World Record progression 100 m men

The first World Record in the 100 m for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.

Manual Timing

Time	Runner	Place	Date
10,6	Don Lippincott (USA)	Stockholm	July 6, 1912
10,6	Jackson Scholz (USA)	Stockholm, Sweden	September 16, 1920
10,4	Charlie Paddock (USA)	Redlands, California	April 23, 1921
10,4	Eddie Tolan (USA)	Stockholm	August 8, 1929
10,4	Eddie Tolan (USA)	Copenhagen, Denmark	August 25, 1929
10,3	Percy Williams (CAN)	Toronto, Ontario	August 9, 1930
10,3	Eddie Tolan (USA)	Los Angeles, California	August 1, 1932
10,3	Ralph Metcalfe (USA)	Budapest, Hungary	August 12, 1933
10,3	Eulace Peacock (USA)	Oslo, Norway	August 6, 1934
10,3	Chris Berger (NED)	Amsterdam, Netherlands	August 26, 1934
10,3	Ralph Metcalfe (USA)	Osaka, Japan	September 15, 1934
10,3	Ralph Metcalfe (USA)	Dairen, China	September 23, 1934
10,3	Takayoshi Yoshioka (JPN)	Tokyo, Japan	June 15, 1935
10,2	Jesse Owens (USA)	Chicago, Illinois	June 20, 1936
10,2	Harold Davis (USA)	Compton, California	June 6, 1941
10,2	Lloyd LaBeach (PAN)	Fresno, California	May 15, 1948
10,2	Barney Ewell (USA)	Evanston, Illinois	July 9, 1948
10,2	Emmanuel McDonald Bailey (GBR)	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	August 25, 1951
10,2	Heinz Fütterer (FRG)	Yokohama, Japan	October 31, 1954
10,2	Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)	Houston, Texas	May 19, 1956
10,2	Ira Murchison (USA)	Compton	June 1, 1956
10,2	Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)	Bakersfield, California	June 22, 1956
10,2	Ira Murchison (USA)	Los Angeles	June 29, 1956
10,2	Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)	Los Angeles	June 29, 1956
10,1	Willie Williams (USA)	Berlin, Germany	August 3, 1956
10,1	Ira Murchison (USA)	Berlin	August 4, 1956
10,1	Leamon King (USA)	Ontario, California	October 20, 1956
10,1	Leamon King (USA)	Santa Ana, California	October 27, 1956
10,1	Ray Norton (USA)	San Jose, California	April 18, 1959
10,0	Armin Hary (FRG)	Zürich, Switzerland	June 21, 1960
10,0	Harry Jerome (CANADA)	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	July 15, 1960
10,0	Horacio Esteves (VEN)	Caracas, Venezuela	August 15, 1964
10,0	Bob Hayes (USA)	Tokyo	October 15, 1964
10,0	Jim Hines (USA)	Modesto, California	May 27, 1967
10,0	Enrique Figuerola (CUB)	Budapest	June 17, 1967
10,0	Paul Nash (RSA)	Krugersdorp, South Africa	April 2, 1968
10,0	Oliver Ford (USA)	Albuquerque, New Mexico	May 31, 1968
10,0	Charles Greene (USA)	Sacramento, California	June 20, 1968
10,0	Roger Bambuck (FRA)	Sacramento	June 20, 1968
9,9	Jim Hines (USA)	Sacramento	June 20, 1968
9,9	Ronnie Ray Smith (USA)	Sacramento	June 20, 1968
9,9	Charles Greene (USA)	Sacramento	June 20, 1968
9,9	Eddie Hart (USA)	Eugene, Oregon	July 1, 1972
9,9	Reynaud Robinson (USA)	Eugene	July 1, 1972
9,9	Steve Williams (USA)	Los Angeles	June 21, 1972
9,9	Silvio Leonard (CUB)	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	June 5, 1975
9,9	Steve Williams (USA)	Siena, Italy	July 16, 1975
9,9	Steve Williams (USA)	Berlin	August 22, 1975
9,9	Steve Williams (USA)	Gainesville, Florida	March 27, 1976
9,9	Harvey Glance (USA)	Columbia, South Carolina	April 3, 1976
9,9	Harvey Glance (USA)	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	May 1, 1976
9,9	Don Quarrie (JAM)	Modesto	May 22, 1976

Electronic Timing

Time	Runner	Place	Date
9,95	Jim Hines (USA)	Mexico City, Mexico	October 14, 1968
9,93	Calvin Smith (USA)	Colorado Springs, Colorado	July 3, 1983
9,93	Carl Lewis (USA)	Rome, Italy	August 30, 1987
9,92	Carl Lewis (USA)	Seoul, South Korea	September 24, 1988
9,90	Leroy Burrell (USA)	New York, New York	June 14, 1991
9,86	Carl Lewis (USA)	Tokyo	August 25, 1991
9,85	Leroy Burrell (USA)	Lausanne, Switzerland	July 6, 1994
9,84	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Atlanta, Georgia	July 29, 1996
9,79	Maurice Greene (USA)	Athens, Greece	June 16, 1999
9,78	Tim Montgomery (USA)	Paris, France	September 14, 2002