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100 metres
at the Olympic Games

The 2008 Olympic men's 100 metre final

Overview
Sport| Athletics
Gender| Men and women
Years held| Men: 1896 – 2024
Women: 1928 – 2024
Reigning champion
Men|  Noah Lyles (USA)
Women|  Julien Alfred (LCA)

The 100 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the first edition of the multi-sport event. The men's 100 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896. The 100 metres is considered one of the blue ribbon events of the Olympics and is among the highest profile competitions at the games. It is the most prestigious 100 metres race at an elite level and is the shortest sprinting competition at the Olympics – a position it has held at every edition except for a brief period between 1900 and 1904, when a men's 60 metres was contested.[1]

The first Olympic champions were Thomas Burke in the men's category and, 32 years later, Betty Robinson in the women's category. The Olympic records for the event are 9.63 seconds, set by Usain Bolt in 2012, and 10.61 seconds, set by Elaine Thompson-Herah in 2021.[2][3][4] The world records for the event have been equalled or broken during the Olympics on seven occasions in the men's category and on twelve occasions in the women's.[citation needed]

Among the competing nations, the United States has had the most success in this event, having won sixteen golds in the men's race and nine in the women's race. Usain Bolt of Jamaica has won three consecutive titles (2008–16). Five other athletes have won back-to-back titles: Wyomia Tyus (1964–68), Carl Lewis (1984–88), Gail Devers (1992–96), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (2008–12), and Elaine Thompson-Herah (2016-2020). Merlene Ottey is the only athlete to win three medals without winning gold, with one silver and two bronze medals. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the most decorated athlete in the event, male or female, having won 8 medals.[5][6]

Many athletes that compete in this event also compete individually in the Olympic 200 metres and with their national teams in the Olympic 4×100 metres relay, with Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson-Herah being the only athletes to do so more than once. Nine men have achieved the 100 metres and 200 metres 'Double' at the same Olympic Games - Archie Hahn (1904), Ralph Craig (1912), Percy Williams (1928), Eddie Tolan (1932), Jesse Owens (1936), Bobby Morrow (1956), Valeriy Borzov (1972), Carl Lewis (1984), and Usain Bolt (2008, 2012, 2016). Four of these men were also members of the winning team in the 4 × 100 meters relay at the same games - Jesse Owens (1936), Bobby Morrow (1956), Carl Lewis (1984), and Usain Bolt (2012, 2016). Three of these men have won a fourth gold medal at the same games - Archie Hahn in the now defunct 60 metres, and both Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis in the long jump.

Seven women have achieved the 100 metres and 200 metres 'Double' at the same Olympic Games - Fanny Blankers-Koen (1948), Marjorie Jackson (1952), Betty Cuthbert (1956), Wilma Rudolph (1960), Renate Stecher (1972), Florence Griffith-Joyner (1988), and Elaine Thompson-Herah (2016) and (2021). Five of these women were also members of the winning team in the 4 × 100 meters relay at the same games - Fanny Blankers-Koen (1948), Betty Cuthbert (1956), Wilma Rudolph (1960), Florence Griffith Joyner (1988) and Elaine Thompson-Herah (2021). Fanny Blankers-Koen is the only one of these women to win four gold medals at the same games by winning the 80 metres hurdles in 1948.

## Competition format

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Women competing in the first round of the 2012 Summer Olympics The women's 100-metre medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The Olympic 100 metres competitions are carried out under standard international rules, as set by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The races are segregated by gender, with one for men and one for women.[7] The 100 m is usually held at the beginning of the Olympic athletics programme as this allows athletes to compete in other events held later at the games – many 100 m athletes also compete in the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay events.[8]

Traditionally there are four rounds of competition: heats, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals. Prior to 1964, finals featured six athletes.[9] For all Olympic competitions from 1964 onwards—allowing for a sufficient number of athletes being present—each race features eight runners.[10] Athletes are seeded by past performance to ensure an even balance of quality across the heats and allow the best runners to progress to the later stages. Usually in the first two rounds the top three runners progress to the next stage. A small number of other athletes also progress as the fastest non-qualifiers (or "fastest losers") through a repechage system. Prior to 2012, the semi-finals stage comprised two races of eight athletes and the top four finishers in each race (regardless of time) were entered into the final.[11]

Several amendments were made to the competition format in 2012. Any participant not in possession of an Olympic qualifying standard time is entered into the preliminary round. Qualifiers in this round progress to the first round proper. The semi-finals stage is divided into three races: the top two progress to the final by right and the two fastest non-qualifiers complete the eight finalists. Changes to the international false start rules were also introduced – any validly recorded reaction time to the starter's pistol of below 0.1 seconds will result in instant disqualification.[11] At the 2004 and 2008 Olympics one false start was allowed per race, with any subsequent false start resulting in disqualification for the offending athletes. At Olympics prior to 2004 each athlete was allowed one false start, with a second false start leading to removal from the field.[12][13]

The top three finishers in the final are awarded a gold, silver, and bronze medal, respectively. If runners cannot be separated by their time (recorded to one hundredth of a second) further analysis is used to distinguish their times to the thousandth of a second. In the 2008 Women's 100 m final the minor medallists Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart could not be separated by this method and were both awarded the silver medal.[14] Medal positions in a 100 m race have only been shared on one other occasion in Olympic history: Alajos Szokolyi and Francis Lane were joint third at the 1896 men's final.[15]

## Participation

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Starting with 15 men from eight nations at the inaugural 1896 Olympic 100 m, participation in the event reached its peak at the 2000 Sydney Games, where 179 male and female athletes from 100 nations were present. The number of competitors and nations in the event has seen an increasing historical trend. This increase has been mostly linear, though participation was affected by the Olympic boycotts of 1976, 1980 and 1984. The linear trend stopped after the 2000 peak and has steadily decreased in subsequent Summer Olympics.[5][6]

Qualifying standards  Year  | Men "A"  | Men "B"  | Women "A"  | Women "B"

