Archive for May 14th, 2012
Top 5 Fastest 100m Runners
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by admin.
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No 5. - Maurice Greene
Country : USA- Fastest Time : 9.79 seconds
- Wind : +0.1 m/s
- Date : 16 June 1999
- Location : Athens
- Notes : Lowered the world record by the largest margin – previous record (9.84 seconds)
No. 4 - Nesta Carter
Country : Jamaica- Fastest Time : 9.78 seconds
- Wind : +0.9 m/s
- Date : 29 August 2010
- Location : Rieti
- Notes : Carter has won Olympic and World Championship gold in 4 x 100m relays with Jamaica.
No. 3 - Asafa Powell
Country : Jamaica- Fastest Time : 9.72 seconds
- Wind : +0.2 m/s
- Date : 2 September 2008
- Location : Lausanne
- Notes : Powell held the 100m record for 3 years between Jun 2005 and May 2008.
No. 2 - Tyson Gay
Country : USA- Fastest Time : 9.69 seconds
- Wind : +2.0 m/s
- Date : 20 September 2009
- Location : Shanghai
- Notes : Gay is the only sprinter to have defeated Usain Bolt in a final since Bolt made his first world record run.
No. 1 - Usain Bolt
Country : Jamaica- Fastest Time : 9.58 seconds
- Wind : +0.9 m/s
- Date : 16 August 2009
- Location : Berlin
- Notes : After his spectacular performances at the 2008 Olympic games and the 2009 World Championships he became the only man to ever hold both the 100 and 200 m World and Olympic titles at the same time.
