Sprinters, Ranked

Holds the 100m (9.58) and 200m (19.19) world records and won 8 Olympic golds across three Games.

Won 9 Olympic golds over four Games in sprints and long jump, dominating the 1980s and early '90s.

Won four golds at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and once set three world records and tied a fourth in 45 minutes.

Won four Olympic golds and set a stunning 200m WR (19.32) in 1996 that stood for 12 years.

Her 1988 100m (10.49) and 200m (21.34) world records still stand more than 35 years later.

The most decorated athlete in track and field history with 11 Olympic medals, 7 of them gold.

A back-to-back Olympic 100m champion (2008, 2012) and five-time world 100m gold medalist.

Swept the 100m and 200m at both Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, running 10.54, second-fastest ever.

Overcame childhood polio to win three golds at the 1960 Rome Olympics as the fastest woman in the world.

Set the 100m world record (9.79) in 1999 and won Olympic and multiple world 100m titles.

Won four golds at the 1948 London Games, voted IAAF Female Athlete of the Century.

Multiple-time world 200m champion who won the 100m/200m world double in 2023 and Olympic 100m gold in 2024.

Won a record nine Olympic sprint medals across a career spanning seven Games from 1980 to 2004.

Won Atlanta 1996 100m gold in a then-world-record 9.84 and anchored Canada's relay to gold.

Won five medals at Sydney 2000 but was later stripped of all of them after admitting to steroid use.

Set the 100m world record twice (2005-2008) but never won an individual global title, undone by big-final nerves.

The second-fastest 200m man ever (19.26) who spent his prime finishing behind Usain Bolt.

The 2004 Olympic 100m champion and 2017 world champion whose legacy is clouded by two doping suspensions.

Won Barcelona 1992 100m gold at age 32 but ended his career with a doping ban in 1999.