Men’s 100m Sub-10 Club!

[A.B.]

The above article proves why the devil is in the details. The man ends his piece by comparing a 10.00 race 39 years ago with a wind behind it to a race in 2011 run into almost a 2.0 headwind, saying Borzov would have been competitive. Complete nonsense. Borzov would have been where the other 1970's sprinters would be in the World Championship finals this year - about 8m back. Oh, and the fact that somehow Ben drug-free would have been this amazing sprinter (the drugs stopped him from LIVING UP TO HIS POTENTIAL??) Uhm, Ben could Bench 400+ and Squat into the 700 range. That doesn't happen clean. What did he run when clean again? About 10.0

This is the ridiculous argument Marion still bandies about.

Thanks to fLash for the sub ten details. I and all forgot some of the 28's locations and situations.

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Bump!! Will obviously need to update this thread for 2012 results so far!

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Bump!

I think I may need to update this thread.

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Interesting article.........

The men's 100m dash in the trash can!
By Louis Ritchie to TrackAlerts.Com
June 1st, 2015 9:59am

Start of London 2012 Olympics 100m Final featuring the world's best sprinters

As far as I’m concerned, the men’s 100 meter dash is going in my trash can!  There are too many super star Track and Field athletes (men and women) that deserve more attention, than who’s who in the men’s 100 meter dash!  My focus right now, is going on other stars, like Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards Ross, Machel Cedenio, Ajee Wilson, Jasmine Stowers, Elaine Thompson, Jenna Prandini, and Kirani James etc.

I’m tired of wondering when and where the likes of Usain Bolt, Justin Gatlin, Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay, and a few other sprinters are going to meet. My mind is pretty much made up, that it won’t be until the World Championships in August, that I can expect to see them run against each other anyway, so why continue to write about them in May!

The women’s sprinting and other events have garnished (WRONG WORD USE “ATTRACTED”) more appeal this year, than the men’s 100 meter dash!  When Justin Gatlin ran 9.74, was Asafa Powell Tyson Gay or Usain Bolt in the race? (NO)! When Asafa Powell ran 9.84, was Justin Gatlin, Usain Bolt, or Tyson Gay in the race? (NO)! Now Usain Bolt is going to run the 200 meters in Ostrava, is Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay or Asafa Powell in the race? (NO)!  Asafa Powell is going to run the 100 meter dash  in Ostrava, is Usain Bolt, Justin Gatlin or Tyson Gay in the race? (NO)!

But look at the women’s 100 meter dash in Shanghai, when Blessing Okagbare won the race, was Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce, Tori Bowie, Veronica Campbell Brown, and Michelle-Lee Ahye in the race? (Yes)  When Kirani James set the world leading time in the 400 meters, was LaShawn Merritt in the race? (YES)!

This past weekend, at the Prefontaine meet in Eugene, Oregon, Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards Ross clashed over 400 meters!  Now that’s two super star track and field athletes, who seem to be flying under the radar, with so much attention on the men’s 100 meter dash this year! That’s what I love about Allyson Felix, she’s fearless, and doesn’t duck anybody! Allyson will take on Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at her specialty the women’s 100 meter dash, and she’ll take on Sanya Richards Ross, at her specialty, the 400 meter dash!

I think that’s one of the reasons Allyson Felix is the only woman in history to win US national titles in the 100, 200, and 400 meter dash!.

I also think that’s one of several reasons Allyson Felix is so beloved around the track and field community, not only because of her humility, but Allyson volunteered to join PROJECT BELIEVE, along with a few other athletes to take extensive blood and urine tests other than those mandated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)! In military terms, that’s like going above and beyond the call of duty!

From this point on, up to the World Championships, the men’s 100 meter dash is in file 13, the trash can! My attention will be solely on all the other super star athletes who are willing to compete against each other, well before the World Championships!

**The views expressed in this article are those of the author (Louis Ritchie) and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, TrackAlerts.com.

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Chronological list of the sub-10 club
Published 8 June 2015 (JonMulkeen.com)

Marvin Bracy of USA wins Mens 100m as Adam Gemili of GBR pulls up with injury at 2015 Birmingham Grand Prix.

