100 metres at the Olympics

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100 metres
at the Olympic Games
The 2008 Olympic men's 100 metre final
Overview
SportAthletics
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 1896 – 2020
Women: 1928 – 2020
Reigning champion
Men Marcell Jacobs (ITA)
Women Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)

The 100 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the first edition of the multi-sport event. The men's 100 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896. The 100 metres is considered one of the blue ribbon events of the Olympics and is among the highest profile competitions at the games. It is the most prestigious 100 metres race at an elite level and is the shortest sprinting competition at the Olympics – a position it has held at every edition except for a brief period between 1900 and 1904, when a men's 60 metres was contested.[1]

The first Olympic champions were Thomas Burke in the men's category and, 32 years later, Betty Robinson in the women's category. The Olympic records for the event are 9.63 seconds, set by Usain Bolt in 2012, and 10.61 seconds, set by Elaine Thompson-Herah in 2021.[2][3][4] The world records for the event have been equalled or broken during the Olympics on seven occasions in the men's category and on twelve occasions in the women's.[citation needed]

Among the competing nations, the United States has had the most success in this event, having won sixteen golds in the men's race and nine in the women's race. Usain Bolt of Jamaica has won three consecutive titles (2008–16). Five other athletes have won back-to-back titles: Wyomia Tyus (1964–68), Carl Lewis (1984–88), Gail Devers (1992–96), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (2008–12), and Elaine Thompson-Herah (2016-2020). Merlene Ottey is the only athlete to win three medals without winning gold, with one silver and two bronze medals. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the most decorated athlete in the event, male or female, having won 4 medals.[5][6]

Many athletes that compete in this event also compete individually in the Olympic 200 metres and with their national teams in the Olympic 4×100 metres relay, with Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson-Herah being the only athletes to do so more than once. Nine men have achieved the 100 metres and 200 metres 'Double' at the same Olympic Games - Archie Hahn (1904), Ralph Craig (1912), Percy Williams (1928), Eddie Tolan (1932), Jesse Owens (1936), Bobby Morrow (1956), Valeriy Borzov (1972), Carl Lewis (1984), and Usain Bolt (2008, 2012, 2016). Four of these men were also members of the winning team in the 4 × 100 meters relay at the same games - Jesse Owens (1936), Bobby Morrow (1956), Carl Lewis (1984), and Usain Bolt (2012, 2016). Three of these men have won a fourth gold medal at the same games - Archie Hahn in the now defunct 60 metres, and both Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis in the long jump.

Seven women have achieved the 100 metres and 200 metres 'Double' at the same Olympic Games - Fanny Blankers-Koen (1948), Marjorie Jackson (1952), Betty Cuthbert (1956), Wilma Rudolph (1960), Renate Stecher (1972), Florence Griffith-Joyner (1988), and Elaine Thompson-Herah (2016) and (2021). Five of these women were also members of the winning team in the 4 × 100 meters relay at the same games - Fanny Blankers-Koen (1948), Betty Cuthbert (1956), Wilma Rudolph (1960), Florence Griffith-Joyner (1988) and Elaine Thompson-Herah (2021). Fanny Blankers-Koen is the only one of these women to win four gold medals at the same games by winning the 80 metres hurdles in 1948.

Competition format[edit]

Women competing in the first round of the 2012 Summer Olympics
The women's 100-metre medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The Olympic 100 metres competitions are carried out under standard international rules, as set by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The races are segregated by gender, with one for men and one for women.[7] The 100 m is usually held at the beginning of the Olympic athletics programme as this allows athletes to compete in other events held later at the games – many 100 m athletes also compete in the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay events.[8]

Traditionally there are four rounds of competition: heats, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals. Prior to 1964, finals featured six athletes.[9] For all Olympic competitions from 1964 onwards—allowing for a sufficient number of athletes being present—each race features eight runners.[10] Athletes are seeded by past performance to ensure an even balance of quality across the heats and allow the best runners to progress to the later stages. Usually in the first two rounds the top three runners progress to the next stage. A small number of other athletes also progress as the fastest non-qualifiers (or "fastest losers") through a repechage system. Prior to 2012, the semi-finals stage comprised two races of eight athletes and the top four finishers in each race (regardless of time) were entered into the final.[11]

Several amendments were made to the competition format in 2012. Any participant not in possession of an Olympic qualifying standard time is entered into the preliminary round. Qualifiers in this round progress to the first round proper. The semi-finals stage is divided into three races: the top two progress to the final by right and the two fastest non-qualifiers complete the eight finalists. Changes to the international false start rules were also introduced – any validly recorded reaction time to the starter's pistol of below 0.1 seconds will result in instant disqualification.[11] At the 2004 and 2008 Olympics one false start was allowed per race, with any subsequent false start resulting in disqualification for the offending athletes. At Olympics prior to 2004 each athlete was allowed one false start, with a second false start leading to removal from the field.[12][13]

The top three finishers in the final are awarded a gold, silver, and bronze medal, respectively. If runners cannot be separated by their time (recorded to one hundredth of a second) further analysis is used to distinguish their times to the thousandth of a second. In the 2008 Women's 100 m final the minor medallists Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart could not be separated by this method and were both awarded the silver medal.[14] Medal positions in a 100 m race have only been shared on one other occasion in Olympic history: Alajos Szokolyi and Francis Lane were joint third at the 1896 men's final.[15]

Participation[edit]

Starting with 15 men from eight nations at the inaugural 1896 Olympic 100 m, participation in the event reached its peak at the 2000 Sydney Games, where 179 male and female athletes from 100 nations were present. The number of competitors and nations in the event has seen an increasing historical trend. This increase has been mostly linear, though participation was affected by the Olympic boycotts of 1976, 1980 and 1984. The linear trend stopped after the 2000 peak and has steadily decreased in subsequent Summer Olympics.[5][6]

Qualifying standards
Year Men "A" Men "B" Women "A" Women "B"
2000 10.27 10.40 11.40 11.60
2004 10.21 10.28 11.30 11.40
2008 10.21 10.28 11.32 11.42
2012 10.18 10.24 11.29 11.38
2016 10.16 — 11.32 —
2020/2021 10.05 — 11.12 —

