As of 2021, the world record for the men's 100m is 9.58 seconds, held by Usain Bolt from Jamaica. For the women's 100m, the world record is 10.49 seconds, held by Florence Griffith-Joyner from the USA.
Kristy Coventry from Zimbabwe rewrote the world record for the women's 100m breastroke, and the record is 58.77 seconds.
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The average speed of the world record in the 100m dash is around 37.58 km/h (23.35 mph).
Asafa Powell set the 100m World Record three times during his career.
9.6 secones
Florence Griffiths-Joyner
Usain Bolt broke the 100m world record 3 times and the 200m world record 2 times. He first broke the 100m record May 31, 2008. He rebroke it August 16, 2008 and August 16, 2009. He first broke the 200m world record August 20, 2008. He rebroke the 200m world record August 20, 2009.
20:58 ...Usain Bolt
The current World Record for the men's 100M Sprint is 9.58 seconds by Usain Bolt of Jamaica. The current World Record for the women's 100M Sprint is 10.49 Seconds by Florence Griffith-Joyner of the USA.
The world record for the women's 100m freestyle swim is 51.71 seconds, set by Sarah SjΓΆstrΓΆm from Sweden on August 2, 2017.
Usain Bolt has the record with 9.58 seconds. Florence Griffith-Joyner has the female world record with 10.49 seconds.