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Su Bingtian (Chinese:苏炳添;pinyin:Sū Bǐngtiān; born 29 August 1989)[7] is a Chinese formertrack and field athlete specializing in the100 metres event. He was the first-ever Asian-born sprinter to break the10-second barrier and remains the only Asian sprinter to ever break 9.9 seconds.[8][9] Su's personal best of 9.83 seconds makes him the all-time 10th-fastest man in the history of100 metres at the Olympics, the all-time 19th-fastest man in the history of the 100 m event,[10] and the current holder of the100 m Asian record.[11] Su's personal best in the60 metres of 6.42 seconds placed him within the all-time top six in the event.[12][13]
At the2020 Tokyo Olympics, Su made history by becoming the first sprinter of non-African descent to reach the Olympic 100 m final since 1980. In the semi-final, as well as setting his 100 m personal best (9.83), Su also ran the fastest 30 m and 60 m ever recorded under any conditions (3.73 and 6.29 seconds).[14] Su was a silver medalist at theWorld Indoor Championships in2018, the gold medalist at the2018 Asian Games 100 m, a silver medalist in the4 × 100 m relay at theWorld Relays in2015, and a bronze medalist in the4 × 100 m relay at the2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Su was born on 29 August 1989, inZhongshan village,Guangdong province, China. His parents farmed their family lands in 1980s China. Even after Su later achieved national renown, his father continued to work as a security guard and his mother worked as a nanny.[15] Su was first exposed to track and field training in middle school, after being scouted by his PE teacher who saw him touching the basketball board with ease while being only 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) tall. His middle school didn't have any specialized sprint coaches besides a PE teacher. Even so, he was a back-up sprinter doing mostly managerial preparatory work for the track team throughout and did not compete until 9th grade. Despite not having formal training, he ran a time (11.72) just 0.01 seconds slower than the best sprinter in the city district. Su was passed on and deemed an untalented sprinter in numerous occasions by the coaches of the city-level track and field team.[16]
It was also during middle school that Su met his wife Yanfang Lin, whom he described as "his life-long best friend and love of his life."[17]
Su's career started with his entry into theGuangdong provincial track and field team in China, known for its history of producing outstanding national-level Chinese short distance sprinters and warm weather year-round which is conducive to outdoor track training. His first professional track coach and mentor Yuan Guoqiang was the first Chinese 100 m national record holder in the early 80s at the start of digital-timing era and was a short (5'6) sprinter himself. When Su's admittance into Guangdong Dong track and field team was met with initial resistance by other coaches, Yuan Guoqiang took special notice of Su's personality, stride frequency and stride tempo, whom other coaches easily passed on and overlooked for his supposed lack of talent due to Su's short stature at the time.[18] According to Yuan, Su was "methodical, professional, absolutely concentrated, and an intelligent runner. Few athletes I coached were as committed as he was to the sports".
Su broke onto the continental scene with three straight wins in the100 metres on the Asian Grand Prix series in May 2009.[19] His first medal came in the4 × 100 metres relay at the11th Chinese Games later that year, where he helped the Guangdong team includingLiang Jiahong andWen Yongyi to the gold medal.[20]
He also began representing China internationally that year and shortly after the national games he won the gold medal over60 metres at the2009 Asian Indoor Games, running a personal best of 6.65 seconds.[21] He was selected for the relay at the2009 Asian Athletics Championships and won a silver medal alongsideGuo Fan,Liang Jiahong andZhang Peimeng. He took the individual 100 m title at theEast Asian Games, defeating Japanese rivalShintaro Kimura.[22]
He equalled theChinese indoor record in the 60 m inChengdu in 2010, running 6.58 seconds.[23] At the2010 Asian Games he won the relay gold with a national andGames record time.[24]
