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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Chart
Manual Timing
  11.0 William MacLaren GBR Haslingden Jul 27, 1867
  10.8 Luther Cary USA Paris Jul 04, 1891
  10.8* Cecil Lee GBR Brussels Sep 25, 1892
  10.8* Etienne de Ré BEL Brussels Aug 04, 1893
  10.8* L. Atcherley GBR Frankfurt/Main Apr 13, 1895
  10.8* Harry Beaton GBR Rotterdam Aug 28, 1895
  10.8* Harald Andersson-Arbin SWE Helsingborg Aug 09, 1896
  10.8* Isaac Westergren SWE Gävle Sep 11, 1898
  10.8* Isaac Westergren SWE Gävle Sep 10, 1899
  10.8* Walter Tewksbury USA Paris Jul 14, 1900
  10.8* Frank Jarvis USA Paris Jul 14, 1900
  10.8* Carl Ljung SWE Stockholm Sep 23, 1900
  10.8* Walter Tewksbury USA Philadelphia Oct 06, 1900
  10.8* Louis Kuhn SUI Bordeaux Jun 14, 1903
  10.8* Andre Passat FRA Bordeaux Jun 14, 1903
  10.8* Harald Grönfeldt DEN Aarhus Jul 05, 1903
  10.8* Eric Frick SWE Jonköping Aug 09, 1903
  10.8* Vincent Duncker GER Berlin Aug 06, 1905
  10.8* Emile Lesieur FRA St Cloud May 06, 1906
  10.8* Leonard Tremeer GBR Brussels Jul 21, 1906
  10.8* Knut Lindberg SWE Malmö Aug 05, 1906
  10.6 Knut Lindberg SWE Göteborg Aug 26, 1906
  10.6* Richard Rau GER Prague May 28, 1911
  10.6* Richard Rau GER Berlin Jul 09, 1911
  10.5 Emil Ketterer GER Karlsruhe Jul 09, 1911
  10.5* Richard Rau GER Braunschweig Aug 13, 1911
  10.5* Richard Rau GER München May 12, 1912
  10.5* Erwin Kern GER München May 26, 1912
• 10.6 Donald Lippincott USA Stockholm Jul 06, 1912
  10.6* William Applegarth GBR Prague Sep 29, 1912
  10.6* Charles Paddock USA New York Jul 10, 1920
  10.6* Joseph Imbach SUI Geneve Jul 25, 1920
  10.6* Jackson Scholz USA Kristiania Sep 12, 1920
• 10.6* Jackson Scholz USA Stockholm Sep 16, 1920
• 10.4 Charles Paddock USA Redlands Apr 23, 1921
  10.2 Charles Paddock USA Pasadena Jun 18, 1921
  10.4* Charles Paddock USA Paris May 06, 1923
  10.4* Helmut Körnig GER Halle Aug 29, 1926
  10.4* Helmut Körnig GER Brieg Sep 12, 1926
  10.4* Jakob Schüller GER Hannover Sep 04, 1927
  10.4* Hubert Houben GER Hannover Sep 04, 1927
  10.4* José E Barrientos CUB Habana Apr 21, 1928
  10.4* Richard Corts GER Düsseldorf Jun 15, 1928
  10.4* Ernst Geerling GER Frankenthal Jul 01, 1928
  10.4* Georg Lammers GER Barmen Aug 26, 1928
  10.4* Georg Lammers GER Oldenburg May 12, 1929
  10.4* Eugen Eldracher GER Mannheim Jun 30, 1929
  10.4* Georg Lammers GER Bremen Jul 13, 1929
  10.4* Georg Lammers GER Neuss Jul 21, 1929
  10.4(w?)* Helmut Körnig GER Budapest Jul 28, 1929
  10.4* Eddie Tolan USA Köln Jul 31, 1929
  10.4* Georg Lammers GER Köln Jul 31, 1929
