| DOWNTOTHEWIRE | Extent of 100 metre dash decided in very last minute (4,2,3,4) |
| REDWOOD | Californian timber tree that often reaches a height of 100 metres (7) |
| AREA | Extent of 100 square metres near the source of Avon (4) |
| STOPPRESS | News item inserted at the very last minute; space left for this (4,5) |
| BORZOV | After his two chief American challengers missed their qualifying races, this Soviet sprinter won the gold medal in the 100-metre dash in 1972, Valery ___ (6) |
| DISTANCE | Train cadets in 100 metre dash (8) |
| RUNATABBY | Enter kitty in the 100-metre dash? |
| PREDETERMINED | Decided in advance, rep broke up firm (13) |
| NEWSPRINT | Latest on 100 metres dash all over The Paper (9) |
| MAURICEGREENE | Winner of the men's 100 metres at the 2000 Olympic Games |
| DONOVANBAILEY | Canadian Olympic History! Sprinting great who won gold in the 100 metres at Atlanta 1996: 2 wds. |
| BOLT | This sprinter won gold medals in the 100-metre and 200-metre races in an unprecedented three straight Olympic Games |
| RAELENEBOYLE | Which Australian athlete won silver medals in the 100 metre and 200 metre sprints at the 1972 Olympi |
| FREESTYLE | At the 1996 Atlanta Games, swimmers Alexander Popov and Gary Hall, Jr. faced off in these 50-metre and 100-metre swimming events (8) |
| BUTTERFLY | A kid beat Phelps' 100-metre record in ___ (9) |
| EVENT | Happening to be in the 100-metre sprint, for example (5) |
| COCHAMP | Penny or Simone, in the 100-metre freestyle at the Rio Olympics |
| TYSONGAY | Holder of the U.S. record in the hundred-metre sprint (9.69 seconds) |
| SPRINTER | One hundred metre runner |
| CARLLEWIS | In 1988, who was awarded the Olympic gold medal for 100-metre run after Ben Johnson was disqualified? (4,5) |
