DOHA, May 12 - Evolution of the men's 100 metres world record after American
Justin Gatlin ran 9.76 seconds on Friday:
Time Name
Nationality Date
10.6 seconds Donald Lippincott (U.S.) 6.7.1912
10.4 Charles Paddock (U.S.) 23.4.1921
10.3 Percy Williams (Canada) 9.8.1930
10.2 Jesse Owens (U.S.) 20.6.1936
10.1 Willie Williams (U.S.) 3.8.1956
10.0 Armin Hary (West Germany) 21.6.1960
9.95 Jim Hines (U.S.) 14.10.1968
9.93 Calvin Smith (U.S.) 3.7.1983
9.92 Carl Lewis (U.S.) 24.9.1988
9.90 Leroy Burrell (U.S.) 14.6.1991
9.86 Lewis 25.8.1991
9.85 Burrell 6.7.1994
9.84 Donovan Bailey (Canada) 27.7.1996
9.79 Maurice Greene (U.S.) 16.6.1999
9.78 Tim Montgomery (U.S.) 14.9.2002
9.77 Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 14.6.2005
9.76 Justin Gatlin (U.S.) 12.5.2006