The 100m sprint at the Olympics is considered one of the most watched events in all sports at the Olympics.ย
Jamaican athletes Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson-Herah both hold the fastest men's and women's times ever run at the Olympics in the 100-metre sprint.
Below are the top ten fastest men and women times over the 100 metres.
Men
1. 9.63 Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2012 Olympics
2. 9.69 Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2008 Olympics
3. 9.75 Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 2012 Olympics
4. 9.79 Justin Gatlin (United States) 2012 Olympics
5. 9.80 Lamont Marcell Jacobs (Italy) 2020 Olympics
6. 9.81 Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2016 Olympics
7. 9.82 (SF) Justin Gatlin (United States) 2012 Olympics
8. 9.83 (SF) Su Bingtian (China) 2020 Olympics, 9.83 (SF) Ronnie Baker (United States) 2020 Olympics
= 9. 9.84 Donovan Bailey (Canada) 1996 Olympics, 9.84 Fred Kerley (United States)ย 2020 Olympics, 9.84 (SF) Lamont Marcell Jacobs (Italy) 2020 Olympics
Women
1. 10.61 Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) 2020 Olympics
2. 10.62 Florence Griffith Joyner (United States) 1988 Olympics
3. 10.71 Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) 2016 Olympics
4. 10.73 (SF) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 2020 Olympics
5. 10.74 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 2020 Olympics
6. 10.75 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 2012 Olympics
= 7. 10.76 Shericka Jackson (Jamaica) 2020 Olympics, 10.76 (SF) Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) 2020 Olympics
= 9. 10.78 Shelly-Ann Fraser (Jamaica) 2018 Olympics, 10.78 Carmelita Jeter (United States), 2012 Olympics, 10.78 (Heat) Marie-Josee Ta Lou (Ivory Coast), 2020 Olympics
