Jim Hines, the first man to break the 10-second barrier for the 100 metres, has died aged 76
The American sprinter clocked 9.95 seconds when winning gold in the event at the 1968
in Mexico, setting a world record which would stand for 15 years and an Olympic record that stood until 1988.His death was announced on the Olympic Games' official website on Monday.Image:His Olympic record fell after Carl Lewis clocked 9.92 seconds at the Seoul Games in 1988. The current world record of 9.58 seconds was set by Jamaica's Usain Bolt at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.side as a wide receiver, but played only a handful of games before moving on to Kansas City Chiefs, for whom he made just one appearance.
Hines, who also set a world record at 100 yards with a time of 9.1 seconds in 1967, was born in Arkansas and grew up in California before his sprinting talents earned him a scholarship at Texas Southern University.
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