10 greatest male sprinters of all time

#9 Donovan Bailey

He can probably be regarded as the greatest Canadian sprinter of all-time. His claim to fame moment came at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics when he recorded a time of 9.84 seconds to win the gold medal. This record stood strong at the Olympics for a good 12-years before it was broken by Usain Bolt at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Another landmark moment in his career was when he overcame Michael Johnson in a 150m race in 1997 to be recognised as the ‘world’s fastest man’ alive. For his notable achievements, Bailey has been inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame on two separate occasions, once in 2004 as an individual sprinter and the second time in 2008 as a member of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4 × 100 relay team.

“A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.”