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World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022

Tyson GAY

Athlete Profile

  • COUNTRY
    United States United States
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    09 AUG 1982     ATHLETE'S CODE
    14238588
American 100m runner Tyson Gay (Getty images)

Highest Ever World Ranking Positions

Discipline Place Duration
Men's 100m 122 for 1 week
Men's Overall Ranking 1538 for 1 week
Highest ever World Rankings position is considered from 1/1/2019

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
100 Metres 9.69 +2.0 Shanghai (CHN) 20 SEP 2009 NR 1316
100 Metres 9.68 * +4.1 Eugene, OR (USA) 29 JUN 2008 1295
200 Metres 19.58 +1.3 Icahn Stadium (Fordham), New York, NY (USA) 30 MAY 2009 1287
400 Metres 44.89 Gainesville, FL (USA) 17 APR 2010 1187
4x100 Metres Relay 37.38 T. Robinson Stadium, Nassau (BAH) 02 MAY 2015 1275
4x200 Metres Relay 1:22.33 Philadelphia, PA (USA) 29 APR 2005 1132
4x400 Metres Relay 3:11.35 Coral Gables, FL (USA) 10 APR 2010 1022

Legend

* Not legal.

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
60 Metres 6.55 Fayetteville, AR (USA) 11 FEB 2005 1181
200 Metres 20.58 Fayetteville, AR (USA) 12 MAR 2004 1198
200 Metres 20.40 * Lexington, KY (USA) 29 FEB 2004 0
400 Metres 47.08 Fayetteville, AR (USA) 02 MAR 2007 1102

Legend

* Not legal.

Latest Active Season: 2019

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
100 Metres 10.36 +0.7 Clermont, FL (USA) 05 MAY 2019 1085
100 Metres 10.27 +3.6 Clermont, FL (USA) 20 APR 2019 1094
4x100 Metres Relay 39.07 Gainesville, FL (USA) 30 MAR 2019 1144
4x200 Metres Relay 1:23.09 Gainesville, FL (USA) 30 MAR 2019 1104

Outdoor

100 Metres

Performance Wind Place Date
2019 10.36 +0.7 Clermont, FL (USA) 05 MAY 2019
2018 10.11 +1.9 Clermont, FL (USA) 12 MAY 2018
2017 10.17 +0.2 Sacramento, CA (USA) 22 JUN 2017
2016 9.97 +2.0 Montverde, FL (USA) 11 JUN 2016
2015 9.87 0.0 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 26 JUN 2015
2014 9.93 +0.1 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne (SUI) 03 JUL 2014
2012 9.86 +1.8 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 24 JUN 2012
2011 9.79 +1.1 Clermont, FL (USA) 04 JUN 2011
2010 9.78 -0.4 Crystal Palace, London (GBR) 13 AUG 2010
2009 9.69 +2.0 Shanghai (CHN) 20 SEP 2009
2008 9.77 +1.6 Eugene, OR (USA) 28 JUN 2008
2007 9.84 -0.5 Indianapolis, IN (USA) 22 JUN 2007
2006 9.84 +1.0 Zürich (SUI) 18 AUG 2006
2005 10.08 +0.5 Rieti (ITA) 28 AUG 2005
2004 10.06 +1.7 Austin, TX (USA) 11 JUN 2004
2003 10.17 0.0 Levelland, TX (USA) 09 MAY 2003
2002 10.27 +0.7 Palo Alto, CA (USA) 21 JUN 2002
2001 10.28 0.0 Lafayette, LA (USA) 09 MAY 2001
2000 10.56 +0.3 Amherst, MA (USA) 28 JUL 2000

Outdoor

200 Metres

Performance Wind Place Date
2017 20.60 +0.2 Sacramento, CA (USA) 24 JUN 2017
2016 20.16 +1.4 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 08 JUL 2016
2014 20.22 -0.5 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 18 JUL 2014
2010 19.72 +0.1 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 22 JUL 2010
2009 19.58 +1.3 Icahn Stadium (Fordham), New York, NY (USA) 30 MAY 2009
2008 20.00 +1.2 National Stadium, Kingston (JAM) 03 MAY 2008
2007 19.62 -0.3 Indianapolis, IN (USA) 24 JUN 2007
2006 19.68 -0.1 Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart (GER) 10 SEP 2006
2005 19.93 +0.6 Sacramento, CA (USA) 09 JUN 2005
2004 20.07 -0.3 Sacramento, CA (USA) 16 JUL 2004
2003 20.56 0.0 Levelland, TX (USA) 09 MAY 2003
2002 20.88 -1.0 Norman, OK (USA) 13 APR 2002
2001 21.54 -0.6 Raleigh, NC (USA) 16 JUN 2001
2000 21.27 0.0 Knoxville, TN (USA) 22 APR 2000

Outdoor

400 Metres

Performance Place Date
2017 47.78 Clermont, FL (USA) 15 APR 2017
2010 44.89 Gainesville, FL (USA) 17 APR 2010
2009 45.57 Austin, TX (USA) 02 MAY 2009

Outdoor

4x100 Metres Relay

Performance Place Date
2019 39.07 Gainesville, FL (USA) 30 MAR 2019
2017 39.41 Gainesville, FL (USA) 01 APR 2017
2016 37.65 Estádio Olímpico, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 18 AUG 2016
2015 37.38 T. Robinson Stadium, Nassau (BAH) 02 MAY 2015
2010 37.45 Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) 19 AUG 2010
2008 38.51 Walnut, CA (USA) 20 APR 2008
2007 37.78 Nagai Stadium, Osaka (JPN) 01 SEP 2007
2006 37.59 Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE) 16 SEP 2006
2005 38.49 Sacramento, CA (USA) 10 JUN 2005
2002 39.79 San Antonio, TX (USA) 10 AUG 2002

