A. OFFICIALLY RATIFIED BY THE IAAF

The first World Record in the 100 m for men was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.

  9" 69.  Usain Bolt, JAM, 18 Aug 08, Beijing
  9" 72.  Usain Bolt, JAM, 31 May 08, New York
  9" 74.  Asafa Powell, JAM, 09 Sep 07, Rieti
  9" 77.  Asafa Powell, JAM, 18 Aug, Zurich.
  9" 77.  Asafa Powell, JAM, 11 Jun 06, Gateshead.
  9" 77.  Justin Gatlin, USA, 12 May 06, Doha.
  9" 77.  Asafa Powell, JAM, 14 Jun 05, Athens.
  9" 79.  Maurice Greene, USA, 16 Jun 99, Athens.
  9" 84.  Donovan Bailey, CAN, 29 Jul 96, Atlanta.
  9" 85.  Leroy Burrell, USA, 06 Jul 94, Lausanne.
  9" 86.  Carl Lewis, USA, 25 Aug 91, Tokyo.
  9" 90.  Leroy Burrell, USA, 14 Jun 91, New York.
  9" 92.  Carl Lewis, USA, 24 Sep 88, Seoul.
  9" 93.  Calvin Smith, USA, 03 Jul 83, Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs.
  9" 95.  Jim Hines, USA, 14 Oct 68, México City.

Hand timing
9" 9 Donald Quarrie, JAM, 22 May 76, Modesto
9" 9 Harvey Glance, USA, 01 May 76, Baton Rouge
9" 9 Harvey Glance, USA, 03 Apr 76, Columbia
9" 9 Steve Williams, USA, 27 Mar 76, Gainesville
9" 9 Steve Williams, USA, 22 Aug 75, Berlin
9" 9 Steve Williams, USA, 16 Jul 75, Siena
9" 9 Silvio Leonard, CUB, 05 Jun 75, Ostrava
9" 9 Reynaud Robinson, USA, 01 Jul 72, Eugene
9" 9 Eddie Hart, USA, 01 Jul 72,  Eugene
9" 9 Steve Williams, USA, 21 Jun 72,  Los Angeles
9" 9 (9"95) Jim Hines, USA, 14 Oct 68, Ciudad de México
9" 9 (10"10) Charles Greene, USA, 20 Jun 68, Sacramento
9" 9 (10"14) Ronnie Ray Smith, USA, 20 Jun 68, Sacramento
9" 9 (10"03) Jim Hines, USA, 20 Jun  68, Sacramento

10" 0 Roger Bambuck, FRA, 20 Jun 68, Sacramento
10" 0 Charles Greene, USA, 20 Jun 68, Sacramento
10" 0 Oliver Ford, USA, 31 May 68, Albuquerque
10" 0 Paul Nash, RSA, 02 Apr  68, Krugersdorp.
10" 0 Enrique Figuerola, CUB 17 Jun 67, Budapest
10" 0 Jim Hines, USA, 27 May 1967, Modesto
10" 0 (10"06) Bob Hayes, USA, 15 Oct 64, Tokyo
10" 0 Horacio Esteves, VEN, 15 Aug 64, Caracas
10" 0 Harry JeRome, CAN, 15 Jul 60, Saskatoon
10" 0 Armin Hary, FRG, 21 Jun 60, Zurich

10" 1 Ray Norton, USA, 18 Apr 59, San Jose
10" 1 Leamon King, USA, 27 Oct 56, Santa Ana
10" 1 Leamon King, USA, 20 Oct 56, Ontario
10" 1 Ira Murchison, USA, 04 Aug 56, Berlin
10" 1 Willie Williams, USA. 03 Aug 56, Berlin

10" 2 Ira Murchison USA Los Angeles, California, USA June 29, 1956
10" 2 Bobby Morrow, USA, 29 Jun 56, Los Angeles ??
10" 2 Bobby Morrow, USA,  22 Jun 56, Bakersfield
10" 2 Ira Murchison, USA, 01 Jun 56, Compton
10" 2 Bobby Morrow, USA, 19 May 56, Houston
10" 2 Heinz Futterer, FRG, 31 Oct 54, Yokohama
10" 2 Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, GBR, 25 Aug 51, Belgrad
10" 2 Norwood Ewell, USA, 09 Jul 48, Evanston???
10" 2 Lloyd La Beach, PAN, 15 May 48, Fresno
10" 2 Harold Davis, USA, 06 Jun 41, Compton
10" 2 Jesse Owens, USA, 20 Jun 36, Chicago

10" 3 Takayoshi Yoshioka, JPN, 15 Jun 35, Tokyo
10" 3 Ralph Metcalfe, USA, 23 Sep 34, Dairen, China
10" 3 Ralph Metcalfe, USA, 15 Sep 34, Osaka
10" 3 Christian Berger, HOL, 26 Aug 34, Amsterdam
10" 3 Eulace Peacock, USA, 06 Aug 34, Oslo
10" 3 Ralph Metcalfe, USA, 12 Aug 33, Budapest
10" 3 (10"38) Eddie Tolan, USA, 01 Aug 32, Los Angeles
10" 3 (10"38) Ralph Metcalfe, USA, 01 Aug 32, Los Angeles
10" 3 Arthur Jonath, GER, 05 Jun 32, Bochum
10" 3 Percy Williams, CAN, 09 Aug 30, Toronto

