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January 2012 - July 2012
Usain Bolt and Lubica Slovak became an item after the two met in his native Jamaica, where she also lives. The...
A growing number of runners can now break the famed 10-second barrier in the men's 100 meter dash, but only one man can claim 'World's Fastest Man'. Here are the contenders.
| Rank | Time | Wind |
Athlete | Nation | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.72 | +1.7 | Usain Bolt | 
Jamaica |
31 May 2008 | New York City |
| 2 | 9.74 | +1.7 | Asafa Powell |
Jamaica |
9 September 2007 | Rieti |
| 3 | 9.79 | +0.1 | Maurice Greene | 
United States |
16 June 1999 | Athens |
| 4-6 | 9.84 | +0.7 | Donovan Bailey | 
Canada |
27 July 1996 | Atlanta |
| +0.2 | Bruny Surin |
Canada |
22 August 1999 | Seville | ||
| +1.0 | Tyson Gay† |
United States |
18 August 2006 | Zürich | ||
| 7-9 | 9.85 | +1.2 | Leroy Burrell |
United States |
6 July 1994 | Lausanne |
| +0.6 | Justin Gatlin |
United States |
22 August 2004 | Athens | ||
| +1.7 | Olusoji Fasuba | 
Nigeria |
12 May 2006 | Doha | ||
| 10 | 9.86 | +1.2 | Carl Lewis |
United States |
25 August 1991 | Tokyo |
| −0.4 | Frankie Fredericks | 
Namibia |
3 July 1996 | Lausanne | ||
| +1.8 | Ato Boldon | 
Trinidad and Tobago |
19 April 1998 | Walnut | ||
| +0.6 | Francis Obikwelu | 
Portugal |
22 August 2004 | Athens |
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica is considered the fastest man on earth. He set the record in the men's 100 meter sprint.
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