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2000 | 10.27 | 10.40 | 11.40 | 11.60
2004 | 10.21 | 10.28 | 11.30 | 11.40
2008 | 10.21 | 10.28 | 11.32 | 11.42
2012 | 10.18 | 10.24 | 11.29 | 11.38
2016 | 10.16 | — | 11.32 | —
2020/2021 | 10.05 | — | 11.12 | —

Men's participation reached its highest at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, which featured 104 men from 75 nations. Women's participation began in 1928, with 31 women from 13 nations competing, and reached an all-time high at the 2008 Beijing Games, which had 85 women representing 69 nations. The 2008 and 2012 editions reversed the historical gender bias towards male participation, as women outnumbered men at the Olympic 100 m for the first time.[5][6]

As the governing body for the sport of athletics, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) applies qualifying standards to the competition. This aims to encourage high level performances at the Olympic Games and contain the number of potential entries (the IAAF aims to cap Olympic participation in athletics events at 2000 athletes). There are two types of qualifying standard: the "A" standard and the "B" standard. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to three athletes who have obtained the "A" standard, or one athlete with the "B" standard. If a NOC has no qualifying athletes in any Olympic athletic event, it may enter one non-qualified athlete – the 100 m is a frequent choice for this type of entry given the brevity of the event. Athletes must achieve the qualifying time without wind-assistance at an officially authorised event within a certain time period, which typically begins from the year prior to the Olympics and extends up to three weeks before the games. The IAAF prohibits entrants who do not reach the age of sixteen in that Olympic year, but there is no upper age limit. The IAAF qualifying standards for the 100 m have become progressively more stringent since 2000.[16][17][18][19]

On top of IAAF standards, national governing bodies may apply their own participation restrictions. These principally come in four forms: stricter national qualifying times, reduced time periods for qualifying performances,[20] performances in the event at a national Olympic trials, and decisions of national selection committees. Smaller nations do not typically apply these additional criteria due to the smaller numbers of sprinters eligible to compete. Larger nations, and nations with strong traditions in sprinting, often have long-running histories of Olympic 100 m trials (such as at the United States Olympic Trials). Participation for a country also demands that the athlete hold respective citizenship and is not subject to a competitive ban through anti-doping rules.[21]

World Athletics in 2019 announced that, following the inauguration of their World Rankings platform, that in addition to those who achieved the Olympic standard, placing in the top 32 of the rankings will serve as a qualification method for athletes. (For example, if someone comes 3rd in the 100m finals of their national championships in 10.14, if he is 22nd in the World Rankings, he has qualified for the games).

Year  | No. of
men  | Nations
(men)  | No. of
women  | Nations
(women)  | Total
athletes  | Total
nations  | Men's champion  | Women's champion

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1896[15] | 15 | 8 | — | — | 15 | 8 |  Thomas Burke (USA) | —
1900[22] | 20 | 9 | — | — | 20 | 9 |  Frank Jarvis (USA) | —
1904[23] | 11 | 3 | — | — | 11 | 3 |  Archie Hahn (USA) | —
1908[24] | 60 | 16 | — | — | 60 | 16 |  Reggie Walker (RSA) | —
1912[25] | 70 | 22 | — | — | 70 | 22 |  Ralph Craig (USA) | —
1920[26] | 61 | 23 | — | — | 61 | 23 |  Charlie Paddock (USA) | —
1924[27] | 86 | 34 | — | — | 86 | 34 |  Harold Abrahams (GBR) | —
1928[28][29] | 81 | 33 | 31 | 13 | 107 | 35 |  Percy Williams (CAN) |  Betty Robinson (USA)
1932[30][31] | 33 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 51 | 19 |  Eddie Tolan (USA) |  Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL)
1936[32][33] | 61 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 91 | 33 |  Jesse Owens (USA) |  Helen Stephens (USA)
1948[34][35] | 61 | 33 | 38 | 21 | 99 | 39 |  Harrison Dillard (USA) |  Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
1952[36][37] | 70 | 33 | 56 | 27 | 126 | 41 |  Lindy Remigino (USA) |  Marjorie Jackson (AUS)
1956[38][39] | 63 | 31 | 34 | 16 | 97 | 34 |  Bobby Morrow (USA) |  Betty Cuthbert (AUS)
1960[9][40] | 59 | 45 | 31 | 18 | 90 | 50 |  Armin Hary (EUA) |  Wilma Rudolph (USA)
1964[10][41] | 71 | 49 | 44 | 27 | 115 | 56 |  Bob Hayes (USA) |  Wyomia Tyus (USA)
1968[42][43] | 63 | 42 | 42 | 22 | 105 | 48 |  Jim Hines (USA) |  Wyomia Tyus (USA)
1972[44][45] | 83 | 55 | 47 | 33 | 130 | 68 |  Valeriy Borzov (URS) |  Renate Stecher (GDR)
1976[46][47] | 61 | 40 | 39 | 22 | 100 | 45 |  Hasely Crawford (TRI) |  Annegret Richter (FRG)
1980[48][49] | 63 | 41 | 40 | 25 | 103 | 46 |  Allan Wells (GBR) |  Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)
1984[50][51] | 80 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 126 | 68 |  Carl Lewis (USA) |  Evelyn Ashford (USA)
1988[52][53] | 100 | 69 | 64 | 42 | 164 | 85 |  Carl Lewis (USA) |  Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)
1992[54][55] | 79 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 133 | 86 |  Linford Christie (GBR) |  Gail Devers (USA)
1996[56][57] | 104 | 75 | 56 | 38 | 160 | 89 |  Donovan Bailey (CAN) |  Gail Devers (USA)
2000[58][59] | 95 | 71 | 84 | 63 | 179 | 100 |  Maurice Greene (USA) | Vacated[60]
2004[61][62] | 80 | 62 | 63 | 51 | 143 | 89 |  Justin Gatlin (USA) |  Yulia Nestsiarenka (BLR)
2008[63][64] | 78 | 64 | 85 | 69 | 163 | 96 |  Usain Bolt (JAM) |  Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)
2012[65][66] | 72 | 61 | 79 | 65 | 151 | 92 |  Usain Bolt (JAM) |  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)
2016 | 84  | 57  | 80  | 56  | 164  | 82  |  Usain Bolt (JAM) |  Elaine Thompson (JAM)
2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  Marcell Jacobs (ITA) |  Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)
2024 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  Noah Lyles (USA) |  Julien Alfred (LCA)

Data notes

* Numbers do not include non-starting athletes. There have been two Olympic 100 m non-starters: Estonia's Reinhold Saulmann in 1920, and Kim Collins in 2012 – the latter was banned from competing by the St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee for defying their orders and leaving the Olympic camp to stay with his wife.[67]
* Nations are above defined as the competing Olympic team as opposed to athletes' legal nationalities – the various Unified teams and Independent Olympian teams are thus each treated as one nation at that Olympic Games.

