990 9.96  Leroy Burrell (USA) Villeneuve d'Ascq 9.96 Sestriere 1991 9.86  Carl Lewis (USA) Tokyo 1992 9.93  Michael Marsh (USA) Walnut 1993 9.87  Linford Christie (GBR) Stuttgart 1994 9.85  Leroy Burrell (USA) Lausanne 1995 9.91  Donovan Bailey (CAN) Montreal 1996 9.84  Donovan Bailey (CAN) Atlanta 1997 9.86  Maurice Greene (USA) Athens 1998 9.86  Ato Boldon (TRI) Walnut Athens 1999 9.79  Maurice Greene (USA) Athens 2000 9.86  Maurice Greene (USA) Berlin 2001 9.82  Maurice Greene (USA) Edmonton 2002 9.89  Maurice Greene (USA) Rome 2003 9.93  Patrick Johnson (AUS) Mito 2004 9.85  Justin Gatlin (USA) Athens 2005 9.77  Asafa Powell (JAM) Athens 2006 9.77  Asafa Powell (JAM) Gateshead Zürich 2007 9.74  Asafa Powell (JAM) Rieti 2008 9.69  Usain Bolt (JAM) Beijing 2009 9.58  Usain Bolt (JAM) Berlin 2010 9.78  Tyson Gay (USA) London  Nesta Carter (JAM) Rieti 2011 9.76  Usain Bolt (JAM) Brussels 2012 9.63  Usain Bolt (JAM) London 2013 9.77  Usain Bolt (JAM) Moscow 2014 9.77  Justin Gatlin (USA) Brussels 2015 9.74  Justin Gatlin (USA) Doha 2016 9.80  Justin Gatlin (USA) Eugene 2017 9.82  Christian Coleman (USA) Eugene 2018 9.79  Christian Coleman (USA) Brussels 2019 9.76  Christian Coleman (USA) Doha 2020 9.86  Michael Norman (USA) Fort Worth 2021 9.76  Trayvon Bromell (USA) Nairobi 2022 9.76  Fred Kerley (USA) Eugene 2023 9.83  Zharnel Hughes (GBR) New York City

Women Year Time Athlete Place 1972 11.07  Renate Stecher (GDR) Munich 1973 11.07  Renate Stecher (GDR) Dresden 1974 11.13  Irena Szewinska (POL) Rome 1975 11.13  Renate Stecher (GDR) Dresden 1976 11.01  Annegret Richter (FRG) Montreal 1977 10.88  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Dresden 1978 10.94  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Dresden 1979 10.97  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Dresden  Evelyn Ashford (USA) Walnut 1980 10.93  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Dresden 1981 10.90  Evelyn Ashford (USA) Colorado Springs 1982 10.88  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Karl-Marx-Stadt 1983 10.79  Evelyn Ashford (USA) Colorado Springs 1984 10.76  Evelyn Ashford (USA) Zürich 1985 10.86  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Berlin 1986 10.88  Evelyn Ashford (USA) Rieti 1987 10.86  Anelia Nuneva (BUL) Belgrade  Silke Möller (GDR) Potsdam 1988 10.49  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) Indianapolis 1989 10.78  Dawn Sowell (USA) Provo 1990 10.78  Merlene Ottey (JAM) Seville 1991 10.79  Merlene Ottey (JAM) Vigo 1992 10.80  Merlene Ottey (JAM) Salamanca 1993 10.82  Gail Devers (USA) Lausanne Stuttgart  Merlene Ottey (JAM) Stuttgart 1994 10.77  Irina Privalova (RUS) Lausanne 1995 10.84  Gwen Torrence (USA) Gothenburg 1996 10.74  Merlene Ottey (JAM) Milan 1997 10.76  Marion Jones (USA) Brussels 1998 10.65  Marion Jones (USA) Johannesburg 1999 10.70  Marion Jones (USA) Seville 2000 10.78  Marion Jones (USA) London 2001 10.82  Zhanna Block (UKR) Edmonton 2002 10.91  Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH) Manchester 2003 10.86  Chryste Gaines (USA) Monaco 2004 10.77  Ivet Lalova (BUL) Plovdiv 2005 10.84  Chandra Sturrup (BAH) Lausanne 2006 10.82  Sherone Simpson (JAM) Kingston 2007 10.89  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) Kingston 2008 10.78  Torri Edwards (USA) Eugene  Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM) Beijing 2009 10.64  Carmelita Jeter (USA) Shanghai 2010 10.78  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) Eugene 2011 10.70  Carmelita Jeter (USA) Eugene 2012 10.70  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Kingston 2013 10.71  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Moscow 2014 10.80  Tori Bowie (USA) Monaco 2015 10.74  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Saint-Denis 2016 10.70  Elaine Thompson (JAM) Kingston 2017 10.71  Elaine Thompson (JAM) Kingston 2018 10.85  Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV) Doha  Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) Berlin 2019 10.71  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Doha 2020 10.85  Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) Rome 2021 10.54  Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) Eugene 2022 10.62  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Monaco 2023 10.75  Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV) Oslo

