Fastest man on earth year by year

Guess all the fastest men on earth for every season. (world athletics - only electronic time) - Bold are world records

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Year	Answer	Time	Country
2024	Kishane Thompson	9.77	JAM
2023	Zharnel Hughes	9.78	GBR
2023	Noah Lyles	9.78	USA
2022	Fred Kerley	9.76	USA
2021	Trayvon Bromell	9.76	USA
2020	Michael Norman	9.86	USA
2019	Christian Coleman	9.76	USA
2018	Christian Coleman	9.79	USA
2017	Christian Coleman	9.82	USA
2016	Justin Gatlin	9.80	USA
2015	Justin Gatlin	9.74	USA
2014	Justin Gatlin	9.77	USA
2013	Usain Bolt	9.77	JAM
2012	Usain Bolt	9.63	JAM
2011	Usain Bolt	9.76	JAM
2010	Tyson Gay	9.78	USA
2009	Usain Bolt	9.58	JAM
2008	Usain Bolt	9.69	JAM
2007	Asafa Powell	9.74	JAM
2006	Asafa Powell	9.77	JAM
2005	Asafa Powell	9.77	JAM
2004	Justin Gatlin	9.85	USA
2003	Patrick Johnson	9.93	AUS
2002	Maurice Greene	9.89	USA
2001	Maurice Greene	9.82	USA
2000	Maurice Greene	9.86	USA
1999	Maurice Greene	9.79	USA
1998	Ato Boldon	9.86	TTO

Year	Answer	Time	Country
1997	Maurice Greene	9.86	USA
1996	Donovan Bailey	9.84	CAN
1995	Donovan Bailey	9.91	CAN
1994	Leroy Burrell	9.85	USA
1993	Linford Christie	9.87	GBR
1992	Michael Marsh	9.93	USA
1991	Carl Lewis	9.86	USA
1990	Leroy Burrell	9.96	USA
1989	Leroy Burrell	9.94	USA
1988	Carl Lewis	9.92	USA
1987	Carl Lewis	9.93	USA
1986	Ben Johnson	9.95	CAN
1985	Carl Lewis	9.98	USA
1984	Mel Lattany	9.96	USA
1983	Calvin Smith	9.93	USA
1982	Carl Lewis	10.00	USA
1981	Carl Lewis	10.00	USA
1980	James Sanford	10.02	USA
1979	Pietro Mennea	10.01	ITA
1978	Clancy Edwards	10.07	USA
1977	Silvio Leonard	9.98	CUB
1976	Hasely Crawford	10.06	TTO
1975	Steve Riddick	10.05	USA
1974	Steve Riddick	10.20	USA
1973	Hans-Jurgen Bombach	10.10	GDR
1972	Valeriy Borzov	10.07	URS
1971	Lennox Miller	10.19	JAM
1968	Jim Hines	9.95	USA