During March 2011, Su set a new Chinese national 60 metres indoor record inChengdu with a time of 6.56 seconds. He went on to establish himself as his country's top male sprinter that year: he won the 100 m title at the2011 Asian Athletics Championships in a personal best of 10.21 seconds, was the bronze medalist at the2011 Summer Universiade, then competed at the2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu (running in the heats of the relay).[25] He ended the season by breaking the Chinese record to win the 100 m at theChinese Athletics Championships with a time of 10.16 seconds, improving uponZhou Wei andChen Haijian's former best mark.[26]
In 2012, Su qualified for the2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, marking his first participation in anindoor IAAF World Championships. Su subsequently reached the semi-final of the 60 m at the2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Later that year, Su also became a 100 m semi-finalist at the2012 Summer Olympics.[27] He ran a wind-aided (+2.9 m/s) 10.04 seconds at the start of the outdoor season and ended it by defending his national title in the 100 m.[28] With the Chinese relay team he ran national records twice that season, timing 38.71 seconds in May and improving to 38.38 seconds withGuo Fan,Liang Jiahong andZhang Peimeng in the heats of the Olympics.[29]
His 2013 began with two 60 m national records inNanjing, where he ran 6.56 seconds and then 6.55 seconds.[30]Zhang Peimeng beat Su's 100 m national record in May 2013, but Su quickly responded with a personal best of 10.06 seconds at theIAAF World Challenge Beijing.[31]
Later that year, Su qualified for the2013 IAAF World Championships, marking his first participation in anoutdoor IAAF World Championships in an individual event. On 10 August 2013, Su raced in the sixth heat of the first round in the100 metres, subsequently qualifying to the semi-finals by clocking 10.16 seconds. The following day, he was drawn into the first semi-final againstformer world championJustin Gatlin. Su was disqualified in the race due to his false start, thereby rendering him unable to progress to the finals.[32] Su's compatriotZhang Peimeng also once again replaced Su as the 100 mnational record holder, by clocking a time of 10.00 seconds in the semi-finals of the2013 IAAF World Championships.
Starting from 2014, Su Bingtian was part of the Chinese Track and Field initiative led by its national head coach Yuan Guoqiang (Su's early mentor and provincial coach in Guangdong Track and Field team) that 1) sent its top track athletes to USA for more systematic and scientific training in order to be competitive internationally 2) hired competent foreign track coaches to coach locally at China.They trained at the IMF Academy Track & Field and Cross Country located at Florida.[33] Su's aim was to break 10 second barrier through participating in this initiative.
It was through this initiative that Su first met his later mentor and coach Randy Huntington, who was responsible for coaching Chinese national team of long jumpers at the time in China. Their encounter was not pre-planned. It was by coincidence that Randy Huntington chanced upon Su's training nearby. Su's decision to change his starting leg was a reaction to Randy Huntington's suggestion. Randy performed a test on Su by pushing him randomly when he was not prepared, and the first step Su took in reaction to this push was taken by his right one. Randy suggested he changed his starting leg to the right one for that would fit Su's natural neurological pattern better.[34] The aim was to change his entire 100 m pace and allow him suffer from less de-acceleration after the first 60 m while maintaining his advantage at explosive start in the first half of the race. At the beginning of his transition to change starting leg, Su was for a time even slower out of block than a female sprinter when he trained at IMF Academy after he returned to USA. His first 60 m race after implementing the change was only 6.71 and his 100 m best was 10.80.
Yuan Guoqiang said that Su was so obsessed with perfecting his start at the time that he would work on his block start even when he was taking a walk, woke up in the middle of the night and contemplated why he couldn't perform the move as well as other world class athletes, and he would proceed to discuss the matter with his teammateXie Zhenye.[35]
On 30 May 2015, at thePrefontaine Classic inEugene, Oregon, Su clocked a historic 9.99 seconds in the 100 m, becoming the firstAsian-bornsprinter to achieve asub-10 second clocking.[36] Su's historicsub-10 second clocking allowed him once again to regain the100 m national record from compatriotZhang Peimeng, ending their national record 'tug-of-war' which had begun in 2013. Su's coach Yuan Guoqiang later stated that: "Zhang Peimeng's 10.00 national record set at the World Championships in Moscow has given him (Su) more courage; it convinced him (Su) even more that a sub-10 clocking was not an impossible mission for Chinese athletes."[36]
