100 metres - Wikipedia It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women The inaugural World Championships were in 1983 On an outdoor 400-metre running track, the 100 m is held on the home straight, with the start usually being set on an extension to make it a straight-line race
How Noah Lyles won the Paris Olympics 2024 100m final Noah Lyles beat Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by five-thousandths of a second to win Olympic gold in a stunning men’s 100m final The American crossed the line in 9 79 seconds — the exact same time
100 metres at the Olympics - Wikipedia The 100 metres is considered one of the blue ribbon events of the Olympics and is among the highest profile competitions at the games