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100 metres

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Summary

100 metres is a sports discipline[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of sports discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,722 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: sport[3]
  • Subclass of: sprinting[4]
  • Commons category: 100 metres[5]
  • Sport: athletics[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:100 metres[7]
  • Record or record progression: Men's 100 metres world record progression[8], Women's 100 metres world record progression[9]
  • Practiced by: athletics competitor[10]
  • Event distance: 100 m[11]

Why It Matters

100 metres has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · EmausBot bot · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record or record progression → Men's 100 metres world record progression, Women's 100 metres world record progression
    Subclass of → sprinting
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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