What is the men's 100m world record time as of 2024?

As of 2024, the men’s 100 m world record is 9.58 seconds, set by Jamaica’s Usain Bolt. He ran that time at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin.

Bolt’s performance came four days after he won the 200 m in a world record of 19.19 seconds. In the 100 m final, he pulled away from Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell and finished with a legal tailwind of 0.9 meters per second. The mark lowered Bolt’s own previous record of 9.69 seconds, set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The 9.58 record is often confused with Bolt’s Olympic record of 9.63 seconds, which he ran while winning the 2012 London Olympic final. The slower time is still the fastest Olympic 100 m ever recorded, but it is not the overall world record.

World records require tightly regulated conditions, including wind assistance no greater than 2.0 meters per second. Electronic timing is recorded to the hundredth of a second, so Bolt’s officially recognized mark is 9.58 rather than a longer decimal measurement.