Among the men, Jamaica's Usain Bolt achieved the time of 9.69 seconds on 16 August 2008 at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Among the women, America's Florence Griffith Joyner set the Olympic 100 metres record of 10.62 seconds at the 1988 Games in Seoul.

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