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EVERY ATHLETE · EVERY PERFORMANCE · SINCE 1912

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OF SPEED,
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Athletes tracked
17.2M
Performances
126
Years of data
77
World records
LIVE DATA · MEN'S 100M
A century of the world record
9.48s9.84s10.19s10.54s10.90s1891193019702009
Usain BoltJAM2009
9.58s
ON THIS DAY · OCTOBER 26

Today in
track history.

Every day has its legends. The records that fell, the athletes who were born, the performances that rewrote what's possible.

BIRTHDAYS
GBR
Matthew Hudson-SmithAGE 32
OGOlympic Games1 silver1 bronzeWORLD2World Championships1 silver2 bronze
USA
Bill Hogenson1884 – 1965
OG2Olympic Games1 silver2 bronze
CHN
Xiuzhi LyuAGE 33
OG2Olympic Games2 bronzeWORLDWorld Championships1 silver
FIN
Aki ParviainenAGE 52
WORLDWorld Championships1 gold1 silver
GER
Hanns Braun1886 – 1918
OGOlympic Games1 silver1 bronze
AUT
Theresia KieslAGE 63
OGOlympic Games1 bronze
URS
Lyudmila SamotyosovaAGE 87
OGOlympic Games1 bronze
USA
Janet Moreau1927 – 2021
OGOlympic Games1 gold
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GLOBAL DOMINANCE · ALL-TIME TOP 100

Where each nation actually wins.

Number of athletes per country in the Top 100 all-time for each event category. Color intensity shows each nation's relative dominance in that category.

Country
Sprints
Middle
Distance
Jumps
Throws
Hurdles
TOTAL
USAUSA
260
47
45
164
99
145
760
KENKEN
4
86
343
0
1
2
436
ETHETH
0
20
300
0
0
0
320
RUSRUS
10
18
17
99
44
17
205
URSURS
5
26
4
67
54
9
165
JAMJAM
70
2
0
15
7
42
136
GBRGBR
26
27
19
18
11
18
119
GERGER
2
1
8
46
43
11
111
CHNCHN
6
17
17
23
33
7
103
FRAFRA
9
13
4
28
17
19
90
GDRGDR
19
8
0
19
26
10
82
CUBCUB
6
6
0
38
16
8
74
0343+ athletes in the all-time top 100
WORLD RANKINGS · UPDATED DAILY

The Top 1000, ranked properly.

Live rankings across 48 events, updated after every meet with wind-legal marks only.

1
UB
Usain Bolt
Usain BoltJAM22 yrs2009Berlin9.58WR
2
TG
Tyson Gay
Tyson GayUSA27 yrs2009Shanghai9.69+0.11
2
YB
Yohan Blake
Yohan BlakeJAM22 yrs2012Lausanne9.69+0.11
4
AP
Asafa Powell
Asafa PowellJAM25 yrs2008Lausanne9.72+0.14
5
JG
Justin Gatlin
Justin GatlinUSA33 yrs2015Doha9.74+0.16
6
KT
Kishane Thompson
Kishane ThompsonJAM23 yrs2025Kingston9.75+0.17
7
TB
Trayvon Bromell
Trayvon BromellUSA19 yrs2015Eugene9.76+0.18
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2026 SEASON LEADERS

Who's leading the season.

The fastest, highest, and longest marks of the season. Updated after every Diamond League.

ALL EVENTS →
100 mITALamont Marcell Jacobs9.67
400 mNGRSamuel Ogazi43.38
800 mKENEmmanuel Wanyonyi1:41.76
200 mUSAKenneth Bednarek19.52
10 000 mGERMohamed Abdilaahi26:56.58
MarathonKENSabastian Kimaru Sawe1:59:30
1500 mGBRJosh Kerr3:27.62
5000 mBRNBirhanu Balew12:45.70
WORLD RECORDS · 77 LIVE

Every record that matters.

From Bolt's 9.58 to Duplantis' 6.27 — every officially ratified record tracked live.

100m · Men
9.58
Usain Bolt
JAMBerlin · 2009
200m · Men
19.19
Usain Bolt
JAMBerlin · 2009
400m · Men
43.03
Wayde Van Niekerk
RSARio de Janeiro · 2016
800m · Men
1:40.91
David Rudisha
KENLondon · 2012
1500m · Men
3:26.00
Hicham El Guerrouj
MARRome · 1998
Mile · Men
3:42.66
Josh Kerr
GBRLondon · 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

Elite Trackr features over 898K+ athletes from 240 countries, with more than 17.2M+ recorded performances across 179 different disciplines.

Usain Bolt (Jamaica) is the fastest man in the world with a time of 9.58 seconds in the 100m, set on August 16, 2009, at the World Championships in Berlin.

Paavo Nurmi (Finland) holds the record with 12 Olympic medals (9 gold, 3 silver) between 1920 and 1928. Among women, Allyson Felix (USA) is the most decorated with 11 Olympic medals including 7 gold.

Use the search bar at the top of the page to find an athlete by name. You can also browse rankings by discipline or filter by country.

WR stands for World Record, PB stands for Personal Best (the athlete's personal record), and SB stands for Season Best (best performance of the current season).

Indoor records are set on covered 200m tracks. Outdoor records are established on 400m tracks in the open air. Due to different conditions, records are counted separately.

All data comes from official results of competitions sanctioned by athletics federations. Rankings are updated regularly after each major competition.

The major competitions are the Olympics (every 4 years), World Championships (every 2 years), Diamond League (annual circuit), and Continental Championships (Europe, Africa, Asia...).