Following is the evolution of the men’s 100 meters world record after Jamaica’s Usain Bolt set a new world record of 9.58 seconds at the world athletics championship here on Sunday:
10.6 seconds Donald Lippincott (U.S.) 6.7.1912
10.4 Charles Paddock (U.S.) 23.4.21
10.3 Percy Williams (Canada) 9.8.30
10.2 Jesse Owens (U.S.) 20.6.36
10.1 Willie Williams (U.S.) 3.8.56
10.0 Armin Hary (West Germany) 21.6.60
9.95 Jim Hines (U.S.) 14.10.68
9.93 Calvin Smith (U.S.) 3.7.83
9.92 Carl Lewis (U.S.) 24.9.88
9.90 Leroy Burrell (U.S.) 14.6.91
9.86 Lewis (U.S.) 25.8.91
9.85 Burrell (U.S.) 6.7.94
9.84 Donovan Bailey (Canada) 27.7.96
9.79 Maurice Greene (U.S.) 16.6.99
9.77 Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 14.6.2005
9.74 Powell (Jamaica) 9.9.07
9.72 Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 31.5.08
9.69 Bolt (Jamaica) 16.8.08
9.58 Bolt (Jamaica) 16.8.09