When Adam Gemili clocked 9.97 in the 100m in Birmingham last weekend, there was some confusion over whether or not he became the 100th member of the sub-10-second club.

Some stats sites listed him as the 102nd member, others the 100th, the 101st, the 103rd. You get the picture.

It’s exactly the kind of minutiae that keeps me awake at night, so I had to sort out a chronological list of all sub-10-second performers (based on their first ever such performance) to determine once and for all who is in the club and who is out.

It didn’t take long to see the source of the confusion; there were three debatable performances, none of which belong on the list.

Some sites credit Ben Johnson with a 9.95 clocking from the 1986 Goodwill Games (while still discrediting all of his other times achieved while on drugs), but that run came subsequent to his disqualification period and so shouldn’t be officially recognised.

Mark Lewis-Francis famously went sub-10 in 2001, but his 9.97 came in a race with a faulty wind gauge and so cannot be included in a list alongside other wind-legal performances.

Phil DeRosier clocked 9.97 in 2012, but with his previous season’s best being 10.30, it is generally regarded as a doubtful performance.

What this means is that Gemili DID indeed become the official 100th member of the sub-10-second club last weekend in Birmingham.


Richard Thompson one of five T&T athletes in Sub-10 Club that includes
Keston Beldman, Marc Burns, Darrel Brown and the retired Ato Boldon.

So here are all 100 members, in chronological order of their first sub-10 performance. I’ll try to keep this list updated as and when athletes join the sub-10 club.

