Usain Bolt 100 yard dash time

The 100-yard dash is a track and field sprint event of 100 yards (91.44 metres). It was part of the Commonwealth Games until 1970, and was included in the triathlon of the Olympics in 1904. It is not generally used in international events, replaced by the 100-metre sprint (109.36 yards). However, it is still occasionally run in the United States in certain competitions; it was last run at the NCAA championships in 1975.[1][2] Walter Halben Butler (1852–1931) is credited with being the first to run the race in 10 seconds.[3]

All-time top 25[edit]

Automatic timed results only.

  • + = en route to 100 m performance
  • A = affected by altitude
  • nw = no wind measurement

Men[edit]

  • Correct as of February 2017.[4]
Rank Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 9.07+ –0.5 Asafa Powell
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Jamaica
27 May 2010 Ostrava [5]
2 9.10+ –0.4 Justin Gatlin
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United States
17 June 2014 Ostrava [6]
3 9.14+ –0.2 Usain Bolt
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Jamaica
31 May 2011 Ostrava [7]
4 9.19+ –0.2 Steve Mullings
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Jamaica
31 May 2011 Ostrava [8]
5 9.21 A +1.5 Charles Greene
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United States
16 June 1967 Provo
6 9.29+ –0.2 Kim Collins
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
31 May 2011 Ostrava [9]
–0.4 Mike Rodgers
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United States
17 June 2014 Ostrava [10]
8 9.30+ –0.2 Daniel Bailey
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Antigua and Barbuda
31 May 2011 Ostrava [11]
9.30 +0.9 Houston McTear
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United States
9 May 1975 Winter Park
9.30 +1.6 Linford Christie
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Great Britain
8 July 1994 Edinburgh
11 9.32 A +1.5 Lennox Miller
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Jamaica
16 June 1967 Provo
12 9.33 A 0.0 Clifford Outlin
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United States
6 June 1975 Provo
9.33 +1.6 Johnny Jones
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United States
19 March 1977 Austin
+1.2 Jon Drummond
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United States
30 April 1994 Philadelphia
15 9.34+ –0.4 Isiah Young
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United States
26 May 2015 Ostrava [12]
9.34 +1.9 Reggie Jones
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United States
7 June 1974 Austin
17 9.35 nw Bob Hayes
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United States
22 June 1962 Walnut
Bill Collins
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United States
2 May 1974 Austin
9.35 A –1.1 Hasely Crawford
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Trinidad and Tobago
6 June 1975 Provo
20 9.36 +0.5 Frank Budd
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United States
24 June 1961 New York City
+1.2 Andre Cason
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United States
30 April 1994 Philadelphia
+1.6 Sam Jefferson
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United States
8 July 1994 Edinburg
23 9.37 +1.9 Donald Quarrie
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Jamaica
10 May 1975 Fresno
9.37+ +0.7 Trell Kimmons
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United States
27 May 2010 Ostrava [13]
–0.2 Lerone Clarke
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Jamaica
31 May 2011 Ostrava [14]

Notes[edit]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 9.37:

  • Asafa Powell also ran 9.09+ (2010), 9.26+ (2015), 9.27+ (2013).
  • Charles Greene also ran 9.23 A (1967).
  • Usain Bolt ran 9.23+ (2016), 9.29+ (2012).
  • Kim Collins also ran 9.30+ (2013), 9.34+ (2014).
  • Mike Rodgers also ran 9.37+ (2013).

Women[edit]

Rank Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 9.91+ +1.1 Veronica Campbell-Brown
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Jamaica
31 May 2011 Ostrava [15]
2 10.15 indoor Heike Drechsler
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East Germany
1987 [16]
3 10.21 indoor Silke Möller
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East Germany
1988 [17]
10.21+ +1.5 Chandra Sturrup
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Bahamas
27 May 2010 Ostrava [18]
+1.1 Debbie Ferguson
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Bahamas
31 May 2011 Ostrava [19]
6 10.22+ +1.1 Schillonie Calvert
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Jamaica
31 May 2011 Ostrava [20]
7 10.25 indoor Marita Koch
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East Germany
1985 [21]
8 10.28+ +1.5 Sheri-Ann Brooks
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Jamaica
27 May 2010 Ostrava [22]
9 10.29 indoor Marlies Göhr
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East Germany
1980 [23]
1983 [24]
10 10.30+ +1.1 Ruddy Zang Milama
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Gabon
31 May 2011 Ostrava [25]
11 10.38 nw Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
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Australia
1995 [26]
10.38+ +1.1 Barbara Pierre
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United States
31 May 2011 Ostrava [27]
13 10.43 indoor Bärbel Schölzel
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East Germany
1984 [28]
14 10.45+ +1.5 Yevgeniya Polyakova
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Russia
27 May 2010 Ostrava [29]
15 10.46+ +1.1 LaShauntea Moore
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United States
31 May 2011 Ostrava [30]
+1.5 Mikele Barber
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United States
27 May 2010 Ostrava [31]
17 10.48 indoor Renate Stecher
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East Germany
1974 [32]
18 10.49+ +1.1 Kateřina Čechová
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Czech Republic
31 May 2011 Ostrava [33]
19 10.51 indoor Kerstin Behrendt
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East Germany
1989 [34]
20 10.56+ +1.5 Gloria Asumnu
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United States
27 May 2010 Ostrava [35]
21 10.59 +0.3 Melissa Breen
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Australia
21 January 2017 Canberra [36]
10.59+ –0.1 Inna Eftimova
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Bulgaria
31 May 2011 Ostrava [37]
23 10.62 +0.5 Cathy Freeman
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Australia
17 January 1993 Hobart [38]
24 10.67 indoor Heather Hunte
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Great Britain
17 February 1978 Senftenberg [39]
25 10.69+ –0.6 Lina Grinčikaitė
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Lithuania
27 May 2010 Ostrava [40]