Top 25 junior (under-20) men

Updated May 2023^[update]

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Age	Ref
1	9.91 A	+0.8	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	2 August 2022	Cali	19 years, 60 days
2	9.97	+1.8	Trayvon Bromell	United States	13 June 2014	Eugene	18 years, 338 days
3	9.99	+0.3	Bouwahjgie Nkrumie	Jamaica	29 March 2023	Kingston	19 years, 41 days
4	10.00	+1.6	Trentavis Friday	United States	5 July 2014	Eugene	19 years, 30 days
5	10.01	+0.0	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	24 August 2003	Saint-Denis	18 years, 317 days
		+1.6	Jeff Demps	United States	28 June 2008	Eugene	18 years, 172 days
		+0.9	Yoshihide Kiryu	Japan	28 April 2013	Hiroshima	17 years, 134 days
	10.01 A	+1.9	Renan Correa Gallina	Brazil	19 May 2023	Bogotá	19 years, 65 days
9	10.03	+0.7	Marcus Rowland	United States	31 July 2009	Port of Spain	19 years, 142 days
		+1.7	Lalu Muhammad Zohri	Indonesia	19 May 2019	Osaka	18 years, 322 days
		+0.6	Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike	Nigeria	27 May 2022	Fayetteville	19 years, 124 days
12	10.04	+1.7	D'Angelo Cherry	United States	10 June 2009	Fayetteville	18 years, 313 days
		+0.2	Christophe Lemaitre	France	24 July 2009	Novi Sad	19 years, 43 days
		+1.9	Abdullah Abkar Mohammed	Saudi Arabia	15 April 2016	Norwalk	18 years, 319 days
		-0.1	Erriyon Knighton	United States	16 April 2022	Gainesville	18 years, 77 days
16	10.05	NWI	Davidson Ezinwa	Nigeria	3 January 1990	Bauchi	18 years, 42 days
		+0.1	Adam Gemili	Great Britain	11 July 2012	Barcelona	18 years, 279 days
		+0.6	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	24 June 2017	Osaka	18 years, 110 days
		−0.6			4 August 2017	London	18 years, 151 days
19	10.06	0.0	Sunday Emmanuel	Nigeria	26 April 1997	Walnut	18 years, 200 days
		+2.0	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	25 July 1997	Ljubljana	19 years, 111 days
		+1.5	Walter Dix	United States	7 May 2005	New York	19 years, 116 days
		+0.8	Shaun Maswanganyi	South Africa	14 March 2020	Pretoria	19 years, 42 days
23	10.07	+2.0	Stanley Floyd	United States	24 May 1980	Austin	18 years, 336 days
		+1.1	DaBryan Blanton	United States	30 May 2003	Lincoln	18 years, 331 days
		+0.2	Tamunosiki Atorudibo	Nigeria	8 July 2004	Abuja	19 years, 109 days
		+0.3	Jimmy Vicaut	France	22 July 2011	Tallinn	19 years, 145 days
		+2.0			29 July 2011	Albi	19 years, 152 days

Top 25 junior (under-20) women

Updated June 2023^[update]

