Benjamin Sinclair "Ben" Johnson CM (born December 30, 1961) is a former Canadian sprinter who enjoyed a high-profile career during most of the 1980s, winning two Olympic Bronze medals, and an Olympic Gold which was subsequently rescinded. He set consecutive 100 m world records at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and the 1988 Summer Olympics, but he was disqualified for doping, losing the Olympic title and both records.

Justin Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist who shares the world record in the 100 m sprint (with Asafa Powell), with a time of 9.77 seconds. He is currently serving an eight-year ban from track and field for testing positive for doping

Timothy Montgomery (born January 25, 1975) is a former American athlete and 100 m record holder. He was stripped of his records after being found guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs.

Florence Griffith-Joyner (born Delorez Florence Griffith), also known as Flo-Jo (December 21, 1959 - September 21, 1998) was an American track and field athlete. She is best known for her media flamboyance and setting World Records in the 100 m and 200 m, which still stand as of 2007. Her career was dogged by allegations of drug use, which was speculated to have caused her premature death.

Merlene Joyce Ottey (b. May 10, 1960 in Hanover, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides. She ranks at number four on the list of the all time female athletes on the 100 meters, and number three on the corresponding 200 meters list. Ottey holds the record for being the oldest track medalist ever, …

Kenenisa Bekele (born June 13, 1982, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 m and the silver in the 5,000 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He won the Gold in the 10,000 m at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics at Paris completing an Ethiopian sweep with Haile Gebrselassie(2nd) and Sileshi Sihine(3rd), and also won 10,000 m at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics (with Sileshi Sihine(2nd)).

Walter Dix of Coral Springs, Florida, United States of America is an American sprinter. Walter attends Florida State University in Tallahassee. He is a seven-time NCAA champion, 2005 outdoor 100 m, 2006 indoor and outdoor 200 m, 2007 indoor 200 m, outdoor 100 m, 200 m, and 4x100 meter relay. In the 2007 NCAA East Regional final he set the all-time collegiate record of 19.69 in the 200, …

Darren Campbell (born September 12 1973 in Moss Side, Manchester, England) is a retired English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 m and 200 m, as well as the 4 x 100 m relay.

Tobias Benjamin Unger is a German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m. Tobias Unger comes from Wendlingen am Neckar, studied sport science in Tübingen's university and trained in Ludwigsburg. His trainer is the Romanian Micky Corucle. Unger is currently fourth in the world 200 metre rankings, after Tyson Gay (3), Justin Gatlin (2) and Wallace Spearmon(1). His personal best in his two disciplines are 10.16 Seconds (100m) and 20.20 Seconds (200m).

Marlies Göhr was an East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years. During this time she won many medals as a sprinter at major international championships, and set several world records.

Jürgen Hingsen is a former (West) German decathlete who won several medals at international championships in the 1980s. He came second in the Olympic decathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles behind Daley Thompson. In 1984 Hingsen also set his personal best at 8832 points which was temporarily a world record and is still a German record.

Stephanie Durst (born 6 January 1982) is an American sprinter. At the 2006 World Athletics Final she made her international debut, finishing sixth in the 100 m and fifth in 200 m.

Quincy D. Watts (born June 19, 1970) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Quincy Watts attended the University of Southern California where he excelled not only as an athlete but also as a wide receiver on the college football team. He was also a promising basketball player in high school. At first, Watts was a short sprinter, specializing for 100 m and 200 m, but the USC coach Jim Bush, …

Thomas Edward Burke (January 15, 1875 - February 14, 1929) was an American athlete. He was the first Olympic champion in the 100 and 400 metres races. Burke, a student at Boston University, was a reputed runner in the 400 metres and 440 yards, having won the AAU title (440 yards) in 1895. He had no such reputation for the first event he entered in the inaugural modern Olympic Games in Athens, 1896. With many top sprinters absent, Burke surprisingly won the 100 metres.