Later that year, Su qualified for the2015 IAAF World Championships which were held in his home country of China. On 22 August 2015, Su raced in the first heat of the first round of the100 metres finishing second behindAsafa Powell in 10.03 seconds. The following day, he was drawn in the first semi-final againstdefending championUsain Bolt. Su finished in fourth clocking a time of 9.986 seconds tyingJimmy Vicaut's time in the third semi-final; since they were tied for the eighth-fastest time, they were both entered into the final, marking the first-ever nine-man final inWorld Championship history. Su then raced in thefinal, finishing 9th with a time of 10.06 seconds. Su subsequently became the first ever Asian-born athlete to run in a 100 mWorld Championship final.[37]
On 29 August 2015, Su raced with his teammatesMo Youxue,Xie Zhenye andZhang Peimeng in the4 × 100 metres relay. Running the third leg, Su aided his team to a third-place finish in the heats, qualifying them for the final with a then Asian record time of 37.92 seconds. In thefinal, the Chinese team crossed the line in third behind the United States and Jamaica in 38.01 seconds, giving them a Bronze Medal finish. However, subsequent disqualification of the United States due to improper baton exchange meant that the Chinese team were promoted to a Silver medal finish in theBird's Nest Stadium; with their Bronze being awarded toCanada.[38]
With his eyes on the2016 Summer Olympics, Su began the year by running the60 metres at various indoor meets in the US, ultimately qualifying for the2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships inPortland, Oregon. On 18 March 2016, Su won his60 metres heat at the championships with a time of 6.64 seconds. Later in the day, Su finished second in his semi-final clocking 6.50 seconds; a new personal best and equalling the Asian record. He went on to finish fifth in thefinal with a time of 6.54 seconds.[39]
Outdoors, Su ran only three meets before the Olympics. He and his teammates ran and won two 4 × 100 metre relay races in his home country of China; one in Shanghai at theShanghai Golden Grand Prix; and one in Beijing at theIAAF World Challenge Beijing. On 26 May 2016, Su finished seventh in 100 metres at the 2016Prefontaine Classic in a wind-aided 10.04 seconds, unable to repeat the success he had on the same track the year before.[40]
Su arrived in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic Games, having qualified for the 100 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay. In the100 metres, Su finished third in his heat in 10.17 seconds, qualifying him as one of the fastest losers for the semi-final. The following day, on August 14, 2016, Su finished fourth in his semi-final in 10.08 seconds; a season's best time. However, his time was unable to qualify him for the final. 4 days later, on 18 August 2016, Su raced with his teammatesTang Xingqiang,Xie Zhenye andZhang Peimeng in the heats of the4 × 100 metre relay. Running the third leg, Su helped his team to a second-place finish in their heat behind the United States. Their time of 37.82 seconds set a new Asian record for the event. The following day, the Chinese team finished fourth in thefinal following a disqualification by team USA, narrowly missing out on an Olympic medal. Su ended his season after the Olympics.
On 27 May 2017, Su once again achieved a sub-10 second time in the 100 m at the 2017 Prefontaine Classic with a personal best 9.92 seconds.[41] However, the tailwind (+2.4 m/s) was above the allowed limit of 2.0 m/s, invalidating the time as an official national record or personal best.
Later that year, Su qualified for the2017 IAAF World Championships. On 4 August 2017, Su raced in the fourth heat of the first round in the100 metres subsequently qualifying to the semi-finals by clocking 10.03 seconds. The following day, he was drawn in the second semi-final againstformer world championYohan Blake. Su finished in third clocking a time of 10.10 seconds putting him through to thefinal where he subsequently finished 8th with a time of 10.27 seconds.[42]
Various stellar performances by Su Bingtian in 2018 made it a historically significant year forChinese athletics.