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Age	Ref
1	10.75	+1.6	Sha'Carri Richardson	United States	8 June 2019	Austin	19 years, 75 days
2	10.83	+0.6	Tamari Davis	United States	30 July 2022	Memphis	19 years, 175 days
3	10.88	+2.0	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	1 July 1977	Dresden	19 years, 102 days
4	10.89	+1.8	Katrin Krabbe	East Germany	20 July 1988	Berlin	18 years, 241 days
		+0.9	Shawnti Jackson	United States	3 June 2023	Nashville	18 years, 32 days
6	10.92	+1.0	Alana Reid	Jamaica	29 March 2023	Kingston	18 years, 68 days
7	10.95 A	-0.1	Tina Clayton	Jamaica	3 August 2022	Cali	17 years, 351 days
8	10.97	+1.2	Briana Williams	Jamaica	5 June 2021	Miramar	19 years, 76 days
	10.97 A	+1.6	Christine Mboma	Namibia	30 April 2022	Gaborone	18 years, 343 days
10	10.98	+2.0	Candace Hill	United States	20 June 2015	Shoreline	16 years, 129 days
11	10.99	+0.9	Ángela Tenorio	Ecuador	22 July 2015	Toronto	19 years, 176 days
		+1.7	Twanisha Terry	United States	21 April 2018	Torrance	19 years, 148 days
13	11.00	+1.5	Mia Brahe-Pedersen	United States	27 May 2023	Eugene	17 years, 180 days
14	11.02	+1.8	Tamara Clark	United States	12 May 2018	Knoxville	19 years, 123 days
15	11.03	+1.7	Silke Gladisch-Möller	East Germany	8 June 1983	Berlin	18 years, 353 days
		+0.6	English Gardner	United States	14 May 2011	Tucson	19 years, 22 days
17	11.04	+1.4	Angela Williams	United States	5 June 1999	Boise	19 years, 126 days
		+1.6	Kiara Grant	Jamaica	8 June 2019	Austin	18 years, 243 days
19	11.06	+0.9	Khalifa St. Fort	Trinidad and Tobago	24 June 2017	Port of Spain	19 years, 131 days
20	11.07	+0.7	Bianca Knight	United States	27 June 2008	Eugene	19 years, 177 days
21	11.08	+2.0	Brenda Morehead	United States	21 June 1976	Eugene	18 years, 260 days
22	11.09		Angela Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	14 April 1984	Nashville	18 years, 335 days
		+1.6	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	27 May 2021	Austin	19 years, 28 days
	11.09 A	+0.1	Tima Seikeseye Godbless	Nigeria	2 August 2022	Cali	18 years, 19 days
25	11.10	+0.9	Kaylin Whitney	United States	5 July 2014	Eugene	16 years, 118 days

Top 25 Youth (under-18) boys

Updated June 2023^[update]

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Country	Date	Place	Age	Ref
1	10.09 A	+0.7	Puripol Boonson	Thailand	2 August 2022	Cali	16 years, 200 days
2	10.15	+2.0	Anthony Schwartz	United States	31 March 2017	Gainesville	16 years, 207 days
3	10.16	−0.3	Erriyon Knighton	United States	23 May 2021	Boston, Massachusetts	17 years, 114 days
4	10.19	+0.5	Yoshihide Kiryu	Japan	3 November 2012	Fukuroi	16 years, 324 days
5	10.20	+1.4	Darryl Haraway	United States	15 June 2014	Greensboro	17 years, 87 days
		+1.5	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	7 September 2015	Apia	17 years, 118 days
		+2.0	Sachin Dennis	Jamaica	23 March 2018	Kingston	15 years, 233 days
9	10.22	+1.0	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	14 May 2016	Shanghai	17 years, 69 days
10	10.23	+0.8	Tamunosiki Atorudibo	Nigeria	23 March 2002	Enugu	17 years, 2 days
		+1.2	Rynell Parson	United States	21 June 2007	Indianapolis	16 years, 345 days
12	10.24	+0.0	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	14 April 2001	Bridgetown	16 years, 185 days
13	10.25	+1.5	J-Mee Samuels	United States	11 July 2004	Knoxville	17 years, 52 days
		+1.6	Jeff Demps	United States	1 August 2007	Knoxville	17 years, 205 days
		+0.9	Jhevaughn Matherson	Jamaica	5 March 2016	Kingston	17 years, 7 days
16	10.26	+1.2	Deworski Odom	United States	21 July 1994	Lisbon	17 years, 101 days
		−0.1	Sunday Emmanuel	Nigeria	18 March 1995	Bauchi	16 years, 161 days
		+0.6	Teddy Wilson	Great Britain	24 June 2023	Mannheim	16 years, 207 days
19	10.27	+0.2	Henry Thomas	United States	19 May 1984	Norwalk	16 years, 314 days
		+1.6	Curtis Johnson	United States	30 June 1990	Fresno	16 years, 188 days
		+1.0	Ivory Williams	United States	8 June 2002	Sacramento	17 years, 37 days
		−0.2	Jazeel Murphy	Jamaica	23 April 2011	Montego Bay	17 years, 55 days
		+1.9	Raheem Chambers	Jamaica	20 April 2014	Fort-de-France	16 years, 196 days
		+1.3	Jeff Erius	France	16 July 2021	Tallinn	17 years, 130 days
		+0.8	Sebastian Sultana	Australia	29 October 2022	Sydney	17 years, 47 days