Outdoor

4x200 Metres Relay

Performance Place Date
2019 1:23.09 Gainesville, FL (USA) 30 MAR 2019
2005 1:22.33 Philadelphia, PA (USA) 29 APR 2005

Outdoor

4x400 Metres Relay

Performance Place Date
2010 3:11.35 Coral Gables, FL (USA) 10 APR 2010

Indoor

60 Metres

Performance Place Date
2005/06 6.56 Fayetteville, AR (USA) 10 FEB 2006
2004/05 6.55 Fayetteville, AR (USA) 11 FEB 2005
2003/04 6.57 Lexington, KY (USA) 29 FEB 2004
2001/02 6.65 Manhattan, KS (USA) 02 MAR 2002

Indoor

200 Metres

Performance Place Date
2003/04 20.58 Fayetteville, AR (USA) 12 MAR 2004
2001/02 21.04 Manhattan, KS (USA) 02 MAR 2002

Indoor

400 Metres

Performance Place Date
2006/07 47.08 Fayetteville, AR (USA) 02 MAR 2007

Honours - World Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 4x100 Metres Relay 37.78 Nagai Stadium, Osaka (JPN) 01 SEP 2007
1. 200 Metres 19.76 -0.8 Nagai Stadium, Osaka (JPN) 30 AUG 2007
1. 100 Metres 9.85 -0.5 Nagai Stadium, Osaka (JPN) 26 AUG 2007
2. 100 Metres 9.71 +0.9 Olympiastadion, Berlin (GER) 16 AUG 2009
4. 200 Metres 20.34 -0.5 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (FIN) 11 AUG 2005
6. 100 Metres 10.00 -0.5 National Stadium, Beijing (CHN) 23 AUG 2015

Honours - IAAF World Relays

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 4x100 Metres Relay 37.38 T. Robinson Stadium, Nassau (BAH) 02 MAY 2015

Honours - World (Continental) Cup

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 4x100 Metres Relay 38.25 Poljud Stadion, Split (CRO) 04 SEP 2010
1. 100 Metres 9.88 +1.1 Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE) 16 SEP 2006
1. 4x100 Metres Relay 37.59 Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE) 16 SEP 2006

Honours - Diamond League

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 4x100 Metres Relay 37.87 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 17 JUL 2015
1. 100 Metres 10.12 -1.7 Icahn Stadium (Fordham), New York, NY (USA) 13 JUN 2015
1. 100 Metres 9.88 +1.5 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 30 MAY 2015
1. 100 Metres 10.03 -1.2 Crystal Palace, London (GBR) 13 JUL 2012
1. 100 Metres 9.99 0.0 Paris (FRA) 06 JUL 2012
1. 100 Metres 9.79 +0.1 Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 27 AUG 2010
1. 4x100 Metres Relay 37.45 Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) 19 AUG 2010
1. 100 Metres 9.78 -0.4 Crystal Palace, London (GBR) 13 AUG 2010
1. 100 Metres 9.84 0.0 Olympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE) 06 AUG 2010
1. 200 Metres 19.72 +0.1 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 22 JUL 2010
1. 100 Metres 9.94 -1.7 International Stadium, Gateshead (GBR) 10 JUL 2010

Honours - World Athletics Final

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 100 Metres 9.88 -0.2 Thessaloniki (GRE) 12 SEP 2009
1. 200 Metres 19.68 -0.1 Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart (GER) 10 SEP 2006
1. 200 Metres 19.96 -1.5 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 09 SEP 2005
3. 100 Metres 9.92 +0.9 Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart (GER) 09 SEP 2006

Honours - Golden League

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 100 Metres 9.77 +0.4 Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 10 JUL 2009
1. 4x100 Metres Relay 38.40 Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) 07 SEP 2007
1. 200 Metres 19.79 +0.2 Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 25 AUG 2006

Honours - National Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 100 Metres 9.87 0.0 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 26 JUN 2015
1. 100 Metres 9.68 +4.1 Eugene, OR (USA) 29 JUN 2008
1. 200 Metres 19.62 -0.3 Indianapolis, IN (USA) 24 JUN 2007
1. 100 Metres 9.84 -0.5 Indianapolis, IN (USA) 22 JUN 2007
1. 100 Metres 10.07 -1.2 Indianapolis, IN (USA) 23 JUN 2006

Honours - NCAA Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 4x100 Metres Relay 38.49 Sacramento, CA (USA) 10 JUN 2005
1. 100 Metres 10.06 +1.7 Austin, TX (USA) 11 JUN 2004
Results in:

100 Metres

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result Wind
20 APR 2019 PURE Athletics/NTC Spring Classic, Clermont, FL USAUSA F H1 2. 10.27 +3.6
05 MAY 2019 PURE Athletics Sprint Elite Meet, Clermont, FL USAUSA F H2 3. 10.36 +0.7
05 MAY 2019 PURE Athletics Sprint Elite Meet, Clermont, FL USAUSA F F1 6. 10.43 +0.3
17 MAY 2019 Georgia HS Meet of Champions, Marietta, GA USAUSA F F 5. 10.50 +0.5

4x100 Metres Relay

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
30 MAR 2019 Pepsi Florida Relays, Gainesville, FL USAUSA F F1 4. 39.07
30 MAR 2019 Pepsi Florida Relays, Gainesville, FL USAUSA F F2 1. 39.24

4x200 Metres Relay

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
30 MAR 2019 Pepsi Florida Relays, Gainesville, FL USAUSA F F1 4. 1:23.09

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