Ray Stewart (athlete)
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Raymond Douglas Stewart (born March 18, 1965 in Kingston, Jamaica
) is a former Jamaica
n athlete who specialised in the 100 metres
event. As a junior athlete Stewart found much success at the CARIFTA Games
, winning five gold medals within a four year period. In 1984 he reached the 100 m Olympic final
and won an Olympic silver medal for the 4×100 metres relay. At the 1987 World Championships
he took silver in the 100 m and bronze with the Jamaican relay team. A leg injury in the 1988 Olympic final
of the 100 m ruined his medal chances in both the individual and relay events.
A new personal best of 9.97 seconds at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
made him the number one ranked 100 m athlete in 1989 and the first Jamaican to officially break the 10-second barrier
. At the competition he also recorded the third fastest relay time ever. He won his first Commonwealth Games
medal the following year, taking bronze in the relay. Stewart recorded a national record of 9.96 seconds at the 1991 World Championships
but this was surprisingly only enough for sixth place; two continental records and the world record were broken in the race. Stewart reached his third consecutive Olympic 100 m final in 1992, becoming the first man to do so. He reached the 1993 and 1995 World Championship finals of the 100 m but failed to medal. He attended his last Olympics in 1996
.
Stewart had a career that lasted almost twenty years, competing at four successive Olympic Games
and six World Championships. He also won the 100 m at the Jamaican national championships seven times. His 100 m personal best of 9.96 seconds makes him the fifth fastest Jamaican sprinter in the event, after Usain Bolt
, Asafa Powell
, Nesta Carter
and Yohan Blake
.
He went on to coach a number of prominent sprinters, including Jerome Young
, but Stewart received a life-ban from athletics in 2010 as he had obtained performance enhancing drugs for his athletes.
. After leaving Camperdown Stewart attended Texas Christian University
in Fort Worth, Texas
, his time being 10.9 s. He completed a successful double by winning the 200 m in 22.32 s.
Stewart finished second in the Under 20 Men 100 m, in a wind aided 10.40. He won the 200 m event in the same category in 21.13 s. A bronze medal with the 4x100 m relay team was earned with a time of 41.28 s.
At the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki
Stewart, only 18 years old, finished fifth in heat two of the 100 m semi final. His time of 10.40 was .01 slower than the third and fourth place finishers in his heat. Stewart also ran the second leg of the Jamaican 4x100 m relay team, which finished seventh in 38.75 s.
In the Nassau CARIFTA Games Stewart won both the Under 20 Men 100 m in 10.2 s, and the 4x100 m relay in 41.0 s.
At the 1984 Olympics
in Los Angeles
Stewart won a silver medal with the Jamaican relay team. Running the anchor leg in a timed 9.28 s, Stewart passed the Canadian Sterling Hinds
and crossed the line to record a finishing time of 38.62 In addition to that he came sixth in the controversial 100 m final
, his time 10.29 with 0.2 m/s wind. At 19 years old, he was the youngest athlete to compete in the 100 m Olympic final, and had won each of his heats on his way to the final.
Stewart's season was cut short by a quadriceps injury.
Stewart again won the 100 m Jamaica National Championship, in 10.30.
He won two medals at the 1987 World Championships
in Rome
. Recording 10.08 s, he won the bronze medal in the 100 m, behind Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis
; his finish position and medal were later upgraded after Johnson was disqualified following his positive test for a steroid at the 1988 Olympics and later admission of seven years of use. Running the anchor leg for the 4x100 m relay team he earned a bronze medal in 38.41 s. Stewart finished the season ranked number four in the world.
At the 1988 Summer Olympics
in Seoul
, Stewart came eighth in the 100 m final despite qualifying fourth fastest from the semi finals; his time of 12.26 was a result of slowing down before the end due to a leg injury. His position was later improved to seventh following the disqualification of race winner Ben Johnson. Because of his injury Stewart did not run on the 4x100 m relay team, which finished fourth in the final. He finished the season ranked seventh in the world.
in 9.97, and also ran the anchor leg for the winning TCU 4x100 m team. The time 38.23 was a new collegiate record, and at the time was the third fastest in history. Stewart also won the 100 m Jamaica National Championship for the fourth consecutive year, in 10.27. Stewart was the top ranked 100 m male athlete in the world.
Stewart finished eighth in his 100m semi final in 11.15 s. Running the third leg for the 4x100m relay Stewart received a bronze medal, the team recording 39.11 s.
At the World Championships in Tokyo Japan, Stewart recorded his personal best 9.96 s in the 100 m final, leading the race at the 50 m mark, and was equal first at 60 m. However his effort was only good enough for sixth place. He again recorded a sixth place finish, in the final of the 4x100 m relay. Stewart ran the second leg and the team recorded a time of 38.67 s.
