Usain Bolt definitely deserves #1 👑⚡️

Usain is a phenom. How it appears as if he's jogging while at full speed!

Bolt GOAT how can you smash 2WR in that way. Absolutely brutal. Top 3 left me shocked but I give big love to MoFa too❤

Wayde Van Niekerk should've been among the top 10 athletes...... A true champ..

#7 Yulimar Rojas Oregon 2022 is undeserved IMO. It was the *FIFTH* all time best triple jump in woman's history, she had dismantled the competition by her second jump that day, and (outside avid women's triple jump fans) the event was simply not nearly as anticipated as other moments in the WC. Lewis vs Powell 1991, on the other hand, was everything one can ask for: WR, competitive, highly anticipated. This poll somehow placed it at #11.

can’t lie them performances make me emotional man 😅

Still annoyed how people like Powell and Edwards didn't make the top 10, but regardless, track and field is a wonderful sport and all of these moments have a place in history.

Sydney McLauglin should have taken the #2 spot she obliterated the WR, we all knew Mondo would add +1cm and he could have jumped way more that day

Powell V Lewis long jump 1991 is still my ultimate athletics highlight

I remember that Carl Lewis 100m race so clearly. Can’t believe it was 40 YEARS AGO!!!!!

How is Mike Powell not in the top 10? The competition with Lewis made it extra Epic.

I can't believe Tiina Lilak's javelin throw from Helsinki 1983 isn't in the top 40. Final afternoon of the games she was Finland's only real hope of a medal in the games and javelin is pretty much national sport. Some pressure. She was in second place and with the penultimate throw of the competition stepped up and threw it miles. The moment, the reaction of the Finnish fans and her reaction are what sport is all about.

As for Bolt’s records, they will be around for awhile. Highly doubtful that the 4x100 of 36.84 will be broken. Saw Carl Lewis’s team had 37.86 as a new record back in the 80’s

Shelly Ann Fraser Price is the Queen 👑

Damn Bolt had insane acceleration as well back in the day, if he had better wind on the 200m / a little more endurance we could have a much lower 200m record

12:00 The way Fraser run is just unbelievable,she looks like fully wound toy.

Just salute to the Photographer chasing Bolt 15:08 .

It would have liked to see ‘91 Powell/Lewis and ‘95 Edwards ranked in the top 10 based on being unbelievable performances. Since this was a fan vote, though, I think lots of other factors were considered.

Where is the Powell/Lewis Long Jump final from 1991. Tension, drama and the erasure of one of the most fabled WRs ever, Beamon's 8.90m

first place is absolutely ICONIC! I was 14 at that time and that Bolt photo that I cut out of the newspaper the next day is still hanging in my old room at my father's place!

No one is topping Usain's 2009 WCs. No one. It was just too perfect. IAAF didn't need to spend a penny for marketing to have that stadium packed, such was the hype. Meanwhile, Bolt was still partying hard & missed a month of training from foot surgery, yet Tyson hadn't missed a beat. It provided room for doubt. Could there be an upset? It was one of the few times in sporting history when an athlete and an event actually lived up to the hype Carl Lewis had to eat crow. Germany commissioned a mural on part of the Berlin wall in honor of Bolt, and the world once again remembered that sprinting existed outside Olympic years. It was the year Bolt transcended athletics and became an icon, and in so doing, singlehandedly dragged T&F back from the brink of obscurity. Short of a woman breaking all of FloJo's records in a single World Championships, Bolt in Berlin will never be topped.

Mate and I have spent hours putting a list together and watching these as they were released. Our honorable mentions not even in the top 40. Zelezny for Jav, Allen Johnson 110H 4 x gold and Fajdek 5 x hammer throw champ. How do none of these make it in the 40. To say we were disgusted by Powell and Edwards being at 12 and 15 is an understatement. Mate cheesed by the Isinvayeva omission too. 5.01m PV

19.19 for 200m almost identical speed for the 100m. I believe these guys are running the 50m-150m section in under 9 seconds (not ‘losing’ time at the start as they are accelerating from the blocks). It feels like 200m or just beyond is the point where the speed can’t quite be maintained for longer at the moment. Looking at the 300m (30.81) and 400m (43.03) WRs it starts to drop off at a fair rate relatively. I’ll have to read up on the science behind it and why that is. I wonder if we will see a sub 30.0 300m in the next 50 years or so.

It's the way ⚡ ran the bend for me 🔥

Wayde and Thompson should've been in the top 10.

Noah lyles 19.31 not even being in the top 40 is absolutely absurd

Wonderful performances and memories! That said, Jonathan Edwards should be top 10; I mean two world records in two attempts??? That WR has lasted nearly 30yrs??? C'mon. And then the GREATEST LONG JUMP COMPETITION IN HISTORY not making the the top 10. You gotta be kidding me??? That was so EPIC and they broke a mythical record (Beamon's) at that. Powell's WR has lasted 32 years. Wowzers.

As if there was ever any doubt about #1. GOAT

It is very hard to beat bolts moment It was like the stars were aligned for that moment The hype, the build for gay vs Powell vs Bolt is almost impossible to top And all 3 ran under 9.85 which has never happened in a world championship final which is absolutely ridiculous

How is Wayde van niekerk not on this? He literally broke the world record in 400m and won South Africa's first medal for track in 96 years...

Please make great doubles more possible with the timetable like they used to be so many great in the top 40

Well-deserved

The cameraman should be in there somewhere 😂😂😂😂

Jarmila Kratochvilova in 83? Even Marita Koch.

Mike Powell v Carl Lewis should be #2 on the list! Fair enough to put Bolt at 1.

