At the 2012 Games in London ... When you watch a 100-meter race, you might think that a sprinter pulling away near the end is gaining speed on everyone. That is not the case.

Usain Bolt once tightly held on to the mantle of World’s Fastest Man in his lightening quick sprints at multiple Olympic Games ... Jacobs who finished the 100-meter race in 9.8 seconds ...

The graph below shows the progression of gold medalists' times for the 100-meter sprint since 1896. Use the zoom controls at the top right to get a closer look, and hover over the points to learn ...

Yes, Lyles is the 100-meter champion at the Paris Olympics ... Tokyo in his favorite — and then, only — sprint, the 200. Those COVID-impacted Games were a terrible experience for Lyles.

Noah Lyles had been signaling to the world that he would be the star of the premier event at the Olympic Games, the 100-meter dash in athletics, a race he won by a very narrow margin. (VIDEO ...

The United States’ Trayvon Bromell sits on the track after the men’s 4×100-meter relay final Friday ... The 2016 Olympic Games run from Aug. 5 through Aug. 21 in Rio de Janeiro.