On 3 March 2018, Su made history by becoming the first male Chinese sprinter to win an individualIAAF World Indoor Championships medal, as he took silver in the2018 edition's men's 60 metres final. Su's 6.42 second performance in the event made him the current holder of the60 m Asian record; it also places Su within the top 6 of all-time60 metres performances.[12][13]
On 22 June 2018, Su took gold in the men's 100 metres final of the 2018IAAF World Challenge meet in Madrid with a historic 9.91 seconds; tying theAsian record previously set by Nigerian-born QatariFemi Ogunode.[43] Su's result of 9.91 seconds also simultaneously allowed him to regain his 100 mnational record which compatriotXie Zhenye had broken only three days earlier with a time of 9.97 seconds.[44] One week later, Su continued his fantastic form by equalling his 9.91-second Asian record at the 2018Meeting de Paris.[45]
On 26 August 2018, Su won the gold medal in themen's 100 metres event at the2018 Asian Games. He won the event with a time of 9.92 seconds breaking theAsian Games record previously set byFemi Ogunode at the2014 Asian Games.[46]
Representing teamAsia-Pacific, Su capped off his record-breaking year with a silver medal in the2018 IAAF Continental Cupmen's 100 m final. Su finished 0.02 seconds behind team Americas representativeNoah Lyles, with a time of 10.03 seconds.[47]
Reflecting on his 2018 performances, Su remarked the following: "It is really a miraculous and amazing year for me, the most memorable one in my career. I achieved a series of good results, and most importantly, I made such results in competing with the best sprinters in the world, which was quite a boost to my confidence."[48]
At the end of 2018, Su made it known that his sights were now set on breaking the 9.90 second barrier in the100 m as his primary goal for 2019.[48]
On 14 February 2019, Su started the year out strong with a60 m victory at the 2019AIT International Grand Prix, clocking a stadium-record time of 6.52 seconds.[49] Two days later, Su quickly followed up his good form with a resounding60 m victory at theBirmingham meet of the2019 IAAF World Indoor Tour. The winning time was clocked at 6.47 seconds beating out rivalsReece Prescod andMike Rodgers to the gold.[50]
At the2019 IAAF World Relays, Su raced with his teammatesWu Zhiqiang,Xie Zhenye and Liang Jinsheng in the4 × 100 metres relay. Running the third leg, Su aided his teammates to a second-place finish in the heats, qualifying them for the final with a time of 38.51 seconds.[51] In the final, the Chinese team crossed the line in a season's best 38.16 seconds, subsequently missing out on a bronze medal finish by just 0.01 seconds.[52]
On 1 August 2021, Su clocked a time of 9.827 seconds to win his heat of the2020 Summer Olympics men's 100 m semi-finals, thereby setting a newAsian record and becoming the second Asiansprinter to have ever qualified for amen's 100 metres Olympic final, afterTakayoshi Yoshioka at the1932 Summer Olympics and the first Asian to qualify for 100 m Olympic Final since the start of the digital timing era. Between 1980 and 2020, Su is the only sprinter of non-African descent to ever make Olympic 100 m Men's Finals in a span of 40 years. In the semi-finals Su was placed ahead of eventual gold-medalistMarcell Jacobs and also achieved the fastest time ever recorded for 60 m-split with 6.29 seconds, also the fastest 60 m all-time under any conditions surpassing both Usain Bolt's prior record of 6.31 seconds for 60 m split in his100 m world record run and Christian Coleman's 6.34 official indoor world record.[14] Su's 9.83 was also the fastest Olympic semi-final run prior to 2021. However, to this day, Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville ran faster semi-final Olympic times 9.80 and 9.81 respectively and Su is currently joint third with Noah Lyles at 9.83.[53][circular reference] Su subsequently went on to achieve a sixth-place finish in the final with 9.98 seconds.[54] He and his teammates also qualified for the final of themen's 4 × 100 m relay and finished fourth in that race in 37.79 seconds, equalling the Chinese national record set in 2019.[55] On 18 February 2022,Great Britain was stripped of its silver medal in themen's 4 × 100 m relay after theCourt of Arbitration for Sport confirmedCJ Ujah’s doping violation. Su and his teammates were subsequently promoted to a bronze medal position.[56]
In 2017, Su graduated with a master's degree in International Economics and Trade from the College of Economics atJinan University.[57] In April 2018, Su was officially appointed as anassociate professor of the School of Physical Education atJinan University.[58]
Su is a native ofGuzhen, Guangdong, China.[2] On 10 October 2017, Su married Lin Yanfang.[59] The wedding ceremony was held inGuzhen, Guangdong, a town close to where Su and Lin grew up.[60] In the early morning of 11 July 2018, their son was born.[citation needed]
On 20 December 2017, Su was elected as one ofZhongshan City's representatives for the 13thPeople's Congress ofGuangdong Province.[61]
