What is the men’s 100 metres world record, in seconds?
Sports easy Data from 2009
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The answer
10 seconds
Roughly 9.6.
Usain Bolt ran 9.58 seconds in Berlin in 2009, taking over a tenth off his own record — an enormous margin at that level. Nobody else has ever run under 9.7, and the record has stood for over fifteen years.
Where this number comes from
| Source | World Athletics |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2009 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | seconds |
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