The men's 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and August 28. The event was won by Yohan Blake of Jamaica, who became the youngest ever world champion in the 100 metres at 21 years, 245 days. The highly favored defending champion and world record holder Usain Bolt was disqualified from the final for making a false start. Seventy four athletes started the competition, with 61 nations being represented. It was the first global final to be held following the introduction of the no-false start rule.
The Women's 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27, 28 and 29.
The Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29.
The men's 200 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and September 3. Usain Bolt, the world record holder and defending champion was the favourite going into the race with a world leading time of 19.86 seconds. He had also won his three major races after return from injury convincingly.
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 27–29 August.
The women's 100 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 28–29 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 28 August.
The women's 200 metres event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 12, 13 and 15 August.
The men's 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships WAS held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 29 September to 1 October 2019.
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg on 29 and 30 August 1989.
The men's 100 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 31 July and 1 August.
The men's 200 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 2 and 3 August.
The women's 100 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 2 and 3 August.
The women's 200 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 31 July and 1 August.
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 4 and 5 August.
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 31 July and 1 August. It was the first time this distance was held at the Games replacing the 80 metres hurdles.
The men's 100 metres event at the 1967 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg on 29 and 30 July.
The men's 200 metres event at the 1967 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg on 1 and 2 August.
The women's 200 metres event at the 1967 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg on 1 and 2 August.
The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1967 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg on 4 and 5 August. It was the last time that this event was held before being replaced with 100 metres hurdles.