As the representative forChinese athletes, Su attended 'The 3rd Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Athletes’ Forum' held inTokyo, Japan from 24 to 25 November 2018.[62][63]
On 19 September 2015, Su led dozens of school students onErsha Island to help with fundraising activities for the Chinese charity "Walking for Love". The money raised for "Walking For Love" was intended to be used for the promotion of children's reading skills.[64]
On 10 November 2015, Su visited variousGuangzhou Power Supply power grid substations to help conduct on-site measurements. Su also undertook power grid construction work to provide electricity to an elderly man's home. Su's visit came after atyphoon incident inGuangzhou whereGuangzhou Power Supply grid workers managed to fix power grids within only 5 hours of going down. After the visit, Su commented that "the existence and construction of the power grid required the collective support of everyone".[65]
Information fromWorld Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[66]
| Event | Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Competition | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 m | 6.42 | — | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, England | 3 March 2018 | Asian record |
| 100 m | 9.83 | +0.9 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 | Asian record |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 37.79 | — | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 4 October 2019 | Chinese record |
| 200 m | 21.14 | -1.0 | World Athletics Continental Tour | [La Chaux-de-Fonds SUI], Switzerland | 21 August 2019 | Personal Best |
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Asian Indoor Games | Hanoi, Vietnam | 1st | 60 m | 6.65 | — | Personal best |
| Asian Championships | Guangzhou, China | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.07 | — | Personal best | |
| East Asian Games | Hong Kong, China | 1st | 100 m | 10.33 | +0.1 | ||
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.86 | — | ||||
| 2010 | Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.78 | — | Asian Games record |
| 2011 | Asian Championships | Kobe, Japan | 1st | 100 m | 10.21 | +1.8 | Personal best |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.33 | — | ||||
| Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 3rd | 100 m | 10.27 | −0.2 | ||
| World Championships | Daegu, Korea | 6th (semi 2) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.87 | — | Seasonal best | |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 1st (semi 3) | 60 m | 6.74 | — | Seasonal best |
| Olympic Games | London, England | 8th (semi 3) | 100 m | 10.28 | +1.0 | ||
| 5th (semi 1) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.38 | — | Chinese record | |||
| 2013 | Asian Championships | Pune, India | 1st | 100 m | 10.17 | −0.3 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.17 | — | Seasonal best | |||
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | DQ (semi 1) | 100 m | — | −0.2 | False start | |
| 5th (semi 2) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.95 | — | Seasonal best | |||
| East Asian Games | Tianjin, China | 1st | 100 m | 10.31 | −0.1 | ||
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.19 | — | ||||
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 4th | 60 m | 6.52 | — | Chinese record |
| Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | 2nd | 100 m | 10.10 | +0.4 | Seasonal best | |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 37.99 | — | Asian record | |||
| 2015 | Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.04 | — | |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 9th | 100 m | 10.06 | −0.5 | ||
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.01 | — | ||||
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, Oregon | 5th | 60 m | 6.54 | — | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 4th (semi 3) | 100 m | 10.08 | 0.0 | Seasonal best | |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 37.90 | — | ||||
| 2017 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.22 | — | |
| World Championships | London, England | 8th | 100 m | 10.27 | −0.7 | ||
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.34 | — | ||||
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, England | 2nd | 60 m | 6.42 | — | Asian record |
| Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1st | 100 m | 9.92 | +0.8 | Asian Games record | |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.89 | — | ||||
| Continental Cup | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 2nd | 100 m | 10.03 | 0.0 | ||
| 2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.16 | — | Seasonal best |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 21st | 100 m | 10.23 | –0.3 | ||
| 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.07 | — | ||||
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 6th | 100 m | 9.98 | +0.1 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 37.79 | — | =Chinese record | |||