Men's participation reached its highest at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, which featured 104 men from 75 nations. Women's participation began in 1928, with 31 women from 13 nations competing, and reached an all-time high at the 2008 Beijing Games, which had 85 women representing 69 nations. The 2008 and 2012 editions reversed the historical gender bias towards male participation, as women outnumbered men at the Olympic 100 m for the first time.[5][6]

As the governing body for the sport of athletics, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) applies qualifying standards to the competition. This aims to encourage high level performances at the Olympic Games and contain the number of potential entries (the IAAF aims to cap Olympic participation in athletics events at 2000 athletes). There are two types of qualifying standard: the "A" standard and the "B" standard. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to three athletes who have obtained the "A" standard, or one athlete with the "B" standard. If a NOC has no qualifying athletes in any Olympic athletic event, it may enter one non-qualified athlete – the 100 m is a frequent choice for this type of entry given the brevity of the event. Athletes must achieve the qualifying time without wind-assistance at an officially authorised event within a certain time period, which typically begins from the year prior to the Olympics and extends up to three weeks before the games. The IAAF prohibits entrants who do not reach the age of sixteen in that Olympic year, but there is no upper age limit. The IAAF qualifying standards for the 100 m have become progressively more stringent since 2000.[16][17][18][19]

On top of IAAF standards, national governing bodies may apply their own participation restrictions. These principally come in four forms: stricter national qualifying times, reduced time periods for qualifying performances,[20] performances in the event at a national Olympic trials, and decisions of national selection committees. Smaller nations do not typically apply these additional criteria due to the smaller numbers of sprinters eligible to compete. Larger nations, and nations with strong traditions in sprinting, often have long-running histories of Olympic 100 m trials (such as at the United States Olympic Trials). Participation for a country also demands that the athlete hold respective citizenship and is not subject to a competitive ban through anti-doping rules.[21]

World Athletics in 2019 announced that, following the inauguration of their World Rankings platform, that in addition to those who achieved the Olympic standard, placing in the top 32 of the rankings will serve as a qualification method for athletes. (For example, if someone comes 3rd in the 100m finals of their national championships in 10.14, if he is 22nd in the World Rankings, he has qualified for the games).

Year No. of
men 		Nations
(men) 		No. of
women 		Nations
(women) 		Total
athletes 		Total
nations 		Men's champion Women's champion
1896[15] 15 8 — — 15 8  Thomas Burke (USA) —
1900[22] 20 9 — — 20 9  Frank Jarvis (USA) —
1904[23] 11 3 — — 11 3  Archie Hahn (USA) —
1908[24] 60 16 — — 60 16  Reggie Walker (RSA) —
1912[25] 70 22 — — 70 22  Ralph Craig (USA) —
1920[26] 61 23 — — 61 23  Charlie Paddock (USA) —
1924[27] 86 34 — — 86 34  Harold Abrahams (GBR) —
1928[28][29] 81 33 31 13 107 35  Percy Williams (CAN)  Betty Robinson (USA)
1932[30][31] 33 17 20 10 51 19  Eddie Tolan (USA)  Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL)
1936[32][33] 61 30 30 15 91 33  Jesse Owens (USA)  Helen Stephens (USA)
1948[34][35] 61 33 38 21 99 39  Harrison Dillard (USA)  Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
1952[36][37] 70 33 56 27 126 41  Lindy Remigino (USA)  Marjorie Jackson (AUS)
1956[38][39] 63 31 34 16 97 34  Bobby Morrow (USA)  Betty Cuthbert (AUS)
1960[9][40] 59 45 31 18 90 50  Armin Hary (EUA)  Wilma Rudolph (USA)
1964[10][41] 71 49 44 27 115 56  Bob Hayes (USA)  Wyomia Tyus (USA)
1968[42][43] 63 42 42 22 105 48  Jim Hines (USA)  Wyomia Tyus (USA)
1972[44][45] 83 55 47 33 130 68  Valeriy Borzov (URS)  Renate Stecher (GDR)
1976[46][47] 61 40 39 22 100 45  Hasely Crawford (TRI)  Annegret Richter (FRG)
1980[48][49] 63 41 40 25 103 46  Allan Wells (GBR)  Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)
1984[50][51] 80 59 46 33 126 68  Carl Lewis (USA)  Evelyn Ashford (USA)
1988[52][53] 100 69 64 42 164 85  Carl Lewis (USA)  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)
1992[54][55] 79 66 54 41 133 86  Linford Christie (GBR)  Gail Devers (USA)
1996[56][57] 104 75 56 38 160 89  Donovan Bailey (CAN)  Gail Devers (USA)
2000[58][59] 95 71 84 63 179 100  Maurice Greene (USA) Vacated[60]
2004[61][62] 80 62 63 51 143 89  Justin Gatlin (USA)  Yulia Nestsiarenka (BLR)
2008[63][64] 78 64 85 69 163 96  Usain Bolt (JAM)  Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)
2012[65][66] 72 61 79 65 151 92  Usain Bolt (JAM)  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)
2016 84 57 80 56 164 82  Usain Bolt (JAM)  Elaine Thompson (JAM)
2020  Marcell Jacobs (ITA)  Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)
Data notes
  • Numbers do not include non-starting athletes. There have been two Olympic 100 m non-starters: Estonia's Reinhold Saulmann in 1920, and Kim Collins in 2012 – the latter was banned from competing by the St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee for defying their orders and leaving the Olympic camp to stay with his wife.[67]
  • Nations are above defined as the competing Olympic team as opposed to athletes' legal nationalities – the various Unified teams and Independent Olympian teams are thus each treated as one nation at that Olympic Games.