## Biological factors

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### Age

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The 100 m requires a high level of athleticism and as a result most of the participants in the Olympics are aged between 18 and 35 – which is roughly contiguous with the period of peak physical fitness in humans.[68] Consequently, the vast majority of participants in the Olympic 100 m fall within this age range.[65][66] As of 2020, the qualification rules prohibit athletes younger than 16 at the end of the year of the Games.[69]

The record for the youngest athlete to participate in the Olympic 100 m is held by Katura Marae, who was 14 when she represented Vanuatu at the 2004 Athens Olympics.[70] Merlene Ottey holds the records for both the oldest participant and the oldest medallist, having won bronze at age 40 in 2000 and reached the Olympic semi-finals four years later. (Ottey is also the most frequent participant having competed in the Olympic 100 m an unrivalled six times from 1984 to 2004).[71] The first women's champion, Betty Robinson in 1928, remains the youngest gold medallist for the event at 16 years old,[72] while a 32-year-old Linford Christie became the oldest 100 m Olympic champion in 1992.[73]

Distinction  | Male athlete  | Age  | Female athlete  | Age

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Youngest champion  | Reggie Walker | 19 years, 4 months, 6 days[74] | Betty Robinson | 16 years, 11 months, 8 days[72]
Youngest medallist  | Donald Lippincott | 18 years, 7 months, 21 days[75] | Betty Robinson | 16 years, 11 months, 8 days[72]
Youngest participant  | Alphonse Yanghat | 15 years, 3 months, 27 days[76] | Katura Marae | 14 years, 8 months, 17 days[70]
Oldest champion  | Linford Christie | 32 years, 3 months, 30 days[73] | Fanny Blankers-Koen | 30 years, 3 months, 7 days[77]
Oldest medallist  | Linford Christie | 32 years, 3 months, 30 days[73] | Merlene Ottey | 40 years, 4 months, 14 days[71]
Oldest participant  | Stefan Burkart | 38 years, 10 months, 14 days[78] | Merlene Ottey | 44 years, 4 months, 11 days[71]

### Gender

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Since introduction of testing by the IAAF in the early-20th century, female sprinters may be subject to gender verification. This rule was first formally applied to the 100 m at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.[79] No 100 m sprinter has been publicly barred at an Olympic competition. However, there have been historic cases involving two women's medallists: 1932 champion Stanisława Walasiewicz and 1964 bronze medallist Ewa Kłobukowska, both of Poland. Walasiewicz endured accusations during her career due to her appearance, but was never subject to a test.[80] An autopsy following her death in a shooting revealed ambiguous genitalia.[81] Walasiewicz accused Helen Stephens (who beat her in the 1936 final) of being male and, despite there being no relevant rules on the matter, officials performed a physical examination of Stephens' external genitalia and concluded that she was female. Kłobukowska was not tested at the Olympics, thus did not lose her Olympic medals, but was subsequently disqualified at the 1967 European Cup on the basis of having a chromosomal mosaic.[80][82] Intersex athletes are restricted from competition in the 100 m without having undergone surgery and hormonal therapy, as a result of the 2003 Stockholm consensus ruling by the IOC.[83]

### Race

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See also: Race and sports

Runners in the men's 100-metre final at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Olympic 100 m medallists in the early phase of the Modern Olympic Games were principally white, Western sprinters of European descent, largely reflecting the euro-centric make up of the nations that took part and the ideological environment of racial segregation at the time. As the Olympic competition began to attract wider international participation, athletes with African heritage began to reach and eventually dominate the 100 m Olympic podium, particularly African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans.[84]

Eddie Tolan became the first non-white winner of the event in 1932 and this signified the start of a prolonged period of success by black male sprinters; since 1932 only five men's Olympic champions in the event have not had significant African heritage. The women's event was dominated by runners of European descent until Wilma Rudolph won the title in 1960. Soviet and German women returned to the podium in the period from 1972 to 1980, but since then African-American and Jamaican women have won the great majority of 100 m medals.[84] Dominance in the men's event has been particularly pronounced from 1984 to 2016, during which time in a span of almost 40 years all the men's Olympic 100 m finalists have been of African heritage.[85]

In the 2020 Olympics, Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian ran 9.83 in his semi-final heat and became the first athlete without African heritage to reach the final since 1980 within the span of 40 years, setting an unofficial fastest 60 metres split record en route. 9.83 is also the second fastest semi-final time and made him the fifth fastest man in the history of 100 metres at the Olympics behind Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Justin Gatlin and Marcel Jacobs.

