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Rabinowitz finished in a time of 30.86 seconds. Breaking the previous world record of 36.19 set by Erwin Jaskulski of Austria.
Rabinowitz finished in a time of 30.86 seconds. Breaking the previous world record of 36.19 set by Erwin Jaskulski of Austria.
A week before, the centenarian broke the record, but a faulty electronic timer kept the mark out of the books He left Lithuania for South Africa at the age of 21 and lived in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa at the time of his death. Foreign comparison, the world record for the men"s 100 meters —9.58 seconds— was set by Usain Bolt of Jamaica, 5 days before his 23rd birthday.