Biological factors[edit]

Age[edit]

The 100 m requires a high level of athleticism and as a result most of the participants in the Olympics are aged between 18 and 35 – which is roughly contiguous with the period of peak physical fitness in humans.[68] Consequently, the vast majority of participants in the Olympic 100 m fall within this age range.[65][66] As of 2020, the qualification rules prohibit athletes younger than 16 at the end of the year of the Games.[69]

The record for the youngest athlete to participate in the Olympic 100 m is held by Katura Marae, who was 14 when she represented Vanuatu at the 2004 Athens Olympics.[70] Merlene Ottey holds the records for both the oldest participant and the oldest medallist, having won bronze at age 40 in 2000 and reached the Olympic semi-finals four years later. (Ottey is also the most frequent participant having competed in the Olympic 100 m an unrivalled six times from 1984 to 2004).[71] The first women's champion, Betty Robinson in 1928, remains the youngest gold medallist for the event at 16 years old,[72] while a 32-year-old Linford Christie became the oldest 100 m Olympic champion in 1992.[73]

Distinction Male athlete Age Female athlete Age
Youngest champion Reggie Walker 19 years, 4 months, 6 days[74] Betty Robinson 16 years, 11 months, 8 days[72]
Youngest medallist Donald Lippincott 18 years, 7 months, 21 days[75] Betty Robinson 16 years, 11 months, 8 days[72]
Youngest participant Alphonse Yanghat 15 years, 3 months, 27 days[76] Katura Marae 14 years, 8 months, 17 days[70]
Oldest champion Linford Christie 32 years, 3 months, 30 days[73] Fanny Blankers-Koen 30 years, 3 months, 7 days[77]
Oldest medallist Linford Christie 32 years, 3 months, 30 days[73] Merlene Ottey 40 years, 4 months, 14 days[71]
Oldest participant Stefan Burkart 38 years, 10 months, 14 days[78] Merlene Ottey 44 years, 4 months, 11 days[71]

Gender[edit]

Since introduction of testing by the IAAF in the early-20th century, female sprinters may be subject to gender verification. This rule was first formally applied to the 100 m at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.[79] No 100 m sprinter has been publicly barred at an Olympic competition. However, there have been historic cases involving two women's medallists: 1932 champion Stanisława Walasiewicz and 1964 bronze medallist Ewa Kłobukowska, both of Poland. Walasiewicz endured accusations during her career due to her appearance, but was never subject to a test.[80] An autopsy following her death in a shooting revealed ambiguous genitalia.[81] Walasiewicz accused Helen Stephens (who beat her in the 1936 final) of being male and, despite there being no relevant rules on the matter, officials performed a physical examination of Stephens' external genitalia and concluded that she was female. Kłobukowska was not tested at the Olympics, thus did not lose her Olympic medals, but was subsequently disqualified at the 1967 European Cup on the basis of having a chromosomal mosaic.[80][82] Intersex athletes are restricted from competition in the 100 m without having undergone surgery and hormonal therapy, as a result of the 2003 Stockholm consensus ruling by the IOC.[83]

Race[edit]

See also: Race and sports
Runners in the men's 100-metre final at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Olympic 100 m medallists in the early phase of the Modern Olympic Games were principally white, Western sprinters of European descent, largely reflecting the euro-centric make up of the nations that took part and the ideological environment of racial segregation at the time. As the Olympic competition began to attract wider international participation, athletes with African heritage began to reach and eventually dominate the 100 m Olympic podium, particularly African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans.[84]

Eddie Tolan became the first non-white winner of the event in 1932 and this signified the start of a prolonged period of success by black male sprinters; since 1932 only five men's Olympic champions in the event have not had significant African heritage. The women's event was dominated by runners of European descent until Wilma Rudolph won the title in 1960. Soviet and German women returned to the podium in the period from 1972 to 1980, but since then African-American and Jamaican women have won the great majority of 100 m medals.[84] Dominance in the men's event has been particularly pronounced from 1984 to 2016, during which time in a span of almost 40 years all the men's Olympic 100 m finalists have been of African heritage.[85]

In the 2020 Olympics, Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian ran 9.83 in his semi-final heat and became the first athlete without African heritage to reach the final since 1980 within the span of 40 years, setting an unofficial fastest 60 metres split record en route. 9.83 is also the second fastest semi-final time and made him the fifth fastest man in the history of 100 metres at the Olympics behind Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Justin Gatlin and Marcel Jacobs.

Most commentators attribute this statistical discrepancy to genetic rather than to cultural factors.[86][87][88]

Doping[edit]

All athletes who participate in the Olympic 100 m competition are subject to the World Anti-Doping Code –the IAAF and International Olympic Committee (IOC) are both signatories. Mandatory in-competition drug testing was introduced at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[89]

One of the most prominent cases of doping at the Olympics, and in sport as a whole, occurred during the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Ben Johnson entered the race as the reigning 100 metres world record holder and won the Olympic final, raising his arm in victory, in a new world record of 9.79 seconds to much fanfare. Soon after being awarded the gold medal the results of his post-race drug test revealed his urine contained traces of stanozolol (a banned steroid).[90] Johnson later admitted to doping, but he and his coach Charlie Francis still claimed he had his drink spiked at the Olympics, as Johnson was taking a different type of steroid at the time.[91] The positive test had long-lasting effects on public perception of the sport and advanced the case for more stringent drug testing. The Canadian government launched an investigation into drugs in sport, known as the Dubin Inquiry, the following year.[92] The 1988 Olympic men's 100 metres final has been referred to as "the dirtiest race in history", as only two of the eight finalists remained free of doping issues during their careers.[93]

Ekaterini Thanou, the 2000 women's silver medallist, was barred from the 2004 Athens Olympics after failing to attend a pre-competition drugs test (her third consecutive missed test). The Greek sprinter and her teammate Kostas Kenteris were convicted of staging a motorcycle crash to avoid the test, but this was overturned on appeal. Her doping ban remained as they admitted to having missed the tests.[94] Tameka Williams was banned from competing in the 100 m at the 2012 Olympics when, at the Olympic village, she admitted to the Saint Kitts and Nevis management team that she had been ingesting a banned substance.[95] Bulgaria's Tezdzhan Naimova had her 2008 Olympic performance annulled and received a two-year ban after it was proved that she had tampered with her drug test a month prior to the competition.[96]