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 23rd (sf) | 100 m | 10.30 | +0.1 | |
| 12th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.83 | — |
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Chinese Junior Championships | Zhengzhou | 4th (semi 2) | 100 m | 10.74 | 0.0 | Seasonal best |
| Chinese World Trials | Suzhou | 3rd (heat 6) | 100 m | 10.83 | +1.6 | ||
| Chinese City Games | Wuhan | 5th | 100 m | 10.58 | +0.1 | ||
| 2008 | Chinese Championships | Shijiazhuang | 4th | 100 m | 10.41 | +0.2 | Personal best |
| Chinese Youth Championships | Taian | 1st | 100 m | 10.53 | +0.2 | ||
| 2009 | Chinese Championships | Yulin | 1st | 100 m | 10.28 | −0.4 | Personal best |
| Chinese Games | Jinan | 6th | 100 m | 10.52 | −0.4 | ||
| 2010 | Chinese Championships | Jinan | 5th | 100 m | 10.39 | 0.0 | |
| 2011 | Chinese Indoor Championships | Chengdu | 1st | 60 m | 6.59 | — | |
| Chinese Championships | Hefei | 1st | 100 m | 10.16 | +0.7 | Chinese record | |
| 2012 | Chinese Championships | Kunshan | 1st | 100 m | 10.21 | +1.4 | |
| 2013 | Chinese Games | Shenyang | 2nd | 100 m | 10.12 | +1.1 | Personal best |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.73 | — | Seasonal best | |||
| 2014 | Chinese University Championships | Beijing | 1st | 100 m | 10.28 | −0.6 | |
| Chinese Championships | Suzhou | 2nd | 100 m | 10.45 | +0.4 | ||
| 2017 | Chinese Games | Tianjin | 2nd | 100 m | 10.10 | +0.3 | |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.16 | — | Seasonal best | |||
| 2019 | Chinese World Trials | Shenyang | 2nd | 100 m | 10.19 | +0.1 | |
| 2021 | Chinese Games | Xi'an | 1st | 100 m | 9.95 | +0.1 |
Su Bingtian has broken the10-second barrier in the 100 metres on 13 occasions, with 10 of those occasions being under the allowable wind velocity of +2.0 m/s for record purposes. His first sub-10 clocking was on 30 May 2015 at thePrefontaine Classic in 9.99 seconds with a legal +1.5 m/s wind reading, setting aChinese record and making him the first athlete of East Asian descent to break the 10-second barrier. He improved his personal best and the Chinese record on 22 June 2018 at the Meeting Madrid to 9.91 seconds, equaling theAsian record set by Nigerian-born Qatari sprinterFemi Ogunode, and further improved all three of these records on 1 August 2021 by clocking 9.83 seconds to win his semifinal heat at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
| Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Competition | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.99 | +1.5 | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene, Oregon, U.S. | 30 May 2015 | Chinese record |
| 9.99(9.987) | −0.4 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 23 August 2015 | Chinese record |
| 9.98w | +4.1 | Pure Athletics Spring Invitational | Clermont, Florida, U.S. | 15 April 2017 | Wind-assisted |
| 9.92w | +2.4 | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene, Oregon, U.S. | 27 May 2017 | Wind-assisted |
| 9.90w | +2.4 | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene, Oregon, U.S. | 26 May 2018 | Wind-assisted |
| 9.91 | +0.2 | Meeting Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 22 June 2018 | Asian record |
| 9.91(9.904) | +0.8 | Meeting de Paris | Paris, France | 30 June 2018 | Asian record |
| 9.92 | +0.8 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 26 August 2018 | Asian Games record |
| 9.98 | –0.9 | Zhaoqing Invitational | Zhaoqing, China | 24 April 2021 | [67] |
| 9.98 | +0.8 | Chinese Championships | Shangyu, China | 12 June 2021 | |
| 9.83(9.827) | +0.9 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 | Asian record |
| 9.98 | +0.1 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 | |
| 9.95 | +0.1 | Chinese Games | Xi'an, China | 21 September 2021 |
| Year | 60 metres | 100 metres |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | — | 10.59 |
| 2007 | 6.89 | 10.45 |
| 2008 | 6.71 | 10.41 |
| 2009 | 6.66 | 10.28 |
| 2010 | 6.58 | 10.32 |
| 2011 | 6.56 | 10.16 |
| 2012 | 6.74 | 10.19 |
| 2013 | 6.55 | 10.06 |
| 2014 | 6.52 | 10.10 |
| 2015 | 6.61 | 9.99 |
| 2016 | 6.50 | 10.08 |
| 2017 | — | 10.03 |
| 2018 | 6.42 | 9.91 |
| 2019 | 6.47 | 10.05 |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 6.49 | 9.83 |
As of 9 September 2024, Bingtian holds the following track records for100 metres.
| Location | Time | Windspeed m/s | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jakarta | 9.92 | +0.8 | 26/08/2018 |
| Shaoxing | 9.98 | +0.8 | 11/06/2021 |
| Shenzhen | 10.05 | +0.6 | 20/03/2021 |
| Xi'an | 9.95 | +0.1 | 21/09/2021 |
| Zhaoqing | 9.98 | –0.9 | 24/04/2021 |
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Men's 60 m Asian record holder 18 March 2016 – present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Men's 100 m Asian record holder 22 June 2018 – present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Olympic Games | ||
| Preceded by | Flagbearer for Chinaat the Olympics closing ceremony Tokyo 2020 | Succeeded by |
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