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The Top 5 Fastest Runners ever in the 100 Meter Dash
| Name | Country | Time | Location (date) |
Wind Factor (m/s) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 9.58 seconds | Berlin (Aug 16, 2009) |
+0.9 |
| 2 | Tyson Gay Yohan Blake |
United States Jamaica |
9.69 seconds | Shanghai (Sept 20, 2009) Lausanne (Aug 23, 2012) |
+2.0 -0.1 |
| 3 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica | 9.72 seconds | Lausanne (Sept 2, 2008) |
+0.2 |
| 4 | Nesta Carter | Jamaica | 9.78 seconds | Rieti (Aug 29, 2010) |
+0.9 |
| 5 | Maurice Greene/ Justin Gatlin | Unted States | 9.79 seconds | Athens (June 16th 1999) London (August 5, 2012) |
+0.1 +1.5 |
Tags:
Sports Statistics, Olympic Games, The United States
Sources: International Association of Athletics Federations, International Olympic Committee (IOC).
List Notes: Data is fastest runner in recorded history at the 100 meter dash event. Wind factor is the direction of the wind at the time of the race (+ meaning tail wind, and - meaning headwind) in meters per second.
Sources: International Association of Athletics Federations, International Olympic Committee (IOC).
List Notes: Data is fastest runner in recorded history at the 100 meter dash event. Wind factor is the direction of the wind at the time of the race (+ meaning tail wind, and - meaning headwind) in meters per second.
