The graph below shows the progression of gold medalists' times for the 100-meter sprint since 1896. Use the zoom controls at the top right to get a closer look, and hover over the points to learn ...

He rededicated himself to bettering his mental health, but also looked for a new mission — the 100 meters and, with it, a chance at track immortality. The practice was tough for a sprinter never ...

Elaine Thompson of Jamaica is the fastest woman in the world, winning the 100-meter dash at the Rio Olympics with a time of 10.71 seconds. If you have ever wondered what kind of thrill it is to ...

As the first St. Lucian to win an Olympic medal, sprinter Julien Alfred already has poetry, paintings and even a calypso song ...

During every Olympic Games, lesser-known professional athletes are catapulted into household names overnight. Typically, they have to win medals. Other times, their personalities are enough to ...

Nearly two decades of scientific studies have helped Japanese runners shave tiny fractions of a second off their times and finally break the 10-second barrier in the 100-meter sprint. The analyses ...

Paralympic sprinter Alessandro Ossola had one of the ... Ossola may have failed to qualify for the final of the T63 100 meters, but the Italian secured a “yes” from his ecstatic girlfriend ...

DeGrasse won a bronze in the sprint with a time of 9.89 ... Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won the gold for the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Camacho-Quinn was born in the U.S. and attended ...

Former Texas sprinter Julian Alfred claimed the title as fastest woman in the world at the Paris Olympics, beating Sha'Carri Richardson in the 100 meter sprint. On Friday night at the King ...

Over 50 athletes participated in the event, vying for the title of the fastest male and female sprinters in country ...

The 13 subjects on average finished the 100-meter sprint in 11.40 seconds after taking the placebo. But their times averaged 11.26 seconds after ingesting the caffeine, down 0.14 second ...

Alexis Ohanian hilariously dodges questions about his 100m PB in a candid interview with Ready Set Go podcast hosts!