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 ...

History's best time, set by Usain Bolt, is 9.58 seconds. Depending on how you parse the data, he's either rather close—or worlds away—from the theoretical limit.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Just 24 hours after Jamaica's women swept the medals in the 100-meter dash, the Jamaican men, who have dominated the event for 13 years, were without a contender in the final in Tokyo. Usain Bolt ...

Usain Bolt, the reigning world-record holder in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, entertained the idea of potentially racing Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill during his appearance on "The ...