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Bob Hayes has the world record in the 100 yard dash. This record was set in the year 1963. This is a separate race from the 100 meter dash.
my brother goat sets the record for best 40 yard dash time and its 4'01
Jesse Owens participated in the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. He equaled the world record in the 100 meter race. He broke the world record in the 200 meter race and the broad jump. The 400 meter relay he participated in also set a new record.
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In 1963, Bob Hayes set a world record of 9.1 in the 100-yard dash. However, at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Usain Bolt established a world record in the 100-meter dash of 9.69. Today, sprint distances are measured in meters, not yards, and 100 meters = 109.361 yards. As Mr Hayes in his record-breaking effort ran 1 yard every .91 seconds, his time for 100 meters would have been at least 9.95 seconds, or more than 1/4-second (.26 seconds) slower than the record set by Mr. Bolt in 2008.
Two time Olympic gold medalist (100 meter dash and 200 meter dash at the 1952 Games in Helsinki) Marjorie Jackson of Australia set world records in the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash at the 1952 Games. She broke the 100 meter dash world record in winning the gold medal in an electronically timed 11.65 seconds. She broke the 200 meter dash world record with an electronically timed 23.59 seconds. She also won 7 Commonwealth Games gold medals, winning the 100 yard and 220 yard dashes and being a member of the 110x220x110 yard relay and 220x110x220x110 yard relay teams at the 1950 Games in Auckland. At the 1954 Games in Vancouver, she again won the 100 yard and 220 yard dashes and was a member of the winning 4x110 yard relay team.
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Canada's Ed Whitlock holds the world record, having run 38:04.13 in Brisbane in 2001
The NFL's fastest official 40 yard dash time was 4.25 seconds by cornerback Fabian Washington.
The 100 yard dash is not run in the Olympics but the 100 meter dash is. Frank Jarvis of the United States won gold with a time of 11.0 seconds in the final. He also ran a 10.8 second preliminary heat which tied the world record at the time.
The 440 yard dash world record is held by Lee Evans, who set the record in 1968 with a time of 44.0 seconds.