100 meters
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
100 meters
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 100 meter race from 1896 to the present.
| Year | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Tom Burke, USA | 12.0 | |
| 1900 | Frank Jarvis, USA | 11.0 | |
| 1904 | Archie Hahn, USA | 11.0 | |
| 1906 | Archie Hahn, USA | 11.2 | |
| 1908 | Reggie Walker, S. Afr. | 10.8 | OR |
| 1912 | Ralph Craig, USA | 10.8 | |
| 1920 | Charley Paddock, USA | 10.8 | |
| 1924 | Harold Abrahams, GBR | 10.6 | OR |
| 1928 | Percy Williams, CAN | 10.8 | |
| 1932 | Eddie Tolan, USA | 10.3 | OR |
| 1936 | Jesse Owens, USA | 10.3w | |
| 1948 | Harrison Dillard, USA | 10.3 | OR |
| 1952 | Lindy Remigino, USA | 10.4 | |
| 1956 | Bobby Morrow, USA | 10.5 | |
| 1960 | Armin Hary, GER | 10.2 | OR |
| 1964 | Bob Hayes, USA | 10.0 | WR |
| 1968 | Jim Hines, USA | 9.95 | WR |
| 1972 | Valery Borzov, USSR | 10.14 | |
| 1976 | Hasely Crawford, TRI | 10.06 | |
| 1980 | Allan Wells, GBR | 10.25 | |
| 1984 | Carl Lewis, USA | 9.99 | |
| 1988 | Carl Lewis, USA* | 9.92 | WR |
| 1992 | Linford Christie, GBR | 9.96 | |
| 1996 | Donovan Bailey, CAN | 9.84 | WR |
| 2000 | Maurice Greene, USA | 9.87 | |
| 2004 | Justin Gatlin, USA | 9.85 | |
| 2008 | Usain Bolt, JAM | 9.69 | OR, WR |
| 2012 | Usain Bolt, JAM | 9.63 | OR |
windicates wind-aided.
*Lewis finished second to Ben Johnson of Canada, who set a world record of 9.79 seconds. Two days later, Johnson was stripped of his gold medal and his record when he tested positive for steroid use in a post-race drug test.
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