Another high-profile doping case involved the 2000 Olympic women's 100 m champion Marion Jones, though no doping infractions occurred during the Olympics. Having been one of the stars of the games—she won three gold and two bronze medals in track and field events—Jones was later implicated in doping through the BALCO scandal. She lied to federal agents and a grand jury during questioning around the scandal, but later admitted in 2007 to using Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) during the period of her Olympic success.[97] The IOC annulled all her Olympic results, including her 100 m title. Given that the 2000 women's runner-up Ekaterini Thanou had herself been banned for drug usage, the IOC chose not to upgrade her to the gold medal position, but rather leave the position vacant.[98] Working around the dilemma, the IOC decided to raise bronze medallist Tayna Lawrence to joint silver and fourth-placed Merlene Ottey to the bronze medal position.[99]

In spite of the relatively few occasions in which 100 m sprinters have failed doping tests at the Olympics, numerous Olympic sprinters have been banned outside the competition or implicated otherwise, including many medallists. Two-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis had a positive drug test for stimulants at the US Olympic trials. The United States Olympic Committee accepted his claim of inadvertent use, since a dietary supplement he ingested was found to contain "Ma huang", the Chinese name for Ephedra (ephedrine is known to help weight loss).[100] The 1992 Olympic champion Linford Christie was banned for nandrolone later in his career.[101] Angel Guillermo Heredia accused the 2000 Olympic champion Maurice Greene of doping; Greene denied this but admitted to paying for "stuff" for his training mates.[102] Justin Gatlin, the men's gold medallist in 2004, served a doping suspension both before and after his Olympic win, and returned to the podium at the 2012 Olympics.[103] The men's runner-up in 2012, Yohan Blake, was banned for consuming a stimulant in 2009.[104]

On the women's side, the Olympic 100 m was affected by state-sponsored doping in East Germany. Stasi documents released after the fall of the Berlin Wall revealed extensive drug usage by Olympic sprinters, including the 1976 and 1980 silver medallists Renate Stecher and Marlies Göhr, as well as the 1988 bronze medallist Heike Drechsler.[105][106] Shelly-Ann Fraser, twice Olympic champion, received a six-month ban in 2010 for taking a prohibited narcotic for pain relief.[107] A similar system was in place in the Soviet Union with major revelations concerning the Soviet state-sponsored doping program in preparation for the 1984 Olympics coming to light in 2016.[108] The 2008 runner-up Sherone Simpson was banned in 2013 after a positive test for a stimulant and two-time bronze medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown failed a test for a diuretic that same year.[109] A fourth Jamaican medallist, Merlene Ottey, received a ban for the steroid nandrolone in 1999 but this was rescinded on appeal due to laboratory errors.[110][111]

Medal summary[edit]

Men[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
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1896 Athens
details 		Thomas Burke
 United States 		Fritz Hofmann
 Germany 		Francis Lane
 United States
Alajos Szokolyi
 Hungary
1900 Paris
details 		Frank Jarvis
 United States 		Walter Tewksbury
 United States 		Stan Rowley
 Australia
1904 St. Louis
details 		Archie Hahn
 United States 		Nathaniel Cartmell
 United States 		William Hogenson
 United States
1908 London
details 		Reggie Walker
 South Africa 		James Rector
 United States 		Robert Kerr
 Canada
1912 Stockholm
details 		Ralph Craig
 United States 		Alvah Meyer
 United States 		Donald Lippincott
 United States
1920 Antwerp
details 		Charley Paddock
 United States 		Morris Kirksey
 United States 		Harry Edward
 Great Britain
1924 Paris
details 		Harold Abrahams
 Great Britain 		Jackson Scholz
 United States 		Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt
 New Zealand
1928 Amsterdam
details 		Percy Williams
 Canada 		Jack London
 Great Britain 		Georg Lammers
 Germany
1932 Los Angeles
details 		Eddie Tolan
 United States 		Ralph Metcalfe
 United States 		Arthur Jonath
 Germany
1936 Berlin
details 		Jesse Owens
 United States 		Ralph Metcalfe
 United States 		Tinus Osendarp
 Netherlands
1948 London
details 		Harrison Dillard
 United States 		Barney Ewell
 United States 		Lloyd LaBeach
 Panama
1952 Helsinki
details 		Lindy Remigino
 United States 		Herb McKenley
 Jamaica 		McDonald Bailey
 Great Britain
1956 Melbourne
details 		Bobby Morrow
 United States 		Thane Baker
 United States 		Hector Hogan
 Australia
1960 Rome
details 		Armin Hary
 United Team of Germany 		Dave Sime
 United States 		Peter Radford
 Great Britain
1964 Tokyo
details 		Bob Hayes
 United States 		Enrique Figuerola
 Cuba 		Harry Jerome
 Canada
1968 Mexico City
details 		Jim Hines
 United States 		Lennox Miller
 Jamaica 		Charles Greene
 United States
1972 Munich
details 		Valeriy Borzov
 Soviet Union 		Robert Taylor
 United States 		Lennox Miller
 Jamaica
1976 Montreal
details 		Hasely Crawford
 Trinidad and Tobago 		Don Quarrie
 Jamaica 		Valeriy Borzov
 Soviet Union
1980 Moscow
details 		Allan Wells
 Great Britain 		Silvio Leonard
 Cuba 		Petar Petrov
 Bulgaria
1984 Los Angeles
details 		Carl Lewis
 United States 		Sam Graddy
 United States 		Ben Johnson
 Canada
1988 Seoul
details 		Carl Lewis
 United States 		Linford Christie
 Great Britain 		Calvin Smith
 United States
1992 Barcelona
details 		Linford Christie
 Great Britain 		Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia 		Dennis Mitchell
 United States
1996 Atlanta
details 		Donovan Bailey
 Canada 		Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia 		Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago
2000 Sydney
details 		Maurice Greene
 United States 		Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago 		Obadele Thompson
 Barbados
2004 Athens
details 		Justin Gatlin
 United States 		Francis Obikwelu
 Portugal 		Maurice Greene
 United States
2008 Beijing
details 		Usain Bolt
 Jamaica 		Richard Thompson
 Trinidad and Tobago 		Walter Dix
 United States
2012 London
details 		Usain Bolt
 Jamaica 		Yohan Blake
 Jamaica 		Justin Gatlin
 United States
2016 Rio
details 		Usain Bolt
 Jamaica 		Justin Gatlin
 United States 		Andre De Grasse
 Canada
2020 Tokyo
details 		Marcell Jacobs
 Italy 		Fred Kerley
 United States 		Andre De Grasse
 Canada

