The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter (109.36 yd)...
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are placed along a straight course of 100 metres (109.36 yd). The first hurdle is placed after a run-up of 13 metres from the starting line. The next 9 hurdles...
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The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics...
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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...
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Zharnel Hughes (section 100 metres)
1995) is an Anguilla-born British sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Born and raised in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla...
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world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay. Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles at three...
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The first record in the 100 metres for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics,...
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The first world record in the 100 metres sprint for women was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. The FSFI was...
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4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each...
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Noah Lyles (section 100 metres)
the following track records for 100 metres and 200 metres. A performance in red text was wind-assisted. Diamond League 100 m champion: 2019 Diamond League...
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The 4 × 100 metres relay at the Summer Olympics is the shortest track relay event held at the multi-sport event. The men's relay has been present on the...
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Sprint (running) (redirect from 250 metres)
modern Summer Olympics and outdoor World Championships: the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres. At the professional level, sprinters begin the race by...
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Wayde van Niekerk (section 100 metres)
sprinter in history to have run the 100 metres in under 10 seconds, 200 metres in under 20 seconds, and 400 metres in under 44 seconds. In 2017, after...
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Olympian. Originally a sprinter and former British record holder for the 100 metres at 11.05 seconds, she competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Taking up...
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Orders of magnitude (length) (redirect from 100 gigametres)
− 35 {\displaystyle 1.6\times 10^{-35}} metres and 10 10 10 122 {\displaystyle 10^{10^{10^{122}}}} metres. The quectometre (SI symbol: qm) is a unit...
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Adam Peaty (section Long course metres)
swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British...
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The first world record in the 100 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in...
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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics (redirect from Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – 4 × 100 metres relay)
qualification period for all track and field events (except the 10,000 metres, heptathlon, and decathlon) ran from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024. Each relay...
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bronze. The 3000 metres run was replaced by the 5000 metres run in 1996 and henceforth. The 80 metres hurdles was replaced by the 100 metres hurdles in 1972...
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May 5, 2023. "FINAL | 100 Metres | Results | Budapest 23 | World Athletics Championships". worldathletics.org. "FINAL | 200 Metres | Results | Budapest...
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Yohan Blake (section 100 metres)
Olympic trials, where he beat Usain Bolt over 100 metres with a time of 9.75 seconds. He also won the 200 metres with a time of 19.80 s ahead of Bolt at 19...
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Sprint hurdles at the Olympics (redirect from 100 metres hurdles at the Olympics)
The men's 110 metres hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first edition in 1896. A men's 200 metres hurdles was also...
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The women's 100 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. This was the...
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The following table is an overview of national records in the 100 metres. Benavide's repeated this time on 19 July 2008 at the same location. Because of...
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1986) is a British retired athlete, specialising in the heptathlon and 100 metres hurdles. As a competitor in heptathlon, she is the 2012 Olympic champion...
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The men's 100 metres event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 3 August and 4 August at the Stade de France in Paris. Noah Lyles won the gold medal...
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The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 7 and 10 August 2024...
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The first world record in the 100 metres butterfly in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in...
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history of the World Record in the 100 breaststroke swimming event. The first world record in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognized by the International...
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Frankie Fredericks (section 100 metres)
a former track and field athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games (two in 1992 and...
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