Obadele Thompson 100m wins 9.69w at El Paso Texas 1996.

Описание: career
Starting his career, he competed with great success at the CARIFTA Games and the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships. In 1994, he received the Austin Sealy Trophy for Most Outstanding Athlete of the 1994 CARIFTA Games. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]

The 1994 junior world record holder came close to winning an Olympic medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, when he finished 4th in the 200 m final won by Michael Johnson in a new world record.

Competing against top sprinters in the late 1990s, Thompson came close to major victories at the 1999 World Championships. He finished fourth in the 100m and 200m races.

He won a medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing third behind Maurice Green and Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago. Thompson finished fourth in the 200m race.

In April 1996 in El Paso, Texas, Thompson ran what was then the fastest 100m run in history. He measured a time of 9.69 seconds.[6] However, this was achieved with a tailwind of 5.0 m/s, well above the IAAF permitted limit of 2.0 m/s, and the mark was not officially recognised. His time was bettered by Tyson Gay 12 years later, who ran 9.68 seconds per 100 m in a tailwind of 4.1 m/s during the 2008 US trials. Thompson's time of 9.69 was later legally equaled by Usain Bolt at the 2008 Olympics, who recorded the same time but with a tailwind of 0.0 m/s. In the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, Bolt improved his world record to 9, 58 s, with a tailwind of +0.9 m/s.

His fastest legal 100 m time is 9.87, and he ran his 200 m personal best time of 19.97 in 2000.

Following the 2000 Olympics, Thompson was made an "ambassador and special envoy to youth" by former Barbadian Prime Minister Owen Arthur.

life records
Upcoming Event Time Date
55m United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs 5.99 February 22, 1997
60m Fairfax, Virginia 6.56 February 19, 1999
100m Johannesburg, South Africa 9.87 September 11, 1998
200m Yokohama, Japan 19.97 September 9, 2000
400m El Paso, Texas 45.38 March 30, 1996