Note: The following athletes have had their performances annulled due to doping offense:

Time Wind Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
10.15+ +1.5 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
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Jamaica
27 May 2010 Ostrava [41]

Notes[edit]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 10.33:

  • Veronica Campbell-Brown also ran 10.22+ (2011).
  • Heike Drechsler also ran 10.24i (1986).
  • Schillonie Calvert also ran 10.30+ (2011).
  • Debbie Ferguson also ran 10.31+ (2011)
  • Marita Koch also ran 10.33i (1979, 1981).

Notable 100-yard dash runners[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete Date Time Remarks Ref
F. C. Saportas 1870 10.5 Official world record
Horace H. Lee 1877 10.0 Equalled official world record [42]
W. C. Wilmer 1878 10.0 Equalled official world record
Lon Myers 1880 10.0 Equalled official world record
Arthur Wharton 1886 10.0 Equalled official world record
J. Owen, Jr. 1890 9.8 Official world record
Arthur Duffey 1902 9.6 Official world record (later expunged)
R.P. Williams 1906 9.0 5 separate time pieces [43]
Dan Kelly 1906 9.6 Official world record
Jack Donaldson Johannesburg, 1910 9.375 World record
Eric Liddell 1924 9.7 British record
Eddie Tolan 1929 9.5 Official world record
Frank Wykoff Chicago 7 June 1930 9.4 Official world record, without starting blocks
Jesse Owens 1933 9.4 Equalled world record, set US high school record
Mel Patton 1948 9.3 Official world record
James Jackson Alameda High School, Alameda, California, 1954 9.4 Equalled US high-school record
Ken Irvine 1961 9.3 Equalled professional 100-yard world record
Harry Jerome 1962 9.2 Record made Jerome the only athlete to own both the 100-yard and 100 meter world record simultaneously.
Frank Budd 1962 9.2 Official world record
Bob Hayes 1962 9.35
Charles Greene 1967 9.21
Bob Hayes 1964 9.1 Hand-timed
John Carlos 1969 9.1 Hand-timed, equalled Hayes's world record
Houston McTear 1975 Florida HS State Prelims, Winter Park, FL 9.0 Unofficial and hand-timed. In 1975 registered a time of 9.30 seconds.
Pharnell Raines 1971, Fort Myers, Florida 9.2 High school record, hand-timed
Ivory Crockett 1974 9.0 Hand-timed
Asafa Powell 27 May 2010 9.07+ (−0.5 m/s) Official World Best, en route to 100m [44]

Women[edit]

Athlete Date Time Remarks Ref
Veronica Campbell-Brown 31 May 2011 9.91+ (+1.1 m/s) Official World Best, en route to 100m [45]
Mae Faggs 1954 10.8
Heather Young 20 July 1958 10.73 (+0.3 m/s) Cardiff, official hand time 10.6
Wilma Rudolph 1961 10.8
Dorothy Hyman 10 July 1962 10.6 (+1.3 m/s)
Mary Rand 4 July 1964 10.6 (+0.4 m/s)
Daphne Arden 4 July 1964 10.6 (+1.2 m/s)
Jill Hall 3 July 1965 10.77 (+1.8 m/s) London
Wyomia Tyus 1965 10.5
Val Peat 10 August 1968 10.6 (0.0 m/s) Huddersfield
Maureen Tranter 7 September 1968 10.6 (+1.8 m/s) Birmingham
Barbara Ferrell 1969 10.7
Chi Cheng 13 June 1970 10.0 Portland, Oregon
Iris Davis 1973 10.3w
Heather Hunte 17 February 1978 10.67 i Senftenberg
Veronica Campbell-Brown 31 May 2011 9.91+ (+1.1 m/s) Official World Best, en route to 100m [46]

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How fast can Usain Bolt run the 100 yard dash?

Before his retirement, Bolt beat his 100m 9.69-second record three more times, with his fastest being 9.58 seconds at the 2009 world championships in Berlin. At the same event, he also set the currently unbeaten 200m record of 19.19 seconds.

What's the fastest 100 yard dash time?

Usain Bolt ran 9.23+ (2016), 9.29+ (2012). Kim Collins also ran 9.30+ (2013), 9.34+ (2014).