# 100-yard dash

The 100-yard dash is a track and field sprint event of 100 yards (91.44 metres). It was part of the Commonwealth Games until 1970, and was included in the triathlon of the Olympics in 1904. It is not generally used in international events, replaced by the 100-metre sprint (109.36 yards). However, it is still occasionally run in the United States in certain competitions; in the NCAA championships it was last run in 1975. Walter Halben Butler (1852–1931) is credited with being the first to run the race in 10 seconds.

## All-time top 25

Automatic timed results only.
* + = en route to 100 m performance
* A = affected by altitude
* nw = no wind measurement

### Men

* Updated in August 2023.
| Rank | Time | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
| 1 | 9.07+ | –0.5 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica | 27 May 2010 | Ostrava |
| 2 | 9.10+ | –0.4 | Justin Gatlin | United States | 17 June 2014 | Ostrava |
| 3 | 9.14+ | –0.2 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |
| 4 | 9.19+ | –0.2 | Steve Mullings | Jamaica | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |
| 5 | 9.20+ | +0.2 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | 22 Aug 1999 | Seville |
| 6 | 9.21A | +1.5 | Charles Greene | United States | 16 June 1967 | Provo |
| 7 | 9.29+ | –0.2 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |
| 7 | 9.29+ | –0.4 | Mike Rodgers | United States | 17 June 2014 | Ostrava |
| 9 | 9.30+ | –0.2 | Daniel Bailey | Antigua and Barbuda | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |
| 9 | 9.30 | +0.9 | Houston McTear | United States | 9 May 1975 | Winter Park |
| 9 | 9.30 | +1.6 | Linford Christie | Great Britain | 8 July 1994 | Edinburgh |
| 12 | 9.32A | +1.5 | Lennox Miller | Jamaica | 16 June 1967 | Provo |
| 13 | 9.33A | 0.0 | Clifford Outlin | United States | 6 June 1975 | Provo |
| 13 | 9.33 | +1.6 | Johnny Jones | United States | 19 March 1977 | Austin |
| 13 | 9.33 | +1.2 | Jon Drummond | United States | 30 April 1994 | Philadelphia |
| 16 | 9.34+ | –0.4 | Isiah Young | United States | 26 May 2015 | Ostrava |
| 16 | 9.34 | +1.9 | Reggie Jones | United States | 7 June 1974 | Austin |
| 18 | 9.35 | NWI | Bob Hayes | United States | 22 June 1962 | Walnut |
| 18 | 9.35 | NWI | Bill Collins | United States | 2 May 1974 | Austin |
| 18 | 9.35A | –1.1 | Hasely Crawford | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 June 1975 | Provo |
| 21 | 9.36 | +0.5 | Frank Budd | United States | 24 June 1961 | New York City |
| 21 | 9.36 | +1.2 | Andre Cason | United States | 30 April 1994 | Philadelphia |
| 21 | 9.36 | +1.6 | Sam Jefferson | United States | 8 July 1994 | Edinburg |
| 21 | 9.36+ | -0.2 | Rohan Browning | Australia | 11 March 2023 | Sydney |
| 25 | 9.37 | +1.9 | Donald Quarrie | Jamaica | 10 May 1975 | Fresno |
| 25 | 9.37+ | +0.7 | Trell Kimmons | United States | 27 May 2010 | Ostrava |
| 25 | 9.37+ | –0.2 | Lerone Clarke | Jamaica | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |

#### Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 9.37:
* Asafa Powell also ran 9.09+ (2010), 9.26+ (2015), 9.27+ (2013).
* Charles Greene also ran 9.23A (1967).
* Usain Bolt ran 9.23+ (2016), 9.29+ (2012).
* Kim Collins also ran 9.30+ (2013), 9.34+ (2014).
* Mike Rodgers also ran 9.37+ (2013).

### Women

| Rank | Time | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
| 1 | 9.91+ | +1.1 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |
| 2 | 10.11+ | +0.5 | Zoe Hobbs | New Zealand | 11 March 2023 | Sydney |
| 3 | 10.15 i | | Heike Drechsler | East Germany | 1987 | |
| 4 | 10.21 i | | Silke Möller | East Germany | 1988 | |
| 4 | 10.21+ | +1.5 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 27 May 2010 | Ostrava |
| 4 | 10.21+ | +1.1 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |
| 7 | 10.22+ | +1.1 | Schillonie Calvert | Jamaica | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |
| 8 | 10.25 i | | Marita Koch | East Germany | 1985 | |
| 9 | 10.28+ | +1.5 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica | 27 May 2010 | Ostrava |
| 10 | 10.29 i | | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 1980 | |
| 10 | 10.29 i | | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 1983 | |
| 11 | 10.30+ | +1.1 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Gabon | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |
| 12 | 10.34+ | +0.5 | Torrie Lewis | Australia | 11 March 2023 | Sydney |
| 13 | 10.38 | NWI | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia | 1995 | |
| 13 | 10.38+ | +1.1 | Barbara Pierre | United States | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |
| 15 | 10.43 i | | Bärbel Schölzel | East Germany | 1984 | |
| 16 | 10.45+ | +1.5 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia | 27 May 2010 | Ostrava |
| 17 | 10.46+ | +1.1 | LaShauntea Moore | United States | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |
| 17 | 10.46+ | +1.5 | Mikele Barber | United States | 27 May 2010 | Ostrava |
| 19 | 10.47+ | +0.5 | Ella Connolly | Australia | 11 March 2023 | Sydney |
| 20 | 10.48 i | | Renate Stecher | East Germany | 1974 | |
| 20 | 10.48+ | +0.5 | Bree Masters | Australia | 11 March 2023 | Sydney |
| 22 | 10.49+ | +1.1 | Kateřina Čechová | Czech Republic | 31 May 2011 | Ostrava |
| 23 | 10.51 i | | Kerstin Behrendt | East Germany | 1989 | |
| 24 | 10.52+ | +0.5 | Kristie Edwards | Australia | 11 March 2023 | Sydney |
| 25 | 10.56+ | +1.5 | Gloria Asumnu | United States | 27 May 2010 | Ostrava |
| 25 | 10.56+ | +0.5 | Naa Anang | Australia | 11 March 2023 | Sydney |
| 25 | 10.56+ | +0.5 | Arisa Kimishima | Japan | 11 March 2023 | Sydney |
Note: The following athletes have had their performances annulled due to doping offense:
| Time | Wind | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
| 10.15+ | +1.5 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica | 27 May 2010 | Ostrava | |

#### Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 10.33:
* Veronica Campbell-Brown also ran 10.22+ (2011).
* Heike Drechsler also ran 10.24i (1986).
* Schillonie Calvert also ran 10.30+ (2011).
* Debbie Ferguson also ran 10.31+ (2011)
* Marita Koch also ran 10.33i (1979, 1981).

## Notable 100-yard dash runners
### Men

| Athlete | Date | Time | Remarks |
| F. C. Saportas | 1870 | 10.5 | Official world record |
| Horace H. Lee | 1877 | 10.0 | Equalled official world record |
| W. C. Wilmer | 1878 | 10.0 | Equalled official world record |
| Lon Myers | 1880 | 10.0 | Equalled official world record |
| Arthur Wharton | 1886 | 10.0 | Equalled official world record |
| J. Owen, Jr. | 1890 | 9.8 | Official world record |
| Arthur Duffey | 1902 | 9.6 | Official world record (later expunged) |
| R.P. Williams | 1906 | 9.0 | 5 separate time pieces |
| Dan Kelly | 1906 | 9.6 | Official world record |
| Jack Donaldson | Johannesburg, 1910 | 9.375 | World record |
| Eric Liddell | 1924 | 9.7 | British record |
| Denis Cussen | 1928 | 9.8 | Irish Record |
| Eddie Tolan | 1929 | 9.5 | Official world record |
| Frank Wykoff | Chicago 7 June 1930 | 9.4 | Official world record, without starting blocks |
| Jesse Owens | 1933 | 9.4 | Equalled world record, set US high school record |
| Mel Patton | 1948 | 9.3 | Official world record |
| James Jackson | Alameda High School, Alameda, California, 1954 | 9.4 | Equalled US high-school record |
| Ken Irvine | 1961 | 9.3 | Equalled professional 100-yard world record |
| Harry Jerome | 1962 | 9.2 | Record made Jerome the only athlete to own both the 100-yard and 100 meter world record simultaneously. |
| Frank Budd | 1962 | 9.2 | Official world record |
| Bob Hayes | 1962 | 9.35 | |
| Charles Greene | 1967 | 9.21 | |
| Bob Hayes | 1964 | 9.1 | Hand-timed |
| John Carlos | 1969 | 9.1 | Hand-timed, equalled Hayes's world record |
| Houston McTear | 1975 Florida HS State Prelims, Winter Park, FL | 9.0 | Unofficial and hand-timed. In 1975 registered a time of 9.30 seconds. |
| Pharnell Raines | 1971, Fort Myers, Florida | 9.2 | High school record, hand-timed |
| Ivory Crockett | 1974 | 9.0 | Hand-timed |
| Asafa Powell | 27 May 2010 | 9.07+ (−0.5 m/s) | Official World Best, en route to 100m |

### Women

| Athlete | Date | Time | Remarks |
| Mae Faggs | 1954 | 10.8 | |
| Heather Young | 20 July 1958 | 10.73 (+0.3 m/s) | Cardiff, official hand time 10.6 |
| Wilma Rudolph | 1961 | 10.8 | |
| Dorothy Hyman | 10 July 1962 | 10.6 (+1.3 m/s) | |
| Mary Rand | 4 July 1964 | 10.6 (+0.4 m/s) | |
| Daphne Arden | 4 July 1964 | 10.6 (+1.2 m/s) | |
| Jill Hall | 3 July 1965 | 10.77 (+1.8 m/s) | London |
| Wyomia Tyus | 1965 | 10.5 | |
| Val Peat | 10 August 1968 | 10.6 (0.0 m/s) | Huddersfield |
| Maureen Tranter | 7 September 1968 | 10.6 (+1.8 m/s) | Birmingham |
| Barbara Ferrell | 1969 | 10.7 | |
| Chi Cheng | 13 June 1970 | 10.0 | Portland, Oregon |
| Iris Davis | 1973 | 10.3w | |
| Heather Hunte | 17 February 1978 | 10.67 i | Senftenberg |
| Veronica Campbell-Brown | 31 May 2011 | 9.91+ (+1.1 m/s) | Official World Best, en route to 100m |