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Jim Hines, the Olympic gold medalist and the first man to run 100-meter in under 10 seconds, has died at the age of 76. Hines won gold in the 100m with a world-record time of 9.95 seconds at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. He also helped the 4x100 relay to a gold medal. After his track career, Hines played briefly in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Jim Hines, the first man to run 100m in under 10 seconds and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, has died at the age of 76. Hines' world record of 9.95 seconds in the 100m event lasted for 15 years, until it was broken in 1983. He also won the 4x100m in a world record time at the same Olympics. After his track career, Hines played in the NFL for two years.
Jim Hines, the first man to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds, died at the age of 76. He won a gold medal in the 100-meter sprint at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City with a time of 9.95 seconds, which was a world record for 15 years. Hines also won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter relay at the same Olympics. He played professional football for a short time before returning to track and field as a professional athlete. After retiring from sports, he worked as a social worker and founded a charitable organization to help people in the Oakland area.
Jim Hines, the first man to break the 10-second barrier for the 100 metres and set a new world record of 9.95 seconds at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, has died aged 76. He also won gold for the USA in the 4x100m relay, while his winning time in the individual event remained an Olympic record until 1988. Hines' 100m world record was broken by Calvin Smith in 1983 and his Olympic record was broken by Carl Lewis in 1988.
American double Olympic champion Jim Hines, who was the first man to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds in 1968, has died at the age of 76. Hines won gold in the 100m and 4x100m relay at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, before retiring from athletics to play in the National Football League (NFL) with the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Jim Hines, the first person to break 10 seconds in the 100m and a 1968 Olympic gold medalist, has died at age 76. Hines won the gold medal in Mexico City’s thin air in 9.95 seconds, the first electronically timed sub-10 and a world record that stood for 15 years. He was also part of the legendary 1968 U.S. Olympic track and field team. After the Olympics, Hines joined the Miami Dolphins as a wide receiver and played in 10 games between 1969 and 1970.