111 YEARS FOR 1 SECOND

Abstract

The most atractive of all athletic disciplines is the 100m sprint for men. This discipline has its long development, while the world record has been recorded by International Amateur Athletic Federation only just for 111 years. During this period, the World Record was broken 67 times, and Donald Lippincot's record from 1912 (10.6s) was improved by "only" one second and now stands at 9.58s (Usaine Bolt, 2009). This article analyzes the progression of the World Record at 100m, from the moment when records were officially kept, until today, but also gives a prediction about its further development and importance. For easier interpretation of the results, the progression of the 100m world record for men was considered in three time periods: The first period - from 1912 to 1945, the second period - from 1946 to 1983, and the third period - from 1983 to 2023. Effect of recording of the world's best 100m sprint times for men is significant and multifaceted, while including all segments of athletics in a multifaceted connection, it also has mutually opposing prognostic qualities. In the near future, due to sports expert analysis, it is not expected to break the world record in the discipline of 100m sprint for men. On the contrary, a deeper philosophical analysis provides a projection of rule changes, multiple mitigations, as well as aggressive changes to the human body in order to enable new records and indirectly, propagandistically extend the age of modern society and hide the twilight of civilization that is ahead of us.