Year Men Women Athelete Country (yr) (s) (s) 2009 9.58 Usain Bolt (JAM) 2008 9.69 Usain Bolt (JAM) 2008 9.72 Usain Bolt (JAM) 2007 9.74 Asafa Powell (JAM) 2006 9.77 Asafa Powell (JAM) 2006 9.77 Asafa Powell (JAM) 2006 9.77 Justin Gatlin (USA) 2005 9.77 Asafa Powell (JAM) 2002 9.78 Tim Montgomery (USA) 1999 9.79 Maurice Greene (USA) 1996 9.84 Donovan Bailey (CAN) 1994 9.85 Leroy Burrell (USA) 1991 9.86 Carl Lewis (USA) 1991 9.90 Leroy Burrell (USA) 1988 9.92 Carl Lewis (USA) 1988 9.93 Carl Lewis (USA) 1987 9.93 Carl Lewis (USA) 1983 9.93 Calvin Smith (USA) 1968 9.95 Jim Hines (USA) 1968 10.02 Charles Greene (USA) 1968 10.03 Jim Hines (USA) 1964 10.06 Robert Hayes (USA) 1960 10.25 Armin Hary (FRG) 1958 10.29 Peter Radford (GBR) 1958 10.32 Jocelyn Delecour (FRA) 1958 10.32 Ray Norton (USA) 1948 10.34 Barney Ewell (USA) 1932 10.38 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 1932 10.38 Eddie Tolan (USA) 1932 10.53 Eddie Tolan (USA) 1932 10.64 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 1976 9.9 Don Quarrie (JAM) 1976 9.9 Harvey Glance (USA) 1976 9.9 Harvey Glance (USA) 1976 9.9 Steve Williams (USA) 1975 9.9 Steve Williams (USA) 1975 9.9 Reggie Jones (USA) 1975 9.9 Steve Williams (USA) 1975 9.8 Steve Williams (USA) 1975 9.9 Silvio Leonard (CUB) 1972 9.9 Rey Robinson (USA) 1972 9.9 Eddie Hart (USA) 1972 9.9 Steve Williams (USA) 1968 9.9 Jim Hines (USA) 1968 9.9 Charles Greene (USA) 1968 9.9 Ronnie Ray Smith (USA) 1968 9.9 Jim Hines (USA) 1968 10.0 Roger Bambuck (FRA) 1968 10.0 Charles Greene (USA) 1968 10.0 Oliver Ford (USA) 1968 10.0 Paul Nash (RSA) 1968 10.0 Paul Nash (RSA) 1968 10.0 Paul Nash (RSA) 1968 10.0 Oliver Ford (USA) 1967 10.0 Enrique Figuerola (CUB) 1967 10.0 Willie Turner (USA) 1967 10.0 Jim Hines (USA) 1965 10.0 Chen Chia Chuan (CHN) 1964 10.0 Bob Hayes (USA) 1964 10.0 Horacio Esteves (VEN) 1960 10.0 Harry Jerome (CAN) 1960 10.0 Armin Hary (FRG) 1960 10.1 Charles Tidwell (USA) 1959 10.1 Ray Norton (USA) 1956 10.1 Leamon King (USA) 1956 10.1 Leamon King (USA) 1956 10.1 Willie Williams (USA) 1956 10.1 Ira Murchison (USA) 1956 10.1 Willie Williams (USA) 1956 10.2 Ira Murchison (USA) 1956 10.2 Thane Baker (USA) 1956 10.2 Bobby Morrow (USA) 1956 10.2 Bobby Morrow (USA) 1956 10.2 Ira Murchison (USA) 1956 10.2 Bobby Morrow (USA) 1954 10.2 Heinz Futterer (FRG) 1954 10.2 Hector Hogan (AUS) 1951 10.2 Emman McDonald Bailey (GBR) 1948 10.2 Norwood Ewell (USA) 1948 10.2 Lloyd LaBeach (PAN) 1948 10.2 Lloyd LaBeach (PAN) 1946 10.2 George Lewis (TRI) 1943 10.2 Lloyd LaBeach (PAN) 1941 10.2 Harold Davis (USA) 1936 10.2 Jesse Owens (USA) 1935 10.3 Eulace Peacock (USA) 1935 10.3 Takayoshi Yoshioka (JPN) 1935 10.3 Takayoshi Yoshioka (JPN) 1934 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 1934 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 1934 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 1934 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 1934 10.3 Christian Berger (HOL) 1934 10.3 Eulace Peacock (USA) 1934 10.3 Eulace Peacock (USA) 1934 10.3 Erich Borchmeyer (GER) 1934 10.3 Erich Borchmeyer (GER) 1933 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 1933 10.3 Erich Borchmeyer (GER) 1933 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 1933 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 1933 10.3 Arthur Jonath (GER) 1932 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 1932 10.3 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 1932 10.3 Eddie Tolan (USA) 1932 10.3 Eddie Tolan (USA) 1932 10.3 Arthur Jonath (GER) 1930 10.3 Percy Williams (CAN) 1930 10.4 Georg Lammers (GER) 1930 10.4 Helmut Körnig (GER) 1930 10.4 Helmut Körnig (GER) 1930 10.4 Georg Lammers (GER) 1929 10.4 Georg Lammers (GER) 1929 10.4 Eddie Tolan (USA) 1929 10.4 Eddie Tolan (USA) 1929 10.4 Eddie Tolan (USA) 1929 10.4 Eddie Tolan (USA) 1929 10.4 Georg Lammers (GER) 1929 10.4 Eddie Tolan (USA) 1929 10.4 Helmut Körnig (GER) 1929 10.4 Georg Lammers (GER) 1929 10.4 Georg Lammers (GER) 1929 10.4 Eugen Eldracher (GER) 1929 10.4 Georg Lammers (GER) 1928 10.4 Georg Lammers (GER) 1928 10.4 Richard Corts (GER) 1928 10.4 Ernst Geerling (GER) 1928 10.4 Jos» Barrientos (CUB) 1927 10.4 Jakob Schüller (GER) 1927 10.4 Hubert Houben (GER) 1926 10.4 Helmut Körnig (GER) 1926 10.4 Helmut Körnig (GER) 1923 10.4 Charles Paddock (USA) 1920 10.4 