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The first world record in the 100 m for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.
| Time | Athlete | Nat | Location of race | Date |
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| 9.95 | Jim Hines | USA | Mexico City, Mexico | October 14, 1968 |
| 9.93 | Calvin Smith | USA | Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | July 3, 1983 |
| Carl Lewis | USA | Rome, Italy | August 30, 1987 | |
| 9.92 | Seoul, South Korea | September 24, 1988 | ||
| 9.90 | Leroy Burrell | USA | New York, New York, USA | June 14, 1991 |
| 9.86 | Carl Lewis | USA | Tokyo, Japan | August 25, 1991 |
| 9.85 | Leroy Burrell | USA | Lausanne, Switzerland | July 6, 1994 |
| 9.84 | Donovan Bailey | CAN | Atlanta, Georgia, USA | July 29, 1996 |
| 9.79 | Maurice Greene | USA | Athens, Greece | June 16, 1999 |
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| Asafa Powell | JAM | Gateshead, England | June 11, 2006 |
- Ben Johnson's times of 9.83 on 30 August, 1987 and 9.79 on 24 September, 1988, and Tim Montgomery's time of 9.78 from 14 September, 2002 were disallowed following disqualification for banned drug use.
Notes
- In 1896, at the inaugural Olympics in Athens, Greece, Tom Burke ran a twelve second hundred metres - the earliest 'record'. However, this was before the 1912 recognition of records.