# Jimmy Vicaut

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French sprinter

Jimmy Vicaut Vicaut at the 2013 French Championships Personal information Nationality France Born (1992-02-27) February 27, 1992 (age 34) Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, France Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] Weight 83 kg (183 lb) Sport Sport Running Events 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres

**Jimmy Vicaut** (born 27 February 1992 in [Bondy](/source/Bondy), [Seine-Saint-Denis](/source/Seine-Saint-Denis)) is a French [sprinter](/source/Sprint_(running)) who specializes in the [100](/source/100_metres) and [200 metres](/source/200_metres). His personal best of 9.86 in the 100 m is the joint second fastest time of any European athlete.

## Biography

Vicaut was born to a [French](/source/France) father and an [Ivorian](/source/Ivory_Coast) mother. He began athletics at the age of ten years and has specialized in the sprint. He won the [bronze medal](/source/Bronze_medal) at the [2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics](/source/2010_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) in [Moncton](/source/Moncton), [Canada](/source/Canada) and promptly travelled to [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona) to help the French men's [4 × 100 metres relay](/source/4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) team to the [gold medal](/source/Gold_medal) at the [2010 European Athletics Championships](/source/2010_European_Athletics_Championships).

Vicaut's junior personal best over 100 m, 10.07 seconds, is the fourth fastest time ever run by a European junior, behind only [Christophe Lemaitre](/source/Christophe_Lemaitre) (10.04), [Adam Gemili](/source/Adam_Gemili) (10.05) and [Dwain Chambers](/source/Dwain_Chambers) (10.06).[2]

At the French national championships in [Albi](/source/Albi) on 29 July 2011, Vicaut finished second behind Christophe Lemaitre, tying his personal best of 10.07 sec. Lemaitre set a new French national record with 9.92 sec.[3]

At the [2011 World Championships](/source/2011_World_Championships_in_Athletics) in [Daegu](/source/Daegu), Vicaut became only the second [junior](/source/Junior_(athletics)) to ever run in a World Championship 100 m final, after [Darrel Brown](/source/Darrel_Brown) in [2003](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics). Vicaut finished sixth with 10.27 sec, while his fellow countryman Lemaitre finished fourth with 10.19 sec.

At the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics), Vicaut was part of France's 4 × 100 m relay team that claimed the Bronze medal.[4]

On 13 July 2013, at the French national championships in [Paris](/source/Paris), Vicaut won the title in 9.95 sec., a personal best.[5]

At the [2013 World Championships](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics) in [Moscow](/source/Moscow), Vicaut took part in three events—the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. He was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100 and 200 metres events, while his relay team did not advance to the final from the heats.

In 2015, Vicaut equalled the European 100 m record time of 9.86 that Portugal’s [Francis Obikwelu](/source/Francis_Obikwelu) had set almost 11 years before at the [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games) in Athens.[6] That time also broke the French national record of 9.92 set by Lemaitre in 2011.

In June 2016, ahead of the [Rio Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics), Vicaut equalled again his 9.86 time on the 100 metre dash at the [Pro Athlé Tour](/source/Pro_Athl%C3%A9_Tour) meeting in [Montreuil](/source/Montreuil%2C_Seine-Saint-Denis).[7]

His younger brother, [Willy](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willy_Vicaut&action=edit&redlink=1), also an athlete, competes in the [shot put](/source/Shot_put).[8]

## Personal bests

Distance Time venue 100 m (outdoor) 9.86 s Paris (4 July 2015) Montreuil (7 June 2016) 200 m (outdoor) 20.30 s Paris (6 July 2013) 60 m (indoor) 6.48 s Gothenburg (2 March 2013) Birmingham (15 February 2014)

### Track records

As of September 2024, Vicault holds the following track records for 100 metres.

Location Time Windspeed m/s Date Aix-les-Bains 9.95 +1.7 18/05/2014 Angers 9.88 +1.9 25/06/2016 Dijon 9.97 +0.5 21/05/2017 Grenoble 10.00 +1.6 20/05/2018 La Roche-sur-Yon 10.06 –1.2 03/09/2021 Marseille 9.92 +0.3 16/06/2018 Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis 9.86 NR +1.8 07/06/2016 Saint-Étienne 10.02 +1.4 26/07/2019 Tallinn 10.07 +0.3 22/07/2011 Tourcoing 10.02 –0.7 24/05/2015

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Biographical information"](http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/125951). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Mulkeen, Jon (22 July 2010). ["Williams wins European junior 100m gold"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120616074903/http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/williams-wins-european-junior-100m-gold/). *Athletics Weekly*. Archived from [the original](http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/williams-wins-european-junior-100m-gold/) on 16 June 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Another national record for Lemaitre – 9.92 in Albi – French champs, Days 1 and 2"](http://www.iaaf.org/WCH11/news/newsid=61021.html). *IAAF.org*. 30 July 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["London 2012 4x100m relay men Results - Olympic athletics"](https://www.olympic.org/london-2012/athletics/4x100m-relay-men).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Jimmy Vicaut nouvelle étoile du sprint français"](http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2013/07/13/jimmy-vicaut-nouvelle-etoile-du-sprint-francais_3447324_3242.html). *Le Monde*. 13 July 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Jimmy Vicaut at World Athletics"](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14334964). *worldathletics.org*. Retrieved 23 August 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Jimmy Vicaut equals European 100m record with 9.86 - global update - Athletics Weekly"](http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/jimmy-vicaut-equals-european-100m-record-9-86-global-update-44467/). *Athletics Weekly*. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Les frères VICAUT"](http://paa.athle.org/asp.net/espaces.editos/editos.aspx?id=7041). *Paris Avenir Athletic* (in French). 18 December 2010.

