ATHENS, Greece (AP) Jamaica's Asafa Powell has broken the world record in the men's 100 meters. He was clocked in at nine-point-77 seconds at a Grand Prix track meet today in Athens, Greece. He clipped one-hundredth of a second off the nine-point-78 Tim Montgomery ran in Paris in 2002, although that time's in jeopardy because Montgomery faces doping charges. The previous record was nine-point-79 set by Maurice Greene in Athens in 1999.<br>
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Fastest 100 meters<br>
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9.77, Asafa Powell, Jamaica, June 14, 2005.<br>
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9.78, Tim Montgomery, United States, Sept. 14, 2002.<br>
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9.79, Maurice Greene, United States, June 16, 1999.<br>
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9.80, Maurice Greene, United States, Aug. 22, 1999.<br>
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9.82, Maurice Greene, United States, Aug. 5, 2001.<br>
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9.84, Donovan Bailey, Canada, July 27, 1996.<br>
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9.84, x-Bruny Surin, Canada, Aug. 22, 1999.<br>
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9.84, Tim Montgomery, United States, July 13, 2001.<br>
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9.84, Asafa Powell, Jamaica, May 7, 2005.<br>
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9.85, Leroy Burrell, United States, July 6, 1994.<br>
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9.85, Maurice Greene, United States, July 7, 1999.<br>
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9.85, x-Tim Montgomery, United States, Aug. 5, 2001.<br>
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9.85, Justin Gatlin, United States, Aug. 22, 2004.<br>
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9.85, Asafa Powell, Jamaica, June 9, 2005.<br>
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Note: Times in seconds; x-finished second in race.<br>
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