In order to estimate when the world record will likely be broken, Amaral needed to know how many capable sprinters there will be at any time and how many relevant races they will run per year. He ...

Usain Bolt 100-meter dash records Bolt holds the all-time 100-meter dash record of 9.58 seconds, set in 2009, and he holds the Olympic record of 9.63 seconds set in 2012.

Back in 2009, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt ran the 100-meter dash in a record setting time of 9.58 seconds. A recent study highlights the astounding ...

Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins the men’s 100-meter final in the Summer Olympic Games on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro. James Lang / USA Today Sports ByHelene Elliott, Los Angeles Times ...

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt might have the name of a sprinter, but not the body. He is tall and lanky, and he's also sort of a clown. Bolt set a world record in the men's 100-meter dash at the ...

Usain Bolt made his first appearance at the Summer Olympics in 2004. He was just 18 years old and nursing a hamstring injury, and he failed to even make it out of his heat in the 200-meter dash.

Sprinters who have taken on Usain Bolt in the 100-meter dash often describe a moment in the second half of the race when the world’s fastest-ever human just runs away from them. One minute they ...

In his mind, it's no longer a question of whether he will surpass Usain Bolt's world record in the 200-meter dash, which has stood since Lyles was 12 years old. It's just a matter of when.

Though roughly 64 meters shorter than the 100-meter dash, Bolt blazed through the grass to tie an NFL record, dropping a 4.22-second performance. That tied the time of John Ross, who hit that mark ...