At the end of the season Stewart was the seventh ranked male 100 m athlete. This was to be his final year ranking in the top ten.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona
. Stewart came seventh in the 100 m final in 10.22 s. This marked his third consecutive race in an Olympic 100 m final, making him the first man to do so. The Jamaican 4x100 m relay team with Stewart on anchor registered a DNF in their heat.
At the World championships in Stuttgart
Stewart finished eighth in the 100 m, in a time of 10.18 s.
Competing in his fourth Olympics, Stewart recorded 10.18 s in his quarter final heat of the 100 m, a time insufficient to move him to the semi finals. Emmanuel Tuffour
of Ghana
received the final qualifying spot for the semi finals with an identical 10.18 s. Stewart ran the anchor leg in 9.14 s for the 4x100 m relay, the team recording a time of 38.81 for fourth place in its semi final. The team was then disqualified.
, his time 6.55 s.
At the Sevilla World Championships Stewart finished fourth in heat three, running the anchor leg for the Jamaican 4x100 m team, in 38.86 s. The time was not good enough for advancing to the final.
In April 2009 Stewart's name was further tarnished following the IAAF stripping Jerome Young
of his World Championship results following Young's admission of doping from 1991 through 2003. Stewart once coached Young. At the New York launch of the 2009 Penn Relays
, Stewart was honored by Team Jamaica Bickle for his contribution to athletics.
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...
) is a former Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n athlete who specialised in the 100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
event. As a junior athlete Stewart found much success at the CARIFTA Games
CARIFTA Games
For the CARIFTA swimming meet, please see: CARIFTA Swimming Championships.The CARIFTA Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association . The games was first held in 1972 and consists of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles,...
, winning five gold medals within a four year period. In 1984 he reached the 100 m Olympic final
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...
and won an Olympic silver medal for the 4×100 metres relay. At the 1987 World Championships
1987 World Championships in Athletics
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.-Track:1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995...
he took silver in the 100 m and bronze with the Jamaican relay team. A leg injury in the 1988 Olympic final
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres
The Men's 100 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea ended in controversy, after Canada's Ben Johnson defeated defending champion Carl Lewis from the United States with a world record time of 9.79s. Two days after the final however, Johnson was stripped of his gold medal by the...
of the 100 m ruined his medal chances in both the individual and relay events.
A new personal best of 9.97 seconds at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship
The NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship is an annual collegiate outdoor track and field competition for men organised by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It has three divisions: Division I, II, and III. Athlete's individual performances earn points for their institution and...
made him the number one ranked 100 m athlete in 1989 and the first Jamaican to officially break the 10-second barrier
10-second barrier
The 10-second barrier is a term used in track and field athletics which refers to the physical and psychological barrier of completing the men's 100 metres sprint in under ten seconds...
. At the competition he also recorded the third fastest relay time ever. He won his first Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
medal the following year, taking bronze in the relay. Stewart recorded a national record of 9.96 seconds at the 1991 World Championships
1991 World Championships in Athletics
The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.The event is best-remembered for the...
but this was surprisingly only enough for sixth place; two continental records and the world record were broken in the race. Stewart reached his third consecutive Olympic 100 m final in 1992, becoming the first man to do so. He reached the 1993 and 1995 World Championship finals of the 100 m but failed to medal. He attended his last Olympics in 1996
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
.
Stewart had a career that lasted almost twenty years, competing at four successive Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
and six World Championships. He also won the 100 m at the Jamaican national championships seven times. His 100 m personal best of 9.96 seconds makes him the fifth fastest Jamaican sprinter in the event, after Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...
, Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell C.D is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 m world record between June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds respectively. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of...
, Nesta Carter
Nesta Carter
Nesta Carter O.D is a Jamaican sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres event. In August 2010 he became only the fifth sprinter to ever run the 100 metres in less than 9.8 seconds....
and Yohan Blake
Yohan Blake
Yohan Blake is a Jamaican sprinter and the current 100 metre World Champion. He holds the national junior record for the 100 metres, and tied Seun Ogunkoya as the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier...
.
He went on to coach a number of prominent sprinters, including Jerome Young
Jerome Young
Jerome Young in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. He was caught doping in 1999, which cast suspicious shadows over his entire track & field career....
, but Stewart received a life-ban from athletics in 2010 as he had obtained performance enhancing drugs for his athletes.
