The 100m world record has always been a record that many sprinters have been chasing, and everyone is working hard to break the record. One of the talented players broke his own record three times in a row, breaking the world record again and again. Today, let's get to know him together.
The 100-meter world record is the track record with the shortest distance and the least time. According to records, in 776 BC, in the Olympic Village, the first ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, there was a sprint event, the distance at that time was 176 ~ 192.27 meters, also known as "Steyland" (ancient Greece, the length unit, the length is 600 feet long). The 14th Ancient Olympic Games were added to two "Steyland" runs.
In the history of modern sports, the 100-meter race first appeared in 1896 in Athens, Greece, at the first modern Olympic Games, and grew up with the modern Olympic Games. The 100m record was set by renowned sprinter Bolt, who set 9.58 seconds in Berlin, Germany, on August 17, 2009.
The 100-meter world record has experienced the 11-second era, the 10-second era, and now, entering the 9-second era. Athletes who made these records were athletes from the United States, athletes from Germany, athletes from Canada, athletes from China and athletes from Jamaica. And the latest 9-second records from 9.77 to 9.58s were all set by Jamaican athletes. Next, let's get to know these Jamaican athletes together.

1. Asafa Powell (9.77 seconds)
Three years later, in the men's 100m final of the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Athens on 14 June 2005, Jamaica's Asaf Powell, 22, set a new 100m world record with a time of 9.77 seconds. In the day's race, Powell had a clear advantage from the start, and he never faced any challenge when leading the way. When crossing the finish line, he was even a few meters ahead of second place. Powell became the second player to break the U.S. world record after Canada's Donovan Bailey, and also announced the end of American supremacy in sprint events!
2. Asafa Powell (9.74 seconds)
On September 9, 2007, the IAAF Grand Prix in Italy was held in Reti, Italy, and in the second group of the 100m preliminaries, Powell showed amazing form from the beginning, a perfect start, a strong run, and an early lead for his opponents. Wind speed of 1.7 m/s, Powell ran faster and faster, the last 40 meters and the World Championships are completely different, full speed sprint, 9.74 seconds! A new world record was born.
3. Usain Bolt (9.72 seconds)
On May 31, 2008, a Jamaican named Usain Bolt was born in the men's 100-meter flight at the New York Athletics Awards. He broke the world record with a time of 9.72 seconds and won the championship. He is 1.96 meters tall, which greatly exceeds the selection criteria for the original 100 meters athletes. He ran on the 100-meter track and was almost 2 meters tall!
4. Usain Bolt (9.69 seconds)
On August 16, 2008, Bolt once again wrote a legend at the Beijing Olympic Games. In the men's 100m flight at the Olympics that night, Bolt won the championship with a time of 9.69 seconds and set a new world record again. Before the start of the competition, all eight finalists gathered in the warm-up field to cheer each other on. This scene is very touching and rare. What's even more amazing is that after the race started, Bolt actually slowed down in the last ten meters! He actually looked back at the moon and patted his chest to celebrate the victory in advance! "I'm here to win gold, that's my only goal," Bolt said excitedly in an interview with the BBC. "I didn't know I had broken the world record at first until I ran around the track to celebrate." Some experts once predicted that the limit of the men's 100 meters was 9.70 seconds. Since 2006, Jamaica's Powell has gradually approached this so-called "limit." However, Bolt announced to people with his astonishing 9.69 seconds: Humans can run faster!
At this Olympic Games, jamaicans achieved the monopoly of the gold medal in the sprint event 100 meters, 200 meters and 4100 meters relay, announcing that the sprint event entered the Jamaican era.
5. Usain Bolt (9.58 seconds)
On August 16, 2009, in the 100m final of the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Bolt won the championship with a time of 9.58 seconds and once again set a new world record in the 100m. American star Guy also finished second with a staggering 9.71 seconds, while Powell finished third with 9.84 seconds. After crossing the finish line, Bolt opened his arms and prepared to fly. Today, he is definitely the most amazing athlete on the planet. All along, it's hard to imagine any other player besides himself breaking that score! Bolt was the first to break the world record three times after entering the 10-second era in the 100 meters.
Of course, every athlete who reaches the 100-meter world record is worthy of respect. They push the limits of themselves and human beings again and again, and the efforts they put in between are unimaginable to many people.
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