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The Fastest 400 Meter Runner Of All Times Ran It In 46.18 Seconds,His Name Was Torrin Lawrence.
usain bolt - Jamaica 9.69 2008 Olympics
Cathy Freeman was a short distance runner who competed, at various times in her career, in the 400 meter run, 200 meter run, 4x400 meter relay, and 4x100 meter relay. She is most well known for her performances in the 400 meter run where she won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and gold medals in the Commonwealth Games and World Championships.
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Florence Griffith Joyner has the record for the fastest times in the women's 100 meter race. She currently holds the top 3 fastest times of 10.49 seconds, 10.61, and 10.62 seconds.
Wilma Rudolph's automatic timed world record in the 100 meter dash, 11.41 seconds set at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, was bettered by Wyomia Tyus at 11.23 seconds at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. She had run faster times but those races were not automatically timed. Her best 100 meter dash time was a hand timed 11.2 set at a meet in Stuttgart in 1961. Wilma's automatic timed world record in the 200 meter dash, 22.30 seconds set at the 1960 Olympics, was bettered by Edith McGuire at 22.05 seconds set at the 1964 Olympics.
2. Tyson Gay (United States)Fastest Time: 9.69 secondsUsing the 2008 U.S. Olympic Tests, Gay also went a wind-aided 9.68 (once the fastest 100 m under any condition).
On Sunday 8-9-36 the USA 400 Meter Relay Team:Frank Wykoff, Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, and Foy Draperset a New World Record ofTime: 39.8 seconds.
There was no Olympiccompetition in 2006, but I suspect that was a typo, in the 2008 Olympics however Usain Bolt won the 100 meters, and 200 meters in world record times 9.69 sec and 19.30 seconds respectively. 100 meter time broke his team mate Osafa Powell's world record which was 9.74, and Michael Johnson's 200 meter world and Olympic record which was 19.32 from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Usain Bold was also apart of the world and Olympic record breaking 4 x 100 meter relay.
The World Record for running 800 meters was set in 1997 by Wilson Kipketer of Denmark in a time of 1:41.11.
At the Olympics, 5. 2000 Summer Games in Sydney - 400 meter freestyle, 4x100 meter freestyle relay, 4x200 meter freestyle relay. 2004 Summer Games in Athens - 200 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle.
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