Multiple medallists[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Usain Bolt  Jamaica (JAM) 2008–2016 3 0 0 3
2 Carl Lewis  United States (USA) 1984–1988 2 0 0 2
3 Justin Gatlin  United States (USA) 2004–2016 1 1 1 3
4 Linford Christie  Great Britain (GBR) 1988–1992 1 1 0 2
5 Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union (URS) 1972–1976 1 0 1 2
Maurice Greene  United States (USA) 2000–2004 1 0 1 2
7 Ralph Metcalfe  United States (USA) 1932–1936 0 2 0 2
Frankie Fredericks  Namibia (NAM) 1992–1996 0 2 0 2
9 Lennox Miller  Jamaica (JAM) 1968–1972 0 1 1 2
Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 1996–2000 0 1 1 2
11 Andre De Grasse  Canada (CAN) 2016–2020 0 0 2 2

Medals by country[edit]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 16 14 9 39
2  Jamaica (JAM) 3 4 1 8
3  Great Britain (GBR) 3 2 3 8
4  Canada (CAN) 2 0 4 6
5  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 1 2 1 4
6  Soviet Union (URS) 1 0 1 2
7  Italy (ITA) 1 0 0 1
 South Africa (RSA) 1 0 0 1
 United Team of Germany (EUA) 1 0 0 1
10  Cuba (CUB) 0 2 0 2
 Namibia (NAM) 0 2 0 2
12  Germany (GER) 0 1 2 3
13  Portugal (POR) 0 1 0 1
14  Australia (AUS) 0 0 2 2
15  Barbados (BAR) 0 0 1 1
 Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 1 1
 Hungary (HUN) 0 0 1 1
 Netherlands (NED) 0 0 1 1
 New Zealand (NZL) 0 0 1 1
 Panama (PAN) 0 0 1 1
20 Totals 29 28 29 86

Women[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
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1928 Amsterdam
details 		Betty Robinson
 United States 		Fanny Rosenfeld
 Canada 		Ethel Smith
 Canada
1932 Los Angeles
details 		Stanisława Walasiewicz
 Poland 		Hilda Strike
 Canada 		Wilhelmina von Bremen
 United States
1936 Berlin
details 		Helen Stephens
 United States 		Stanisława Walasiewicz
 Poland 		Käthe Krauß
 Germany
1948 London
details 		Fanny Blankers-Koen
 Netherlands 		Dorothy Manley
 Great Britain 		Shirley Strickland
 Australia
1952 Helsinki
details 		Marjorie Jackson
 Australia 		Daphne Hasenjager
 South Africa 		Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
 Australia
1956 Melbourne
details 		Betty Cuthbert
 Australia 		Christa Stubnick
 United Team of Germany 		Marlene Matthews
 Australia
1960 Rome
details 		Wilma Rudolph
 United States 		Dorothy Hyman
 Great Britain 		Giuseppina Leone
 Italy
1964 Tokyo
details 		Wyomia Tyus
 United States 		Edith McGuire
 United States 		Ewa Kłobukowska
 Poland
1968 Mexico City
details 		Wyomia Tyus
 United States 		Barbara Ferrell
 United States 		Irena Szewińska
 Poland
1972 Munich
details 		Renate Stecher
 East Germany 		Raelene Boyle
 Australia 		Silvia Chivás
 Cuba
1976 Montreal
details 		Annegret Richter
 West Germany 		Renate Stecher
 East Germany 		Inge Helten
 West Germany
1980 Moscow
details 		Lyudmila Kondratyeva
 Soviet Union 		Marlies Göhr
 East Germany 		Ingrid Auerswald
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
details 		Evelyn Ashford
 United States 		Alice Brown
 United States 		Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica
1988 Seoul
details 		Florence Griffith-Joyner
 United States 		Evelyn Ashford
 United States 		Heike Drechsler
 East Germany
1992 Barcelona
details 		Gail Devers
 United States 		Juliet Cuthbert
 Jamaica 		Irina Privalova
 Unified Team
1996 Atlanta
details 		Gail Devers
 United States 		Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica 		Gwen Torrence
 United States
2000 Sydney
details 		Vacant[112] Ekaterini Thanou
 Greece 		Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica
Tayna Lawrence
 Jamaica
2004 Athens
details 		Yulia Nestsiarenka
 Belarus 		Lauryn Williams
 United States 		Veronica Campbell
 Jamaica
2008 Beijing
details 		Shelly-Ann Fraser
 Jamaica 		Sherone Simpson
 Jamaica 		none awarded
Kerron Stewart
 Jamaica
2012 London
details 		Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
 Jamaica 		Carmelita Jeter
 United States 		Veronica Campbell-Brown
 Jamaica
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details 		Elaine Thompson
 Jamaica 		Tori Bowie
 United States 		Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
 Jamaica
2020 Tokyo
details 		Elaine Thompson-Herah
 Jamaica 		Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
 Jamaica 		Shericka Jackson
 Jamaica
2024 Paris
details

Multiple medallists[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica (JAM) 2008–2020 2 1 1 4
2 Wyomia Tyus  United States (USA) 1964–1968 2 0 0 2
Gail Devers  United States (USA) 1992–1996 2 0 0 2
Elaine Thompson-Herah  Jamaica (JAM) 2016–2020 2 0 0 2
4 Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland (POL) 1932–1936 1 1 0 2
Renate Stecher  East Germany (GDR) 1972–1976 1 1 0 2
Evelyn Ashford  United States (USA) 1984–1988 1 1 0 2
7 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica (JAM) 1984–2000 0 1 2 3
8 Shirley Strickland  Australia (AUS) 1948–1952 0 0 2 2
Veronica Campbell-Brown  Jamaica (JAM) 2004–2012 0 0 2 2