Most commentators attribute this statistical discrepancy to genetic rather than to cultural factors.[86][87][88]

## Doping

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All athletes who participate in the Olympic 100 m competition are subject to the World Anti-Doping Code –the IAAF and International Olympic Committee (IOC) are both signatories. Mandatory in-competition drug testing was introduced at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[89]

One of the most prominent cases of doping at the Olympics, and in sport as a whole, occurred during the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Ben Johnson entered the race as the reigning 100 metres world record holder and won the Olympic final, raising his arm in victory, in a new world record of 9.79 seconds to much fanfare. Soon after being awarded the gold medal the results of his post-race drug test revealed his urine contained traces of stanozolol (a banned steroid).[90] Johnson later admitted to doping, but he and his coach Charlie Francis still claimed he had his drink spiked at the Olympics, as Johnson was taking a different type of steroid at the time.[91] The positive test had long-lasting effects on public perception of the sport and advanced the case for more stringent drug testing. The Canadian government launched an investigation into drugs in sport, known as the Dubin Inquiry, the following year.[92] The 1988 Olympic men's 100 metres final has been referred to as "the dirtiest race in history", as only two of the eight finalists remained free of doping issues during their careers.[93]

Ekaterini Thanou, the 2000 women's silver medallist, was barred from the 2004 Athens Olympics after failing to attend a pre-competition drugs test (her third consecutive missed test). The Greek sprinter and her teammate Kostas Kenteris were convicted of staging a motorcycle crash to avoid the test, but this was overturned on appeal. Her doping ban remained as they admitted to having missed the tests.[94] Tameka Williams was banned from competing in the 100 m at the 2012 Olympics when, at the Olympic village, she admitted to the Saint Kitts and Nevis management team that she had been ingesting a banned substance.[95] Bulgaria's Tezdzhan Naimova had her 2008 Olympic performance annulled and received a two-year ban after it was proved that she had tampered with her drug test a month prior to the competition.[96]

Another high-profile doping case involved the 2000 Olympic women's 100 m champion Marion Jones, though no doping infractions occurred during the Olympics. Having been one of the stars of the games—she won three gold and two bronze medals in track and field events—Jones was later implicated in doping through the BALCO scandal. She lied to federal agents and a grand jury during questioning around the scandal, but later admitted in 2007 to using Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) during the period of her Olympic success.[97] The IOC annulled all her Olympic results, including her 100 m title. Given that the 2000 women's runner-up Ekaterini Thanou had herself been banned for drug usage, the IOC chose not to upgrade her to the gold medal position, but rather leave the position vacant.[98] Working around the dilemma, the IOC decided to raise bronze medallist Tayna Lawrence to joint silver and fourth-placed Merlene Ottey to the bronze medal position.[99]

In spite of the relatively few occasions in which 100 m sprinters have failed doping tests at the Olympics, numerous Olympic sprinters have been banned outside the competition or implicated otherwise, including many medallists. Two-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis had a positive drug test for stimulants at the US Olympic trials. The United States Olympic Committee accepted his claim of inadvertent use, since a dietary supplement he ingested was found to contain "Ma huang", the Chinese name for Ephedra (ephedrine is known to help weight loss).[100] The 1992 Olympic champion Linford Christie was banned for nandrolone later in his career.[101] Angel Guillermo Heredia accused the 2000 Olympic champion Maurice Greene of doping; Greene admitted meeting Heredia but claimed it was common for him to pay for "stuff" for other members of his training group, and reiterated that he had never used banned drugs.[102][103] Justin Gatlin, the men's gold medallist in 2004, served a doping suspension both before and after his Olympic win, and returned to the podium at the 2012 Olympics.[104] The men's runner-up in 2012, Yohan Blake, was banned for consuming a stimulant in 2009.[105]

On the women's side, the Olympic 100 m was affected by state-sponsored doping in East Germany. Stasi documents released after the fall of the Berlin Wall revealed extensive drug usage by Olympic sprinters, including the 1976 and 1980 silver medallists Renate Stecher and Marlies Göhr, as well as the 1988 bronze medallist Heike Drechsler.[106][107] Shelly-Ann Fraser, twice Olympic champion, received a six-month ban in 2010 for taking a prohibited narcotic for pain relief.[108] A similar system was in place in the Soviet Union with major revelations concerning the Soviet state-sponsored doping program in preparation for the 1984 Olympics coming to light in 2016.[109] The 2008 runner-up Sherone Simpson was banned in 2013 after a positive test for a stimulant and two-time bronze medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown failed a test for a diuretic that same year.[110] A fourth Jamaican medallist, Merlene Ottey, received a ban for the steroid nandrolone in 1999 but this was rescinded on appeal due to laboratory errors.[111][112]

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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 (athlete)
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 Figuerola
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 de Janeiro
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
2024 Paris
details | Noah Lyles
United States | Kishane Thompson
Jamaica | Fred Kerley
United States

#### Multiple medallists

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Rank  | Athlete  | Nation  | Olympics  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2008–2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3
2 | Carl Lewis |  United States (USA) | 1984–1988 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
3 | Justin Gatlin |  United States (USA) | 2004–2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
4 | Linford Christie |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1988–1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
5 | Valeriy Borzov |  Soviet Union (URS) | 1972–1976 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
Maurice Greene |  United States (USA) | 2000–2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
7 | Ralph Metcalfe |  United States (USA) | 1932–1936 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
Frankie Fredericks |  Namibia (NAM) | 1992–1996 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
9 | Lennox Miller |  Jamaica (JAM) | 1968–1972 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
Ato Boldon |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 1996–2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
11 | Andre De Grasse |  Canada (CAN) | 2016–2020 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2

#### Medals by country

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 16| 15| 9| 40
2|  Great Britain (GBR)| 4| 2| 3| 9
3|  Jamaica (JAM)| 3| 4| 1| 8
4|  Canada (CAN)| 2| 0| 5| 7
5|  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)| 1| 2| 1| 4
6|  Soviet Union (URS)| 1| 0| 1| 2
7|  Italy (ITA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
South Africa (RSA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
United Team of Germany (EUA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
10|  Cuba (CUB)| 0| 2| 0| 2
Namibia (NAM)| 0| 2| 0| 2
12|  Germany (GER)| 0| 1| 2| 3
13|  Portugal (POR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
14|  Australia (AUS)| 0| 0| 2| 2
15|  Barbados (BAR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Hungary (HUN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Netherlands (NED)| 0| 0| 1| 1
New Zealand (NZL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Panama (PAN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (20 entries)| 30| 29| 30| 89

### Women

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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 Hasenjäger
South Africa | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australia
1956 Melbourne
details | Betty Cuthbert
Australia | Christa Stubnick
United Team of Germany | Marlene Mathews
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[113] | 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 | Julien Alfred
Saint Lucia | Sha'Carri Richardson
United States | Melissa Jefferson
United States

