Running is all about who can win the race. Check out this amazing list of runners, both males and females, who hold the world record's fastest time. Surprisingly, many of them are under 10 seconds. These 20 runners are the fastest runners in history. This list is compiled from 100 meter races.
'Usain St Leo Bolt OJ CD' is a Jamaican sprinter. He is actually retired. He holds world records for100 meters, 200 meters and 4 × 100 meters. His is the Olympic Games champion in all of these three events.
MALES:
World Record: 9.58 by Usain Bolt at the ’09 World Championships)
1. Usain Bolt (Jamaica) – Fastest Time: 9.58 seconds
2. Tyson Gay (United States) – Fastest Time: 9.69 seconds
3. Asafa Powell (Jamaica) – Fastest Time: 9.72 seconds
4. Maurice Greene (United States) – Fastest Time: 9.79 seconds
5. Donovan Bailey (Canada) – Fastest Time: 9.84 seconds
6. Bruny Surin (Canada) – Fastest Time: 9.84 seconds
7. Leroy Burrell (United States) – Fastest Time: 9.85 seconds
8. Justin Gatlin (United States) – Fastest Time: 9.85 seconds
9. Olusoji Fasuba (Nigeria) – Fastest Time: 9.85 seconds
10. Carl Lewis (United States) – Fastest Time: 9.86 seconds
FEMALES
World Record: 10.49 by Griffith-Joyner at the ’88 Olympic Trials)
1. Florence Griffith-Joyner (United States) – Fastest Time: 10.49 seconds.
2. Carmelita Jeter (United States) – Fastest Time: 10.64 seconds
3. Marion Jones (United States) – Fastest Time: 10.65 seconds
4. Shelly-Ann Fraser (Jamaica) – Fastest Time: 10.73 seconds
5. Christine Arron (France) – Fastest Time: 10.73 seconds
6. Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) – Fastest Time: 10.74 seconds
7. Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) – Fastest Time: 10.75 seconds
8. Evelyn Ashford (United States) – Fastest Time: 10.76 seconds
9. Irina Privalova (Russia) – Fastest Time: 10.77 seconds
10. Ivet Lalova (Bulgaria) – Fastest Time: 10.77 seconds