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Pelé

Brazil football icon and three-time World Cup winner

4 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.

Pelé 100 m

Pelé's recorded 100 m is 10.6 s. Source date: 1962-06-17. The effort is unknown. The source at pelethebest.blogspot.com gives this mark. Source type: interview. Confidence is medium.

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Newspaper interview at the 1962 World Cup · Brazil player, 1962 World Cup; self-reported time

Source quote and limits

“Em quantos segundos corre os 100 metros, Pelé? Em 10 segundos e 6 décimos.”

Pelé corria 100 metros em 10.6 segundos! Palavra do Rei (Sir Pelé, the King of Football blog)

Pelé states the time in a 1962 Brazilian newspaper interview that the fan blog reproduces as a page image with a transcription; the blog dates the interview to 17 June 1962 and does not name the newspaper. The date is the interview date; when and how the run was timed is unstated (likely hand timing). The 11 s record on file is a later secondhand report of the same ability. Found through a Gemini Deep Research report (batch of 2026-10-30).

2020
- 100 m11 s
  Effort unknownCareer-era sprint reported by biographer Maurício Oliveira
  News report, cultura.uol.com.br2020-10-22low confidence
  Quote and details
  “Ele era também muito veloz: percorria 100 metros em 11 segundos.”
  Aniversário de 80 anos: 10 coisas que pouca gente sabe sobre Pelé
1962
- 100 m10.6 s
  Effort unknownBrazil player, 1962 World Cup; self-reported time
  Said in an interview, pelethebest.blogspot.com1962-06-17medium confidence
  Quote and details
  “Em quantos segundos corre os 100 metros, Pelé? Em 10 segundos e 6 décimos.”
  Pelé corria 100 metros em 10.6 segundos! Palavra do Rei (Sir Pelé, the King of Football blog)Newspaper interview at the 1962 World Cup

Pelé High jump (method unstated)

Pelé's recorded High jump (method unstated) is 70.9 in. Source date: 2012-10. The effort is unknown. The source at martiperarnau.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is low.

Historical high-jump ability described in a career account · Historical high-jump claim; 1.80 m is a lower bound

Source quote and limits

“saltaba más de 1,80 en altura.”

Pelé, el Más Grande (Perarnau Magazine)

The Spanish career article reports a jump of more than 1.80 metres. The stored 180 cm is the floor of that lower bound. The source gives no event, test method, bar or technique. The feat date is unknown. Date uses October 2012, when the same article appeared in the publisher's collection: https://www.martiperarnau.com/wp-content/uploads/PARA-LEER-DURANTE-EL-FINDE-26-OCTUBRE-20123.pdf . This is one retrospective report.

High jump (method unstated) history. Methods and conditions can differ between records.
Date	Competition / season and method	Value	Unit	Source
2012-10	Historical high-jump ability described in a career accountHigh jump (method unstated)	70.9	in	martiperarnau.comlow confidence Evidence News report; Effort unknown; source date 2012-10. Pelé, el Más Grande (Perarnau Magazine) Historical high-jump claim; 1.80 m is a lower bound “saltaba más de 1,80 en altura.” The Spanish career article reports a jump of more than 1.80 metres. The stored 180 cm is the floor of that lower bound. The source gives no event, test method, bar or technique. The feat date is unknown. Date uses October 2012, when the same article appeared in the publisher's collection: https://www.martiperarnau.com/wp-content/uploads/PARA-LEER-DURANTE-EL-FINDE-26-OCTUBRE-20123.pdf . This is one retrospective report.

Pelé Long jump

Pelé's recorded Long jump is 255.9 in. Source date: 2006-03-22. The effort is unknown. The source at recantodasletras.com.br gives this mark. Source type: book. Confidence is low.

Santos and Brazil career; retrospective claim

Source quote and limits

“Pelé corria 100 metros em 11 segundos, saltava 1,80 metro de altura, 6,50 em distância”

O esforço de Pelé (Recanto das Letras; extract from the book Torne possível o impossível by Alkíndar de Oliveira)

The post reproduces a book extract; the author says the book drew on Folha de S.Paulo (23 Aug 1997) and Placar (March 1999). 'Salto em distância' is the long jump; the event, approach and date of the jump are unstated. The date is the post date (22 Mar 2006). The same line appears in A Tribuna (paywalled), O Povo (2023) and pelethebest.blogspot.com (2015). Found through a Gemini Deep Research report (batch of 2026-10-30).

Long jump history. Methods and conditions can differ between records.
Date	Competition / season and method	Value	Unit	Source
2006-03-22	Santos and Brazil career; retrospective claimLong jump	255.9	in	recantodasletras.com.brlow confidence Evidence Book; Effort unknown; source date 2006-03-22. O esforço de Pelé (Recanto das Letras; extract from the book Torne possível o impossível by Alkíndar de Oliveira) Santos and Brazil career; retrospective claim “Pelé corria 100 metros em 11 segundos, saltava 1,80 metro de altura, 6,50 em distância” The post reproduces a book extract; the author says the book drew on Folha de S.Paulo (23 Aug 1997) and Placar (March 1999). 'Salto em distância' is the long jump; the event, approach and date of the jump are unstated. The date is the post date (22 Mar 2006). The same line appears in A Tribuna (paywalled), O Povo (2023) and pelethebest.blogspot.com (2015). Found through a Gemini Deep Research report (batch of 2026-10-30).

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Pelé 100 m

2020

1962

Pelé High jump (method unstated)

Pelé Long jump