#### Multiple medallists

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1 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2008–2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4
2 | Wyomia Tyus |  United States (USA) | 1964–1968 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
Gail Devers |  United States (USA) | 1992–1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
Elaine Thompson-Herah |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2016–2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
4 | Stanisława Walasiewicz |  Poland (POL) | 1932–1936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
Renate Stecher |  East Germany (GDR) | 1972–1976 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
Evelyn Ashford |  United States (USA) | 1984–1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
7 | Merlene Ottey |  Jamaica (JAM) | 1984–2000 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3
8 | Shirley Strickland |  Australia (AUS) | 1948–1952 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2
Veronica Campbell-Brown |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2004–2012 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2

#### Medals by country

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1|  United States (USA)| 9| 8| 3| 20
2|  Jamaica (JAM)| 4| 6| 6| 16
3|  Australia (AUS)| 2| 1| 3| 6
4|  East Germany (GDR)| 1| 2| 2| 5
5|  Poland (POL)| 1| 1| 2| 4
6|  West Germany (FRG)| 1| 0| 1| 2
7|  Belarus (BLR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Netherlands (NED)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Saint Lucia (LCA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Soviet Union (URS)| 1| 0| 0| 1
11|  Canada (CAN)| 0| 2| 1| 3
12|  Great Britain (GBR)| 0| 2| 0| 2
13|  Greece (GRE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
South Africa (RSA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
United Team of Germany (EUA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
16|  Cuba (CUB)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Germany (GER)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Italy (ITA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Unified Team (EUN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (19 entries)| 22| 25| 22| 69

### Overall

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#### Medals by country

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1|  United States (USA)| 25| 22| 11| 58
2|  Jamaica (JAM)| 7| 10| 7| 24
3|  Great Britain (GBR)| 3| 4| 3| 10
4|  Canada (CAN)| 2| 2| 6| 10
5|  Australia (AUS)| 2| 1| 5| 8
6|  Soviet Union (URS)| 2| 0| 1| 3
7|  East Germany (GDR)| 1| 2| 2| 5
8|  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)| 1| 2| 1| 4
9|  Poland (POL)| 1| 1| 2| 4
10|  South Africa (RSA)| 1| 1| 0| 2
United Team of Germany (EUA)| 1| 1| 0| 2
12|  Italy (ITA)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Netherlands (NED)| 1| 0| 1| 2
West Germany (FRG)| 1| 0| 1| 2
15|  Belarus (BLR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Saint Lucia (LCA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
17|  Cuba (CUB)| 0| 2| 1| 3
18|  Namibia (NAM)| 0| 2| 0| 2
19|  Germany (GER)| 0| 1| 3| 4
20|  Greece (GRE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Portugal (POR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
22|  Barbados (BAR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Hungary (HUN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
New Zealand (NZL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Panama (PAN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Unified Team (EUN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (27 entries)| 51| 53| 51| 155

## Olympic record progression

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The best time for the 100 m set during Olympic competition is known as the Olympic record. To count as an official record, the race and the equipment used must adhere to IAAF international rules. Hand-timed results were the standard until 1975, when fully automatic timing (FAT) became the preferred method for officially measuring athletes' times. Further to this wind conditions must be measured and any time achieved with a wind speed of over 2.0 metres per second in a direction behind the athlete is treated as wind-assisted and cannot be taken for an Olympic record mark.[114]

Since the first men's Olympic record of 12.2 seconds by Frank Lane in 1896, the record has been broken 13 times and matched 24 times. Twenty-eight men have been holder (or co-holder) of the record. Usain Bolt is the current record holder with 9.63, set in 2012. Further to this standing men's world record for the 100 m has been equalled five times in Olympic competition and improved twice (by Carl Lewis in 1988 with 9.92 and by Bolt in 2008 with 9.69). Ben Johnson's time of 9.79 was annulled before it was ratified as either an Olympic or world record.[114]

Since the initial women's Olympic record of 13.0 seconds was set by Anni Holdmann in 1928, it has been broken 18 times and equalled 17 further times. The standing women's 100 m world record has been improved five times during Olympic competition and equalled seven times.[114]

The tables below refer to hand-timing for races held prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics and to fully automatic times after that point, when they became the standard for the Olympics.[114] Hand-timed results that matched the Olympic record are treated as equalling the mark, with the exception of any athletes that matched that time but finished behind another athlete in their race.

### Men

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See also: Men's 100 metres world record progression

In the 1896 Summer Olympics, Thomas Curtis of the United States (pictured) tied Grantley Goulding of the United Kingdom in setting the first Olympic 100-metre record, completing the race in 12.2 seconds. After Ben Johnson's disqualification, Carl Lewis's time of 9.92 was established as the Olympic and world record time. Time  | Athlete  | Nation  | Games  | Round  | Date