Top 20 Youth (under-18) girls

Updated June 2023^[update]

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Age	Ref
1	10.98	+2.0	Candace Hill	United States	20 June 2015	Shoreline	16 years, 129 days
2	11.02	+0.8	Briana Williams	Jamaica	8 June 2019	Albuquerque	17 years, 79 days
3	11.09	−0.6	Tina Clayton	Jamaica	19 August 2021	Nairobi	17 years, 2 days
4	11.10	+0.9	Kaylin Whitney	United States	5 July 2014	Eugene	16 years, 118 days
5	11.11	+1.7	Adaejah Hodge	British Virgin Islands	29 April 2023	Lubbock	17 years, 47 days
6	11.13	+2.0	Chandra Cheeseborough	United States	21 June 1976	Eugene	17 years, 163 days
		+1.6	Tamari Davis	United States	9 June 2018	Montverde	15 years, 159 days
8	11.14	+1.7	Marion Jones	United States	6 June 1992	Norwalk	16 years, 238 days
		−0.5	Angela Williams	United States	21 June 1997	Edwardsville	17 years, 142 days
10	11.15 A	-0.1	Shawnti Jackson	United States	3 August 2022	Cali	17 years, 93 days
11	11.16	+1.2	Gabrielle Mayo	United States	22 June 2006	Indianapolis	17 years, 147 days
		+0.9	Kevona Davis	Jamaica	23 March 2018	Kingston	16 years, 93 days
		+1.2	Kerrica Hill	Jamaica	6 April 2022	Kingston	17 years, 31 days
14	11.17	+0.6	Wendy Vereen	United States	3 July 1983	Colorado Springs	17 years, 70 days
15	11.19	0.0	Khalifa St. Fort	Trinidad and Tobago	16 July 2015	Cali	17 years, 153 days
16	11.20	+1.2	Raelene Boyle	Australia	15 October 1968	Mexico City	17 years, 144 days
17	11.22	+1.2	Alana Reid	Jamaica	6 April 2022	Kingston	17 years, 76 days
	11.22 A	+0.2	Viwe Jingqi	South Africa	31 March 2022	Potchefstroom	17 years, 42 days
19	11.24	+1.2	Jeneba Tarmoh	United States	22 June 2006	Indianapolis	16 years, 268 days
		+0.8	Jodie Williams	Great Britain	31 May 2010	Bedford	16 years, 245 days

