Best All-Time Adjusted 100-Meter Performances — Men

Adjusted or not, Usain Bolt’s World Record 9.58 from the ’09 World Champs remains history’s fastest 100.

(as of July 12, 2023)

(These marks have been adjusted for both altitude & wind, and are listed in order of their adjusted value)

The compilation now includes a recently noticed 2021 Marvin Bracy-Williams mark run with a slight negative wind. (07/12/23)

Adj. Clock Wind Name Site Date Pos. Meet
9.63 9.58 +0.9 Usain Bolt Berlin 16-Aug-2009 1 WCh WR
9.69 9.69 0.0 —–Bolt Beijing 16-Aug-2008 1 OG WR
9.70 9.77 -1.3 —–Bolt Brussels 5-Sep-2008 1 VD
9.70 9.63 +1.5 —–Bolt London 5-Aug-2012 1 OG
9.70 9.69 -0.1 Yohan Blake Lausanne 23-Aug-2012 1 Athl
9.75 9.72 +0.2 Asafa Powell Lausanne 3-Sep-2008 1rA Athl
9.75 9.76 -0.1 —–Bolt Rome 31-May-2012 1 GGala
9.76 9.83 -1.3 —–Powell Brussels 5-Sep-2008 2 VD
9.76 9.71 +0.9 Tyson Gay Berlin 16-Aug-2009 2 WCh AR
9.76 9.78 -0.4 —–Gay London 13-Aug-2010 1 LGP
9.76 9.77 -0.3 —–Bolt Moscow 11-Aug-2013 1 WCh
9.76 9.78 -0.3 Justin Gatlin Monaco 17-Jul-2015 1 Herc
9.76 9.79 -0.5 —–Bolt Beijing 23-Aug-2015 1 WCh
9.77 9.80 -0.5 —–Gatlin Beijing 23-Aug-2015 2 WCh
9.77 9.79 -0.3 Christian Coleman Brussels 31-Aug-2018 1 VD
9.78 9.79 -0.2 —–Bolt Saint-Denis 17-Jul-2009 1 GL
9.79 9.78 0.0 —–Powell Rieti 9-Sep-2007 1 GP
9.79 9.77 +0.4 —–Gay Rome 10-Jul-2009 1 GGala =AR
9.79 9.69 +2.0 —–Gay Shanghai 20-Sep-2009 1 GP AR
9.79 9.74 +0.9 —–Gatlin Doha 15-May-2015 1 DL
9.79 9.76 +0.6 —–Coleman Doha 28-Sep-2019 1 WCh
9.80 9.79 +0.1 Maurice Greene Athens 16-Jun-1999 1rA Tsik WR
9.80 9.72 +1.7 —–Bolt New York City 31-May-2008 1rA GP WR
9.80 9.79 +0.1 —–Gay Brussels 27-Aug-2010 1 VD
9.80 10.02 -3.5 —–Gatlin Tokyo 11-May-2014 1 GP
9.80 9.77 +0.6 —–Gatlin Brussels 5-Sep-2014 1 VD
9.80 9.75 +0.9 —–Gatlin Rome 4-Jun-2015 1 Ggala
9.80 9.87 -1.2 —–Bolt London 24-Jul-2015 1h2 DL
9.80 9.81 -0.1 —–Coleman Stanford 30-Jun-2019 1 DL
9.80 9.79 +0.1 Fred Kerley Eugene 15-Jul-2022 1h2 WCh
9.81 9.80 +0.2 —–Greene Seville 22-Aug-1999 1 WCh
9.81 9.91 -1.7 —–Bolt London 24-Jul-2009 1 LGP
9.81 9.83 -0.5 —–Powell Ostrava 27-May-2010 1
9.81 9.75 +1.1 —–Blake Kingston 29-Jun-2012 1 NC
9.81 9.80 +0.1 Lamont Marcell Jacobs Tokyo 1-Aug-2021 1 OG
(35 performances by 9 athletes)
9.83 9.85 -0.4 Marvin Bracy-Williams Memphis 15-Aug-2021 1 Murph
Adjusted for wind and altitude per Dapena-Linthorne Tables, pp. 138-139, Big Gold Book,
4th printing, 2017 update — Charley Shaffer July 12 2023