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12.2 | Francis Lane |  United States (USA) | 1896 | Heat 1 | 1896-04-06
12.2 | Thomas Curtis |  United States (USA) | 1896 | Heat 2 | 1896-04-06
11.8 | Tom Burke |  United States (USA) | 1896 | Heat 3 | 1896-04-06
11.4 | Arthur Duffey |  United States (USA) | 1900 | Heat 1 | 1900-06-14
11.4 | Walter Tewksbury |  United States (USA) | 1900 | Heat 2 | 1900-06-14
10.8 =WR | Frank Jarvis |  United States (USA) | 1900 | Heat 3 | 1900-06-14
10.8 =WR | Walter Tewksbury |  United States (USA) | 1900 | Semi-final 2 | 1900-06-14
10.8 | James Rector |  United States (USA) | 1908 | Heat 15 | 1908-07-20
10.8 | Reggie Walker |  South Africa (RSA) | 1908 | Semi-final 1 | 1908-07-20
10.8 | James Rector |  United States (USA) | 1908 | Semi-final 3 | 1908-07-20
10.8 | Reggie Walker |  South Africa (RSA) | 1908 | Final | 1908-07-20
10.8 | David Jacobs |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1912 | Heat 10 | 1912-07-06
10.6 | Donald Lippincott |  United States (USA) | 1912 | Heat 16 | 1912-07-06
10.6 | Harold Abrahams |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1924 | Quarter-final 4 | 1924-07-06
10.6 | Harold Abrahams |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1924 | Semi-final 2 | 1924-07-07
10.6 | Harold Abrahams |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1924 | Final | 1924-07-07
10.6 | Percy Williams |  Canada (CAN) | 1928 | Quarter-final 4 | 1928-07-29
10.6 | Robert McAllister |  United States (USA) | 1928 | Semi-final 1 | 1928-07-30
10.6 | Jack London |  United States (USA) | 1928 | Semi-final 2 | 1928-07-30
10.6 | Arthur Jonath |  Germany (GER) | 1932 | Heat 3 | 1932-07-31
10.4 | Eddie Tolan |  United States (USA) | 1932 | Quarter-final 1 | 1932-07-31
10.3 =WR | Eddie Tolan |  United States (USA) | 1932 | Final | 1932-08-01
10.3 | Jesse Owens |  United States (USA) | 1936 | Heat 1 | 1936-08-02
10.3 | Harrison Dillard |  United States (USA) | 1948 | Final | 1948-07-31
10.3 | Bobby Joe Morrow |  United States (USA) | 1956 | Quarter-final 1 | 1956-11-23
10.3 | Ira Murchison |  United States (USA) | 1956 | Quarter-final 2 | 1956-11-23
10.3 | Bobby Joe Morrow |  United States (USA) | 1956 | Semi-final 2 | 1956-11-24
10.2 | Armin Hary |  West Germany (FRG) | 1960 | Quarter-final 2 | 1960-08-31
10.2 | Armin Hary |  West Germany (FRG) | 1960 | Final | 1960-08-31
10.0 =WR | Bob Hayes |  United States (USA) | 1964 | Final | 1964-10-15
10.0 A | Hermes Ramírez |  Cuba (CUB) | 1968 | Quarter-final 2 | 1968-10-13
10.0 A | Charlie Greene |  United States (USA) | 1968 | Quarter-final 4 | 1968-10-13
10.0 A | Jim Hines |  United States (USA) | 1968 | Semi-final 1 | 1968-10-14
9.9 A =WR | Jim Hines |  United States (USA) | 1968 | Final | 1968-10-14
9.92 WR[nb3] | Carl Lewis |  United States (USA) | 1988 | Final | 1988-09-24
9.84 WR | Donovan Bailey |  Canada (CAN) | 1996 | Final | 1996-07-27
9.69 WR | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2008 | Final | 2008-08-16
9.63 | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2012 | Final | 2012-08-05

* nb3 Carl Lewis's time of 9.92 seconds in the 1988 Olympic final was initially second to Ben Johnson's 9.79, but Johnson was disqualified soon after due to a failed drug test.[114]

### Women

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See also: Women's 100 metres world record progression

Wilma Rudolph's time of 11.3 in 1960 was an Olympic and world record time. Irena Szewińska's time of 11.1 seconds stood as the Olympic record for one day. In 2021, Elaine Thompson-Herah ran 10.61 s to break Florence Griffith Joyner's 1988 Olympic record of 10.62 s. Time  | Athlete  | Nation  | Games  | Round  | Date

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13.0 | Anni Holdmann |  Germany (GER) | 1928 | Heat 1 | 1928-07-30
12.8 | Erna Steinberg |  Germany (GER) | 1928 | Heat 2 | 1928-07-30
12.8 | Kinue Hitomi |  Japan (JPN) | 1928 | Heat 3 | 1928-07-30
12.8 | Leni Junker |  Germany (GER) | 1928 | Heat 4 | 1928-07-30
12.8 | Leni Schmidt |  Germany (GER) | 1928 | Heat 6 | 1928-07-30
12.6 | Fanny Rosenfeld |  Canada (CAN) | 1928 | Heat 7 | 1928-07-30
12.6 | Ethel Smith |  Canada (CAN) | 1928 | Heat 9 | 1928-07-30
12.4 | Fanny Rosenfeld |  Canada (CAN) | 1928 | Semi-final 1 | 1928-07-30
12.4 | Betty Robinson |  United States (USA) | 1928 | Semi-final 2 | 1928-07-30
12.2 WR | Betty Robinson |  United States (USA) | 1928 | Final | 1928-07-31
12.2 | Marie Dollinger |  Germany (GER) | 1932 | Heat 1 | 1932-08-01
11.9 WR | Stanisława Walasiewicz |  Poland (POL) | 1932 | Heat 2 | 1932-08-01
11.9 =WR | Stanisława Walasiewicz |  Poland (POL) | 1932 | Semi-final 2 | 1932-08-01
11.9 =WR | Stanisława Walasiewicz |  Poland (POL) | 1932 | Final | 1932-08-02
11.9 | Fanny Blankers-Koen |  Netherlands (NED) | 1948 | Final | 1948-08-02
11.9 | Catherine Hardy |  United States (USA) | 1952 | Heat 7 | 1952-07-21
11.6 | Marjorie Jackson |  Australia (AUS) | 1952 | Heat 8 | 1952-07-21
11.6 | Marjorie Jackson |  Australia (AUS) | 1952 | Quarter-final 1 | 1952-07-21
11.5 =WR | Marjorie Jackson |  Australia (AUS) | 1952 | Semi-final 1 | 1952-07-22
11.5 =WR | Marjorie Jackson |  Australia (AUS) | 1952 | Final | 1952-07-22
11.5 | Marlene Mathews |  Australia (AUS) | 1956 | Heat 2 | 1956-11-24
11.4 | Betty Cuthbert |  Australia (AUS) | 1956 | Heat 3 | 1956-11-24
11.3 =WR | Wilma Rudolph |  United States (USA) | 1960 | Semi-final 1 | 1960-09-02
11.2 =WR | Wyomia Tyus |  United States (USA) | 1964 | Quarter-final 1 | 1964-10-15
11.2 A | Wyomia Tyus |  United States (USA) | 1968 | Heat 1 | 1968-10-14
11.2 A | Margaret Bailes |  United States (USA) | 1968 | Heat 2 | 1968-10-14
11.2 A | Barbara Ferrell |  United States (USA) | 1968 | Heat 6 | 1968-10-14
11.1 A =WR | Barbara Ferrell |  United States (USA) | 1968 | Quarter-final 1 | 1968-10-14
11.1 A =WR | Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein |  Poland (POL) | 1968 | Quarter-final 4 | 1968-10-14
11.0 A WR | Wyomia Tyus |  United States (USA) | 1968 | Final | 1968-10-15
11.07 WR | Renate Stecher |  East Germany (GDR) | 1972 | Quarter-final 1 | 1972-09-01
11.05 | Annegret Richter |  West Germany (FRG) | 1976 | Quarter-final 1 | 1976-07-24
11.01 WR | Annegret Richter |  West Germany (FRG) | 1976 | Semi-final 1 | 1976-07-25
10.97 | Evelyn Ashford |  United States (USA) | 1984 | Final | 1984-08-05
10.88 | Florence Griffith Joyner |  United States (USA) | 1988 | Heat 7 | 1988-09-24
10.88 | Evelyn Ashford |  United States (USA) | 1988 | Quarter-final 2 | 1988-09-24
10.62 | Florence Griffith Joyner |  United States (USA) | 1988 | Quarter-final 3 | 1988-09-24
10.61 | Elaine Thompson-Herah |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2021 | Final | 2021-07-31

