2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: The following new world, championship and North American records were set during the competition.

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: The following new world, championship and North American records were set during the competition.

World record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	9.69	Beijing, China	16 August 2008

Championship record	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.80	Seville, Spain	22 August 1999

World Leading	Tyson Gay (USA)	9.77	Rome, Italy	10 July 2009

African record	Olusoji Fasuba (NGR)	9.85	Doha, Qatar	12 May 2006

Asian record	Samuel Francis (QAT)	9.99	Amman, Jordan	26 July 2007

North American record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	9.69	Beijing, China	16 August 2008

South American record	Robson da Silva (BRA)	10.00	Mexico, Mexico	22 July 1988

European record	Francis Obikwelu (POR)	9.86	Athens, Greece	22 August 2004

Oceanian record	Patrick Johnson (AUS)	9.93	Mito, Japan	5 May 2003

Sentence(s)

Gay had a season's best time of 9.77 seconds (an American record).

final_sentence: Gay had a season's best time of 9.77 seconds (an American record).