World’s Fastest Man : Asafa Powell - 100m in 9.77sec
June 16th, 2005 | Filed under Miscellaneous.
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Jamaica’s Asafa Powell has broken the 100m world running record, clocking a time of 9.77sec at the Olympic Stadium.
This was just 0.01sec under the mark set by American Tim Montgomery at the Stade de France in 2002.
HOW THE WORLD 100m RECORD HAS EVOLVED
9.95 – Jim Hines (US) 14/10/68 at Mexico
9.93 – Calvin Smith (USA) 03/07/83 at Colorado Springs (US)
9.92 – Carl Lewis (US) 24/09/88 at Seoul
9.90 – Leroy Burrell (US) 14/06/91 at New York
9.86 – Carl Lewis (US) 25/08/91 at Tokyo
9.85 – Leroy Burrell (US) 06/07/94 at Lausanne (SUI)
9.84 – Donovan Bailey (CAN) 27/07/96 at Atlanta (US)
9.79 – Maurice Greene (US) 16/06/99 at Athens
9.78 – Tim Montgomery (US) 14/09/02 at Paris
9.77 – Asafa Powell (JAM) 14/06/05 at Athens
[via Fox news]
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li miao | 10/09/07 #
9.74 seconds (Bye-Bye 9.77 seconds).
Asafa Powell bettered his world record in the 100 metres by running 9.74 seconds at the Rieti Grand Prix September 9 2007
Asafa Powell - The Fastest Man On Earth
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