Olympic Sports: Powell sets new 100meters record

Asafa Powell set a world record in the men's 100 meters Tuesday, clocking 9.77 seconds at the Tsiklitiria Super Grand Prix meeting. The Jamaican, who finished fifth at the 2004 Athens Games, shaved one hundredth of a second off Tim Montgomery's record of 9.78 set in Paris in 2002. Montgomery's record already was at risk because he faces doping charges. The previous record was 9.79 set by Maurice Greene in Athens in 1999.

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9.95 -- Jim Hines (US) 14/10/68 at Mexico
9.93 -- Calvin Smith (USA) 03/07/83 at Colorado Springs (US)
9.92 -- Carl Lewis (US) 24/09/88 at Seoul
9.90 -- Leroy Burrell (US) 14/06/91 at New York
9.86 -- Carl Lewis (US) 25/08/91 at Tokyo
9.85 -- Leroy Burrell (US) 06/07/94 at Lausanne (SUI)
9.84 -- Donovan Bailey (CAN) 27/07/96 at Atlanta (US)
9.79 -- Maurice Greene (US) 16/06/99 at Athens
9.78 -- Tim Montgomery (US) 14/09/02 at Paris
9.77 -- Asafa Powell (JAM) 14/06/05 at Athens

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[Edited on 14/6/05 by TRD]

That's amazing how it gets quicker about every 3 years over the past 20 or so years.

congrats, Mr. Powell!

That is very quick!