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the first 100meter dash was held in the summer olympics in 1896 in Athens
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In the 1900 olympics Frank Jarvis won the gold with a time og 11.0
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In the 1924 olympics Harold Abrahms of Great Britan won the gold with a time of 10.6
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In the 1936 olympics Jesse owens won the 100 meter dash qith a time of 10.3 and was the fist african american to win
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In the 1948 olympics Harrison Dillard won the gold with a time of 10.3
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Armin Hary of germany wins the gold in the 1960 olympics
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wang junxia runs 10,000m in 29:31:38
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2008 in bejing usain bolt breaks record for 200 meter with a time of 19.19
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Usain Bolt holds the record for the 100 meter dash with a time of 9.58 seconds
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Tyson Gay in Shanghai ran the 1oo meter dash in 9.69 seconds