One of the ways in which you can classify truly great sprinters and separate them from the rest is through the 10 second mark. Few have ever broken ten seconds on the 100m dash and those who do are given the chance to join the exclusive sub 10 club. This is where all of sprinting's greatest athletes are found.
In order to find out where top sprinters come from I will use a list of all 125 men who have broken 100m in 10 seconds and see in which country they were born.
In order to find out where top sprinters come from I will use a list of all 125 men who have broken 100m in 10 seconds and see in which country they were born.
- 52 are American
- 18 are Jamaican
- 8 of them are from Britain
- 7 of them are from Nigeria
- 6 of them are from Trinidad and Tobago
- 5 of them are from South Africa
- 4 of them are from Canada
- 3 are from France
- 2 are from Ghana
- 2 are from Zimbabwe
- 2 are from Turkey
- 2 are from Qatar
- 1 is from Antiqua and Barbuda
- 1 is from Australia
- 1 is from The Bahamas
- 1 is from Barbados
- 1 is from The Cayman Islands
- 1 is from China
- 1 is from Cuba
- 1 is from Ivory Coast
- 1 is from Japan
- 1 is from Namibia
- 1 is from The Netherlands
- 1 is from Norway
- 1 is from Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 1 is from Portugal
As you can see the majority of people on the list are American and Caribbean but all of them are of African descent, only around three of the people on the list are not of African descent.
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