According to several online sources, Bob Hayes' time in the 40 yard dash wasn't recorded. See The Fastest 40 Yard Dash Ever.
Barry Sanders 40 yard dash time is 4.37 seconds. They said that Bob Hayes did not run the 40 yard dash but they say it took him 5.28 seconds to run 60 yards. So I would say that Bob Hayes is Faster.
There is no record for Bob Hayes in the 40, but the late ESPN.com columnist Ralph Wiley once wrote that Hayes reportedly ran a 60-yard dash in 5.28 seconds on a cinder track. In the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Hayes won the gold medal in the 100 meters at 10.05.
Bob Hayes has the world record in the 100 yard dash. This record was set in the year 1963. This is a separate race from the 100 meter dash.
Bob Hayes was a track star and professional football player. He set the world record in the 100m at the 1964 Olympics, with a time of 10.06 seconds. He was also a member of the gold medal relay team, which set a world record. In college he ran a 9.2 in the 100 yard dash. He broke his own record in that event one year later, taking another tenth off his time.
Bob Hayes in 1964. 100 yards in 9.1. 100 meters in 10.04
Darell Newman, the only white man ever to beat olympic Gold medalist Bob Hayes, Darell blazzed a 4.17 at an indoor games in 1965 July
Bob Hayes 10.05 Actually Jim Hines played 10 games for the Dolphins and 1 for the Chiefs. Hines ran 9.95 for the gold medal and world record in the 1968 Olympics. His football catching skills earned him the nickname "Oops"
In 1963, Bob Hayes set a world record of 9.1 in the 100-yard dash. However, at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Usain Bolt established a world record in the 100-meter dash of 9.69. Today, sprint distances are measured in meters, not yards, and 100 meters = 109.361 yards. As Mr Hayes in his record-breaking effort ran 1 yard every .91 seconds, his time for 100 meters would have been at least 9.95 seconds, or more than 1/4-second (.26 seconds) slower than the record set by Mr. Bolt in 2008.
Bob Hayes was born on 1942-12-20.
Bob Hayes died on 2002-09-18.
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