Gold: Shelly-Ann Frazier, Jamaica - 10.78 seconds
Silver: Dead heat between Sherone Simpson of Jamaica and Kerron Stewart of Jamaica - 10.98 seconds
There is no 150 meter sprint at the Olympics.
Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus in 2004 and Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica in 2008.
Usain Bolt
At the 2008 Games in Beijing:1) Cycling - women's individual road race, women's sprint, women's 3000 meter individual pursuit, men's 4000 meter team pursuit, men's 4000 meter individual pursuit, men's team sprint, men's kierin, men's sprint.2) Sailing - women's three person keelboat, men's one person dinghy, men's two person keelboat, mixed one person dinghy.3) Swimming - women's 400 meter freestyle, women's 800 meter freestyle.4) Rowing - men's lightweight double sculls, men's coxless fours.5) Canoeing - men's 1000 meter kayak singles.6) Boxing - men's middleweight class.7) Athletics - women's 400 meter run.
100m - 9.69s 200m - 19.30s
Shelly-Ann Fraser.
Shelly-Ann Fraser
Gold medal races in the men's 50 meter freestyle, women's 800 meter freestyle, women's 200 meter backstroke, and men's 100 meter butterfly were held on August 16, 2008.
That was cyclist Chris Hoy at the 2008 Games in Beijing when he won gold in men's 1000 meter sprint, kierin, and team sprint.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, Australian men have won two medals in the 100 meter sprint: 1) 1900 - Stanley Rowley, bronze 2) 1956 - Hector Hogan, bronze
The fastest man in the world is Usain Bolt. He set the world record for the 100 meter sprint. He ran up to 100 meters in 9.58 seconds.
At the 2008 Games in Beijing, that was Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe who won gold in women's 200 meter backstroke and silver in women's 100 meter backstroke, women's 200 meter individual medley, and women's 400 meter individual medley. She also won three medals at the 2004 Games in Athens, a gold in women's 200 meter backstroke, silver in women's 100 meter backstroke, and bronze in women's 200 meter individual medley. At the last two Olympics (2004 and 2008), Kirsty Coventry has been entered in seven events and won seven medals.