The 🐐deserves the number 1 spot as usual

Allyson Felix's 400m leg in the 4×400 final in 2015 should have been SOMEwhere in the Top 40.

The photographer running faster than Carl Lewis at 3:40 deserved to be the world champion

Favoritism was def involved in this decision

Rojas is amazing. But please explain how that was number 7? Above hassan and Lewis ? No chance

Who was anchoring the USA women team? That anchor leg was hell of an explosion! The results would have been if the baton exchange was smooth 🔥

p.s. Shelly's 2022 fifth 100m WC title should probably have made the top 10 as well. It was kind of a big deal

How come Yulimar Rojas is so high up there.

Not to be rude but Rojas at #7? Phenomenal triple jumper and had it been the world record I could see the argument; but it's like her 5th best jump of all time. Compare that to Edwards who nearly 30 years ago broke (his own) world record twice in 20 minutes adding a whole foot onto the record which has hardly been challenged for 3 decades, but that came 15th. Or the Long Jump showdown between Lewis and Powell in 1991 again resulting in a still untouchable world record? Just don't see the logic of this list lol

Cuban Ana Fidelia Quirot won the 800 meters race in Gotemburg 1995, only twoo years after she sustained severe life threatening burn injuries.

How do you miss the greatest competition ever from Doha 2019 with the shotput, never have there been that many athletes that close to the world record or that many break the championship record or that close of medal positions separated by a single centimeter. Literally the closest, greatest completion in history of track and field regardless of event!?

Holy moly. I was there for #7

the top 3 bring me to tears

The Greatest to ever do it Usian bolt👑

14:53 Man was commenting like it was a normal 'heats race' just casually listing off the names in order. Like bruh, have you seen what just happened?? 2nd man thankfully jumps on the mic to save the day.

How y’all gonna leave Flo Jo out the top 10 when she has a record unbeaten in 30 years.

These photographers just as fast😂

Kenelisa Bekele, Gabrisellese and Dibaba are missing here..

Epikkk

The Sidney McLaughlin commentary is the best piece of sports commentary I've ever heard.

Ezekiel Kemboi in one of the best steeple races ever.

Bolt was KNEE DEEP after Berlin

Carl Lewis 💖💖💖🐐🐐

You should have switched number 3 and 2

I expected to see D. Rudisha in 800 meters and G. Dibaba in 1500 meters. Cannot however fault those that have been named.

We love a sprint queen.. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce really is the best

I wish the IAAF could offer Bolt 1M to re-run the 100m on the same day he swt the WR 9.58.

Hassans double was significantly better than Mo Farah's.

Could watch Shelly Ann Fraser Price all day anyday... wooowww

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Shelly Anne Fraser Pryce should of been higher in my opinion

Where is hicham elgerouj world record 1500 m for 26 years ago and no body can break it untle now

Carl Lewis deserved to be at Number 2

How do you have yulimar Rojas with a jump that wasn’t even the world record but not johnathan edwards world record that stills holds up to this day

Bolt and McLaughlin dead heat. But 99% of people have tried to run a fast sprint at some stage in there life as compared to a paced 400mh so for that reason Bolt is the GOAT. But what Sydney has done she's amazing. If she can somehow jag the 400m sprint record she can possibly jump into #1.

Usain Bolt is the greatest athlete of all time...... Mohammad Ali ... Michael Phelps ..m..jordan......Ronaldo...r. Federer.....all second to the king 👑👑👑👑....

Worth the long wait. 17mins just flew by.

9.58, I don't think we will see anything close to that for at least 30 more years

Jarmila Kratoshvilova (400m, 800m) in 1983 is amazing too.

Usain Bolt is an greatest of all time.

Jacko 21.45 didn't make the list, wow.. wonder where this poll even took place.

Us Ian had nothing on that Cameraman

Allyson Felix👏🏾

Woman beaten by Hassan at the beginning of the video just set two new world records in a span of less than 30 days

Bolt is a number 1

Florence Griffith Joyner,Jonathan Edwards

I don’t think people appreciate what Sydney has done in the 400h. No one is even close to her. The margin is enourmous.

Will there ever be a bigger global superstar from athletics than Usain Bolt? I don't think so.

Faith kipyegon should be in here.. probably number 1

This might be a country bias, but I feel Tobi Amusan breaking the world record twice in the same day (by a ridiculous margin) should be worthy of the top 10.

Usain bolt is the only athlete we were predicting he was going to break the world record and he did three times in championship. What a legend

Hassans double gold should have been way higher imo

Okay. Dint know Carl Lewis was this goated jeez... absolutely stunning🤩

Carl Lewis Vs Mike Powell isn't in the top 10?? I remember being a kid watching the Ed Moses race in 1987 it was incredible 3 men a photo finish Jonathan Edwards should have been there as well

Sifan!

Wheres Jamaicas 1-2-3 finish in the womens 100 metre?

Sifan Hassan !!!!!!

Sifan Hassan❤.

Between 40 & 1, did they show the Long jump competition between Carl Lewis & Mike Powell in Tokyo, 1991?

That surge at 9:30 🔥🔥🔥

Is Jan Zelezny featured in this list. Definitely should be, 3x olympic gold, WR, was a world champion at age 35.

Carl Lewis not being top 3 makes absolutely no sense. No one even competes in the long jump and the 100 and he won both…ON TOP of a WR in 4x1

My top 3 favorite athletes on track and field making top 3. I have good taste 😁

No Mike Powell?

How do you establish this ranking ? Hicham El gerouj didn't existe and jhonson 9th with WR ? It's a mess.