Greg Rutherford (born November 17, 1986) is a British athlete who competes in long jump and 100 m, his home club being Marshall Milton Keynes AC. Rutherford competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games for England. On August 8th, 2006, he won the silver medal in the long jump at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, with a jump of 8.13 m. Greg is one of a growing band of athletes who uses Red Bull to aid his performance.

Andy Turner (born September 19, 1980 in Chelmsford) is a British athlete, competing in the 110 m hurdles, and occasionally the 100 and 200 m sprints as well as long jump. Andrew Turner went to Nottingham High School in Nottingham. He became national champion of 110 m hurdles there. And at the age of 15, he started wearing a bandage on his left ankle, it is not hurt, but he wears it because it makes him feel comfortable.

Robert S. Garrett (May 24, 1875 - April 25, 1961) was an American athlete. He was the first modern Olympic champion in discus throw and shot put. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, Garrett came from a wealthy family and studied in Princeton University. He excelled in track and field athletics as an undergraduate, and was captain of the Princeton track team in both his junior and senior years.

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, (born August 29 1988), is an English sprint athlete. In 2005 he was named as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality and the IAAF's Rising Star of the Year after becoming the first athlete to win gold medals at both 100 m and 200 m at the World Youth Championships. Aikines-Aryeetey was born in London to Ghanaian parents and competes for the Sutton and District club.

Nico Motchebon (born November 11, 1969 in Berlin) is a Germany 800 m runner. His personal best of 1:43.91s was set on July 31, 1996 in the 800 m final at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he finished fifth. Motchebon won bronze medals at the 1993 and 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He also set a temporary European indoor record over 800 m in 1995. His 600m indoor personal best still stands as the indoor 600m world record.

Kaltouma Nadjina (born November 16, 1976) is a Chadian athlete. Born in Bol by a modest family, her sportif career began when she participated in 1993 at Moundou to the National Sport Week. Her victory in the 400 metres opened her the road to the selection for the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Lisbon. In February 1997, with the help of a grant obtained by the International Olympic Committee, she left Chad for the United States.

Christiaan David (Chris) Berger (Amsterdam, Apr 27 1911 - Amsterdam, Sep 12 1965) was a Dutch athlete competing in the sprints. Berger's career highlight was at the first European Championships in Athletics, held in 1934 in Turin. There he won both the 100 m and 200 m sprints and came in third with the Dutch team at the 4 x 100 metres relay.

Abiodun Oyepitan (born December 30, 1979) is a British sprint athlete. Abi was born in Westminster, London and represents Shaftsbury Barnet Harriers athletics club. Her first outing to a major athletics came at the 1998 World Junior Athletics Championships where she finished fourth as part of the British 4 x 100 m relay team. She continued to perform well at the junior level, but her progress was interrupted in 2000 by an injury.

Pınar Saka born on November 5, 1985 is a Turkish track running athlete in the sprint discipline. She is competing in the categories 100 m, 200 m and 400 m. Saka participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain in the categories 4x100 m relay, 400 m and 4x400 m relay. She ran bronze medal in the 4x400 m relay in 3:40.75’ with her teammates Birsen Bekgöz, Özge Gürler and Binnaz Uslu.

Grace-Ann Dinkins (born 13 September 1966), also known as Gracie-Ann Dinkins or Grace Dinkins, is an Olympic-class track and field athlete from the USA who competes for Liberia, her parents' home country, in the 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m races. Over her competitive career, she became the record-holder for those distances in Liberia. Dinkins competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Liberia in the 100 m race, but did not advance to the finals.

Cem Dinç, is a Turkish basketball player in the center position. He played for the Indiana Hoosiers at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, USA, but transferred to Marshalltown Community College in Iowa. Since August 2005, the 2.10 m (6 feet 10 inches) tall player is member of the Turkey national basketball team. Cem was born into a family of Turkish father and German mother, and grew up in Germany.