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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated          •   - Then World Record
Manual Timing
  11.2 Wendell Baker USA Cambridge/MA May 23, 1886  
• 11.2 Charles Sherrill USA New York Jun 15, 1889  
• 11.2 Luther Cary USA New York Jun 07, 1890  
• 11.2 Luther Cary USA New York Nov 05, 1890  
  10.8 Luther Cary USA Paris Jul 04, 1891 •
  10.8* Frank Jarvis USA Paris Jul 14, 1900 •
  10.8* Walter Tewksbury USA Paris Jul 14, 1900 •
  10.8* Walter Tewksbury USA Philadelphia Oct 06, 1900 •
• 10.8* James Rector USA Philadelphia Jun 06, 1908  
• 10.8* Harold Huff USA Pittsburgh Jun 20, 1908  
• 10.8* James Rector USA London Jul 20, 1908  
• 10.8* James Rector USA London Jul 21, 1908  
• 10.8y* Robert Cloughen USA New York Sep 05, 1910  
• 10.8* Ira Courtney USA Stanford May 17, 1912  
• 10.8* Ralph Craig USA Cambridge/MA Jun 08, 1912  
• 10.8* Howard Drew USA Cambridge/MA Jun 08, 1912  
• 10.8* Clement Wilson USA Evaston Jun 08, 1912  
• 10.6 Donald Lippincott USA Stockholm Jul 06, 1912 •
  10.6* Charles Paddock USA New York Jul 10, 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 •
  10.2y Charles Paddock USA Pasadena Jun 18, 1921 •
  10.2* Eddie Tolan USA Vancouver Jul 01, 1930 •
• 10.2* Ralph Metcalfe USA Chicago Jun 11, 1932  
• 10.2 Jesse Owens USA Chicago Jun 20, 1936 •
• 10.2* Harold Davis USA Compton Jun 06, 1941 •
• 10.2* Norwood Ewell USA Evanston Jul 09, 1948 •
• 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* Ira Murchison USA Los Angeles Jun 29, 1956 •
• 10.2* Bobby Morrow USA Los Angeles Jun 29, 1956 •
  10.2* Thane Baker 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 •
• 10.1* Charles Tidwell USA Houston Jun 10, 1960  
• 10.1* David Sime USA Walnut Aug 12, 1960  
• 10.1* Robert Hayes USA Hasselholm Aug 17, 1962  
• 10.0* Robert Hayes USA Tokyo Oct 15, 1964 •
  10.0* Willie Turner USA Modesto May 27, 1967 •
• 10.0* Jim Hines USA Modesto May 27, 1967 •
• 10.0* Oliver Ford USA Albuquerque May 31, 1968 •
• 10.0* Charles Greene 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 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* 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 •
Electronic Timing
  10.64 Ralph Metcalfe USA Stanford Jul 16, 1932 •
  10.53 Eddie Tolan USA Los Angeles Jul 31, 1932 •
  10.38 Ralph Metcalfe USA Los Angeles Aug 01, 1932 •
  10.38 Eddie Tolan USA Los Angeles Aug 01, 1932 •
  10.34 Norwood Ewell USA Evanston Jul 09, 1948 •
  10.32 Ray Norton USA Thonon-les-Bains Aug 10, 1958 •
  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 •
• 9.79 Maurice Greene USA Athens Jun 16, 1999 •
  9.78(DQ) Tim Montgomery USA Paris Sep 14, 2002 •
  9.77(DQ) Justin Gatlin USA Doha May 12, 2006 •
• 9.77 Tyson Gay USA Eugene Jun 28, 2008 •
• 9.71 Tyson Gay USA Berlin Aug 16, 2009 •
• 9.69 Tyson Gay USA Shanghai Sep 20, 2009 •