El hombre más rápido del mundo, Usain Bolt, cree que puede mejorar su 100 y 200 metros récords del mundo y puede ser el primer hombre en el planeta para correr la carrera de 200 metros menos de 19 segundos.
All Time Top 10 100m Sprinters
| 1 | 9.58 | WR | 0.9 | Usain Bolt | JAM | Berlin | 16 Aug 2009 |
| 2 | 9.69 | AR | 2.0 | Tyson Gay | USA | Shanghai | 20 Sep 2009 |
| 3 | 9.69 | -0.1 | Yohan Blake | JAM | Lausanne | 23 Aug 2012 | |
| 4 | 9.72 | 0.2 | Asafa Powell | JAM | Lausanne | 2 Sep 2008 | |
| 5 | 9.77 | 0.6 | Justin Gatlin | USA | Bruxelles | 5 Sep 2014 | |
| 6 | 9.78 | 0.9 | Nesta Carter | JAM | Rieti | 29 Aug 2010 | |
| 7 | 9.79 | 0.1 | Maurice Greene | USA | Athína | 16 Jun 1999 | |
| 8 | 9.80 | 1.3 | Steve Mullings | JAM | Eugene OR | 4 Jun 2011 | |
| 9 | 9.82 | NR | 1.7 | Richard Thompson | TTO | Port of Spain | 21 Jun 2014 |
| 10 | 9.84 | NR | 0.7 | Donovan Bailey | CAN | Atlanta GA | 26 Jul 1996 |
All Time Top 10 200m Sprinters
| 1 | 19.19 |
WR
|
-0.3
| Usain Bolt | JAM | Berlin |
20 Aug 2009
|
| 2 | 19.26 |
0.7
| Yohan Blake | JAM | Bruxelles |
16 Sep 2011
| |
| 3 | 19.32 |
AR
|
0.4
| Michael Johnson | USA | Atlanta GA |
1 Aug 1996
|
| 4 | 19.53 |
0.7
| Walter Dix | USA | Bruxelles |
16 Sep 2011
| |
| 5 | 19.58 |
1.3
| Tyson Gay | USA | New York NY |
30 May 2009
| |
| 6 | 19.63 |
0.4
| Xavier Carter | USA | Lausanne |
11 Jul 2006
| |
| 7 | 19.65 |
0.0
| Wallace Spearmon | USA | Daegu |
28 Sep 2006
| |
| 8 | 19.68 |
AR
|
0.4
| Frank Fredericks | NAM | Atlanta GA |
1 Aug 1996
|
| 9 | 19.68 |
-0.5
| Justin Gatlin | USA | Monaco |
18 Jul 2014
| |
| 10 | 19.72A |
AR
|
1.8
| Pietro Mennea | ITA | Ciudad de México |
12 Sep 1979
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