Athletics Weekly

1/ What was the last world record set for the a/ 100yards and b/ 100metres without starting blocks?

2/ What was the last Olympic final without starting blocks?

Many thanks.

It's obvious that Kingmaker is the only person who has understood what I am asking and is treating the question seriously.

Thanks, Kingmaker.

Borzov, Wells etc are white.
The current world record holder, Asafa Powell, is black.

Now my question was: has any white man ever gone under ten dead? Who holds the white man's world record?

What's the fastest any white man has ever run the 100m? I think it's 10.07 by Borzov in 1972 but I'm not certain...has any white man ever been under ten dead?

Hopefully this will get a few replies!

What's Allan Wells up to these days? I know he became some sort of personal trainer after retiring from competitive athletics, but that was in the early 80s...I just wondered what he's doing now.

Heike Dreschler

Surely someone can manage a proper reply...

Yes that's right - I want to know:

1/ What is the fastest time any white man has ever run the 100m?

2/ I also want to know the last white man ever to reach the 100m final.
I think it was Allan Wells...am I right?

Keep the posts coming!

I have but they don't know anything.

I'm trying to find out - can anyone help me - what happened to Janis Walsh, the British women's junior record holder for the 100m and 200m in the 70s - she set records for the U15s that still stand today, but after running for Britain aged 14 in 1974 she seems to have disappeared off the face of the...

Thanks for that reply, but who are the Tuck Twins?

Thanks for both replies and the link.

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I'm trying to find out - can anyone help me - what happened to Janis Walsh, the British women's junior record holder for the 100m and 200m in the 70s - she set records for the U15s that still stand today, but after running for Britain aged 14 in 1974 she seems to have disappeared off the face of the...