• 10.4* Eddie Tolan USA Stockholm Aug 08, 1929
  10.4* Eddie Tolan USA Berlin Aug 18, 1929
• 10.4* Eddie Tolan USA Copenhagen Aug 25, 1929
  10.4* Eddie Tolan USA Bochum Sep 08, 1929
  10.4* Georg Lammers GER Bochum Sep 08, 1929
  10.4* Georg Lammers GER Flensburg Jun 01, 1930
  10.2* Eddie Tolan USA Vancouver Jul 01, 1930
  10.4(w?)* Helmut Körnig GER Berlin Jul 13, 1930
  10.4* Helmut Körnig GER Stockholm Jul 20, 1930
  10.4* Georg Lammers GER Königsberg Aug 02, 1930
• 10.3 Percy Williams CAN Toronto Aug 09, 1930
• 10.3* Arthur Jonath GER Bochum Jul 05, 1932
• 10.3* Eddie Tolan USA Los Angeles Aug 01, 1932
• 10.3* Ralph Metcalfe USA Los Angeles Aug 01, 1932
  10.3* Ralph Metcalfe USA Chicago Aug 18, 1932
  10.3* Arthur Jonath GER Düsseldorf Jul 23, 1933
  10.3* Ralph Metcalfe USA Malmö Jul 28, 1933
  10.3* Ralph Metcalfe USA Düsseldorf Jul 30, 1933
  10.3* Erich Borchmeyer GER Köln Aug 12, 1933
• 10.3* Ralph Metcalfe USA Budapest Aug 12, 1933
  10.3* Erich Borchmeyer GER Berlin Jul 01, 1934
  10.3* Erich Borchmeyer GER Frankfurt/Main Jul 22, 1934
• 10.3* Eulace Peacock USA Oslo Aug 06, 1934
• 10.3* Christiaan Berger NED Amsterdam Aug 26, 1934
• 10.3* Ralph Metcalfe USA Osaka Sep 15, 1934
• 10.3* Ralph Metcalfe USA Dairen Sep 23, 1934
• 10.3* Takayoshi Yoshioka JPN Tokyo Jun 15, 1935
  10.3* Takayoshi Yoshioka JPN Osaka Jul 06, 1935
  10.3* Eulace Peacock USA Basel Aug 06, 1935
• 10.2 Jesse Owens USA Chicago Jun 20, 1936
• 10.2* Harold Davis USA Compton Jun 06, 1941
  10.2* Lloyd LaBeach PAN Willemstad Aug 08, 1943
  10.2* George Lewis TRI Port of Spain Nov 16, 1946
  10.2* Lloyd LaBeach PAN Compton Jan 04, 1948
• 10.2* Lloyd LaBeach PAN Fresno May 15, 1948
• 10.2* Norwood Ewell USA Evanston Jul 09, 1948
• 10.2* Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR Belgrad Aug 25, 1951
  10.2* Hector Hogan AUS Sydney Mar 13, 1954
• 10.2* Heinz Fütterer GER Jokohama Oct 31, 1954
• 10.2* Bobby Morrow USA Houston May 19, 1956
• 10.2* Ira Murchison USA Compton Jun 01, 1956
• 10.2* Bobby Morrow USA Bakersfield Jun 22, 1956
  10.2* Thane Baker USA Los Angeles Jun 29, 1956
• 10.2* Bobby Morrow USA Los Angeles Jun 29, 1956
• 10.2* Ira Murchison USA Los Angeles Jun 29, 1956
• 10.1 Willie Williams USA Berlin Aug 03, 1956
• 10.1* Ira Murchison USA Berlin Aug 04, 1956
  10.1* Willie Williams USA Berlin Aug 05, 1956
• 10.1* Leamon King USA Ontario Oct 20, 1956
• 10.1* Leamon King USA Santa Ana Oct 27, 1956
• 10.1* Ray Norton USA San José Apr 18, 1959
• 10.0 Armin Hary GER Zürich Jun 21, 1960
• 10.0* Harry Jerome CAN Saskatoon Jul 15, 1960
• 10.0* Horacio Esteves VEN Caracas Aug 15, 1964
