Frank "Frankie" Fredericks is a former track and field athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games, making him Namibia's only able-bodied Olympic medalist until Christine Mboma's silver medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. He also won gold medals at the World Championships, World Indoor Championships, All-Africa Games and Commonwealth Games. He is the world indoor record-holder for 200 metres, with a time of 19.92 seconds set in 1996.
Brendan Kyle Akeem Christian is a sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specializes in the 200 metres. Born in Antigua, he is the son of Donald Christian who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a cyclist. His personal best 100 metres time is 10.09 seconds, achieved in June 2009 in Nivelles. He is also a holder of the Antiguan and Barbudan record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 39.90 seconds.
Churandy Thomas Martina is a Dutch sprinter. He originally placed second in the 200 metres at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but was later disqualified due to a lane violation. Martina secured four and two individual top-five finishes at the Summer Olympics and World Athletics Championships respectively. He was the 100 metres 2007 Pan American Games champion representing the Netherlands Antilles and claimed three individual titles at the Central American and Caribbean Games. He won gold medals in the 200 m and 100 m at the 2012 and 2016 European Athletics Championships respectively.
Hitjivirue Kaanjuka is a Namibian sprinter who competes in the 200 metres event.
Martial Mbandjock is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.06 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Albi.
Peter O. Emelieze is an Olympic athlete, Nigerian German international sprinter who specializes in the 60m 100m and 200m.
Femi Seun Ogunode is a Nigerian-born sprint athlete who competes internationally for Qatar since 2010. His personal best of 9.91 at 100 m in 2015 made him the former holder of the Asian 100m record, which was tied by China's Su Bingtian in 2018 and surpassed in 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Zharnel Hughes is an Anguilla-born British sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Born and raised in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla, he has competed internationally for Great Britain in the Olympic Games, World Athletics and European Athletics events, and for England at the Commonwealth Games, since 2015. A double Commonwealth Games, double European Championships gold medalist as part of the 4 x 100 metres relay, Hughes has twice been European champion individually; over 100 metres in 2018, and 200 metres in 2022. In 2023, he broke both British sprint records, before winning his first global individual medal, a bronze in the 100 metres at the 2023 World championships.
Gonezie Marie Josée Dominique Ta Lou is an Ivorian sprinter competing in the 100 metres and 200 m. She finished fourth in the 100 metres and 200 metres finals at the 2016 Olympic Games, missing out on a medal in the 100m by seven-thousandths of a second (0.007). She then won silver medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2017 World Championships, the latter in the national record time of 22.08 seconds. Her 100 metres best is 10.72 seconds (2022), thus making her the African record holder.
Prenam Pesse is a Togolese sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.
Francis Zimwara is a retired Zimbabwean sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.
Dantago Gurirab is a Namibian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.
Mlandvo Shongwe is a Swazi sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.
Solomon Afful is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.
Shepherd Kofi Agbeko is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.
Christopher Naliali is an Ivorian naturalized French sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.
Gogbeu Francis Koné is an Ivorian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
Siapade Marius Loua is a retired Ivorian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.
Katim Touré is a Senegalese sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.
Marcelle Cecilia Bouele Bondo is a Congolese sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.
