100 metres needs timing, along with show jumping and cross country.
events get timed due to competition if you were up against several people you need to know the exact times of each person in order to give them a correct place.
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You require a good reaction time to take part in any sport, whether it be reacting to the start whistle, in swimming or sprinting, or reacting to a volley of some sort, in football or tennis. especially in Formula1 as a slight mistake and it could all be over.
definition of timing in sport is how fast you can do things while being timed in nanoseconds
I cannot think of a sport that does not require you to react in a certain amount of time.
Every sport needs reaction time
Having a perfect timing is the key to achieve victory in the field of sport. Some of the examples of sport which requires timing are Baseball, Ice Hockey, soccer and even boxing.
several sports require reaction time but the one that comes to my mind first is baseball. Because you need to have a fast reaction time to both hit and field the ball when it is hit.