LeRoy Burrell did it in June and then Carl Lewis lowered it again in August.
20:58 ...Usain Bolt
Set the world record in the 100m dash portion of the race
Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the women's world record in the 100 meter dash at 10.49 set in 1988. Usain Bolt holds the men's world record in the 100 meter dash running the distance in 9.58 seconds at the 2009 World Championships in Beijing.
Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the women's world record in the 100 meter dash at 10.49 seconds set in 1988.
Asafa Powell set the 100m World Record three times during his career.
In 2008, in Beijing, China: Usain Bolt won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Men's 100m Dash. Bolt completed the race in 9.69 seconds, and consequently set a new world record. Shelly-Ann Fraser won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Women's 100m Dash. Fraser completed the race in 10.78 seconds. The world record time for the Women's 100m Dash is 10.54, held by the late Florence Griffith-Joyner AKA "Flo-Jo". Flo-Jo set the record in 1988, in Seoul, South Korea, and it has yet to be broken. Both Bolt and Fraser are from Jamaica.
The current world record for the men's 100m sprint is 9.58 seconds, set by Usain Bolt in 2009. For the women's 100m sprint, the record is 10.49 seconds, set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
As of 2021, the current men's 100m world record holder is Usain Bolt from Jamaica, who set the record of 9.58 seconds in 2009 at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany.
100m - 9.34secs 200m - 19.19secs in the 4x400m/100m relay they set a world record but i dunno what it is sorry
Mary Lines set the women's world record in 100 meter dash (10.8 seconds) at the Federation Sportive Feminine Internationale meet at Pershing Stadium in Paris, France on August 20, 1922.
No, as of now Donovan Bailey's world record of 9.84 seconds in the 100m race, set in 1996, has not been beaten.
Usain Bolt, he set a world record in 100m in 2008.