10" 4 Eddie Tolan, USA, 25 Aug 29, Copenhagen.
10" 4 Eddie Tolan, USA, 08 Aug 29, Stockholm
10" 4 Charles Paddock, USA, 23 Apr 21, Redlands

10" 6 Jackson Scholz, USA, 16 Sep 20, Stockholm
10" 6 Donald Lippincott, USA, 06 Jul 12, Stockholm

NOTES
The following world record performance was annulled by the IAAF Council at its meeting in Barcelona 1989. Hence the marks of 9.93 by Lewis were never forwarded for ratification. The result of the Rome race was officially changed by the IAAF Council at its meeting in Toronto 1992, with Johnson disqualified:
9"83 Ben Johnson, CAN, 30 Aug 87, Roma
Johnson was immediately disqualified after the following performance due to a positive doping control:
9"79 Ben Johnson, CAN, 24 Sep 88, Seoul

The following world record performance was also annulled by the IAAF because of Montgomery's involvment in BALCO doping scandal
9" 78.  Tim Montgomery, USA, 14 Sep 02, Paris.
 

B. PERFORMANCES STATISTICALLY VALID, BUT UNRATIFIED FOR VARIOUS REASONS

  9" 93.  Carl Lewis, USA, 17 Aug 88, Zürich.
  9" 93.  Carl Lewis, USA, 30 Aug 87, Rome.
10" 02.  Charles Greene, USA, 13 Oct 68, Mexico City.
10" 03.  Jim Hines, USA, 20 Jun 68, Sacramento.
10" 06.  Robert Hayes, USA, 15 Oct 64, Tokyo.
10" 25.  Armin Hary, FRG, 21 Jun 60, Zürich
10" 29.  Peter Radford, GBR, 13 Sep 58, Colombes
10" 32.  Jocelyn Delecour, FRA, 10 Aug 58, Thonon-les-Bains
10" 32.  Ray Norton, USA, 10 Aug 58, Thonon-les-Bains
10" 34.  Barney Ewell, USA, 09 Jul 48, Evanston
10" 38.  Ralph Metcalfe, USA, 01 Aug 32, Los Angeles
10" 38.  Eddie Tolan, USA, 01 Aug 32, Los Angeles
10" 53.  Eddie Tolan, USA, 31 Jul 32, Los Angeles
10" 64.  Ralph Metcalfe, USA, 16 Jul 32, Stanford

Hand Timing
9" 9 Reggie Jones, USA, 26 Jul 75, Boston
9" 8 (10.19) Steve Williams, USA, 20 Jun 75, Eugene

10" 0 Paul Nash, RSA, 06 Apr 68, Standerton
10" 0 Willie Turner, USA, 27 May 67, Modesto
10" 0 Chen Chia-Chuan, CHN, 24 Oct 65, Chungking

10" 1 Charles Tidwell, USA, 10 Jun 60, Houston ??
10" 1 Willie Williams USA, 05 Aug 56, Berlin

10" 2 Thane Baker, USA, 29 Jun 56, Los Angeles
10" 2 Hector Hogan, AUS, 13 Mar 54, Sydney
10" 2 Lloyd LaBeach, PAN, 04 Jan 48, Compton
10" 2 George Lewis, TRI, 16 Nov 46, Port of Spain
10" 2 Lloyd LaBeach, PAN, 08 Aug 43, Willemstad

10" 3 Eulace Peacock, 06 Aug 34, Basel
10" 3 Takayoshi Yoshioka, JPN, 06 Jul 35, Osaka
10" 3 Erich Borchmeyer, GER, 22 Jul 34, Frankfurt-am-Main
10" 3 Erich Borchmeyer, GER, 01 Jul 34, Berlin
10" 3 Erich Borchmeyer, GER, 12 Aug 33, Köln
10" 3 Ralph Metcalfe, USA, 30 Jul 33, Düsseldorf
10" 3 Ralph Metcalfe, USA, 28 Jul 33, Malmö
10" 3 Arthur Jonath, GER, 23 Jul 33, Düsseldorf
10" 3 Ralph Metcalfe, USA, 18 Aug 32,  Chicago

