Who is the Fastest Man in the World? Top Ten Quickest 100m Sprinters in History

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Who is the Fastest Man in the World? Fastest Sprinters in History

Check out our list of the top ten quickest 100m sprinters in history. Who is the fastest man in the world? Currently the answer is Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, he’s also the fastest man in history with a world record time of 9.58 seconds. The fastest woman is history is Florence Griffith-Joyner with a world record time of 10.49. Take a look at the other fastest people ever, what countries are they from? Are humans getting faster? Note that the records are accurate as of 2010 and do not include a number of times set by athletes who used performance enhancing drugs. Enjoy our top ten lists of the fastest men and women in history as well as all our other fun science facts for kids.

Fastest Male 100m Sprinters in History

Number	Time (seconds)	Athlete name	Nationality	Date	Location
1.	9.58	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2009	Berlin
2.	9.69	Tyson Gay	USA	20 September 2009	Shanghai
3.	9.72	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	2 September 2008	Lausanne
4.	9.79	Maurice Greene	USA	16 June 1999	Athens
5.	9.84	Donovan Bailey	Canada	27 July 1996	Atlanta
5.	9.84	Bruny Surin	Canada	22 August 1999	Seville
7.	9.85	Leroy Burrell	USA	6 July 1994	Lausanne
7.	9.85	Justin Gatlin	USA	22 August 2004	Athens
7.	9.85	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	12 May 2006	Doha
10.	9.86	Carl Lewis	USA	25 August 1991	Tokyo
10.	9.86	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	3 July 1996	Lausanne
10.	9.86	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	19 April 1998	Walnut
10.	9.86	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	22 August 2004	Athens

Fastest Female 100m Sprinters in History

Number	Time (seconds)	Athlete name	Nationality	Date	Location
1.	10.49	Florence Griffith-Joyner	USA	16 July 1988	Indianapolis
2.	10.64	Carmelita Jeter	USA	20 September 2009	Shanghai
3.	10.65	Marion Jones	USA	12 September 1998	Johannesburg
4.	10.73	Shelly-Ann Fraser	Jamaica	17 August 2009	Berlin
4.	10.73	Christine Arron	France	19 August 1998	Budapest
6.	10.74	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	7 September 1996	Milan
7.	10.75	Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	10 July 2009	Rome
8.	10.76	Evelyn Ashford	USA	22 August 1984	Zurich
9.	10.77	Irina Privalova	Russia	6 July 1994	Lausanne
9.	10.77	Ivet Lalova	Bulgaria	19 June 2004	Plovdiv