100-yard dash
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The 100-yard dash is a track and field event of 100 yards or 91.44 metres. It was part of the Commonwealth Games until 1966, and was included in the decathlon of the Olympics, at least in 1904. It is not generally used in international events (having been replaced by the 100-metre sprint). However, it is still occasionally run in the United States in certain competitions.
Notable 100-yard dash runners
Men
Athlete | Date | Time | Remarks | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
F. C. Saportas | 1870 | 10.5 | Official world record | |
Horace H. Lee | 1877 | 10.0 | Equalled official world record | [1] |
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 | |
R.P. Williams | 1906 | 9.0 | 5 separate time pieces | [2] |
D. J. 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 | [3] |
Women
Athlete | Date | Time | Remarks | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Veronica Campbell-Brown | 31 May 2011 | 9.91+ (+1.1 m/s) | Official World Best, en route to 100m | [4] |
Iris Davis | 1973 | 10.3w | ||
Chi Cheng | 13 June 1970 | 10.0 | Portland, Oregon | |
Barbara Ferrell | 1969 | 10.7 | ||
Wyomia Tyus | 1965 | 10.5 | ||
Wilma Rudolph | 1961 | 10.8 | ||
Mae Faggs | 1954 | 10.8 |
+ = en route to a longer distance
References
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- ↑ Article in The Rotarian June 1940 "What is the Human Limit" by Jim Thorpe pg.18
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External links
- All-time men's best 100 yards www.alltime-athletics.com
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- Newspaper articles Tribune Cap 6 October 1930 (Des Moines, Iowa ?) and Los Angeles Times Jan 1974 cited on Frank Wykoff tribute website