A Modern History of the Sprints
The 90's
Global Equality
Women
The top women of the 90's
were versatile sprinters
with range
Irina Privalova
Gail Devers
Two time 100 champion
in spite of actually being a hurdler
Gwen Torrence
Marlene Ottey
HSI
Preeminent club of the decade
Maurice Greene
9.79 wr, to return to Ben Johnson level
Jon Drummond
Ato Boldon
Drive Phase
Brought consistency to the 100
Major change in sprinting
Seville
Mo Greene 1st World's 100/200 double
Emergence of Mo Greene
Goteborg
Stuttgart
Tokyo
Carl 9.86
Atlanta
Donovan Bailey 9.84wr
MJ 19.32wr
MJ 200/400 double
Barcelona
France
Became 4 x 1 wr holders
without a major sprinter
Great Britain
Christian Malcolm
Jason Gardener
John Regis
Linford Christie
World & Olympic champion
Stuttgart / Barcelona
United States
Michael Johnson
Canada
Bruny Surin
Donovan Bailey
WR setter @Atlanta Games
9.84
World & Olympic champion
Goteborg / Atlanta
Frankie Fredericks
Namibian, elite through the decade..
African record holder 100/200
9.89/19.63
Nigeria
Francis Obikwelu
Olapade Adeniken
Daniel Effiong
The 00's
The Rise of Jamaica
Trevor Graham
Olympics
Beijing
Athens
Sydney
Berlin
Osaka
Paris
Edmonton
The 10's
The 80's
The Beginning of Professionalism
Jarmila Kratochvilova
11.09 / 21.97 / 47.99wr / 1:53.23wr
East Germans
Barbel Wockel
Marlies Gohr
10.88wr
Marita Koch
10.93 / 21.71wr / 47.60wr
Butch Reynolds
John Smith
Former quarter miler brought
the 400 back to '68 levels through
his protege's
Danny Everett
Steve Lewis
Quincy Watts
Charlie Francis
Perfected doping protocols
Angela Issajenko
Ben Johnson
Calvin Smith
9.93!! wr
Dennis Mitchell
Florence Griffith Joyner
Hot season of 1988
10.49 wr/ 21.32wr, 21.56wr
Evelyn Ashford
10.79wr / 10.76wr / 21.81
Takes down East Germans
World Championships
Rome
Ben 9.83!!wr
Ben v Carl I
Helsinki
The Santa Monica Track Club
First true professional club
Tom Tellez
Leroy Burrell
Set WR @ 9.90 & 9.85
Also 9.88 behind Lewis
in Tokyo
Joe Deloach
Kirk Baptiste
Carl Lewis
Legendary battles w Ben Johnson
Runner up in'87/'88, retroactive WR
@ 9.93/9.92 after Ben bust in Seoul
Runs WR 9.86 to win in Tokyo
Seoul
FloJo
Ben v Carl II
Ben 9.79wr (busted)
Drug Bust
Los Angeles
Rise of Carl Lewis
Repeat Jesse Owens quadruple
Moscow
Boycott
The 70's
The Quiet Decade
(birth of steroids & rise of the Germans)
Raylene Boyle
Irena Szewinska
First sub 50 female
quarter miler
Great multiple sprinter
Germans
West
Annegret Richter
Inge Helten
East
Less the Eastern Bloc in the
development of systematic doping
Renate Stecher
Beginning of East German
female dominance
Montreal
Teens / high schoolers
Dwayne Evans
Johnny "Lam" Jones
Hasely Crawford
Harvey Glance
Alberto Juantorena
400/800 double gold
Munich
Borzov double sprint champion
Co World Record holders miss quarterfinal races
Rey Robinson
Eddie Hart
Pietro Mennea 19.72!! Takes down WR
Houston McTear
High Schooler runs 9.0
Don Quarrie
Steve Williams
Valery Borzov
The 60's
The Start of Really Fast
Mexico City
Smith / Carlos protest and ban
World Records
Lee Evans 43.86
Tommie Smith 19.83
Jim Hines 9.95
Speed City
Bid Winter
John Carlos
Lee Evans
Tommie Smith
Introduction