Order   Time   Wind   Athlete   NAT   Pos   Venue   Date
1   9.95A   +0.3   Jim Hines   USA   1   Mexico City   10/14/1968
2   9.98A   +0.6   Silvio Leonard   CUB   1   Guadalajara   08/11/1977
3   9.97   +1.5   Carl Lewis   USA   1r1   Modesto   05/14/1983
4   9.93A   +1.4   Calvin Smith   USA   1   Air Force Academy   07/03/1983
5   9.96   +0.1   Mel Lattany   USA   1   Athens   05/05/1984
6   9.97   +1.1   Linford Christie   GBR   2   Seoul   09/24/1988
7   9.97   +1.0   Raymond Stewart   JAM   1   Waco   05/20/1989
8   9.94   +0.8   Leroy Burrell   USA   1   Houston   06/16/1989
9   9.99   +1.1   Dennis Mitchell   USA   2s2   Tokyo   08/25/1991
10   9.95   +1.2   Frank Fredericks   NAM   5   Tokyo   08/25/1991
11   9.99   +1.5   Andre Cason   USA   1   Koblenz   09/11/1991
12   9.97   +1.2   Olapade Adeniken   NGR   1   Austin   04/04/1992
13   9.93   -0.6   Michael Marsh   USA   1   Walnut   04/18/1992
14   9.96   -0.6   Davidson Ezinwa   NGR   2   Walnut   04/18/1992
15   9.99   +1.0   Daniel Effiong   NGR   1s1   Odessa   05/21/1993
16   9.99   +1.9   Jon Drummond   USA   2   Oslo   07/22/1994
17   9.99   +0.9   Donovan Bailey   CAN   1   Baton Rouge   04/22/1995
18   9.97   +1.3   Bruny Surin   CAN   2   Montreal   07/15/1995
19   9.93   +1.3   Ato Boldon   TTO   1r2   Walnut   04/21/1996
20   9.96   +1.5   Maurice Greene   USA   1h1   Indianapolis   06/12/1997
21   9.96   +0.8   Kareem Streete-Thompson   USA   2h3   Indianapolis   06/12/1997
22   9.96   +1.6   Tim Montgomery   USA   1h6   Indianapolis   06/12/1997
23   9.98   +1.4   Percival Spencer   JAM   1   Kingston   06/20/1997
24   9.97   +1.5   Seun Ogunkoya   NGR   1   Formia   07/13/1997
25   9.95   +0.8   Vincent Henderson   USA   1   Leverkusen   08/09/1998
26   9.87A   -0.2   Obadele Thompson   BAR   1   Johannesburg   09/11/1998
27   9.98   +1.6   Leonard Myles-Mills   GHA   1   Boise   06/05/1999
28   9.99   +1.1   Dwain Chambers   GBR   2   Nurnberg   06/13/1999
29   9.98   +0.4   Jason Gardener   GBR   3   Lausanne   07/02/1999
30   9.92   +1.0   Tim Harden   USA   1   Luzern   07/05/1999
31   9.98   +0.4   Coby Miller   USA   1s1   Durham   06/02/2000
32   9.99   +0.4   Bernard Williams   USA   2s1   Durham   06/02/2000
33   9.98   +2.0   Francis Obikwelu   NGR   1   Braga   06/21/2000
34   9.99A   +0.6   Shawn Crawford   USA   1rA   Pretoria   04/12/2002
35   9.95   +1.8   Joshua J. Johnson   USA   1rA   Walnut   04/21/2002
36   9.99   +0.5   Brian Lewis   USA   1   Cayenne   05/04/2002
37   9.98   +0.2   Kim Collins   SKN   1   Manchester   07/27/2002
38   9.93   +1.8   Patrick Johnson   AUS   1rA   Mito   05/05/2003
39   9.98   0.0   Deji Aliu   NGR   1   Abuja   07/19/2003
40   9.99   +1.5   Mickey Grimes   USA   1rB   Zurich   08/15/2003
41   9.97   +1.3   John Capel   USA   1=rA   Zurich   08/15/2003
42   9.97   +1.3   Justin Gatlin   USA   1=rA   Zurich   08/15/2003
43   9.97   +0.6   Uchenna Emedolu   NGR   2   Abuja   10/12/2003
44   9.99   +1.8   Asafa Powell   JAM   1   Spanish Town   06/12/2004
45   9.99   +1.6   Abdul Aziz Zakari   GHA   2   Athens   06/14/2005
46   9.96   +1.0   Marc Burns   TTO   1   Port of Spain   06/25/2005
47   9.99   +1.0   Darrel Brown   TTO   2   Port of Spain   06/25/2005
48   9.99   +1.8   Ronald Pognon   FRA   1rA   Lausanne   07/05/2005
49   9.94   +1.0   Leonard Scott   USA   2   London   07/22/2005
50   9.93   +1.1   Olusoji Fasuba   NGR   1h1   Doha   05/12/2006
51   9.88   +2.0   Tyson Gay   USA   1r1   Rethimno   07/21/2006
52   9.99   +1.0   Marcus Brunson   USA   4rA   Zurich   08/18/2006
53   9.98   +2.0   Derrick Atkins   BAH   1r1   Berkeley   04/28/2007
54   9.93   0.0   Walter Dix   USA   1   Sacramento   06/08/2007
55   9.99   +0.9   Samuel Francis   QAT   1   Amman   07/26/2007
56   9.96   0.0   Wallace Spearmon   USA   1rA   Shanghai   09/28/2007
57   9.76   +1.8   Usain Bolt   JAM   1   Kingston   05/03/2008
58   9.96   +1.2   Travis Padgett   USA   1r1   Clemson   05/10/2008
