The 100-yard dash is a track and field event of 100 yards or 91.44 meters. It was part of the Commonwealth Games until 1966, and was included in the decathlon of the Olympics, at least in 1904. It is not generally used in international events (having been replaced by the 100-meter dash), but is still run in America, for instance in the IC4A competition.

Some notable 100-yard dash runners are the following:

Athlete	Date	Time	Remarks
F. C. Saportas	1870	10.5 seconds	official world record
W. C. Wilmer	1878	10.0 seconds	official world record
Arthur Wharton	1886	10.0 seconds	tied official world record
J. Owen, jr.	1890	9.8 seconds	official world record
D. J. Kelly	1906	9.6 seconds	official world record
Eric Liddell	1924	9.7 seconds	British record
Eddie Tolan	1929	9.5 seconds	official world record
Frank Wykoff	Chicago June 7, 1930	9.4 seconds	official world record, without starting blocks
Jesse Owens	1933	9.4 seconds	tied the world record, set U.S. high school record
Mel Patton	1948	9.3 seconds	official world record
James Jackson	1954	9.4 seconds	tied U.S. high-school record, Alameda High School in Alameda, California
Frank Budd	1962	9.2 seconds	official world record
Bob Hayes	1962	9.35 seconds
Bob Hayes	1964	9.1 seconds	manual time
Charles Greene	1967	9.21 seconds
Houston McTear	early 1970s	9.0 seconds	unofficial and hand-timed. In 1975 registered a time of 9.30 seconds
Ivory Crockett	1974	9.0 seconds	manual time

References

• Alltime Athletics
• "Profile: Republican Ron Paul". Seattle Times. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
• "Alameda Sprinter Rates with Greatest Prep Runners". Alameda Times-Star. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.
• Newspaper articles Tribune Cap 6-10-1930 (Des Moines, Iowa ?) and Los Angeles Times Jan 1974 cited on Frank Wykoff tribute website