100 metres per age category

The best performances by 5- to 19-year-old athletes

Boys Age Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Date Place Age Ref 5 15.93 −2.1 Kai Sapp 8 June 2019 Henderson, United States 5 years, 355 days 6 14.30 +1.7 Willie Washington 24 July 2010 Durham, United States 6 years, 350 days 7 13.46 -1.7 6 August 2011 New Orleans, United States 7 years, 363 days 8 12.80 +0.5 29 July 2012 Baltimore, United States 8 years, 356 days 9 12.45 +1.1 3 August 2013 Ypsilanti, United States 9 years, 360 days 10 12.06 −0.4 Nyckoles Harbor 8 June 2016 Landover, United States 10 years, 339 days 11 11.86 +0.1 25 June 2017 Baltimore, United States 11 years, 355 days 12 11.16 +2.0 Shingo Yamamoto 4 October 1998 12 years, 280 days 13 10.82 +1.2 Darrel Brown 10 July 1998 Georgetown, Guyana 13 years, 272 days 14 10.51 −0.7 Sachin Dennis 31 March 2017 Kingston, Jamaica 14 years, 241 days 15 10.20 +2.0 23 March 2018 Kingston, Jamaica 15 years, 233 days 16 10.09 +0.7 Puripol Boonson 2 August 2022 Cali, Colombia 16 years, 201 days 17 10.01 +2.0 Yoshihide Kiryu 29 April 2013 Hiroshima, Japan 17 years, 135 days 18 9.97 +1.8 Trayvon Bromell 13 June 2014 Eugene, United States 18 years, 338 days 19 9.84 +1.3 25 June 2015 Eugene, United States 19 years, 350 days

Girls Age Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Date Place Age 5 16.12 +1.6 Micahlena Cotton 9 July 2016 Orlando, United States 5 years, 362 days 6 14.89 0.0 Stacey Onyepunuka 6 July 2013 Mesa, United States 6 years, 261 days 7 13.97 −0.4 Payton Payne 25 July 2015 Durham, United States 7 years, 234 days 8 13.55 +1.5 Kharisma Watkins 1 June 2019 Miramar, United States 8 years, 343 days 9 12.67 +1.7 Payton Payne 9 July 2017 Greensboro, United States 9 years, 218 days 10 12.15 +0.5 26 July 2018 Greensboro, United States 10 years, 235 days 11 11.75 +1.6 28 July 2019 Sacramento, United States 11 years, 237 days 12 11.75 +1.6 28 July 2019 Sacramento, United States 11 years, 237 days 13 11.54 −1.2 Tia Clayton 27 May 2018 Douglasville, United States 13 years, 283 days 14 11.27 +1.4 29 March 2019 Kingston, Jamaica 14 years, 224 days 15 11.13 +1.7 Briana Williams 17 March 2018 Jacksonville, United States 15 years, 361 days +1.6 Tamari Davis 9 June 2018 Shoreline, United States 15 years, 114 days 16 10.98 +2.0 Candance Hill 20 June 2015 Shoreline, United States 16 years, 129 days 17 10.94 +0.6 Briana Williams 21 June 2019 Kingston, Jamaica 17 years, 92 days 18 10.89 +1.8 Katrin Krabbe 20 July 1988 Berlin, East Germany 18 years, 241 days 19 10.75 +1.3 Sha'Carri Richardson 8 June 2019 Austin, United States 19 years, 75 days

Para world records men

Jason Smyth (in lane five) breaking the men's T13 world record at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

Updated June 2023

Class	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
T11	10.82	+1.2	Athanasios Ghavelas	Greece	2 September 2021	Tokyo
T12	10.37	+0.8	Salum Ageze Kashafali	Norway	15 June 2023	Oslo
T13	10.46	+0.6	Jason Smyth	Ireland	1 September 2012	London
T32	23.25	0.0	Martin McDonagh	Ireland	13 August 1999	Nottingham
T33	16.46	+1.3	Ahmad Almutairi	Kuwait	12 May 2015	Doha
		+1.0			3 June 2017	Nottwil
T34	14.46	+0.6	Walid Ktila	Tunisia	1 June 2019	Arbon
T35	11.39	0.0	Dmitrii Safronov	Russia	30 August 2021	Tokyo
T36	11.72	+0.7	James Turner	Australia	10 November 2019	Dubai
T37	10.95	+0.3	Nick Mayhugh	United States	27 August 2021	Tokyo
T38	10.74	−0.3	Hu Jianwen	China	13 September 2016	Rio de Janeiro
T42	12.04	–0.5	Anton Prokhorov	Russia	30 August 2021	Tokyo
T43	vacant
T44	11.00	+1.1	Mpumelelo Mhlongo	South Africa	11 November 2019	Dubai
T45	10.94	+0.2	Yohansson Nascimento	Brazil	6 September 2012	London
T46/47	10.29	+1.8	Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos	Brazil	31 March 2022	São Paulo
T51	19.32	+1.2	Roger Habsch	Belgium	18 May 2023	Arbon
T52	16.41	+0.2	Raymond Martin	United States	30 May 2019	Arbon
T53	14.10	+0.7	Brent Lakatos	Canada	27 May 2017	Arbon
T54	13.63	+1.0	Leo-Pekka Tähti	Finland	1 September 2012	London
T61	12.73	+0.9	Ali Lacin	Germany	3 July 2020	Berlin
T62	10.54	+1.6	Johannes Floors	Germany	10 November 2019	Dubai
T63	11.95	+1.9	Vinicius Goncalves Rodrigues	Brazil	25 April 2019	São Paulo
T64	10.61	+1.4	Richard Browne	United States	29 October 2015	Doha

