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Noah Lyles's 10 Fastest 100m Times After Personal Best in Final
Noah Lyles is back on the Olympic stage for the second time in his track & field career, having qualified for the 100m and 200m races in June at the U.S. Olympic Time Trials. He enters Paris as one of the likely medalist competitors in both events.
Lyles needs to first qualify through to the events, but it would be a massive upset to see him miss out on either event after great showings at trials in June.
As for the 100m race, Lyles has collected plenty of hardware from world events throughout the years, but never at an Olympic level. Here are his podiums in the 100m:
Event | Place | Year |
|---|---|---|
Pan American U20 Champ | Silver | 2015 |
World U20 Champ | Gold | 2016 |
Continental Cup | Gold | 2018 |
Diamond League | Gold | 2019 |
World Championships | Gold | 2023 |
Lyles did not participate in the 100m for the Tokyo games after finishing seventh in trials with a 10.05.
Noah Lyles Fastest 100m Times on Record Before Paris Games
At the risk of stating the obvious, Lyles is fast. Here are his best times in the 100m race:
Rank | Time (seconds) | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9.79 | Paris Olympics | August 4, 2024 |
2 | 9.81 | London Athletics Meet | July 20, 2024 |
2 | 9.83 | World Athletics Championships | August 20, 2023 |
3 | 9.83 | U.S. Olympic Team Trials | June 23, 2024 |
4 | 9.85 | Prefontaine Classic | September 16, 2023 |
5 | 9.85 | Racers Grand Prix | June 1, 2024 |
6 | 9.86 | IAAF Diamond League | May 18, 2019 |
7 | 9.87 | World Athletics Championships | August 20, 2023 |
8 | 9.88 | USA Championships | June 22, 2018 |
9 | 9.89 | USA Championships | June 22, 2018 |
Here is how the gold, silver, and bronze recorded at the Tokyo Games:
Place | Time |
|---|---|
Gold | 9.80 |
Silver | 9.84 |
Bronze | 9.89 |
Based purely on personal records, Lyles should have a good shot at gold in Paris in this event. He's stated his intention multiple times is to win gold.
Lyles will race to qualify for the final of this event on Saturday, with the final on Sunday. He's also participating in the 200m event and the 4x100m relay with three teammates.
JOSH WILSON
Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.