100 meter dash

     

100 m (one hunred metres) is the shortest outdoor sprint race distance in athletics. The reigning 100 m Olympic champion is often named "the fastest man/woman in the world", even though the 200m has a faster average speed.

Trivia about 100 meter dash

  • In 1968 Olympic gold medalist Jim Hines became the 1st man to run this race in under 10 seconds
  • It's the shortest sprint of the current Olympic track & field events
  • Thomas Burke of the U.S. won this Olympic event in 1896 with a time of 12.0 seconds; the winning time in 2004 was 9.85