100 meters
Olympic sprint event
A distance of one hundred meters, roughly 328 feet or the length of a football field.
In track and field, the 100 meters is the premier sprint event—the race to determine the world's fastest human: She won gold in the 100 meters.
Also written 100m or 100-meter when modifying a noun: the 100-meter dash.
- world's fastest manSupreme male sprinter
- starting blocksAnchored footrests for racers
- starting gunRace-initiating firearm
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- false startPremature beginning violation
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- Sprintingsprint, dash, 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, sprinter
- runningrun, runner, running shoes, running shorts, running gear
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- race distancesmarathon, half marathon, mile, 100m, 200m
- speed recordsworld record, land speed record, Olympic record, lap record, track record
- speed sportssprint, dash, drag racing, speed skating, downhill skiing