New Delhi: Men’s 100 meter event has always been one of the most entertaining and high-bacterial competitions at the Olympics.
This is a blue-ribbon event, watched globally by millions.
The Sprint category has been part of multi-sports extravaganza since its first edition – in 1896.
The men’s 100M sprint events, on many occasions, see records are matched or damaged and that is what makes the biggest crowd puller in the game.
From Thomas Burke Thomas – first winner in the 100m race to Jamaica Superstar Usain Bolt enchanting stage with three consecutive titles, competing athletes in this event are the fastest men on the planet and some of the best athletes ever.
TimesOfindia.com here takes in the top three men’s athletes who have been superior in this category for decades.
Best time.
The Olympic record for the 100m men’s dash was 9.63 seconds, arranged by USAIN BOLT during the 2012 London Olympics.
It was widely considered as the largest sprinter of all time, Bolt, in 2012, breaking its own record of 9.81 seconds which he set during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The top three athletes with most medals: Usain Bolt – Jamaica (three gold) Olympic gold medalist eight times, Usain Bolt sits right at the top of the list when it comes to the Sprint competition.
Jamaica really dominated the event, including at the Olympics, between 2008 to 2016 when he was just invincible.
World record holders in 100m, 200 m and 4 × 100m, Bolt still remains the only runner to win the 100m and 200m men Olympic men in three consecutive Olympics, an achievement that will be difficult to match even for the best athletes.
Three gold medals – the highest in the brashed bolts in the 100m man in 2008 Beijing, 2012 London and 2016 Rio Games.
(Getty Images) Carl Lewis – USA (two gold in 100m men) One of the biggest trajectory and field athletes in the history of the game, Frederick America Carlton Lewis claims nine gold and silver medals at the Olympics at various events including racing 100m men’s relay, 200m 4 × 100m and long jump.
The two gold medals on the 100m event placed him in the second place behind Usain Bolt in the list of the most successful 100m athletes.
Lewis’s twin gold medal on the 100M man was won during the match at Seoul Los Angeles 1984 and 1988.
(Credit Photo: World Athletics) Justin Gatlin – US (One Gold, One Silver, One Bronze at 100m) Five Times Olympics and World Championship Winner 12- Time, American Justin Gatlin was third in the list of most medals.
On a 100m men’s event at the Olympics.
Gatlin has so far won gold, silver and bronze while competing in a 100m race at the Olympics.
Athletes who are now 39-year-old won their first gold during the 2004 Athens Olympics with a time of 9.85 seconds.
In the London 2012 match, Gatlin reached his personal time of 9.79 seconds and settled for bronze behind Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake.
Then, in the Rio 2016 game, Gatlin won silver with 9.89 seconds, right behind Bolt.
American veterans are now ready to compete in the upcoming Tokyo match and will be the oldest person who has ever won the Olympic track medal if he succeeded in the podium in Tokyo.
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