Para world records women

Updated June 2022

Classification	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
T11	11.85	+1.5	Jerusa Geber Santos	Brazil	27 July 2019	São Paulo
T12	11.40	+0.2	Omara Durand	Cuba	9 September 2016	Rio de Janeiro
T13	11.79	+0.5	Leilia Adzhametova	Ukraine	11 September 2016	Rio de Janeiro
T32	17.67	0.0	Lindsay Wright	Great Britain	25 July 1997	Nottingham
T33	19.89	+0.3	Shelby Watson	Great Britain	26 May 2016	Nottwil
T34	16.39	+0.3	Hannah Cockroft	Great Britain	29 August 2021	Tokyo
T35	13.43	+0.9	Isis Holt	Australia	19 July 2017	London
T36	13.68	+1.5	Shi Yiting	China	20 July 2017	London
T37	13.00	+0.4	Wen Xiaoyan	China	2 September 2021	Tokyo
T38	12.38	+1.0	Sophie Hahn	Great Britain	12 November 2019	Dubai
		+0.4			28 August 2021	Tokyo
T42	14.61	−0.2	Karisma Evi Tiarani	Indonesia	13 November 2019	Dubai
T43	12.80	+1.0	Marlou van Rhijn	Netherlands	29 October 2015	Doha
T44	12.72	+0.5	Irmgard Bensusan	Germany	24 May 2019	Nottwil
	12.72	+1.8	Irmgard Bensusan	Germany	21 June 2019	Leverkusen
T45	14.00	0.0	Giselle Cole	Canada	2 June 1980	Arnhem
T46/47	11.95	−0.2	Yunidis Castillo	Cuba	4 September 2012	London
T51	24.69	−0.8	Cassie Mitchell	United States	2 July 2016	Charlotte
T52	18.67	+1.7	Michelle Stilwell	Canada	14 July 2012	Windsor
T53	15.70	+1.0	Catherine Debrunner	Switzerland	28 May 2022	Nottwil
T54	15.35	+1.9	Tatyana McFadden	United States	5 June 2016	Indianapolis
T61	14.95	+1.5	Vanessa Louw	Australia	20 January 2020	Canberra
T62	12.78	+1.0	Fleur Jong	Netherlands	21 August 2020	Leverkusen
T63	14.02	+0.3	Martina Caironi	Italy	28 May 2022	Eugene
T64	12.64	+1.6	Fleur Jong	Netherlands	3 June 2021	Bydgoszcz

