More height also equals more power, and one can have a thin build and still be tall. Ultimately, hard to say without more tall east africans.
Robert Cheruiyot, Ryun, Snell, Scott, Tergat, Sol, Teg, even El G--all pretty tall.
More height also equals more power, and one can have a thin build and still be tall. Ultimately, hard to say without more tall east africans.
Robert Cheruiyot, Ryun, Snell, Scott, Tergat, Sol, Teg, even El G--all pretty tall.
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Here's a list of all time sub-13 minute 5k guys I compiled from
http://www.alltime-athletics.com. If anyone wants to look up the heights of these guys go for it, I'm too lazy.
1 12:37.4 Kenenisa Bekele - 166 cm
2 12:39.4 Haile Gebrselassie - 165 cm
3 12:39.7 Daniel Komen - 170 cm
4 12:46.5 Eliud Kipchoge - 170 cm
5 12:47.0 Sileshi Sihine - 165 cm
6 12:48.7 Issac Songok - 170 cm
7 12:48.8 Stephen Cherono
8 12:49.3 Brahim Lahlafi - 172 cm
9 12:49.7 Mohammed Mourhit - 164 cm
10 12:49.9 Paul Tergat - 182 cm
11 12:50.2 Hicham El Guerrouj - 176 cm
12 12:50.3 Abderrahim Goumri - 168 cm
13 12:50.6 Moses Masai
14 12:50.7 Moses Kipsiro
15 12:50.8 Salah Hissou
16 12:50.9 Ali Saïdi-Sief
17 12:51.0 Joseph Ebuya
18 12:51.4 Vincent Chepkok
19 12:52.0 Thomas Longosiwa
20 12:52.0 Saif Saeed Shaheen
21 12:52.3 Sammy Kipketer
22 12:52.4 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi
23 12:52.5 Tariku Bekele
24 12:52.8 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam
25 12:53.0 Abraham Chebii
26 12:53.4 Khalid Boulami
27 12:53.5 Mark Kiptoo
28 12:53.6 Dejene Gebremeskel
29 12:53.6 Imane Merga
30 12:53.7 Augustine Choge
31 12:53.7 Philip Mosima
32 12:53.8 Assefa Mezgebu
33 12:54.1 John Kibowen
34 12:54.1 Bernard Lagat
35 12:54.1 Dejene Berhanu
36 12:54.2 Abreham Cherkos
37 12:54.5 Moses Mosop
38 12:54.6 James Kwalia
39 12:54.6 Isiah Koech
40 12:54.7 Dieter Baumann
41 12:54.8 Moses Kiptanui
42 12:55.0 Benjamin Limo
43 12:55.1 Lucas Rotich
44 12:55.5 Hicham Bellani
45 12:55.5 Chris Solinsky
46 12:55.6 Abebe Dinkesa Negera
47 12:55.6 Mark Bett
48 12:55.8 Craig Mottram
49 12:55.8 Boniface Songok
50 12:55.9 Thomas Nyariki
51 12:56.0 Josphat Kiprono Menjo
52 12:56.3 Albert Chepkurui
53 12:56.3 Dathan Ritzenhein
54 12:56.3 Paul Koech
55 12:56.5 Luke Kipkosgei
56 12:56.5 Mohamed Ali Abdosh
57 12:56.7 Richard Limo
58 12:57.0 Mulugeta Wondimu
59 12:57.1 Boniface Kiprop
60 12:57.2 Worku Bikila
61 12:57.3 Alemayehu Bezabeh
62 12:57.4 Josphat Bett
63 12:57.8 David Chelule
64 12:57.8 Mathew Kisorio
65 12:57.9 Mohammed Farah
66 12:58.2 Bob Kennedy
67 12:58.2 Leonard Komon
68 12:58.4 Saïd Aouita
69 12:58.5 Yusuf Biwott
70 12:58.5 Bekana Daba
71 12:58.6 Matt Tegenkamp
72 12:58.6 Hailu Mekonnen
73 12:58.6 Moukhled Al-Outaibi
74 12:58.6 Mike Kigen
75 12:58.8 Ismaïl Sghyr
76 12:58.9 Paul Bitok
77 12:59.1 Jonas Cheruiyot
78 12:59.3 Zersenay Tadese
79 12:59.4 Million Wolde
80 12:59.7 Jacob Chesari
81 12:59.8 Musir Salem Jawher
there isn't an optimal height for any distance.
five foot 11 plus or minus 6 inches is the usual range for medalists for all distances.
long sprints favor guys a couple of inches taller, marathon a couple of inches less.
that's about it.
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Rose wrote:
6'4" and full of muscle.
toro wrote:
1500m is a good middle of the road distance to figure this out.
Look at the top two ranked Americans from last year.
Andrew Wheating - 6'5"
Leonel Manzano - 5'5"
I think that tells you the whole story of optimal runner height right there.
Don't you get the feeling that Manzano is a gutsy runner who gets every last bit of speed out of his frame, while, Wheating has largely underperformed?
I think that in the long sprints and middle distances, height (to a point) is an advantage. What's much more important though is proportion, or shape, and weight.
I'm 6'5 and a distance runner. I think the one thing I always lacked was lack of weight. If I had less I feel as though my stride would be the advantage factor. What it comes down to is usually torso to leg ratio. A guy like Michael Phelps say would never make a good long distance runner as hes carrying all that upper body mass with small stride lengths. Its important as the athlete grows in height to also have most of that be legs. Kevin Durant for instance is 6'10 but has massively long legs and is about 240lbs. He's probably not that slow if you put him in an 800 against Lebron. Lebron is 250lbs and 6'8, so Durant has 2 inches on Lebron plus being 10lbs lighter. Lebrons body type is pretty evenly balanced where Durant has clearly a short torso and gigantic legs. In basketball this doesn't apply as overall height is more important than stride length, but I think generally if you get taller, you'd have to make sure to keep your torso small, or it would be hard to have a future in running. For me I have an even torso to leg ratio, but some guys I know who were faster than me had 36in inseams with much shorter heights like 6'1. We basically have the same leg length but I cary extra 4 inches of weight around the track.
Helluva Runner wrote:
5k-Marathon: 5'4-5'8
800-3000: 5'9-6'1
100-400: 5'10-6'4
Obviously there are a few outliers.
Daniel Komondor holds the 3,000m world record and he is 5’7”
CoBuffs wrote:
Helluva Runner wrote:
5k-Marathon: 5'4-5'8
800-3000: 5'9-6'1
100-400: 5'10-6'4
Obviously there are a few outliers.
Daniel Komondor holds the 3,000m world record and he is 5’7”
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