## Finishing times

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The Olympic 100 m is the most prestigious competition for the distance and it attracts elite level, international competitors. The winner of the race is occasionally referred to as "the world's fastest" man or woman, reflecting the high level of the competition and the quality of performances.[115][116] As of February 2014[update], the current Olympic records of 9.63 for men and 10.62 seconds for women rank as the second and third fastest times in history, for men and women respectively.[117][118] The standard of performances at the Olympics has progressed in line with the discipline as a whole and the times in the final often rank highly in the end-of-season lists.[119][120][121] National records and personal bests are frequently improved at the event by sprinters from large and small nations alike, as most elite athletes aim to reach peak race fitness for the Olympics.[122][123]

The 2024 men's final was the fastest 100-meter race in history, collectively: all eight men ran under 9.91 seconds. [124] The 2012 women's final was, collectively, the fastest women's 100 m race ever: seven of the eight finalists ran 11 seconds or faster for the first time, with Veronica Campbell-Brown becoming the fastest ever bronze medallist with her time of 10.81 seconds and Tianna Madison becoming the fastest non-medallist with her time of 10.85 seconds.[118]

### Top ten fastest Olympic times

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Fastest men's times at the Olympics[125] | Rank  | Time (sec)  | Athlete  | Nation  | Games  | Date

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1 | 9.63 | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica | 2012 | 2012-08-05
2 | 9.69 | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica | 2008 | 2008-08-16
3 | 9.75 | Yohan Blake |  Jamaica | 2012 | 2012-08-05
4  | 9.79 | Justin Gatlin |  United States | 2012 | 2012-08-05
Noah Lyles |  United States | 2024 | 2024-08-04
Kishane Thompson |  Jamaica | 2024 | 2024-08-04
5  | 9.80 | Lamont Marcell Jacobs |  Italy | 2020 | 2021-08-01
Kishane Thompson |  Jamaica | 2024SF | 2024-08-04
6  | 9.81 | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica | 2016 | 2016-08-14
Fred Kerley |  United States | 2024 | 2024-08-04
Oblique Seville |  Jamaica | 2024SF | 2024-08-04
7  | 9.82 | Justin Gatlin |  United States | 2012SF | 2012-08-05
Akani Simbine |  South Africa | 2024 | 2024-08-04
8  | 9.83 | Su Bingtian |  China | 2020SF | 2021-08-01
Ronnie Baker |  United States | 2020SF | 2021-08-01
Noah Lyles |  United States | 2024SF | 2024-08-04
10  | 9.84 | Donovan Bailey |  Canada | 1996 | 1996-07-27
Fred Kerley |  United States | 2020 | 2021-08-01
Lamont Marcell Jacobs |  Italy | 2020SF | 2021-08-01
Fastest women's times at the Olympics[126] | Rank  | Time (sec)  | Athlete  | Nation  | Games  | Date

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1 | 10.61 | Elaine Thompson-Herah |  Jamaica | 2020 | 2021-07-31
2 | 10.62 | Florence Griffith Joyner |  United States | 1988QF | 1988-07-16
3 | 10.71 | Elaine Thompson |  Jamaica | 2016 | 2016-08-13
4 | 10.72 | Julien Alfred |  Saint Lucia | 2024 | 2024-08-03
5 | 10.73 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |  Jamaica | 2020SF | 2021-07-31
6 | 10.74 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |  Jamaica | 2020 | 2021-07-31
7 | 10.75 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |  Jamaica | 2012 | 2012-08-04
8  | 10.76 | Shericka Jackson |  Jamaica | 2020 | 2021-07-31
Elaine Thompson-Herah |  Jamaica | 2020SF | 2021-07-31
9  | 10.78 | Shelly-Ann Fraser |  Jamaica | 2008 | 2008-08-17
Carmelita Jeter |  United States | 2012 | 2012-08-04
Marie-Josee Ta Lou |  Ivory Coast | 2020H | 2021-07-30
10  | 10.79 | Marie-Josee Ta Lou |  Ivory Coast | 2021SF | 2021-07-31
Shericka Jackson |  Jamaica | 2021SF | 2021-07-31

* H – time recorded in the heats
* QF – time recorded in the quarter-finals
* SF – time recorded in the semi-finals

Note: Florence Griffith-Joyner ran 10.54 (+3.0) and 10.70 (+2.6) in the finals and semifinals of the 100m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, however, both were over the legal wind speed limit of +2.0 m/s.

