PJ Vazel posted these excerpts on twitter. It always surprises me how much jogging (and relatively little weightlifting) sprinters seemed to do in the past (Borzov seemed to do some cross country running as did Tommie Smith and the other Bud Winter sprinters)
Wow 10.0. That is really fast, I wonder if it was electronic.
Mikeh33 wrote:
Wow 10.0. That is really fast, I wonder if it was electronic.
FAT times were available for longer than 1960, but the times weren't reported in 1/100ths unitl later.
In 1960 the average difference between the FAT and manual times for the men's 100 meters was 0.15 seconds, ranging from -0.05 to 0.26 seconds.[15] In the men's 200 meters, the average difference was 0.13 seconds, and in the men's 400 meters the average difference was 0.14 seconds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_automatic_timeIn 1960 the average difference between the FAT and manual times for the men's 100 meters was 0.15 seconds, ranging from -0.05 to 0.26 seconds.[15] In the men's 200 meters, the average difference was 0.13 seconds, and in the men's 400 meters the average difference was 0.14 seconds.
In 1964, although manual timing was also used at the Olympics, the official times were measured with a FAT system but were given the appearance of hand times. For example, Bob Hayes won the 100 meters in a FAT time of 10.06 seconds, which was converted to an official time of 10.0 seconds: the FAT systems in 1964 and 1968 had a built-in 0.05 second delay, meaning Hayes' FAT time was measured as 10.01 seconds, which was rounded to 10.0 seconds for official purposes (despite the fact that officials with stopwatches had timed Hayes at 9.9 seconds). The currently understood time of 10.06 has been determined by adding the 0.05 seconds delay back in.[16]
The same adjustment has been made to the 1968 Olympics FAT times; Jim Hines' winning time for the 100 meters was measured as 9.89 seconds, which was subsequently adjusted to 9.95 seconds.
So maybe.
Hary was the best of his time.
heywoodja wrote:
Mikeh33 wrote:
Wow 10.0. That is really fast, I wonder if it was electronic.
FAT times were available for longer than 1960, but the times weren't reported in 1/100ths unitl later.
In 1960 the average difference between the FAT and manual times for the men's 100 meters was 0.15 seconds, ranging from -0.05 to 0.26 seconds.[15] In the men's 200 meters, the average difference was 0.13 seconds, and in the men's 400 meters the average difference was 0.14 seconds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_automatic_timeIn 1960 the average difference between the FAT and manual times for the men's 100 meters was 0.15 seconds, ranging from -0.05 to 0.26 seconds.[15] In the men's 200 meters, the average difference was 0.13 seconds, and in the men's 400 meters the average difference was 0.14 seconds.
In 1964, although manual timing was also used at the Olympics, the official times were measured with a FAT system but were given the appearance of hand times. For example, Bob Hayes won the 100 meters in a FAT time of 10.06 seconds, which was converted to an official time of 10.0 seconds: the FAT systems in 1964 and 1968 had a built-in 0.05 second delay, meaning Hayes' FAT time was measured as 10.01 seconds, which was rounded to 10.0 seconds for official purposes (despite the fact that officials with stopwatches had timed Hayes at 9.9 seconds). The currently understood time of 10.06 has been determined by adding the 0.05 seconds delay back in.[16]
The same adjustment has been made to the 1968 Olympics FAT times; Jim Hines' winning time for the 100 meters was measured as 9.89 seconds, which was subsequently adjusted to 9.95 seconds.
So maybe.
Hary was the best of his time.
It doesn't make sense that the hand-time would be more accurate for 200m than for 400m.
Great stuff I never knew, thanks!
Hey thanks!
Flo'da boy wrote:
It always surprises me how much jogging (and relatively little weightlifting) sprinters seemed to do in the past (
Looks to me like he jogged a warmup to the building and then went through a long program of reflex-focused calisthenics. It makes sense to do that before lifting heavy.
Those starts had surprisingly little arm action.
Lydiard discusses sprint training in his books. He has scheduled for them which includes jogging (less mileage) and even some cross country running