10" 4 Georg Lammers, GER, 02 Aug 30, Königsberg
10" 4 Helmut Körnig, GER, 20 Jul 30, Stockholm
10" 4 Helmut Körnig, GER, 13 Jul 30, Berlin ??
10" 2 Eddie Tolan, USA, 01 Jul 30, Vancouver ??
10" 4 Georg Lammers, GER, 01 Jun 30, Flensburg
10" 4 Georg Lammers, GER, 08 Sep 29, Bochum
10" 4 Eddie Tolan, USA, 08 Sep 29, Bochum
10" 4 Eddie Tolan, USA, 18 Aug 29, Berlin
10" 4 Georg Lammers, GER, 31 Jul 29, Köln
10" 4 Eddie Tolan,  USA, 31 Jul 29, Köln
10" 4 Helmut Körnig, GER, 28 Jul 29, Budapest
10" 4 Georg Lammers, GER, 21 Jul 29, Neuss
10" 4 Georg Lammers, GER, 13 Jul 29, Bremen
10" 4 Eugen Eldracher, GER, 30 Jun 29, Mannheim
10" 4 Georg Lammers, GER, 12 May 29, Oldenburg
10" 4 Georg Lammers, GER, 26 Aug 28, Barmen
10" 4 Ernst Geerling, GER, 01 Jul 28, Frankenthal
10" 4 Richard Corts, GER, 15 Jun 28, Düsseldorf
10" 4 José Barrientos, CUB, 21 Apr 28, Habana
10" 4 Jakob Schüller, GER, 04 Sep 27, Hannover
10" 4 Hubert Houben, GER, 04 Sep 27, Hannover
10" 4 Helmut Körnig, GER, 12 Sep 26, Brieg
10" 4 Helmut Körnig, GER, 29 Aug 26, Halle
10" 4 Charles Paddock, USA, 06 May 23, Paris

10" 6 Jackson Scholz, USA, 12 Sep 20, Kristiania
10" 6 Joseph Imbach, SUI, 25 Jul 20, Geneve
10" 6 Charles Paddock, USA, 10 Jul 20, New York ??
10" 6 Willie Applegarth, GBI, 29 Sep 12, Prague

NOTES
In 1921, Charles Paddock ran the 110 yards in 10" 2 (18 Jun, Pasadena)

C. UNOFFICIAL PROGRESSION BEFORE IAAF

10.5 Erwin Kern, GER, 26 May 1912, Munchen.
10.5 Richard Rau, GER, 12 May 1912, Munchen.
10.5 Richard Rau, GER, 13 Aug 1911, Braunschweig.
10.5 Emil Ketterer, GER, 09 Jul 1911, Karlsruhe.
10.6 Richard Rau, GER, 07 Jul 1911, Berlin.
10.6 Richard Rau, GER, 28 May 1911, Prague.
10.6 Knut Lindberg, SWE, 26 Aug 1906, Goteborg.
10.8 Knut Lindberg, SWE, 05 Aug 1906, Malmoe.
10.8 Leonard Tremeer, GBR, 21 Jul 1906, Brussels.
10.8 Emile Lesieur, FRA, 06 May 1906, St Cloud.
10.8 Vincent Duncker, GER, 06 Aug 1905, Berlin.
10.8 Eric Frick, SWE, 09 Aug 1903, Jonkoping.
10.8 Harald Gronfeldt, DEN, 05 Jul 1903, Aarhus.
10.8 Louis Kuhn, SUI, 14 Jun 1903, Bordeaux.
10.8 Andre Passat, FRA, 14 JUn 1903, Bordeaux.
10.8 Walter Tewksbury, USA, 06 Oct 1900, Philadelphia.
10.8 Carl Ljung, SWE, 23 Sep 1900, Sttockholm.
10.8 Walter Tewksbury, USA, 14 Jul 1900, Paris.
10.8 Frank Jarvis, USA, 14 Jul 1900, Paris.
10.8 Isaac Westergren, SWE, 10 Sep 1899, Govle.
10.8 Isaac Westergren, SWE, 11 Sep 1898, Govle.
10.8 Harald Andersson-Arbin, SWE, 09 Aug 1896, Helsingborg.
10.8 Harry Beaton, GBR, 28 Aug 1895, Rotterdam.
10.8 L. Atcherley, GBR, 13 Apr 1895, Frankfurt/Main.
10.8 Etienne de Re, BEL, 04 Aug 1893, Brussels.
10.8 Cecil Lee, GBR, 25 Sep 1892, Brussels.
10.8 Luther Cary, USA, 04 Jul 1891, Paris.
11.0 William MacLaren, GBR, 27 Jul 1867, Haslingden

D. BEST LOW ALTITUDE MARKS SET WHILE A HIGH ALTITUDE WORLD RECORD (IN PARENTHESES) WAS STANDING

10"03. Silvio Leonard (9"95), CUB, 13 Sep 77, Habana
10"02. James Sanford (9"95), USA, 11 May 80, Los Angeles
10"00. Carl Lewis (9"95), USA, 16 May 81, Dallas
10.00. Carl Lewis (9"95), USA, 15 May 82, Modesto
9"97. Carl Lewis (9"95), USA, 14 May 83, Modesto
9"97. Calvin Smith (9"93), USA, 24 Aug 83, Zürich
9"96. Mel Lattany (9"93), USA, Athens, 05 May 84, Ga
9"95. Ben Johnson (9"93), CAN, 09 Jul 86, Moskva
9"95. Ben Johnson (9"93), CAN, 16 Aug 87, Köln