Charles Paddock (USA) 1920 10.6 Jackson Scholz (USA) 1920 10.6 Jackson Scholz (USA) 1920 10.6 Joseph Imbach (SUI) 1912 10.6 Willie Applegarth (GBR) 1912 10.6 Donald Lippincott (USA) 1988 10.49 Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) 1984 10.76 Evelyn Ashford (USA) 1983 10.79 Evelyn Ashford (USA) 1983 10.81 Marlies Göhr (GDR) 1980 10.87 Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS) 1982 10.88 Marlies Oelsner/Göhr (GDR) 1977 10.88 Marlies Oelsner (GDR) 1976 11.01 Annegret Richter (FRG) 1976 11.04 Inge Helten (FRG) 1973 11.07 Renate Stecher (GDR) 1972 11.07 Renate Stecher (GDR) 1968 11.08 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 1968 11.21 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 1964 11.23 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 1960 11.41 Wilma Rudolph (USA) 1960 11.65 Wilma Rudolph (USA) 1952 11.65 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 1952 11.72 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 1952 11.86 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 1952 12.18 Catherine Hardy (USA) 1952 12.18 Winsome Cripps (AUS) 1973 10.9 Renate Stecher (GDR) 1973 10.9 Renate Stecher (GDR) 1973 10.9 Renate Stecher (GDR) 1972 11.0 Renate Stecher (GDR) 1972 11.0 Eva Glesková (TCH) 1972 11.0 Ellen Strophal (GDR) 1972 11.0 Renate Stecher (GDR) 1971 11.0 Renate Meissner/Stecher (GDR) 1970 11.0 Renate Meissner (GDR) 1970 11.0 Chi Cheng (TPE) 1968 11.0 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 1968 11.1 Irena Szewinska (POL) 1968 11.1 Barbara Ferrell (USA) 1968 11.1 Margaret Bailes (USA) 1968 11.1 Margaret Bailes (USA) 1968 11.1 Lyudmila Samotyosova (URS) 1968 11.1 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 1967 11.1 Barbara Ferrell (USA) 1965 11.1 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 1965 11.1 Irena Kirszenstein (POL) 1965 11.1 Ewa Klobukowska (POL) 1964 11.2 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 1961 11.2 Wilma Rudolph (USA) 1961 11.3 Wilma Rudolph (USA) 1960 11.3 Wilma Rudolph (USA) 1958 11.3 Vera Krepkina (URS) 1955 11.3 Shirley Strickland (AUS) 1952 11.4 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 1952 11.5 Fanny Blankers Koen (NED) 1952 11.5 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 1952 11.5 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 1948 11.5 Fanny Blankers Koen (NED) 1943 11.5 Fanny Blankers Koen (NED) 1939 11.5 Rowena Harrison (USA) 1939 11.5 Lulu Mae Hymes (USA) 1937 11.6 Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1936 11.5 Helen Stephens (USA) 1935 11.6 Helen Stephens (USA) 1935 11.6 Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1935 11.6 Helen Stephens (USA) 1935 11.8 Helen Stephens (USA) 1935 11.9 Helen Stephens (USA) 1935 11.9 Helen Stephens (USA) 1934 11.7 Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1934 11.7 Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1934 11.8 Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1934 11.9 Kâthe Krauss (GER) 1934 11.6 Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1934 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 1933 11.8 Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1933 11.8 Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1933 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 1933 11.9 Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1933 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 1933 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 1933 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 1932 11.9 Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1932 11.9 Hilda Strike (CAN) 1932 11.9 Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1932 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 1932 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 1931 12.0 Leni Thymm (GER) 1931 12.0 Leni Thymm (GER) 1931 12.0 Leni Junker/Thymm (GER) 1930 12.0 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 1928 12.2 Elizabeth Robinson (USA) 1928 12.0 Myrtle Cook (CAN) 1928 12.0 Betty Robinson (USA) 1928 12.2 Kinue Hitomi (JPN) 1927 12.1 Gertrud Gladitsch (GER) 1926 12.2 Leni Junker (GER) 1926 12.4 Gundel Wittmann (GER) 1925 12.2 Leni Junker (GER) 1925 12.4 Leni Schmidt (GER) 1923 12.7 Emmy Haux (GER) 1923 12.8 Marie Mejzlíková (TCH) 1922 12.8 Mary Lines (GBR)