Olympic Men's 100 meters Sprint Gold Medal Times

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

100 meters

Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 100 meter race from 1896 to the present.

Year   Time  
1896 Tom Burke, USA 12.0  
1900 Frank Jarvis, USA 11.0  
1904 Archie Hahn, USA 11.0  
1906 Archie Hahn, USA 11.2  
1908 Reggie Walker, S. Afr. 10.8 OR
1912 Ralph Craig, USA 10.8  
1920 Charley Paddock, USA 10.8  
1924 Harold Abrahams, GBR 10.6 OR
1928 Percy Williams, CAN 10.8  
1932 Eddie Tolan, USA 10.3 OR
1936 Jesse Owens, USA 10.3w  
1948 Harrison Dillard, USA 10.3 OR
1952 Lindy Remigino, USA 10.4  
1956 Bobby Morrow, USA 10.5  
1960 Armin Hary, GER 10.2 OR
1964 Bob Hayes, USA 10.0 WR
1968 Jim Hines, USA 9.95 WR
1972 Valery Borzov, USSR 10.14  
1976 Hasely Crawford, TRI 10.06  
1980 Allan Wells, GBR 10.25  
1984 Carl Lewis, USA 9.99  
1988 Carl Lewis, USA* 9.92 WR
1992 Linford Christie, GBR 9.96  
1996 Donovan Bailey, CAN 9.84 WR
2000 Maurice Greene, USA 9.87  
2004 Justin Gatlin, USA 9.85  
2008 Usain Bolt, JAM 9.69 OR, WR
2012 Usain Bolt, JAM 9.63 OR
windicates wind-aided.
*Lewis finished second to Ben Johnson of Canada, who set a world record of 9.79 seconds. Two days later, Johnson was stripped of his gold medal and his record when he tested positive for steroid use in a post-race drug test.

 

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