Medals by country[edit]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 9 7 2 18
2  Jamaica (JAM) 4 6 6 16
3  Australia (AUS) 2 1 3 6
4  East Germany (GDR) 1 2 2 5
5  Poland (POL) 1 1 2 4
6  West Germany (FRG) 1 0 1 2
 Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1
7  Belarus (BLR) 1 0 0 1
 Netherlands (NED) 1 0 0 1
 Soviet Union (URS) 1 0 0 1
10  Canada (CAN) 0 2 1 3
11  Great Britain (GBR) 0 2 0 2
12  Greece (GRE) 0 1 0 1
 South Africa (RSA) 0 1 0 1
 United Team of Germany (EUA) 0 1 0 1
15  Cuba (CUB) 0 0 1 1
 Germany (GER) 0 0 1 1
 Unified Team (EUN) 0 0 1 1
18 Totals 21 23 20 64

Overall[edit]

Medals by country[edit]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 25 21 11 57
2  Jamaica (JAM) 7 9 6 20
3  Great Britain (GBR) 3 4 3 10
4  Canada (CAN) 2 2 5 9
5  Australia (AUS) 2 1 5 8
6  Soviet Union (URS) 2 0 1 3
7  East Germany (GDR) 1 2 2 5
8  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 1 2 1 4
9  Poland (POL) 1 1 2 4
10  South Africa (RSA) 1 1 0 2
 United Team of Germany (EUA) 1 1 0 2
12  Netherlands (NED) 1 0 1 2
 West Germany (FRG) 1 0 1 2
14  Belarus (BLR) 1 0 0 1
15  Cuba (CUB) 0 2 1 3
16  Namibia (NAM) 0 2 0 2
17  Germany (GER) 0 1 3 4
18  Greece (GRE) 0 1 0 1
 Portugal (POR) 0 1 0 1
20  Barbados (BAR) 0 0 1 1
 Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 1 1
 Hungary (HUN) 0 0 1 1
 Italy (ITA) 1 0 1 2
 New Zealand (NZL) 0 0 1 1
 Panama (PAN) 0 0 1 1
 Unified Team (EUN) 0 0 1 1
26 Totals 48 51 49 148

Olympic record progression[edit]

The best time for the 100 m set during Olympic competition is known as the Olympic record. To count as an official record, the race and the equipment used must adhere to IAAF international rules. Hand-timed results were the standard until 1975, when fully automatic timing (FAT) became the preferred method for officially measuring athletes' times. Further to this wind conditions must be measured and any time achieved with a wind speed of over 2.0 metres per second in a direction behind the athlete is treated as wind-assisted and cannot be taken for an Olympic record mark.[113]

Since the first men's Olympic record of 12.2 seconds by Frank Lane in 1896, the record has been broken 13 times and matched 24 times. Twenty-eight men have been holder (or co-holder) of the record. Usain Bolt is the current record holder with 9.63, set in 2012. Further to this standing men's world record for the 100 m has been equalled five times in Olympic competition and improved twice (by Carl Lewis in 1988 with 9.92 and by Bolt in 2008 with 9.69). Ben Johnson's time of 9.79 was annulled before it was ratified as either an Olympic or world record.[113]

Since the initial women's Olympic record of 13.0 seconds was set by Anni Holdmann in 1928, it has been broken 18 times and equalled 17 further times. The standing women's 100 m world record has been improved five times during Olympic competition and equalled seven times.[113]

The tables below refer to hand-timing for races held prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics and to fully automatic times after that point, when they became the standard for the Olympics.[113] Hand-timed results that matched the Olympic record are treated as equalling the mark, with the exception of any athletes that matched that time but finished behind another athlete in their race.

Men[edit]

