Men · World record

100 Metres

The current record and its documented progression: 68 ratified records from 1912 to 2009, with 4 rescinded, 6 not ratified shown in place, plus 21 earlier marks recorded before the IAAF began ratifying records.

Current recordRatified

9.58+0.9

Usain BoltJAMBerlin · 16 Aug 2009

17 years standing0.11 s improvementAll-time top 50 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record; red marks the fully automatic timing era; hollow marks were rescinded, not ratified or are pending

1912 · 10.6 Donald Lippincott1920 · 10.6 Jackson Scholz1921 · 10.4 Charley Paddock1929 · 10.4 Eddie Tolan1929 · 10.4 Eddie Tolan1930 · 10.3 Percy Williams1932 · 10.3 Eddie Tolan1933 · 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe1934 · 10.3 Eulace Peacock1934 · 10.3 Chris Berger1934 · 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe1934 · 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe1935 · 10.3 Takayoshi Yoshioka1936 · 10.2 Jesse Owens1936 · 10.3 Lennart Strandberg (Rescinded)1941 · 10.2 Harold Davis1948 · 10.2 Lloyd LaBeach1948 · 10.2 Barney Ewell1951 · 10.2 McDonald Bailey1954 · 10.2 Heinz Fütterer1956 · 10.2 Bobby Morrow1956 · 10.2 Ira Murchison1956 · 10.2 Bobby Morrow1956 · 10.2 Ira Murchison1956 · 10.2 Bobby Morrow1956 · 10.1 Willie Williams1956 · 10.1 Ira Murchison1956 · 10.1 Leamon King1956 · 10.1 Leamon King1959 · 10.1 Ray Norton1960 · 10.0 Armin Hary1960 · 10.0 Harry Jerome1964 · 10.0 Horacio Esteves1964 · 10.0 Bob Hayes1967 · 10.0 Jim Hines1967 · 10.0 Enrique Figuerola1968 · 10.0 Paul Nash1968 · 10.0 Oliver Ford1968 · 10.0 Charles Greene1968 · 10.0 Roger Bambuck1968 · 9.9 Jim Hines1968 · 9.9 Ronnie Ray Smith1968 · 9.9 Charles Greene1968 · 9.9 Jim Hines1972 · 9.9 Eddie Hart1972 · 9.9 Rey Robinson1974 · 9.9 Steve Williams1975 · 9.9 Silvio Leonard1975 · 9.9 Steve Williams1975 · 9.9 Steve Williams1976 · 9.9 Steve Williams1976 · 9.9 Harvey Glance1976 · 9.9 Harvey Glance1976 · 9.9 Don Quarrie1964 · 10.06 Bob Hayes (Not ratified)1968 · 10.03 Jim Hines (Not ratified)1968 · 10.02 Charles Greene (Not ratified)1968 · 9.95 Jim Hines1983 · 9.93 Calvin Smith1987 · 9.83 Ben Johnson (Rescinded)1987 · 9.93 Carl Lewis (Not ratified)1988 · 9.93 Carl Lewis (Not ratified)1988 · 9.79 Ben Johnson (Not ratified)1988 · 9.92 Carl Lewis1991 · 9.90 Leroy Burrell1991 · 9.86 Carl Lewis1994 · 9.85 Leroy Burrell1996 · 9.84 Donovan Bailey1999 · 9.79 Maurice Greene2002 · 9.78 Tim Montgomery (Rescinded)2005 · 9.77 Asafa Powell2006 · 9.77 Justin Gatlin (Rescinded)2006 · 9.77 Asafa Powell2006 · 9.77 Asafa Powell2007 · 9.74 Asafa Powell2008 · 9.72 Usain Bolt2008 · 9.69 Usain Bolt2009 · 9.58 Usain Bolt 9.5810.60

19121954 · Fütterer 10.21968 · Bambuck 10.01983 · Smith 9.932009 · Bolt 9.58

Documented records

68 ratified · 4 rescinded · 6 not ratified · 3 at altitude · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1356240466, imported 2 Sep 2026

MarkWindAthleteNationVenueDateStood
9.9 +1.7 Don Quarrie JAM Modesto, USA 22 May 1976 7 yrs
9.9 Harvey Glance USA Baton Rouge, USA 1 May 1976 21 d
9.9 +0.7 Harvey Glance USA Columbia, USA 3 Apr 1976 28 d
9.9 +0.7 Steve Williams USA Gainesville, USA 27 Mar 1976 7 d
9.9 −0.2 Steve Williams USA Berlin, Germany 22 Aug 1975 218 d
9.9 ±0.0 Steve Williams USA Siena, Italy 16 Jul 1975 37 d
9.9 +1.7 Silvio Leonard CUB Ostrava, Czechoslovakia 5 Jun 1975 41 d
9.9 +1.3 Steve Williams USA Los Angeles, USA 21 Jun 1974 349 d
9.9 ±0.0 Rey Robinson USA Eugene, USA 1 Jul 1972 1 yr
9.9 ±0.0 Eddie Hart USA Eugene, USA 1 Jul 1972 0 d
9.9 +0.3 Jim Hines USA Mexico City, Mexico 14 Oct 1968 0 d
9.9 +0.9 Charles Greene USA Sacramento, USA 20 Jun 1968 116 d
9.9 +0.8 Ronnie Ray Smith USA Sacramento, USA 20 Jun 1968 0 d
9.9 +0.8 Jim Hines USA Sacramento, USA 20 Jun 1968 0 d
10.0 +2.0 Roger Bambuck FRA Sacramento, USA 20 Jun 1968 0 d
10.0 +2.0 Charles Greene USA Sacramento, USA 20 Jun 1968 0 d
10.0 +1.1 Oliver Ford USA Albuquerque, USA 31 May 1968 20 d
10.0 ±0.0 Paul Nash RSA Krugersdorp, South Africa 2 Apr 1968 59 d
10.0 +1.8 Enrique Figuerola CUB Budapest, Hungary 17 Jun 1967 290 d
10.0 +2.0 Jim Hines USA Modesto, USA 27 May 1967 21 d

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Before official ratification

21 entries · not ratified · marks from before the IAAF (now World Athletics) began ratifying records, or never ratified, shown for context only

10.8Luther Cary USA4 Jul 1891
10.8Cecil Lee GBR25 Sep 1892
10.8Étienne De Ré BEL4 Aug 1893
10.8L. Atcherley GBR13 Apr 1895
10.8Harry Beaton GBR28 Aug 1895
10.8Harald Anderson-Arbin SWE9 Aug 1896
10.8Isaac Westergren SWE11 Sep 1898
10.8Isaac Westergren SWE10 Sep 1899
10.8Frank Jarvis USA14 Jul 1900
10.8Walter Tewksbury USA14 Jul 1900
10.8Carl Ljung SWE23 Sep 1900
10.8Walter Tewksbury USA6 Oct 1900
10.8André Passat FRA14 Jun 1903
10.8Louis Kuhn SUI14 Jun 1903
10.8Harald Grønfeldt DEN5 Jul 1903
10.8Eric Frick SWE9 Aug 1903
10.6Knut Lindberg SWE26 Aug 1906
10.5Emil Ketterer GER9 Jul 1911
10.5Richard Rau GER13 Aug 1911
10.5Richard Rau GER12 May 1912
10.5Erwin Kern GER26 May 1912