 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pamberi pa1977, FAT yakanga isingadikanwi nokuda kwenguva dzepamutemo dzeIAAF. Nguva dzainyorwa nemaoko kusvikira kuchikamu chimwe chete chegumi chechipiri; zvigadziri zvenguva zvitatu zvepamutemo zvaiva nemawachi zvaicherechedza apo pfuti yokutanga yakabatidza uye apo mumhanyi akayambuka mutsetse wokupedzisira, uye nguva yavo yepakati yakanyorwa yaiva chiratidzo chepamutemo. Dzimwe nhangemutange dzaivawo neFAT isiri yapamutemo, kana kuti nguva yaingoita zvayo, kazhinji pamwe chete nemichina yokugumisa mifananidzo. Munhu wokutanga akamhanyira pasi pemasekonzi gumi akanga ari Bob Hayes, uyo akamhanya 9.9 s muna April 1963 paMt. SAC Relays nemhepo inotevera zvisiri pamutemo. Hayes akarova imwe 9.9 isiri pamutemo mhepo muhafu-fainari yeOlympic 100 m muna 1964, neyokutanga sub-10 FAT ye9.91 s. Mumutambo wokupedzisira, nguva yepamutemo yaHayes ye10.0 s yakaverengerwa nekupoterera pasi FAT ye10.06 s; ma backup hand-timers akarekodha 9.8, 9.9, uye 9.9, izvo zvingadai zvakapa 9.9 s senguva yepamutemo dai FAT yanga isiri kushanda zvakanaka. 