Su Bingtian

Su Bingtian (August 29, 1989 -), native of Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, is a retired Chinese track and field athlete, dean and professor of the School of Physical Education of Jinan University, vice chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chinese Athletics Association, majoring in sprinting, and the Asian men's 60-meter and 100-meter record holder in track and field. He has represented the Chinese track and field team in the 2010 Asian Games, the 2011 Asian Track and Field Championships and the 2011 Summer Universiade. On May 30, 2015 (local time in the United States), at the 2015 IAAF Diamond League Eugene Station (Prefontaine Classic) held in Eugene, the United States, Su Bingtian tied for third place in the men's 100-meter race with a time of 9.99 seconds. Su Bingtian thus became the first non-naturalized Asian athlete in history to break the 10-second barrier, and the third Asian sprinter to break the 10-second barrier after the Nigerian-born Qatari naturalized athletes Samuel Adelebari Francis and Femi Sewin Ojunude. In the men's 100-meter semi-finals of the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing, Su Bingtian tied for eighth in the semi-finals (9.987 seconds) and entered the men's 100-meter finals. This was the first time an Asian entered the men's 100-meter finals at the World Athletics Championships. On June 22, 2018, Su Bingtian ran 9.91 seconds (W: +0.2) in the men's 100-meter final of the Madrid Track and Field Championships, tying the Asian record and setting a new Chinese domestic record. On June 30, in the men's 100m final of the 2018 IAAF Diamond League Paris Station held in Paris, France, Su Bingtian once again ran a time of 9.904 seconds (W: +0.8), tying the Asian record for the second time in nine days. At the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, Su Bingtian broke the Asian Games record in the 100m final with a time of 9.92 seconds (W: +0.8). On August 1, 2021, Su Bingtian set a new Asian record in the men's 100-meter track and field semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics with a time of 9.83 seconds (9.827 seconds) and significantly improved the original record by 0.08 seconds (0.077 seconds). He ranked first in the semifinals and advanced to the finals. In this event, Su Bingtian ran the fastest 60m segment record in human history with a time of 6.29 seconds, and the fastest 60m record under any conditions (unofficial record), surpassing Usain Bolt's 6.31 seconds when he set the 100-meter world record in 2009. This is the first time for yellow and Asian people to advance to the men's 100-meter race finals at the 1932 Summer Olympics.