### Best time for place

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Fastest Men's times for place in an Olympic final[125] | Place  | Time  | Athlete  | Nation  | Games  | Date

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1 | 9.63 | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica | 2012 | 2012-08-05
2 | 9.69 | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica | 2008 | 2008-08-16
3 | 9.75 | Yohan Blake |  Jamaica | 2012 | 2012-08-05
4  | 9.79 | Justin Gatlin |  United States | 2012 | 2012-08-05
Noah Lyles |  United States | 2024 | 2024-08-04
Kishane Thompson |  Jamaica | 2024 | 2024-08-04
5 | 9.80 | Lamont Jacobs |  Italy | 2021 | 2021-08-01
6  | 9.81 | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica | 2016 | 2016-08-14
Fred Kerley |  United States | 2024 | 2024-08-04
7 | 9.82 | Akani Simbine |  South Africa | 2024 | 2024-08-04
8 | 9.84 | Fred Kerley |  United States | 2021 | 2021-08-01

Fastest women's times for place in an Olympic final[126] | Place  | Time  | Athlete  | Nation  | Games  | Date

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1 | 10.61 | Elaine Thompson-Herah |  Jamaica | 2020 | 2021-07-31
2 | 10.71 | Elaine Thompson-Herah |  Jamaica | 2016 | 2016-08-13
3 | 10.72 | Julien Alfred |  Saint Lucia | 2024 | 2024-08-03
4 | 10.74 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |  Jamaica | 2020 | 2021-07-31
5 | 10.75 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |  Jamaica | 2012 | 2012-08-04
6 | 10.76 | Shericka Jackson |  Jamaica | 2020 | 2021-07-31
7  | 10.78 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |  Jamaica | 2008 | 2008-08-17
Carmelita Jeter |  United States | 2012 | 2012-08-04
8 | 10.81 | Veronica Campbell-Brown |  Jamaica | 2012 | 2012-08-04
9 | 10.82 | Gail Devers |  United States | 1992 | 1992-08-01
10  | 10.83 | Juliet Cuthbert |  Jamaica |  1992 | 1992-08-01
Tori Bowie |  United States | 2016 | 2016-08-13

* Florence Griffith-Joyner ran 10.54 to win the final of the 1988 Olympic Games, but the wind was over the legal limit (+3.0)

## Intercalated Games

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The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[127]

At this event a men's 100 m was held and 1904 Olympic champion Archie Hahn of the United States won the race. Another American, Fay Moulton, was the runner-up and Australian Nigel Barker was the bronze medallist.[128]

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details |  Archie Hahn (USA) |  Fay Moulton (USA) |  Nigel Barker (AUS)

## Non-canonical Olympic events

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In addition to the main 1900 Olympic men's 100 metres, two further 100 m events were held that year. A handicap race attracted 32 athletes from 10 countries and was won by Edmund Minahan, an American semi-finalist in the main 100 m competition, which had taken place five days earlier.[129] A 100 m event for professionals only was held several weeks later. Four entrants are known and the winner was Edgar Bredin, a British former world record holder.[130][131]

A 100 m professionals handicap race is also believed to have been held in 1900. In 1904 a 100-yard dash handicap race was contested and an American, C. Hastedt, was the victor.[132]

These events are no longer considered part of the official Olympic history of the 100 m or the athletics programme in general. Consequently, medals from these races have not been assigned to nations on the all-time medal tables.[132]

## Cultural impact

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Usain Bolt's 2008 Olympic victory received global media coverage

The 100 metres is typically considered one of the blue ribbon Olympic track and field events, and of the Olympic Games as a whole.[133] The Olympic 100 m finals, particularly the men's, are among the most popular events from any sport at the Olympics – the 2012 Olympic men's 100 metres final was the most watched event at the London Games by British audiences (with 20 million television viewers)[134] while in the United States that event was the third-most viewed Olympic clip.[135]

The high-profile nature of 100 m Olympic finals in some countries has served to encourage participation in sport among the wider public, particularly in short sprinting. Successive generations of athletes cite previous 100 m Olympic champions as the reason for their entering the sport.[136] The history of the event has had particular impact for African-American athletes: Jesse Owens' Olympic 100 m gold was an early example of a black American achieving success on an international stage while Wilma Rudolph's 1960 win inspired many black American women.[137][138] Owens' 100 m victory at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (one of four gold medals he won over seven days at the games) helped challenge notions of white supremacy that were popular during that era.[139][140]

1996 Olympic 100 metre champion Donovan Bailey from Canada had his billing as "World's Fastest Man" questioned by the American media, who instead promoted 1996 Olympic 200 metre and 400 metre champion Michael Johnson from the United States. After much sparring between the two athletes and media of their respective countries, an unsanctioned 150-metre race was held at the SkyDome in Toronto to settle the matter, with Bailey winning while Johnson pulled up injured, and they earned $1.5 million and $500,000, respectively.

The Olympic 100 metres has been covered by several film documentaries. Chariots of Fire, a 1981 historical drama focusing on Harold Abrahams' victory at the 1924 Paris Olympics, is among the most prominent. The film won four Academy Awards,[141] is often listed among polls for the best sports and Olympics films.,[142][143] and was ranked 19th in the British Film Institute's 100 Best British Films[144] Wilma Rudolph was a central figure in The Grand Olympics (Italian: La grande olimpiade), an academy-Award nominated documentary about the 1960 Rome Olympics, where Rudolph's 100 m feats earned her the nickname La Gazzella Negra (The Black Gazelle).[145][146] The 1988 Olympic final, featuring Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis has been the topic of documentaries, including ESPN's "9.79*" from the 30 for 30 series,[147] as well as non-fiction books, such as Richard Moore's The Dirtiest Race in History.[100]

Across the sport of track and field, Olympic 100 m champions have often featured on Athlete of the Year lists. Carl Lewis (1984), Evelyn Ashford (1984), Florence Griffith-Joyner (1988), Usain Bolt (2008) and Elaine Thompson-Herah (2021) were chosen as Track & Field News Athlete of the Year in the year of their Olympic victories.[148] Lewis, Griffith-Joyner, Bolt and Thompson-Herah were also awarded the title of IAAF World Athlete of the Year for their Olympic feats.[149]

## See also

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* 100 metres at the World Championships in Athletics

## References

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Olympic record progressions

* Mallon, Bill (2012). TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS[permanent dead link]. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2014-01-26.

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