Career
Stewart attended Camperdown High School, and was coached by Glen MillsGlen Mills
Glen Mills C.D is a sprinting athletics coach from Jamaica. He was the head coach of the Jamaican Olympic athletics team between 1987 and 2009. He is currently head coach of the Racers Track Club which includes world and Olympic record holder Usain Bolt and the 100 metre World Champion Yohan Blake...
. After leaving Camperdown Stewart attended Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...
in Fort Worth, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
1981
Running in the Under 17 Boy's category Stewart won the 100 m event at the CARIFTA Games in NassauNassau, Bahamas
Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
, his time being 10.9 s. He completed a successful double by winning the 200 m in 22.32 s.
1983
At the CARIFTA Games in Fort-de-FranceFort-de-France
Fort-de-France is the capital of France's Caribbean overseas department of Martinique. It is also one of the major cities in the Caribbean. Exports include sugar, rum, tinned fruit, and cacao.-Geography:...
Stewart finished second in the Under 20 Men 100 m, in a wind aided 10.40. He won the 200 m event in the same category in 21.13 s. A bronze medal with the 4x100 m relay team was earned with a time of 41.28 s.
At the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki
Helsinki
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Stewart, only 18 years old, finished fifth in heat two of the 100 m semi final. His time of 10.40 was .01 slower than the third and fourth place finishers in his heat. Stewart also ran the second leg of the Jamaican 4x100 m relay team, which finished seventh in 38.75 s.
1984
Stewart won the 100 m Jamaica National Championship in 10.37.In the Nassau CARIFTA Games Stewart won both the Under 20 Men 100 m in 10.2 s, and the 4x100 m relay in 41.0 s.
At the 1984 Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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Stewart won a silver medal with the Jamaican relay team. Running the anchor leg in a timed 9.28 s, Stewart passed the Canadian Sterling Hinds
Sterling Hinds
Sterling Hinds is a retired Canadian sprinter and football player. He won the bronze medal in 4 x 100 m relay at the 1984 Olympic Games, and played professional football with the Toronto Argonauts....
and crossed the line to record a finishing time of 38.62 In addition to that he came sixth in the controversial 100 m final
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres
The Men's 100 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea ended in controversy, after Canada's Ben Johnson defeated defending champion Carl Lewis from the United States with a world record time of 9.79s. Two days after the final however, Johnson was stripped of his gold medal by the...
, his time 10.29 with 0.2 m/s wind. At 19 years old, he was the youngest athlete to compete in the 100 m Olympic final, and had won each of his heats on his way to the final.
1986
Stewart won the 100 m Jamaica National Championship in 10.35.Stewart's season was cut short by a quadriceps injury.
1987
Stewart ran the anchor leg of the 4x110 m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Baton Rouge. TCU's winning time of 38.62 was the fastest time by any collegiate team of the season. Stewart also won the individual NCAA 100 m Outdoor championship.Stewart again won the 100 m Jamaica National Championship, in 10.30.
He won two medals at the 1987 World Championships
1987 World Championships in Athletics
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.-Track:1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995...
in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. Recording 10.08 s, he won the bronze medal in the 100 m, behind Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...
; his finish position and medal were later upgraded after Johnson was disqualified following his positive test for a steroid at the 1988 Olympics and later admission of seven years of use. Running the anchor leg for the 4x100 m relay team he earned a bronze medal in 38.41 s. Stewart finished the season ranked number four in the world.
1988
Stewart won the 100 m Jamaica National Championship for the third consecutive year, in 10.08.At the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, Stewart came eighth in the 100 m final despite qualifying fourth fastest from the semi finals; his time of 12.26 was a result of slowing down before the end due to a leg injury. His position was later improved to seventh following the disqualification of race winner Ben Johnson. Because of his injury Stewart did not run on the 4x100 m relay team, which finished fourth in the final. He finished the season ranked seventh in the world.
1989
In addition to winning the NCCA Indoor 55 m championship, Stewart won the 100 m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Provo, UtahUtah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
in 9.97, and also ran the anchor leg for the winning TCU 4x100 m team. The time 38.23 was a new collegiate record, and at the time was the third fastest in history. Stewart also won the 100 m Jamaica National Championship for the fourth consecutive year, in 10.27. Stewart was the top ranked 100 m male athlete in the world.
1990
At the Commonwealth Games in AucklandAuckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
Stewart finished eighth in his 100m semi final in 11.15 s. Running the third leg for the 4x100m relay Stewart received a bronze medal, the team recording 39.11 s.
1991
Stewart won the 100 m Jamaica National Championship, in a wind assisted 10.21.At the World Championships in Tokyo Japan, Stewart recorded his personal best 9.96 s in the 100 m final, leading the race at the 50 m mark, and was equal first at 60 m. However his effort was only good enough for sixth place. He again recorded a sixth place finish, in the final of the 4x100 m relay. Stewart ran the second leg and the team recorded a time of 38.67 s.
