Bolt vs Bekele in a 600m

Ok to elaborate on how Bekele would win by 5+ seconds. . . 1:17 or so for Bekele (51,26) and 1:22 for Bolt (50,32) sounds about right to me.

For a guy who runs the 100 as fast as Bolt, 600 is a long, long way to go. His 200 is obviously extremely good but the fact that it is not nearly as impressive as his 100 and that he can probably do a 400 in about low 44 shows that he would really struggle in a 600. A long sprinter like Wariner would kill Bekele in a 600; Wariner probably could break the world record in the 6 (1:12). But for a guy with almost no slow twitch fibers like Bolt 600 is a long way to go.

HAHAHAHHAHA, see below post ya idiot. i really hope thats a joke. as i know several short sprinters that have done indoor training 600m and ran 1:22-1:24, im glad you think my buddies can beat usain bolt in a 600m. hahhaa. i do agree though bekele would be about 1:17, bolt would be about 1:14. your post suggests you know nothing about track and field.

I nominate the above for SPD. Stupid Post of the Day.

Wow,

Again this is the dumbest post ever, you can see retarded bias of letsrun coming through.

1) to the guy who said "name me one sub 10 runner that runs under 155" are you a simpleton?? why on earth would a guy running sub 10 or even 10.1-10.3 ever attempt an 800??? im sure if you groomed a sub 10 guy to run an 800 he would be under EASY. I run 10.9 and I ran 2:01 in some stupid time trial off 100m training.

2) to the poster who said bekele would run under 1:15 and win easily. 2 things wrong with this you joker. if bekele could run 1:14 in a 600 I would guess he would be close to the 800m world record. think about it, thats 24, 25, 25, dont think he could close in 28-30 with his areboc capacity. duhhh

3) why do people keep saying bolt is a 100m runner, ps. he also holds the 200m record and with 6 months training could probably come close to the 400m. if you honestly think a world class 400m guy would get beat by a 5k or even 3k world record holder you need to get your head checked

4) THIS IS THE FINAL EXAMPLE. In oregon a year ago nick symonds raced (forgot his name but 45. in the 400m) a 400m runner over 600m . they tied (actually 400m guy won by 1/100) bolt is way faster then this guy in the 400m which would mean that bekele would at very least have to be faster then nick symmonds in an 800m, which he is not even close, so there ya go!!!! CASE CLOSED.

BOLT BY A LONG SHOT

You would have to be nuts to think KB could beat the world's fastest sprinter in a sprint. I am sure KB would kuckle at the thought and then say...no way.

Bekele would win easy.

600m is closer to sprint than distance and Bolt will be the future 400m record holder. It would be fun to see bekele turning over as fast as he can with bolt right on his tail striding like a gazelle and then the last 100m bolt just blows by bekele. I would pay money to see this and then smack most of the posters on this thread.

Hi, Usain here. Listen, after 400 I get tired. Bekele would beat me. I hope this helps in settling your little debate. I would take him down in a 580 though.

Bolt cannot jog 50. To say Bolt can jog 50 means you don't understand how sprint training works. He would be crawling by the finish. We're not talking about them changing they're current methods. We're talking about now. And now bekele would win.

ponytayne wrote: He's also run 3:33 indoors,

When did he do that?

600's are events dominated by 400 and 800 guys. the world records for 500m (soft) and 600m are here:

500 m 1:00.08 # Donato Sabia (ITA) 26 May 1984 Busto Arsizio

600 m 1:12.81 # Johnny Gray (USA) 24 May 1986 Santa Monica

Bekele's definitely not an 800m guy. I give this easily to Bolt. But that's the upper limit on him. at 700m, Bekele pulls well ahead.

moco grad wrote:

Ok to elaborate on how Bekele would win by 5+ seconds. . . 1:17 or so for Bekele (51,26) and 1:22 for Bolt (50,32) sounds about right to me.

For a guy who runs the 100 as fast as Bolt, 600 is a long, long way to go. His 200 is obviously extremely good but the fact that it is not nearly as impressive as his 100 and that he can probably do a 400 in about low 44 shows that he would really struggle in a 600. A long sprinter like Wariner would kill Bekele in a 600; Wariner probably could break the world record in the 6 (1:12). But for a guy with almost no slow twitch fibers like Bolt 600 is a long way to go.

whoa. 50, 32 for bolt? 32??? 32??? are you insane?

idiot.