See also: Men's 100 metres world record progression
In the 1896 Summer Olympics, Thomas Curtis of the United States (pictured) tied Grantley Goulding of the United Kingdom in setting the first Olympic 100-metre record, completing the race in 12.2 seconds.
After Ben Johnson's disqualification, Carl Lewis's time of 9.92 was established as the Olympic and world record time.
Time Athlete Nation Games Round Date
12.2 Francis Lane  United States (USA) 1896 Heat 1 1896-04-06
12.2 Thomas Curtis  United States (USA) 1896 Heat 2 1896-04-06
11.8 Tom Burke  United States (USA) 1896 Heat 3 1896-04-06
11.4 Arthur Duffey  United States (USA) 1900 Heat 1 1900-06-14
11.4 Walter Tewksbury  United States (USA) 1900 Heat 2 1900-06-14
10.8 =WR Frank Jarvis  United States (USA) 1900 Heat 3 1900-06-14
10.8 =WR Walter Tewksbury  United States (USA) 1900 Semi-final 2 1900-06-14
10.8 James Rector  United States (USA) 1908 Heat 15 1908-07-20
10.8 Reggie Walker  South Africa (RSA) 1908 Semi-final 1 1908-07-20
10.8 James Rector  United States (USA) 1908 Semi-final 3 1908-07-20
10.8 Reggie Walker  South Africa (RSA) 1908 Final 1908-07-20
10.8 David Jacobs  Great Britain (GBR) 1912 Heat 10 1912-07-06
10.6 Donald Lippincott  United States (USA) 1912 Heat 16 1912-07-06
10.6 Harold Abrahams  Great Britain (GBR) 1924 Quarter-final 4 1924-07-06
10.6 Harold Abrahams  Great Britain (GBR) 1924 Semi-final 2 1924-07-07
10.6 Harold Abrahams  Great Britain (GBR) 1924 Final 1924-07-07
10.6 Percy Williams  Canada (CAN) 1928 Quarter-final 4 1928-07-29
10.6 Robert McAllister  United States (USA) 1928 Semi-final 1 1928-07-30
10.6 Jack London  United States (USA) 1928 Semi-final 2 1928-07-30
10.6 Arthur Jonath  Germany (GER) 1932 Heat 3 1932-07-31
10.4 Eddie Tolan  United States (USA) 1932 Quarter-final 1 1932-07-31
10.3 =WR Eddie Tolan  United States (USA) 1932 Final 1932-08-01
10.3 Jesse Owens  United States (USA) 1936 Heat 1 1936-08-02
10.3 Harrison Dillard  United States (USA) 1948 Final 1948-07-31
10.3 Bobby Joe Morrow  United States (USA) 1956 Quarter-final 1 1956-11-23
10.3 Ira Murchison  United States (USA) 1956 Quarter-final 2 1956-11-23
10.3 Bobby Joe Morrow  United States (USA) 1956 Semi-final 2 1956-11-24
10.2 Armin Hary  West Germany (FRG) 1960 Quarter-final 2 1960-08-31
10.2 Armin Hary  West Germany (FRG) 1960 Final 1960-08-31
10.0 =WR Bob Hayes  United States (USA) 1964 Final 1964-10-15
10.0 A Hermes Ramírez  Cuba (CUB) 1968 Quarter-final 2 1968-10-13
10.0 A Charlie Greene  United States (USA) 1968 Quarter-final 4 1968-10-13
10.0 A Jim Hines  United States (USA) 1968 Semi-final 1 1968-10-14
9.9 A =WR Jim Hines  United States (USA) 1968 Final 1968-10-14
9.92 WR[nb3] Carl Lewis  United States (USA) 1988 Final 1988-09-24
9.84 WR Donovan Bailey  Canada (CAN) 1996 Final 1996-07-27
9.69 WR Usain Bolt  Jamaica (JAM) 2008 Final 2008-08-16
9.63 Usain Bolt  Jamaica (JAM) 2012 Final 2012-08-05
  • nb3 Carl Lewis's time of 9.92 seconds in the 1988 Olympic final was initially second to Ben Johnson's 9.79, but Johnson was disqualified soon after due to a failed drug test.[113]

Women[edit]

See also: Women's 100 metres world record progression
Wilma Rudolph's time of 11.3 in 1960 was an Olympic and world record time.
Irena Szewińska's time of 11.1 seconds stood as the Olympic record for one day.
In 2021, Elaine Thompson-Herah ran 10.61 s to break Florence Griffith Joyner's 1988 Olympic record of 10.62 s.
Time Athlete Nation Games Round Date
13.0 Anni Holdmann  Germany (GER) 1928 Heat 1 1928-07-30
12.8 Erna Steinberg  Germany (GER) 1928 Heat 2 1928-07-30
12.8 Kinue Hitomi  Japan (JPN) 1928 Heat 3 1928-07-30
12.8 Leni Junker  Germany (GER) 1928 Heat 4 1928-07-30
12.8 Leni Schmidt  Germany (GER) 1928 Heat 6 1928-07-30
12.6 Fanny Rosenfeld  Canada (CAN) 1928 Heat 7 1928-07-30
12.6 Ethel Smith  Canada (CAN) 1928 Heat 9 1928-07-30
12.4 Fanny Rosenfeld  Canada (CAN) 1928 Semi-final 1 1928-07-30
12.4 Betty Robinson  United States (USA) 1928 Semi-final 2 1928-07-30
12.2 WR Betty Robinson  United States (USA) 1928 Final 1928-07-31
12.2 Marie Dollinger  Germany (GER) 1932 Heat 1 1932-08-01
11.9 WR Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland (POL) 1932 Heat 2 1932-08-01
11.9 =WR Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland (POL) 1932 Semi-final 2 1932-08-01
11.9 =WR Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland (POL) 1932 Final 1932-08-02
11.9 Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands (NED) 1948 Final 1948-08-02
11.9 Catherine Hardy  United States (USA) 1952 Heat 7 1952-07-21
11.6 Marjorie Jackson  Australia (AUS) 1952 Heat 8 1952-07-21
11.6 Marjorie Jackson  Australia (AUS) 1952 Quarter-final 1 1952-07-21
11.5 =WR Marjorie Jackson  Australia (AUS) 1952 Semi-final 1 1952-07-22
11.5 =WR Marjorie Jackson  Australia (AUS) 1952 Final 1952-07-22
11.5 Marlene Mathews  Australia (AUS) 1956 Heat 2 1956-11-24
11.4 Betty Cuthbert  Australia (AUS) 1956 Heat 3 1956-11-24
11.3 =WR Wilma Rudolph  United States (USA) 1960 Semi-final 1 1960-09-02
11.2 =WR Wyomia Tyus  United States (USA) 1964 Quarter-final 1 1964-10-15
11.2 A Wyomia Tyus  United States (USA) 1968 Heat 1 1968-10-14
11.2 A Margaret Bailes  United States (USA) 1968 Heat 2 1968-10-14
11.2 A Barbara Ferrell  United States (USA) 1968 Heat 6 1968-10-14
11.1 A =WR Barbara Ferrell  United States (USA) 1968 Quarter-final 1 1968-10-14
11.1 A =WR Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein  Poland (POL) 1968 Quarter-final 4 1968-10-14
11.0 A WR Wyomia Tyus  United States (USA) 1968 Final 1968-10-15
11.07 WR Renate Stecher  East Germany (GDR) 1972 Quarter-final 1 1972-09-01
11.05 Annegret Richter  West Germany (FRG) 1976 Quarter-final 1 1976-07-24
11.01 WR Annegret Richter  West Germany (FRG) 1976 Semi-final 1 1976-07-25
10.97 Evelyn Ashford  United States (USA) 1984 Final 1984-08-05
10.88 Florence Griffith Joyner  United States (USA) 1988 Heat 7 1988-09-24
10.88 Evelyn Ashford  United States (USA) 1988 Quarter-final 2 1988-09-24
10.62 Florence Griffith Joyner  United States (USA) 1988 Quarter-final 3 1988-09-24
10.61 Elaine Thompson-Herah  Jamaica (JAM) 2021 Final 2021-07-31

