The 100 metres freestyle is the often considered to be the top event of the sport of swimming, exactly like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.
During the "Powerade On Your Marks"-games in the Olympic Stadium in London, on 4 May 2012 he has set the first ever stadium record on the 100 metres.
Bican had the ability to play with both feet, he also had considerable pace and was able to run 100 metres in 10.8 seconds, which was as fast as many sprinters of the time.
Laura Kate Turner (born 12 August 1982) is a British sprinter, who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics, in the 4 x 100 m relay and the 100 m.
Born in Đakovica (known in Albanian as Gjakova), back then part of Kingdom of Serbia, Kryeziu was a particularly quick right wing able to run 100 m in 11 seconds.
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Robson da Silva retained his 100 and 200 metres titles and won a third gold for Brazil in the relay.
Although she placed 8th individually in the 100 m, Pam Marshall ran the anchor leg for the American 4 x 100 m team at the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome and beat Marlies Göhr in the final with an anchor leg timed at 10.11 s to Gohr's 10.41 s.
Arnaldo Luís Isaías Abrantes (born 7 November 1986 in Cova da Piedade), is a Portuguese track and field sprinter, specializing in the distances of 100 metres and 200 metres.
The Women's 100 metres at the 2011 Island Games took place on June 26 (heats) and 27 (finals) at the Fairway Sports Centre.
Her personal best times are 7.48 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in January 2006 in Mondeville; 11.57 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Niort; and 23.37 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Grosseto.
As a late addition to the 100 metres, she won the gold medal with a time of 11.28 seconds.
At the 2003 CIF California State Meet, she finished third in the 100 metres behind Allyson Felix and Shalonda Solomon as a junior, but did not make it back to the meet her senior year after she transferred to Long Beach Wilson High School.
Christian Zirkelbach (born 20 December 1961 in Würzburg) is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.
Evelyn Schmuck, née Kaufer (born 22 February 1953 in Sohland an der Spree) is a retired East German sprinter, who specialized in the 100 metres.
Ezio Madonia (born 7 August 1966 in Albenga) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, that won 9 medals with the national relay team at the International athletics competitions and two at individual level.
Her personal best times are 7.33 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in January 2000 in Eaubonne; 11.54 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Firenze; and 23.02 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Villeneuve-d'Ascq.
Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Onitsha, Nigeria, who has obtained a Portuguese citizenship since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres.
Another son, Lyndie, reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres and came fourth in the 100 metres relay at the 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal with Jamaican sprint relay teams in the Central American and Caribbean Games of 1966 and silver with the relay team at the Commonwealth Games of the same year.
Hans-Jürgen Bombach (born 11 August 1945 in Wehrsdorf) is a former sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.
The following year she competed in the 1997 Francophone Games, recording her all time personal best in the 100 metres with a time of 12.75 seconds.
José Carlos Gomes Moreira (born 28 September 1983 in Codó) is a Brazilian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
Karin Mayr-Krifka (born 4 June 1971 in St. Valentin) is an Austrian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.
Following Fitzpatrick's departure from Michigan, Craig went on to win gold medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.
On 7 July 2007, at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in São Paulo, Brazil, he upset the Jamaican Yohan Blake in the 100 meters, finishing in 10.32 seconds (−1.1 m/s wind).
Lina Jacques-Sébastien (born 10 April 1985 in Créteil, France) is a French sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.
Since 1993 it has been named after one of the club's most famous athletes, Olympic 100 metres gold medallist Linford Christie.
Her personal best times are 11.89 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in September 2003 in Saint-Florentin; 23.95 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in May 2002 in Lisbon; and 52.06 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Nogent-sur-Marne.
Martina Pretelli (born 28 December 1988, Borgo Maggiore) is an athlete from San Marino who competes in the 100 metres.
Needy Guims (born 8 September 1974 in Chennevières) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.
Salaam Gariba (born 23 January 1969 in Tamale) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.
Her personal best times are 11.74 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2004 in her birth city Paris; 23.70 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Montgeron; and 52.38 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Strasbourg.
She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Ivet Lalova and Montell Douglas in a time of 11.45 seconds.
