World 100 metre record timeline

Timeline of the men's 100m world record which was broken by Jamaica's Usain Bolt on his way to winning the Olympic gold medal here on Saturday:

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9.92: Carl Lewis (USA)         24/09/88 at Seoul

9.90: Leroy Burrell (USA)      14/06/91 at New York

9.86: Carl Lewis (USA)         25/08/91 at Tokyo

9.85: Leroy Burrell (USA)      06/07/94 at Lausanne

9.84: Donovan Bailey (CAN)     27/07/96 at Atlanta

9.79: Maurice Greene (USA)     16/06/99 at Athens

9.77: Asafa Powell (JAM)       14/06/05 at Athens

9.74: Asafa Powell (JAM)       09/09/07 at Rieti

9.72: Usain Bolt (JAM)         31/05/08 at New York

9.69: Usain Bolt (JAM)         16/08/08 at Beijing.

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