Finishing times[edit]

The Olympic 100 m is the most prestigious competition for the distance and it attracts elite level, international competitors. The winner of the race is occasionally referred to as "the world's fastest" man or woman, reflecting the high level of the competition and the quality of performances.[114][115] As of February 2014, the current Olympic records of 9.63 for men and 10.62 seconds for women rank as the second and third fastest times in history, for men and women respectively.[116][117] The standard of performances at the Olympics has progressed in line with the discipline as a whole and the times in the final often rank highly in the end-of-season lists.[118][119][120] National records and personal bests are frequently improved at the event by sprinters from large and small nations alike, as most elite athletes aim to reach peak race fitness for the Olympics.[121][122]

The 2012 men's final was the fastest 100 m race in history, collectively: the top five men ran under 9.90 seconds for the first time ever and seven of the eight finalists ran under 10 seconds (the last runner suffered an injury).[123][124] Tyson Gay became the fastest non-medallist in history at that race with his time of 9.80 seconds.[116] Similarly, the 2012 women's final was, collectively, the fastest women's 100 m race ever: seven of the eight finalists ran 11 seconds or faster for the first time, with Veronica Campbell-Brown becoming the fastest ever bronze medallist with her time of 10.81 seconds and Tianna Madison becoming the fastest non-medallist with her time of 10.85 seconds.[117]

Top ten fastest Olympic times[edit]

  • H – time recorded in the heats
  • QF – time recorded in the quarter-finals
  • SF – time recorded in the semi-finals

Note: Florence Griffith-Joyner ran 10.54 (+3.0) and 10.70 (+2.6) in the finals and semifinals of the 100m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, however, both were over the legal wind speed limit of +2.0 m/s.

Best time for place[edit]

  • Florence Griffith-Joyner ran 10.54 to win the final of the 1988 Olympic Games, but the wind was over the legal limit (+3.0)

Intercalated Games[edit]

The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[127]

At this event a men's 100 m was held and 1904 Olympic champion Archie Hahn of the United States won the race. Another American, Fay Moulton, was the runner-up and Australian Nigel Barker was the bronze medallist.[128]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Athens
details 		 Archie Hahn (USA)  Fay Moulton (USA)  Nigel Barker (AUS)

Non-canonical Olympic events[edit]

In addition to the main 1900 Olympic men's 100 metres, two further 100 m events were held that year. A handicap race attracted 32 athletes from 10 countries and was won by Edmund Minahan, an American semi-finalist in the main 100 m competition, which had taken place five days earlier.[129] A 100 m event for professionals only was held several weeks later. Four entrants are known and the winner was Edgar Bredin, a British former world record holder.[130][131]

A 100 m professionals handicap race is also believed to have been held in 1900. In 1904 a 100-yard dash handicap race was contested and an American, C. Hastedt, was the victor.[132]

These events are no longer considered part of the official Olympic history of the 100 m or the athletics programme in general. Consequently, medals from these races have not been assigned to nations on the all-time medal tables.[132]

Cultural impact[edit]

Usain Bolt's 2008 Olympic victory received global media coverage

The 100 metres is typically considered one of the blue ribbon Olympic track and field events, and of the Olympic Games as a whole.[133] The Olympic 100 m finals, particularly the men's, are among the most popular events from any sport at the Olympics – the 2012 Olympic men's 100 metres final was the most watched event at the London Games by British audiences (with 20 million television viewers)[134] while in the United States that event was the third-most viewed Olympic clip.[135]

The high-profile nature of 100 m Olympic finals in some countries has served to encourage participation in sport among the wider public, particularly in short sprinting. Successive generations of athletes cite previous 100 m Olympic champions as the reason for their entering the sport.[136] The history of the event has had particular impact for African-American athletes: Jesse Owens' Olympic 100 m gold was an early example of a black American achieving success on an international stage while Wilma Rudolph's 1960 win inspired many black American women.[137][138] Owens' 100 m victory at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (one of four gold medals he won over seven days at the games) helped challenge notions of white supremacy that were popular during that era.[139][140]

1996 Olympic 100 metre champion Donovan Bailey from Canada had his billing as "World's Fastest Man" questioned by the American media, who instead promoted 1996 Olympic 200 metre and 400 metre champion Michael Johnson from the United States. After much sparring between the two athletes and media of their respective countries, an unsanctioned 150-metre race was held at the SkyDome in Toronto to settle the matter, with Bailey winning while Johnson pulled up injured, and they earned $1.5 million and $500,000, respectively.

The Olympic 100 metres has been covered by several film documentaries. Chariots of Fire, a 1981 historical drama focusing on Harold Abrahams' victory at the 1924 Paris Olympics, is among the most prominent. The film won four Academy Awards,[141] is often listed among polls for the best sports and Olympics films.,[142][143] and was ranked 19th in the British Film Institute's 100 Best British Films[144] Wilma Rudolph was a central figure in The Grand Olympics (Italian: La grande olimpiade), an academy-Award nominated documentary about the 1960 Rome Olympics, where Rudolph's 100 m feats earned her the nickname La Gazzella Negra (The Black Gazelle).[145][146] The 1988 Olympic final, featuring Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis has been the topic of documentaries, including ESPN's "9.79*" from the 30 for 30 series,[147] as well as non-fiction books, such as Richard Moore's The Dirtiest Race in History.[100]

Across the sport of track and field, Olympic 100 m champions have often featured on Athlete of the Year lists. Carl Lewis (1984), Evelyn Ashford (1984), Florence Griffith-Joyner (1988), Usain Bolt (2008) and Elaine Thompson-Herah (2021) were chosen as Track & Field News Athlete of the Year in the year of their Olympic victories.[148] Lewis, Griffith-Joyner, Bolt and Thompson-Herah were also awarded the title of IAAF World Athlete of the Year for their Olympic feats.[149]

See also[edit]

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