Jim Hines, the first man to break the 10-second barrier for the 100 meters, has died aged 76.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The American sprinter clocked 9.95 seconds when winning gold in the event at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, setting a world record which would stand for 15 years and an Olympic record that stood until 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also won gold for the USA in the 4 x 100m relay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His death was announced on the Olympic Games’ official website on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Calvin Smith broke Hines’ 100m world record by running a time of 9.93 seconds in Colorado in 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His Olympic record fell after Carl Lewis clocked 9.92 seconds at the Seoul Games in 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The current world record of 9.58 seconds was set by Jamaica’s Usain Bolt at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Less than a week after his Olympic triumph in Mexico, Hines signed for the Miami Dolphins NFL 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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