The Japanese 4×100 metres medley relay team of Keiji Hase (backstroke), Masaru Furukawa (breaststroke), Manabu Koga (freestyle) and Takashi Ishimoto (butterfly) won the gold medal with a time of 4:17.2 and broke the world record.
Alessandro Calvi (born February 1, 1983 in Voghera) is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who was a member of team that won the silver medal in the men's 4×100 metres freestyle relay at the 2007 World Championships.
Also, in 2005 he came second in the 100 metres World Youth Championships in Athletics in a British one, two, behind Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and third at the European Junior Athletics Championships in Kaunas Lithuania.
Annegret ("Anne") Kroniger (born September 24, 1952 in Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen) is a female German athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.
She successfully defended her national titles in both disciplines and at the Paralympic Challenge in Duderstadt on May 20, 2006, she ran a new world record over 100 metres in 16.90 seconds.
Aurach has a wildlife park, situated at a height of 1,100 metres, which is home to typical Alpine animals such as Red Deer, Ibex, Mouflon, Wild Boar and Lynx, as well as animals from other mountainous regions, including Fallow Deer, Sika Deer, Llama and Yak.
Papia Rani Sarkar finished sixth in the semifinal round of the 100 metres for women; bantamweight boxer Riyad Hossen received a bye into the quarterfinal, but then lost to Obedy Mutapa of Zambia.
The country's only Olympic medal to date is a bronze won by sprinter Obadele Thompson in the men's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
In 2011 Athletics at the 2011 Pan Arab Games Abdul-razak won Gold for 100 metres event of 11.88 which she won Silver in a 200 metres sprint on 24.61 and in 400 metres sprint she won Bronze of 55.48.
His personal best times are 10.31 seconds in the 100 metres and 20.83 seconds in the 200 metres, both achieved in July 2007 in San Salvador.
The hill fort is situated on a hilltop some 128 Metres above Sea Level, the hilltop has a flat promontory jutting out northwards, still some 100 metres above sea level, around which the River Culm bends.
This species occurs at depths of 2 to 100 metres It attaches itself to rocks and overhangs, or among Posidonia.
This time was nearly a minute slower than the mark of 1:22.2 set by Alfréd Hajós in the open 100 metres event.
Her personal best times are 7.11 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved at the 2000 European Indoor Championships in Ghent; and 11.12 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Chania.
Ross gained the sprint double at the 2013 Victorian Championships when he won the men's open 100 metres and 200 metres finals at Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park.
Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (born January 16, 1955 in Nauen, Brandenburg) was an East German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
Her personal best times are 7.35 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in February 2008 in Bordeaux; 11.30 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen; and 22.59 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona.
Karim was the first woman ever to officially represent Afghanistan at the Paralympic Games when she competed in the 100 metres sprint at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens.
He won a gold medal over 100 metres at the 1981 Summer Universiade, and over 200 metres at the 1981 IAAF World Cup.
Mohammed Shah Alam of Bangladesh won the gold medal in 100 metres (also with a time of 10.8) while India's Neelapu Rami Reddy was first in the 200 metres with a time of 21.1 seconds.
In the summer of 1996, he won the England Schools 100 metres title in 10.48 seconds, beating Dwain Chambers.
His personal best times are 6.60 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved in February 2009 in Karlsruhe; 10.18 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in August 2008 in Bottrop; and 21.35 seconds in the 200 metres (indoor), achieved in February 2009 in Eaubonne.
It is run at Saint-Cloud over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.
It is run at Toulouse over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in November.
Reinaldo Lizardi (born October 23, 1954) is a retired sprinter from Venezuela, best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 100 metres at the 1979 South American Championships in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Natasha Mayers was the slowest qualifier in the 100 metres, before being forced to abandon the competition at the second round, while Andy Grant avoided the infamy of placing last in the men's 800 metres by only 3 seconds.
Interesting places in the park include the Rufiji River, which flows into the Indian Ocean opposite Mafia Island and the Stiegler Gorge, a canyon of 100 metres depth and 100 metres width.
Wilhelm Leichum (May 12, 1911, Neu-Isenburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse – July 19, 1941, Gorky) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the long jump and 100 metres.
The mean of this data caused a shift of about 100 metres east away from the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, UK.