Jim Hines, the primary man to interrupt the 10-second barrier for the 100 metres, has died aged 76.
The American sprinter clocked 9.95 seconds when profitable gold within the occasion on the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, setting a world document which might stand for 15 years and an Olympic document that stood till 1988.
He additionally gained gold for the USA within the 4 x 100m relay.
His demise was introduced on the Olympic Video games’ official web site on Monday.
Calvin Smith broke Hines’ 100m world document by working a time of 9.93 seconds in Colorado in 1983.
His Olympic document fell after Carl Lewis clocked 9.92 seconds on the Seoul Video games in 1988.
The present world document of 9.58 seconds was set by Jamaica’s Usain Bolt on the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
Lower than every week after his Olympic triumph in Mexico, Hines signed for the Miami Dolphins NFL aspect as a large receiver, however performed solely a handful of video games earlier than transferring on to Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, for whom he made only one look.
Hines, who additionally set a world document at 100 yards with a time of 9.1 seconds in 1967, was born in Arkansas and grew up in California earlier than his sprinting skills earned him a scholarship at Texas Southern College.
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Quickly after the Olympics, thieves stole Hines’ Olympic medals, his spouse’s jewelry and his tv from his dwelling in Houston, Texas.
Nevertheless, the medals had been returned in a brown envelope after the sprinter positioned an advert in an area newspaper.
Following his taking part in profession, Hines labored with inner-city youth in Houston.
He was inducted into the US nationwide monitor and area corridor of fame in 1979.