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Hayes sets 100-yard dash world record

By Larry Schwartz
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 19, 2001

June 21, 1963 Bob Hayes, a sturdy running back/sprinter from Florida A&M, runs 9.1 seconds in the 100-yard dash not once but twice at the AAU national track and field championships in St. Louis. However, only Hayes' performance in the semifinals is allowed to stand as a world record. That's because the wind was 7.75 miles per hour in the final, above the allowable 4.473 mph for record consideration. Running with his elbows out and his knees uncommonly high, the thick-shouldered, thick-muscl ...

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