Asafa Powell (9.74 seconds)
Powell set the world record time of 9.74 seconds to break Maurice Green's record (9.79 seconds) in the opening heats of the IAAF Rieti Grand Prix in Rieti, Italy, in September 2007.
The Jamaican sprinter, in fact, slowed down in the final few meters to save energy for the final. However, in the final he was unable to better that effort and could only clock 9.78 seconds.
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Powell has run the 100 metres in under 10 seconds 33 times, which has only been bettered by American Maurice Greene, who finished the short sprint in under 10 seconds a record 52 times.
The 25-year-old sprinter is the only man to run the race legally under 9.80 seconds more than once, having done so five times, and legally under 10.00 seconds 12 times in a single season.
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