On this day 1968; Paul Nash of South Africa set/tied the 100m World Record with a time of 10.00 with a wind of 0.0. This feat took place at the Krugersdorp Stadium with a full capacity crowd. He now jointly held the record with Armin Harry of Germany, Horacio Estevez of Venezuela and Jim Hines of the United States.
Overall, he tied the 100m World Record four times in 1968 with a time of 10.0 seconds. He was ranked third in the world over 100m behind Jim Hines and Lennox Miller of Jamaica by Track and Field News in 1968.
Until 2011, only five South Africans had dipped under 10.15, but note Simon Magakwe, Anaso Jobodwana and Akani Simbine have all done so in the past two years. Maybe one day someone will break the South African 10 second barrier. The ghost of Nash’s past has haunted every one of the country’s top sprinters for nearly 50 years.
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