## External links

- [Jimmy Vicaut](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14334964) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

- [FFA](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_fran%C3%A7aise_d'athl%C3%A9tisme) profile for [Jimmy Vicaut](http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&seq=519575)

- [France’s Vicaut shows off Moncton medal credentials](https://web.archive.org/web/20100708155904/http://www.european-athletics.org/general-news/frances-vicaut-shows-off-moncton-medal-credentials.html)

- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Jimmy Vicaut"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130922145028/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/jimmy-vicaut-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/jimmy-vicaut-1.html) on 2013-09-22.

- Media related to [Jimmy Vicaut](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jimmy_Vicaut) at Wikimedia Commons

Records Preceded by Francis Obikwelu Men's 100 metres European Record Holder 4 July 2015 – 1 August 2021 (shared with Francis Obikwelu) Succeeded by Marcell Jacobs

v t e European Athletics Indoor Champions in men's 60 metres 1966: † Barrie Kelly (GBR) 1967: † Pasquale Giannattasio (ITA) 1967: Pasquale Giannattasio (ITA) 1968: Jobst Hirscht (FRG) 1969: Zenon Nowosz (POL) 1970: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1971: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1972: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1973: Zenon Nowosz (POL) 1974: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1975: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1976: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1977: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1978: Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS) 1979: Marian Woronin (POL) 1979: Marian Woronin (POL) 1980: Marian Woronin (POL) 1981: † Marian Woronin (POL) 1982: Marian Woronin (POL) 1983: Stefano Tilli (ITA) 1984: Christian Haas (FRG) 1985: Mike McFarlane (GBR) 1986: Ronald Desruelles (BEL) 1987: Marian Woronin (POL) 1988: Linford Christie (GBR) 1989: Andreas Berger (AUT) 1990: Linford Christie (GBR) 1992: Jason Livingston (GBR) 1994: Colin Jackson (GBR) 1996: Marc Blume (GER) 1998: Angelos Pavlakakis (GRE) 2000: Jason Gardener (GBR) 2002: Jason Gardener (GBR) 2005: Jason Gardener (GBR) 2007: Jason Gardener (GBR) 2009: Dwain Chambers (GBR) 2011: Francis Obikwelu (POR) 2013: Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) 2015: Richard Kilty (GBR) 2017: Richard Kilty (GBR) 2019: Ján Volko (SVK) 2021: Marcell Jacobs (ITA) 2023: Samuele Ceccarelli (ITA) 2025: Jeremiah Azu (GBR) † The races for 1967–1969, 1972 and 1981 were held over 50 metres

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1934: Germany (Schein, Gillmeister, Hornberger, Borchmeyer) 1938: Germany (Kersch, Hornberger, Neckermann, Scheuring) 1946: Sweden (Danielsson, Nilsson, Laessker, Håkansson) 1950: Soviet Union (Sukharev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Karakulov) 1954: Hungary (Zarándi, Varasdi, Csányi, Goldoványi) 1958: West Germany (Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer, Germar) 1962: West Germany (Ulonska, Gamper, Bender, Germar) 1966: France (Berger, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck) 1969: France (Sarteur, Bourbeillon, Fenouil, St.-Gilles) 1971: Czechoslovakia (Kříž, Demeč, Kynos, Bohman) 1974: France (Sainte-Rose, Arame, Cherrier, Chauvelot) 1978: Poland (Nowosz, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin) 1982: Soviet Union (Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofyev, Sidorov) 1986: Soviet Union (Yevgenyev, Yuschmanov, Muravyov, Bryzhin) 1990: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose) 1994: France (Lomba, Perrot, Trouabal, Sangouma) 1998: Great Britain (Condon, Campbell, Walker, Golding) 2002: Ukraine (Vasyukov, Rurak, Dovhal, Kaydash) 2006: Great Britain (Chambers, Campbell, Devonish, Lewis-Francis) 2010: France (Vicaut, Lemaitre, Pessonneaux, Mbandjock) 2012: Netherlands (Mariano, Martina, Codrington, van Luijk) 2014: Great Britain (Gemili, Kilty, Aikines-Aryeetey, Ellington) 2016: Great Britain (Dasaolu, Gemili, Ellington, Ujah) 2018: Great Britain (Ujah, Hughes, Gemili, Aikines-Aryeetey) 2022: Great Britain (Azu, Hughes, Efoloko, Mitchell-Blake) 2024: Italy (Melluzo, Jacobs, Patta, Tortu, Rigali, Simonelli)

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