Noah Lyles' 100m Olympic Gold Medal Run Time, Splits; USA Star Was in Last at 40m

Noah Lyles' victory in the 100m at the 2024 Paris Olympics was far from a landslide.

The American sprinter won the race by a mere 0.004 seconds with a time of 9.79 to secure the victory. While that margin is slim on its own, those 0.004 seconds were the only seconds that he led the race.

Jonathan Gault of LetsRun.com reported that Lyles was in last place at the 40m mark of the race and did not pull away for the victory until the final steps of the race. He was seventh at the 50m mark and did not reach even second place until the 90m mark.

This is Lyles' first Olympic medal and he became the 16th American to win the 100m at the Olympics. He is the first since Justin Gatlin in 2004.

Kishane Thompson of Jamaica took home the silver medal while American Fred Kerley took home the bronze. This is also the first time the U.S. has had two medal winners in the event since 2004, when Maurice Greene reached the podium with Gatlin.

Lyles' Olympic Cycle is not over just yet as he still has two more races. He will compete in the 200m final on Monday and his final race will be in the 4x100m relay, which will occur on Friday.