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Usain Bolt ran 100 metres in 9.58 seconds

His 2009 world record in Berlin has stood for well over a decade

Usain Bolt set the men's 100 metres world record of 9.58 seconds at the World Championships in Berlin on 16 August 2009. A few days later he ran 19.19 seconds for 200 metres, a record that also still stands. At his top speed he covered about 12 metres every second.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: His 2009 world record in Berlin has stood for well over a decade. The figure is taken from World Athletics, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.