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Yup another one of these, post any fact about track and field.

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Asafa Powell is the 100m world record holder with a time of 9.74.

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Michael Johnson is the 200m world record holder with a time of 19.32.

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Asafa Powell is the only athlete to have run under 9.80 seconds in the 100m 5 times, the next closest being once done by Maurice Greene (although twice if you include basics).

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The 400m world record is 43.19 by Michael Johnson in Seville 1999.

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Powell has ran 9.77 three times.

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List of World Champions in the 100m since 1983 (first ever world championships):

1983: Carl Lewis
1987: Ben Johnson
1991: Carl Lewis
1993: Linford Christie
1995: Donovan Bailey
1997: Maurice Greene
1999: Maurice Greene
2001: Maurice Greene
2003: Kim Collins
2005: Justin Gatlin
2007: Tyson Gay

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1896: Tom Burke
1900: Frank Jarvis
1904: Archie Hahn
1906: Archie Hahn
1908: Reggie Walker
1912: Ralph Craig
1920: Charlie Paddock
1924: Harold Abrahams
1928: Percy Williams
1932: Eddie Tolan
1936: Jesse Owens
1948: Harrison Dillard
1952: Larry Remignio
1956: Bobby Joe Morrow
1960: Armin Hary
1964: Bob Hayes
1968: Jim Hines
1972: Valeri Borzov
1976: Hasely Crawford
1980: Allan Wells
1984: Carl Lewis
1988: Carl Lewis (Ben Johnson really won it, but was stripped of medal due to positive drug test)
1992: Linford Christie
1996: Donovan Bailey
2000: Maurice Greene
2004: Justin Gatlin

2008: Who knows, but realistically it will be either Gay or Powell.

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The only international title Asafa Powell has is the 2006 Commonwealth Games 100m gold and the 4x100m relay gold.

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10.6 Don Lippincott United States Stockholm, Sweden July 6, 1912
Jackson Scholz United States September 16, 1920
10.4 Charlie Paddock United States Redlands, California, USA April 23, 1921
Eddie Tolan United States Stockholm, Sweden August 8, 1929
Copenhagen, Denmark August 25, 1929
10.3 Percy Williams Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 9, 1930
Arthur Jonath Germany Bochum, Germany July 5, 1932
Eddie Tolan United States Los Angeles, California, USA August 1, 1932
Ralph Metcalfe United States Los Angeles, California, USA August 1, 1932
Ralph Metcalfe United States Budapest, Hungary August 12, 1933
Eulace Peacock United States Oslo, Norway August 6, 1934
Chris Berger Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands August 26, 1934
Ralph Metcalfe United States Osaka, Japan September 15, 1934
Dairen, China September 23, 1934
Takanori Yoshioka Japan Tokyo, Japan June 15, 1935
10.2 Jesse Owens United States Chicago, Illinois, USA June 20, 1936
Harold Davis United States Compton, California, USA June 6, 1941
Lloyd LaBeach Panama Fresno, California, USA May 15, 1948
Barney Ewell United States Evanston, Illinois, USA July 9, 1948
Emmanuel McDonald Bailey Great Britain Belgrade, Yugoslavia August 25, 1951
Heinz Fütterer West Germany Yokohama, Japan October 31, 1954
Bobby Joe Morrow United States Houston, Texas, USA May 19, 1956
Ira Murchison United States Compton, California, USA June 1, 1956
Bobby Joe Morrow United States Bakersfield, California, USA June 22, 1956
Ira Murchison United States Los Angeles, California, USA June 29, 1956
Bobby Joe Morrow United States
10.1 Willie Williams United States Berlin, Germany August 3, 1956
Ira Murchison United States August 4, 1956
Leamon King United States Ontario, California, USA October 20, 1956
Santa Ana, California, USA October 27, 1956
Ray Norton United States San Jose, California, USA April 18, 1959
10.0 Armin Hary West Germany Zürich, Switzerland June 21, 1960
Harry Jerome Canada Saskatoon, Canada July 15, 1960
Horacio Esteves Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela August 15, 1964
Bob Hayes United States Tokyo, Japan October 15, 1964
Jim Hines United States Modesto, California, USA May 27, 1967
Enrique Figuerola Cuba Budapest, Hungary June 17, 1967
Paul Nash South Africa Krugersdorp, South Africa April 2, 1968
Oliver Ford United States Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA May 31, 1968
Charles Greene United States Sacramento, California, USA June 20, 1968
Roger Bambuck France
9.9 Jim Hines United States
Ronnie Ray Smith United States
Charles Greene United States
Steve Williams United States Los Angeles, California, USA June 21, 1972
Eddie Hart United States Eugene, Oregon, USA July 1, 1972
Reynaud Robinson United States
Silvio Leonard Cuba Ostrava, Czechoslovakia June 5, 1975
Steve Williams United States Siena, Italy July 16, 1975
Berlin, Germany August 22, 1975
Gainesville, Florida, USA March 27, 1976
Harvey Glance United States Columbia, South Carolina, USA April 3, 1976
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA May 1, 1976
Don Quarrie Jamaica Modesto, California, USA May 22, 1976
Electronic timing
Time Athlete Nat Location of race Date
9.95 Jim Hines United States Mexico City, Mexico October 14, 1968
9.93 Calvin Smith United States Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA July 3, 1983
Carl Lewis United States Rome, Italy August 30, 1987
Zurich, Switzerland August 17, 1988
9.83 [2] Ben Johnson Canada Rome, Italy August 30, 1987
9.79 [2] Ben Johnson Canada Seoul, South Korea September 24, 1988
9.92 Carl Lewis United States Seoul, South Korea September 24, 1988
9.90 Leroy Burrell United States New York, New York, USA June 14, 1991
9.86 Carl Lewis United States Tokyo, Japan August 25, 1991
9.85 Leroy Burrell United States Lausanne, Switzerland July 6, 1994
9.84 Donovan Bailey Canada Atlanta, Georgia, USA July 27, 1996
9.79 Maurice Greene United States Athens, Greece June 16, 1999
9.78[3] Tim Montgomery United States Charléty, Paris, France September 14, 2002
9.77 Asafa Powell Jamaica Athens, Greece June 14, 2005
Justin Gatlin United States Doha, Qatar May 12, 2006
Asafa Powell[4] Jamaica Gateshead, England June 11, 2006
Asafa Powell Jamaica Zurich, Switzerland August 18, 2006
9.74 Asafa Powell Jamaica Rieti, Italy September 9, 2007

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