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Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
World Record progression 100 m men
The first World Record in the 100 m for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.
Manual Timing
| Time |
Athlete |
Nat |
Location of race |
Date |
| 10.6 |
Don Lippincott |
USA |
Stockholm, Sweden |
July 6, 1912 |
| Jackson Scholz |
USA |
September 16, 1920 |
| 10.4 |
Charlie Paddock |
USA |
Redlands, California, USA |
April 23, 1921 |
| Eddie Tolan |
USA |
Stockholm, Sweden |
August 8, 1929 |
| Copenhagen, Denmark |
August 25, 1929 |
| 10.3 |
Percy Williams |
CAN |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
August 9, 1930 |
| Eddie Tolan |
USA |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
August 1, 1932 |
| Ralph Metcalfe |
USA |
Budapest, Hungary |
August 12, 1933 |
| Eulace Peacock |
USA |
Oslo, Norway |
August 6, 1934 |
| Chris Berger |
NED |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
August 26, 1934 |
| Ralph Metcalfe |
USA |
Osaka, Japan |
September 15, 1934 |
| Dairen, China |
September 23, 1934 |
| Takanori Yoshioka |
JPN |
Tokyo, Japan |
June 15, 1935 |
| 10.2 |
Jesse Owens |
USA |
Chicago, Illinois, USA |
June 20, 1936 |
| Harold Davis |
USA |
Compton, California, USA |
June 6, 1941 |
| Lloyd LaBeach |
PAN |
Fresno, California, USA |
May 15, 1948 |
| Barney Ewell |
USA |
Evanston, Illinois, USA |
July 9, 1948 |
| Emmanuel McDonald Bailey |
GBR |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
August 25, 1951 |
| Heinz Fütterer |
FRG |
Yokohama, Japan |
October 31, 1954 |
| Bobby Joe Morrow |
USA |
Houston, Texas, USA |
May 19, 1956 |
| Ira Murchison |
USA |
Compton, California, USA |
June 1, 1956 |
| Bobby Joe Morrow |
USA |
Bakersfield, California, USA |
June 22, 1956 |
| Ira Murchison |
USA |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
June 29, 1956 |
| Bobby Joe Morrow |
USA |
| 10.1 |
Willie Williams |
USA |
Berlin, Germany |
August 3, 1956 |
| Ira Murchison |
USA |
August 4, 1956 |
| Leamon King |
USA |
Ontario, California, USA |
October 20, 1956 |
| Santa Ana, California, USA |
October 27, 1956 |
| Ray Norton |
USA |
San Jose, California, USA |
April 18, 1959 |
| 10.0 |
Armin Hary |
FRG |
Zürich, Switzerland |
June 21, 1960 |
| Harry Jerome |
CAN |
Saskatoon, Canada |
July 15, 1960 |
| Horacio Esteves |
VEN |
Caracas, Venezuela |
August 15, 1964 |
| Bob Hayes |
USA |
Tokyo, Japan |
October 15, 1964 |
| Jim Hines |
USA |
Modesto, California, USA |
May 27, 1967 |
| Enrique Figuerola |
CUB |
Budapest, Hungary |
June 17, 1967 |
| Paul Nash |
RSA |
Krugersdorp, South Africa |
April 2, 1968 |
| Oliver Ford |
USA |
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
May 31, 1968 |
| Charles Greene |
USA |
Sacramento, California, USA |
June 20, 1968 |
| Roger Bambuck |
FRA |
| 9.9 |
Jim Hines |
USA |
| Ronnie Ray Smith |
USA |
| Charles Greene |
USA |
| Eddie Hart |
USA |
Eugene, Oregon, USA |
July 1, 1972 |
| Reynaud Robinson |
USA |
| Steve Williams |
USA |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
June 21, 1972 |
| Silvio Leonard |
CUB |
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
June 5, 1975 |
| Steve Williams |
USA |
Siena, Italy |
July 16, 1975 |
| Berlin, Germany |
August 22, 1975 |
| Gainesville, Florida, USA |
March 27, 1976 |
| Harvey Glance |
USA |
Columbia, South Carolina, USA |
April 3, 1976 |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
May 1, 1976 |
| Don Quarrie |
JAM |
Modesto, California, USA |
May 22, 1976 |
Electronic Timing
| Time |
Athlete |
Nat |
Location of race |
Date |
| 9.95 |
Jim Hines |
USA |
Mexico City, Mexico |
October 14, 1968 |
| 9.93 |
Calvin Smith |
USA |
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA |
July 3, 1983 |
| Carl Lewis |
USA |
Rome, Italy |
August 30, 1987 |
| 9.92 |
Seoul, South Korea |
September 24, 1988 |
| 9.90 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
New York, New York, USA |
June 14, 1991 |
| 9.86 |
Carl Lewis |
USA |
Tokyo, Japan |
August 25, 1991 |
| 9.85 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
Lausanne, Switzerland |
July 6, 1994 |
| 9.84 |
Donovan Bailey |
CAN |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
July 29, 1996 |
| 9.79 |
Maurice Greene |
USA |
Athens, Greece |
June 16, 1999 |
| 9.78 |
Tim Montgomery |
USA |
Paris, France |
September 14, 2002 |
From 24 September 1988 until his disqualification three days later, on 27 September 1988, the world record was held by Ben Johnson, with a time of 9.79 seconds.
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