I don\'t know if this helps get to a conclusion but in his 1K WR, Noah Ngeny came through 600 in 1:16.xx. It seems to me that Bekele could at least hang with him for that long if he ran all out. I know Ngeny is the second fastest ever at the mile but Bekele must be a 3:48 guy. I dont know if 1:16 could beat Bolt but it seems close.

I don\'t know if this helps get to a conclusion but in his 1K WR, Noah Ngeny came through 600 in 1:16.xx. It seems to me that Bekele could at least hang with him for that long if he ran all out. I know Ngeny is the second fastest ever at the mile but Bekele must be a 3:48 guy. I dont know if 1:16 could beat Bolt but it seems close.

Dummy-O wrote:

Bolt cannot jog 50. To say Bolt can jog 50 means you don't understand how sprint training works. He would be crawling by the finish.

He wouldn't be jogging it; it'd be a fast interval pace stride for him. I'm not trying to say he'd be fresh or anything at 400m, but he's not going to be collapsing. We do understand how sprint training works you don't seem to understand that Bolt is a legitimate 400m guy. This is not playing favorites, this is playing the facts.

There would be probably be more people saying bolt would beat bekele had bolt stayed a top notch 200 guy that was aiming toward the 400m like he was known for before. Soon as you mention sprinting and 100m in this crowd, all the distance geeks pull out their stereotypes and just refuse to look carefully at the individual (bolt) and the distance (600m) and just picture some roided up muscular 100m gym rat.

'1) to the guy who said "name me one sub 10 runner that runs under 155" are you a simpleton?? why on earth would a guy running sub 10 or even 10.1-10.3 ever attempt an 800??? im sure if you groomed a sub 10 guy to run an 800 he would be under EASY. I run 10.9 and I ran 2:01 in some stupid time trial off 100m training.'

You are not sure because its never been done. Anything else is just speculation. Even if the sub 10 guy did break 1:55 he's not gonna make the sub 1:50 pace reauired here

Anyway as this seems to have moved up to 800m I can't see Bolt winning. Forget about your after 6 months training we are talking about now.

Bekele has run 3:32 for 1500m. The slowest he is going to run 800m in is 1:48. Unlike you I have statistics to back this up. Name one sub 3:32 guy who cannot run under 1:49

You don't seem to understand the difference between a sprinter or middle distance runner. Take Bolt as your example. If its so easy to maintain pace for a sprinter how come he can't cruise through 200 in 21.5 another 21.5 & wow a world record - not 45.5 he is running this year

"why on earth would a guy running sub 10 or even 10.1-10.3 ever attempt an 800???" Well you've set yourself up here. Seb Coe's 100m pb was 10.9 like yours. But he's still second on the record books for 800m. So why does the 10.2/3 guy not step up to the 800m and go from being an also-ran to a world record holder - because he's a sprinter and not a middle distance runner.

Still 600m is an imbetween distance. If its run right now I have Bekele edging it. If Johnson had run it at his best I would have him as the winner down to the additional 2 second cushion over 400 and the fact that Bolt is a 100/200m runner and Johnson a 200/400 specialist

Here's an interesting one

Michael Blackwood Jamacia (44.60 400m guy) World Indoor Champs 800m

1 6 276 Dmitriy Bogdanov RUS 1:48.38 Q .

2 2 40 Fabiano Peçanha BRA 1:49.03 Q (PB)

3 4 299 Abdoulaye Wagne SEN 1:49.07 q (PB)

4 5 311 Jozef Repcìk SVK 1:49.15 q .

5 3 184 Michael Blackwood JAM 1:52.69

I know other 400m guys have stepped up a lot more succesfully but it just shows its not that easy, and this for a 400m specialist

Well said!Bekele for mine. And Bolt is far unlikely to get the 400 m record.

You have no idea what you talking about.

Example #4 is so backwards I dont even no where to begin.

Example #1 Carl Lewis tried, ran 2:02 in comepetion.

"he also holds the 200m record and with 6 months training could probably come close to the 400m"

Are you kidding? Come close? what is that? 43.5? Bolt will not break the 400m record, ever.

Bekele by over a second.

ps: Im not a distance runner

I think the distance fans have started to retreat a bit trying to change the conversation to 800m.