• 10.0* Robert Hayes USA Tokyo Oct 15, 1964
  10.0* Chen Chia-Chuan CHN Chungking Oct 24, 1965
  10.0* Willie Turner USA Modesto May 27, 1967
• 10.0* Jim Hines USA Modesto May 27, 1967
• 10.0* Enrique Figuerola CUB Budapest Jun 17, 1967
• 10.0* Paul Nash RSA Krugersdorp Apr 02, 1968
  10.0* Paul Nash RSA Standerton Apr 06, 1968
• 10.0* Oliver Ford USA Albuquerque May 31, 1968
• 10.0* Charles Greene USA Sacramento Jun 20, 1968
• 10.0* Roger Bambuck FRA Sacramento Jun 20, 1968
• 9.9 Jim Hines USA Sacramento Jun 20, 1968
• 9.9* Ronnie-Ray Smith USA Sacramento Jun 20, 1968
• 9.9* Charlie Greene USA Sacramento Jun 20, 1968
• 9.9* Jim Hines USA Mexico City Oct 14, 1968
• 9.9* Steve Williams USA Los Angeles Jun 21, 1972
• 9.9* Eddie Hart USA Eugene Jul 01, 1972
• 9.9* Reggie Robinson USA Eugene Jul 01, 1972
• 9.9* Silvio Leonard CUB Ostrava Jun 05, 1975
• 9.9* Steve Williams USA Siena Jul 16, 1975
  9.9* Reggie Jones USA Boston Jul 26, 1975
• 9.9* Steve Williams USA Berlin Aug 22, 1975
• 9.9* Steve Williams USA Gainesville Mar 27, 1976
• 9.9* Harvey Glance USA Columbia Apr 03, 1976
• 9.9* Harvey Glance USA Baton Rouge May 01, 1976
• 9.9* Donald Quarrie JAM Modesto May 22, 1976
Electronic Timing
  10.64 Ralph Metcalfe USA Stanford Jul 16, 1932
  10.53 Eddie Tolan USA Los Angeles Jul 31, 1932
  10.38 Eddie Tolan USA Los Angeles Aug 01, 1932
  10.38 Ralph Metcalfe USA Los Angeles Aug 01, 1932
  10.34 Norwood Ewell USA Evanston Jul 09, 1948
  10.32 Jocelyn Delecour FRA Thonon-les-Bains Aug 10, 1958
  10.32 Ray Norton USA Thonon-les-Bains Aug 10, 1958
  10.29 Peter Radford GBR Colombes Sep 13, 1958
  10.25 Armin Hary FRG Zürich Jun 21, 1960
  10.06 Robert Hayes USA Tokyo Oct 15, 1964
  10.03 Jim Hines USA Sacramento Jun 20, 1968
  10.02 Charlie Greene USA Mexico City Oct 13, 1968
• 9.95 Jim Hines USA Mexico City Oct 14, 1968
• 9.93 Calvin Smith USA Colorado Springs Jul 03, 1983
  9.93* Carl Lewis USA Rome Aug 30, 1987
  9.93* Carl Lewis USA Zürich Aug 17, 1988
• 9.92 Carl Lewis USA Seoul Sep 24, 1988
• 9.90 Leroy Burrell USA New York Jun 14, 1991
• 9.86 Carl Lewis USA Tokyo Aug 25, 1991
• 9.85 Leroy Burrell USA Lausanne Jul 06, 1994
• 9.84 Donovan Bailey CAN Atlanta Jul 29, 1996
• 9.79 Maurice Greene USA Athens Jun 16, 1999
• 9.78(DQ) Tim Montgomery USA Paris Sep 14, 2002
• 9.77 Asafa Powell JAM Athens Jun 14, 2005
  9.77* Justin Gatlin USA Doha May 12, 2006
• 9.77* Asafa Powell JAM Gateshead Jun 11, 2006
• 9.77* Asafa Powell JAM Zürich Aug 18, 2006
• 9.74 Asafa Powell JAM Rieti Sep 09, 2007
• 9.72 Usain Bolt JAM New York May 31, 2008
• 9.69 Usain Bolt JAM Beijing Aug 16, 2008
• 9.58 Usain Bolt JAM Berlin Aug 16, 2009