Olympic medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1896 Athens details	Thomas Burke  United States	Fritz Hofmann  Germany	Francis Lane  United States
			Alajos Szokolyi  Hungary
1900 Paris details	Frank Jarvis  United States	Walter Tewksbury  United States	Stan Rowley  Australia
1904 St. Louis details	Archie Hahn  United States	Nathaniel Cartmell  United States	William Hogenson  United States
1908 London details	Reggie Walker  South Africa	James Rector  United States	Robert Kerr  Canada
1912 Stockholm details	Ralph Craig  United States	Alvah Meyer  United States	Donald Lippincott  United States
1920 Antwerp details	Charley Paddock  United States	Morris Kirksey  United States	Harry Edward  Great Britain
1924 Paris details	Harold Abrahams  Great Britain	Jackson Scholz  United States	Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt  New Zealand
1928 Amsterdam details	Percy Williams  Canada	Jack London  Great Britain	Georg Lammers  Germany
1932 Los Angeles details	Eddie Tolan  United States	Ralph Metcalfe  United States	Arthur Jonath  Germany
1936 Berlin details	Jesse Owens  United States	Ralph Metcalfe  United States	Tinus Osendarp  Netherlands
1948 London details	Harrison Dillard  United States	Barney Ewell  United States	Lloyd LaBeach  Panama
1952 Helsinki details	Lindy Remigino  United States	Herb McKenley  Jamaica	McDonald Bailey  Great Britain
1956 Melbourne details	Bobby Morrow  United States	Thane Baker  United States	Hector Hogan  Australia
1960 Rome details	Armin Hary  United Team of Germany	Dave Sime  United States	Peter Radford  Great Britain
1964 Tokyo details	Bob Hayes  United States	Enrique Figueroa  Cuba	Harry Jerome  Canada
1968 Mexico City details	Jim Hines  United States	Lennox Miller  Jamaica	Charles Greene  United States
1972 Munich details	Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union	Robert Taylor  United States	Lennox Miller  Jamaica
1976 Montreal details	Hasely Crawford  Trinidad and Tobago	Don Quarrie  Jamaica	Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union
1980 Moscow details	Allan Wells  Great Britain	Silvio Leonard  Cuba	Petar Petrov  Bulgaria
1984 Los Angeles details	Carl Lewis  United States	Sam Graddy  United States	Ben Johnson  Canada
1988 Seoul details	Carl Lewis  United States	Linford Christie  Great Britain	Calvin Smith  United States
1992 Barcelona details	Linford Christie  Great Britain	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	Dennis Mitchell  United States
1996 Atlanta details	Donovan Bailey  Canada	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago
2000 Sydney details	Maurice Greene  United States	Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago	Obadele Thompson  Barbados
2004 Athens details	Justin Gatlin  United States	Francis Obikwelu  Portugal	Maurice Greene  United States
2008 Beijing details	Usain Bolt  Jamaica	Richard Thompson  Trinidad and Tobago	Walter Dix  United States
2012 London details	Usain Bolt  Jamaica	Yohan Blake  Jamaica	Justin Gatlin  United States
2016 Rio details	Usain Bolt  Jamaica	Justin Gatlin  United States	Andre De Grasse  Canada
2020 Tokyo details	Marcell Jacobs  Italy	Fred Kerley  United States	Andre De Grasse  Canada

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	1928 Amsterdam details	Betty Robinson  United States	Fanny Rosenfeld  Canada	Ethel Smith  Canada
1932 Los Angeles details	Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland	Hilda Strike  Canada	Wilhelmina von Bremen  United States
1936 Berlin details	Helen Stephens  United States	Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland	Käthe Krauß  Germany
1948 London details	Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands	Dorothy Manley  Great Britain	Shirley Strickland  Australia
1952 Helsinki details	Marjorie Jackson  Australia	Daphne Hasenjager  South Africa	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty  Australia
1956 Melbourne details	Betty Cuthbert  Australia	Christa Stubnick  United Team of Germany	Marlene Matthews  Australia
1960 Rome details	Wilma Rudolph  United States	Dorothy Hyman  Great Britain	Giuseppina Leone  Italy
1964 Tokyo details	Wyomia Tyus  United States	Edith McGuire  United States	Ewa Kłobukowska  Poland
1968 Mexico City details	Wyomia Tyus  United States	Barbara Ferrell  United States	Irena Szewińska  Poland
1972 Munich details	Renate Stecher  East Germany	Raelene Boyle  Australia	Silvia Chivás  Cuba
1976 Montreal details	Annegret Richter  West Germany	Renate Stecher  East Germany	Inge Helten  West Germany
1980 Moscow details	Lyudmila Kondratyeva  Soviet Union	Marlies Göhr  East Germany	Ingrid Auerswald  East Germany
1984 Los Angeles details	Evelyn Ashford  United States	Alice Brown  United States	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
1988 Seoul details	Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States	Evelyn Ashford  United States	Heike Drechsler  East Germany
1992 Barcelona details	Gail Devers  United States	Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica	Irina Privalova  Unified Team
1996 Atlanta details	Gail Devers  United States	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica	Gwen Torrence  United States
2000 Sydney details	Vacant	Ekaterini Thanou  Greece	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
		Tayna Lawrence  Jamaica
2004 Athens details	Yulia Nestsiarenka  Belarus	Lauryn Williams  United States	Veronica Campbell  Jamaica
2008 Beijing details	Shelly-Ann Fraser  Jamaica	Sherone Simpson  Jamaica	none awarded
		Kerron Stewart  Jamaica
2012 London details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica	Carmelita Jeter  United States	Veronica Campbell-Brown  Jamaica
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Elaine Thompson  Jamaica	Tori Bowie  United States	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica
2020 Tokyo details	Elaine Thompson-Herah  Jamaica	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica	Shericka Jackson  Jamaica
2024 Paris details

