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World Record Progression 100 M MenThe first World Record in the 100 m for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. Manual Timing | Time | Athlete | Nat | Location of race | Date | | 10.6 | Don Lippincott | USA | Stockholm, Sweden | July 6, 1912 | | Jackson Scholz | USA | September 16, 1920 | | 10.4 | Charlie Paddock | USA | Redlands, California, USA | April 23, 1921 | | Eddie Tolan | USA | Stockholm, Sweden | August 8, 1929 | | Copenhagen, Denmark | August 25, 1929 | | 10.3 | Percy Williams | CAN | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | August 9, 1930 | | Eddie Tolan | USA | Los Angeles, California, USA | August 1, 1932 | | Ralph Metcalfe | USA | Budapest, Hungary | August 12, 1933 | | Eulace Peacock | USA | Oslo, Norway | August 6, 1934 | | Chris Berger | NED | Amsterdam, Netherlands | August 26, 1934 | | Ralph Metcalfe | USA | Osaka, Japan | September 15, 1934 | | Dairen, China | September 23, 1934 | | Takanori Yoshioka | JPN | Tokyo, Japan | June 15, 1935 | | 10.2 | Jesse Owens | USA | Chicago, Illinois, USA | June 20, 1936 | | Harold Davis | USA | Compton, California, USA | June 6, 1941 | | Lloyd LaBeach | PAN | Fresno, California, USA | May 15, 1948 | | Barney Ewell | USA | Evanston, Illinois, USA | July 9, 1948 | | Emmanuel McDonald Bailey | GBR | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | August 25, 1951 | | Heinz Ftterer | FRG | Yokohama, Japan | October 31, 1954 | | Bobby Joe Morrow | USA | Houston, Texas, USA | May 19, 1956 | | Ira Murchison | USA | Compton, California, USA | June 1, 1956 | | Bobby Joe Morrow | USA | Bakersfield, California, USA | June 22, 1956 | | Ira Murchison | USA | Los Angeles, California, USA | June 29, 1956 | | Bobby Joe Morrow | USA | | 10.1 | Willie Williams | USA | Berlin, Germany | August 3, 1956 | | Ira Murchison | USA | August 4, 1956 | | Leamon King | USA | Ontario, California, USA | October 20, 1956 | | Santa Ana, California, USA | October 27, 1956 | | Ray Norton | USA | San Jose, California, USA | April 18, 1959 | | 10.0 | Armin Hary | FRG | Zrich, Switzerland | June 21, 1960 | | Harry Jerome | CAN | Saskatoon, Canada | July 15, 1960 | | Horacio Esteves | VEN | Caracas, Venezuela | August 15, 1964 | | Bob Hayes | USA | Tokyo, Japan | October 15, 1964 | | Jim Hines | USA | Modesto, California, USA | May 27, 1967 | | Enrique Figuerola | CUB | Budapest, Hungary | June 17, 1967 | | Paul Nash | RSA | Krugersdorp, South Africa | April 2, 1968 | | Oliver Ford | USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA | May 31, 1968 | | Charles Greene | USA | Sacramento, California, USA | June 20, 1968 | | Roger Bambuck | FRA | | 9.9 | Jim Hines | USA | | Ronnie Ray Smith | USA | | Charles Greene | USA | | Eddie Hart | USA | Eugene, Oregon, USA | July 1, 1972 | | Reynaud Robinson | USA | | Steve Williams | USA | Los Angeles, California, USA | June 21, 1972 | | Silvio Leonard | CUB | Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | June 5, 1975 | | Steve Williams | USA | Siena, Italy | July 16, 1975 | | Berlin, Germany | August 22, 1975 | | Gainesville, Florida, USA | March 27, 1976 | | Harvey Glance | USA | Columbia, South Carolina, USA | April 3, 1976 | | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | May 1, 1976 | | Don Quarrie | JAM | Modesto, California, USA | May 22, 1976 | Electronic Timing | Time | Athlete | Nat | Location of race | Date | | 9.95 | Jim Hines | USA | Mexico City, Mexico | October 14, 1968 | | 9.93 | Calvin Smith | USA | Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | July 3, 1983 | | Carl Lewis | USA | Rome, Italy | August 30, 1987 | | 9.92 | Seoul, South Korea | September 24, 1988 | | 9.90 | Leroy Burrell | USA | New York, New York, USA | June 14, 1991 | | 9.86 | Carl Lewis | USA | Tokyo, Japan | August 25, 1991 | | 9.85 | Leroy Burrell | USA | Lausanne, Switzerland | July 6, 1994 | | 9.84 | Donovan Bailey | CAN | Atlanta, Georgia, USA | July 29, 1996 | | 9.79 | Maurice Greene | USA | Athens, Greece | June 16, 1999 | | 9.78 | Tim Montgomery | USA | Paris, France | September 14, 2002 | From 24 September 1988 until his disqualification three days later, on 27 September 1988, the world record was held by Ben Johnson, with a time of 9.79 seconds.
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