Fastest Runner In The World 2024. Returning to the olympics to defend their gold medals in the marathon are eliud kipchoge and peres jepchirchir. Getty) lyles is the fastest american in 200m history and the third fastest in the world.

Find out who has earned that title. Italy’s lamont marcell jacobs became the fastest man in the world when he won gold in the men’s 100m final at the tokyo olympics on sunday.