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Calvin Smith (USA)	Emmit King (USA)
1987 Rome details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	Linford Christie (GBR)
1991 Tokyo details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Leroy Burrell (USA)	Dennis Mitchell (USA)
1993 Stuttgart details	Linford Christie (GBR)	Andre Cason (USA)	Dennis Mitchell (USA)
1995 Gothenburg details	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Bruny Surin (CAN)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
1997 Athens details	Maurice Greene (USA)	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Tim Montgomery (USA)
1999 Seville details	Maurice Greene (USA)	Bruny Surin (CAN)	Dwain Chambers (GBR)
2001 Edmonton details	Maurice Greene (USA)	Bernard Williams (USA)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Kim Collins (SKN)	Darrel Brown (TRI)	Darren Campbell (GBR)
2005 Helsinki details	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Michael Frater (JAM)	Kim Collins (SKN)
2007 Osaka details	Tyson Gay (USA)	Derrick Atkins (BAH)	Asafa Powell (JAM)
2009 Berlin details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Tyson Gay (USA)	Asafa Powell (JAM)
2011 Daegu details	Yohan Blake (JAM)	Walter Dix (USA)	Kim Collins (SKN)
2013 Moscow details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Nesta Carter (JAM)
2015 Beijing details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Trayvon Bromell (USA)  Andre De Grasse (CAN)
2017 London details	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Christian Coleman (USA)	Usain Bolt (JAM)
2019 Doha details	Christian Coleman (USA)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Andre De Grasse (CAN)
2022 Eugene details	Fred Kerley (USA)	Marvin Bracy (USA)	Trayvon Bromell (USA)
2023 Budapest details

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Marlies Oelsner-Göhr (GDR)	Marita Koch (GDR)	Diane Williams (USA)
1987 Rome details	Silke Gladisch-Möller (GDR)	Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Tokyo details	Katrin Krabbe (GER)	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1993 Stuttgart details	Gail Devers (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Gwen Torrence (USA)
1995 Gothenburg details	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Irina Privalova (RUS)
1997 Athens details	Marion Jones (USA)	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	Savatheda Fynes (BAH)
1999 Seville details	Marion Jones (USA)	Inger Miller (USA)	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
2001 Edmonton details	Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (UKR)	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Torri Edwards (USA)	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
2005 Helsinki details	Lauryn Williams (USA)	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	Christine Arron (FRA)
2007 Osaka details	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Lauryn Williams (USA)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2009 Berlin details	Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)	Kerron Stewart (JAM)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2011 Daegu details	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Kelly-Ann Baptiste (TRI)
2013 Moscow details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Murielle Ahouré (CIV)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2015 Beijing details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Tori Bowie (USA)
2017 London details	Tori Bowie (USA)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)	Dafne Schippers (NED)
2019 Doha details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)
2022 Eugene details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Shericka Jackson (JAM)	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)

See also

In Spanish: 100 metros para niños

• 100-yard dash
• List of 100 metres national champions (men)
• List of 100 metres national champions (women)
• Men's 100 metres world record progression
• Women's 100 metres world record progression
• 2018 in 100 metres
• 2019 in 100 metres
• 2020 in 100 metres