At the end of the season Stewart was the seventh ranked male 100 m athlete. This was to be his final year ranking in the top ten.
1992
Stewart won his seventh and final 100 m Jamaica National Championship, in 10.10.At the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. Stewart came seventh in the 100 m final in 10.22 s. This marked his third consecutive race in an Olympic 100 m final, making him the first man to do so. The Jamaican 4x100 m relay team with Stewart on anchor registered a DNF in their heat.
1993
Stewart won his first 200 m Jamaican National Championship, in 20.80.At the World championships in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
Stewart finished eighth in the 100 m, in a time of 10.18 s.
1995
At the World Championships in Göteborg Stewart again finished eighth, in 10.29 s. The 4x100 m relay team anchored by Stewart finished fourth in 39.10 s. Stewart had made the 100 m final of four consecutive World Championships, the first two of which were spaced four years apart.1996
At the January Boston Indoor Games Stewart finished third in the 60 m, in 6.72 s.Competing in his fourth Olympics, Stewart recorded 10.18 s in his quarter final heat of the 100 m, a time insufficient to move him to the semi finals. Emmanuel Tuffour
Emmanuel Tuffour
Emmanuel Tuffour is a retired Ghanaian sprinter. His best performance in a global event was a seventh place at the 1993 World Championships, but at the 1992 Olympics he failed to qualify for the final by 0.01 second...
of Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
received the final qualifying spot for the semi finals with an identical 10.18 s. Stewart ran the anchor leg in 9.14 s for the 4x100 m relay, the team recording a time of 38.81 for fourth place in its semi final. The team was then disqualified.
1997
Stewart finished fourth in the 60 m at the World Indoor Championships in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, his time 6.55 s.
1999
In the February Stockholm Indoor Meeting Stewart finished fourth in 60 m heat two, in 6.74 s. He failed to advance to the finalAt the Sevilla World Championships Stewart finished fourth in heat three, running the anchor leg for the Jamaican 4x100 m team, in 38.86 s. The time was not good enough for advancing to the final.
Post competition life
On April 13, 2008 the New York Times published an article in which Stewart was implicated by Angel Guillermo Heredia for the use of human growth hormone. A copy of an e-mail message from July 2003 was shown to the Times, in which Herdia described drugs he had recommended for two athletes trained by Stewart. When contacted Stewart initially denied knowing Herdia but then said that they had met after being shown a copy of the e-mail. Stewart then stated that he had rejected the drugs offered by Herdia.In April 2009 Stewart's name was further tarnished following the IAAF stripping Jerome Young
Jerome Young
Jerome Young in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. He was caught doping in 1999, which cast suspicious shadows over his entire track & field career....
of his World Championship results following Young's admission of doping from 1991 through 2003. Stewart once coached Young. At the New York launch of the 2009 Penn Relays
Penn Relays
The Penn Relays is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States, hosted annually since April 21, 1895 by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
, Stewart was honored by Team Jamaica Bickle for his contribution to athletics.
Personal bests
His personal best in the 50 m event is the third fastest time by a Jamaican.| Event | Time (seconds) | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 metres 50 metres 50 metres is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor athletics competitions it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes... |
5.65 | Liévin Liévin Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
February 16, 1997 |
| 60 metres 60 metres 60 metres is a sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes... |
6.52 | Liévin, United States | February 16, 1997 |
| 100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... |
9.96 | Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
August 25, 1991 |
| 200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first... |
20.75 | Nassau Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas... , Bahamas |
May 26, 1999 |
Time progression in the 100 m
| Year | Time | Windspeed | City | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 10.22 | 2.30 | Helsinki | August 7 |
| 1984 | 10.19 | Port of Spain | May 19 | |
| 1987 | 10.08 | 1.00 | Roma | August 30 |
| 1989 | 9.97 | 1.0 | Waco | May 28 |
| 1991 | 9.96 | 1.20 | Tokyo | August 25 |
| 1992 | 10.22 | 0.50 | Barcelona | August 1 |
| 1993 | 10.11 | -0.10 | Stuttgart | August 14 |
| 1994 | 10.21 | 1.60 | São Paulo | May 21 |
| 1995 | 10.17 | 1.80 | Göteborg | August 6 |
| 1997 | 10.27 | 0.00 | Roma | July 5 |
| 1999 | 10.22 | 1.60 | Nassau | May 26 |
| 2000 | 10.31 | 0.50 | Kingston | July 21 |
| 2001 | 10.34 | 1.60 | Arlington | May 5 |