59   9.93   -0.1   Richard Thompson   TTO   1   Auburn   05/18/2008
60   9.95   +1.6   Rodney Martin   USA   2q2   Eugene   06/28/2008
61   9.99   +1.6   Mark Jelks   USA   3q2   Eugene   06/28/2008
62   9.89   +1.6   Darvis Patton   USA   1q3   Eugene   06/28/2008
63   9.94   +1.6   Ivory Williams   USA   2q3   Eugene   06/28/2008
64   9.98   +1.0   Nesta Carter   JAM   1rB   Stockholm   07/22/2008
65   9.99   -0.1   Churandy Martina   AHO   1q1   Beijing   08/15/2008
66   9.97   0.0   Michael Frater   JAM   6   Beijing   08/16/2008
67   9.99   -0.3   Daniel Bailey   ANT   1r1   Belem   05/24/2009
68   9.94   +1.7   Mike Rodgers   USA   1r2   Eugene   06/07/2009
69   9.99   +0.4   Lerone Clarke   JAM   1rB   Zurich   08/28/2009
70   9.96   +0.5   Yohan Blake   JAM   2rA   Lausanne   07/08/2010
71   9.98   +1.3   Christophe Lemaitre   FRA   1   Valence   07/09/2010
72   9.95   -0.8   Trell Kimmons   USA   1r2   Zurich   08/19/2010
73   9.95   +1.1   Ryan Bailey   USA   1h2   Rieti   08/29/2010
74   9.99   +1.1   Mario Forsythe   JAM   3h2   Rieti   08/29/2010
75   9.90   +2.0   Steve Mullings   JAM   1r1   Starkville   04/16/2011
76   9.97   +2.0   Ngonidzashe Makusha   ZIM   1   Durham   04/23/2011
77   9.96   +1.1   Nickel Ashmeade   JAM   2h1   Clermont   06/04/2011
78   9.93   +1.0   Keston Bledman   TTO   1rA   Clermont   06/04/2011
79   9.97   +1.3   Rakieem Salaam   USA   2   Des Moines   06/10/2011
80   9.99   +1.0   Jaysuma Saidy Ndure   NOR   5rA   Lausanne   06/30/2011
81   9.96   +1.4   Harry Adams   USA   1h2   Des Moines   06/06/2012
82   9.95   +1.8   Kemar Hyman   CAY   1h2   Madrid   07/08/2012
83   9.97   +0.3   Kemar Bailey Cole   JAM   3   Brussels   09/07/2012
84   9.99   +0.3   Isiah Young   USA   1h3   Greensboro   05/23/2013
85   9.97   +1.9   Dentarius Locke   USA   1h1   Eugene   06/05/2013
86   9.98   +1.9   Gabriel Mvumvure   ZIM   1rA   Montverde   06/08/2013
87   9.98   +1.1   Charles Silmon   USA   2   Des Moines   06/21/2013
88   9.91   +1.1   James Dasaolu   GBR   1s2   Birmingham   07/13/2013
89   9.95   +0.9   Jimmy Vicaut   FRA   1s2   Paris   07/13/2013
90   9.98A   +1.4   Simon Magakwe   RSA   1   Pretoria   04/12/2014
91   9.93   +1.8   Kemarley Brown   JAM   1   Walnut   05/17/2014
92   9.96   +1.4   Chijindu Ujah   GBR   2   Hengelo   06/08/2014
93   9.97   +1.8   Trayvon Bromell   USA   1   Eugene   06/13/2014
94   9.93   +0.4   Femi Ogunode   QAT   1   Incheon   09/28/2014
95   9.93   +1.7   Clayton Vaughn   USA   1   Mobile   05/10/2015
96   9.99   +1.6   Bryce Robinson   USA   1   Storrs   05/17/2015
97   9.97   +0.6   Andre De Grasse   CAN   1   Westwood   05/17/2015
98   9.95   +0.2   Marvin Bracy   USA   1   Beijing   05/20/2015
99   9.99   +1.5   Su Bingtian   CHN   3   Eugene   05/30/2015
100   9.97   +2.0   Adam Gemili   GBR   2   Birmingham   06/07/2015

Data credits: alltime-athletics.com, all-athletics.com, tilastopaja.org

As can be seen from list above Ato Boldon was the 19th athlete in history to enter the Sub-10 Club when he ran 9.93 in Walnut, USA back in April 1996.
The next T&T athletes to enter the Sub-10 Club were Marc Burns (9.96) and Darrel Brown (9.99) who both ran sub-10 in the same race in Port of Spain back in June 2005 to enter the Sub-10 Club as the 46th and 47th members respectively.
Richard Thompson was the 59th athlete in the world to enter the Sub-10 Club when he ran 9.93 in Auburn, USA back in May 2008.
Keston Bledman was the 78th athlete in the world to enter the Sub-10 Club when he ran 9.93 in Clermont, USA in April 2011.
Since 2011 we have been waiting for some new male T&T sprinters to enter the Sub-10 Club but seem to be going thru a bit of a dry patch so more of our younger male T&T sprinters need to step up.
Our NAAA's need to make some positive moves to address the current dry patch of no new T&T Sub-10 sprinters for the past 4 years.

[Deeks]

Yohan Blake won 100 at 2022 JA men championship 9.85. Serville and Ackeem Blake were second and 3rd respectively. Both sub 10.