100m Superlatives

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these “superlatives” are calculated up to and including results in rieti 2008. KK

Most sub 10 second 100m times in a year
13* Asafa Powell 2008
12+1w Asafa Powell 2006
10 Usain Bolt 2008
9+2w Maurice Greene 1999
9 Asafa Powell 2004
8+1w Maurice Greene 1997
8+2w Ato Boldon 1998
8+2w Maurice Greene 1998
8 Frank Fredericks 1998
8+2 w Maurice Greene 2004
8 Asafa Powell 2007
7 Frank Fredericks 1996
7+2w (dq) Tim Montgomery 2002
7+1w Maurice Greene 2001

Most wind-legal sub 10 second times in a career

52 Maurice Greene
44* Asafa Powell
29 Ato Boldon
27 Frank Fredericks
18 Justin Gatlin (inc 7 drugs dq)
17 Tim Montgomery (inc. 11 drugs dq)
16 Donovan Bailey
15 Carl Lewis
12 Dennis Mitchell
12 Tyson Gay
10 Jon Drummond
10 Usain Bolt
9 Leroy Burrell
9 Linford Christie
9 Shawn Crawford

• Powell will probably add more this year. w = wind-assisted
Best all-time adjusted 100m marks

Compiled for Track & Field News by Charley Shaffer, taking account of wind and altitude
9.69 (actual time of 9.69/0.0 Bolt, Beijing 16.8.08)
9.70 (9.77/-1.3 Bolt, Brussels 5.9.08)
9.75 (9.72/0.2 Powell, Lausanne 3.9.08)
9.76 (9.83/-1.3 Powell, Brussels 5.9.08)
9.79 (9.78/0.0 Powell, Rieti 9.9.07)

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Did Powell run over 9.99 for any final this year?

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The question you should have asked is - will Powell or Bolt run over 10 sec. in the 100m ever again? :smiley:

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After WAF, Powell is up to 14 sub 10s

Would be interesting to see how many sub 9.9s he has. He must top that list!

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He’s now up to 23 sub 9.9 I believe. He’s easily topping that list.

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15 sub 10s this season potentially if he can pull one more in Poland, the weather might really screw him there though…

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After seeing them in this thread I’m just curious why there isn’t more talk of adjusted times on here?

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They are good indicators of time, but since the margin of error for adjusted times often makes it so that the error-included times are overlapping each other, they’re not necessarily any more useful that knowing the weather and wind conditions at the time.