Worlds Fastest Sprinters in 2009: Richards & Bolt

Sanya Richards, USA

Sanya Richards:

  

	World Champion, 400m (’09)
–	American Record Holder~400m dash 48.70sec
–	Most sub-50 400meter races in history
–	2-time Olympic 4x400m gold medalist and 400m bronze medalist (’04, ’08)
–	5-time USA Outdoor Champion (’03, ’05, ’06, ’08, ’09);
–	2-time World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist (’05, ’07)
–	IAAF World Athlete of the Year and Jesse Owens Award winner (2006)
–	World Outdoor silver medalist (2005))
–	Visa Champion and Humanitarian Athlete of the Year (2005))

Usain Bolt, Jamaica

Usain Bolt

Personal bests

Event	Time (seconds)	Venue	Date	Records	Notes
100 metres	9.58	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009		Also shares the second fastest time of 9.69 with Tyson Gay. Usain’s 9.69 set the Olympic record in 2008.
150 metres	14.35	Manchester, United Kingdom	17 May 2009	World best[147]	He ran the last 100 m in 8.70, the fastest ever recorded time over a 100 m distance.
200 metres	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009		Also holds the second fastest time with 19.30, which is the Olympic Record.
400 metres	45.28[7]	Kingston, Jamaica	5 May 2007
4 x 100 metres relay	37.10	Beijing, China	22 August 2008		Shared with Asafa Powell, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter. Also holds the second fastest time with 37.31.

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Top 20 Women Performances at World Track & Field

Melanie Walker, Jamaica, ranks as the #1 performance

  All-Athletics.com has ranked the top 20 performances by women at the IAAF World Championships from Berlin.

Melaine Walker	400m Hurdles
Shally-Ann Fraser	100m
United States	4x400m
Jessica Ennis	Heptathlon
Blanka Vlašić	High Jump
Sanya Richards	400m
Caster Semenya	800m
Allyson Felix	200m
Jamaica	4x100m
Anita Wlodarczyk	Hammer Throw
Marta Domínguez	3000mSC
Brittney Reese	Long
Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton	100m Hurdles
Valerie Adams-Vili	Shot Put
Steffi Nerius	Javelin Throw
Kerron Stewart	100m
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai	10000m
Lashinda Demus	400m Hurdles
Yargelis Savigne	Triple Jump
Shericka Williams	400m

Best Performances at IAAF World Championships

Jessica Ennis is the world's best in the Heptathlon

The top 10 men and women performances at the 12^th Annual IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin 2009

Women
Shally-Ann Fraser	100m	1	10.73
Jessica Ennis	Heptathlon	1	6731
Sanya Richards	400m	1	49.00
Caster Semenya	800m	1	1:55.45
Marta Domínguez	3000mSC	1	9:07.32
Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton	100m Hurdles	1	12.51
Valerie Adams-Vili	Shot Put	1	20.44
Steffi Nerius	Javelin Throw	1	67.30
Kerron Stewart	100m	2	10.75
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai	10000m	1	30:51.24

 

Robert Harting, Germany, discus champion

Men
Usain Bolt	100m	1	9.58
Usain Bolt	200m	1	19.19
Ezekiel Kemboi	3000mSC	1	8:00.43
Kenenisa Bekele	10000m	1	26:46.31
Christian Cantwell	Shot Put	1	22.03
Phillips Idowu	Triple Jump	1	17.73
Robert Harting	Discus Throw	1	69.43
Kerron Clement	400m Hurdles	1	47.91
Valeriy Borchin	20km Walk	1	1:18:41
Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong	3000mSC	2	8:00.89

New World Rankings – Track & Field – Women

Sanya Richards, USA, winner of the 400 in Berlin

     Sanya Richards, USA, was one of many athletes that shook up the world rankings with her victory in the 400 meter dash in Berlin.   Following is the new world rankings for women based on their Berlin performance.

100m	Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)
200m	Olivia Borlee (BEL)
400m	Sanya Richards (USA)
800m	Caster Semenya (RSA)
1500m	Kelly McNeice-Reid (IRL)
5000m	Svetlana Kudelich (BLR)
10000m	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (KEN)
110/100m Hurdles	Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM)
400m Hurdles	Melaine Walker (JAM)
3000m Steeple	Marta Dominquez (ESP)
High Jump	Blanka Vlasic (CRO)
Pole Vault	Anna Rogowska (PC)
Long Jump	Clélia Reuse (SUI)
Triple Jump	Yargeris Savigne (CUB)
Shot Put	Valerie Vili (NZL)
Discus Throw	Eden Francis (GBR)
Hammer Throw	Katerina Safránková (CZE)
Javelin Throw	Steffi Nerius (GER)
Race Walking	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
Decathlon/Heptathlon	Maiju Mattila (FIN)

 

Steffi Nerius of Germany wins the Javelin event