Which women's track event would be the easiest for a biological man to make?

*make the Olympics...smh

probably hurdles

For anyone who has paid any attention to the sport over the past 15 years, the answer is the 800 meters.

well, look at the medalists in the 2016 olympics. all were biological males.

My HS' team anecdotally agrees with that completely - we typically have around 4 sub 2 each year, but only one-ish in the equivalent 1500/1600/mile. Not counting the 3k steeple because it takes practice, though I think a 9:20 3200 athlete could run it easily (the barriers are very low for a normal height male).

Obviously almost none would make the 5k, let alone 10k or 'thon.

It's the 800 for running events as mentioned. Throwing a 4kg shot put makes any man feel like Crouser.

Yep, the 100 hurdles specifically, a dude of average height (5’10”) and slightly above average speed (say 11.5 100m speed) could own the 100 hurdles. I think that would be even easier than running under 2:00 for the 800.

For me it would be javelin throws probably. The fastest a woman is throwing a baseball is ~80mph. I'm pretty close to that being relatively untrained.

It's not the same thing as throwing a baseball but it's an okay comparison.

It is definitely the 800m. As others have mentioned, just look at the success xxy/dsd athletes have had in the 800 the past 15 years. It is also the event where the women's world records is the furthest away from the men's world record percentage wise.

I have a theory that women do not handle lactic acid as well as men do. I have seen this in running and in other sports like rowing an cycling. The events that are 90 seconds to 8 minutes always have a bigger gap in performance between men and woman. I would love to actually be able to research this in some way but I am not a scientist and have no way of proving it. So for now its all Anecdotal.

The answer is the heptathlon. The average athletic guy can be close to elite in every women's event, making them an elite heptathlete.

As others have said already, it's without a doubt the 800. There are high school boys who fail to make it out of CIF-SS prelims in the 800 that would be medal contenders in a female 800m global final. Not sure why, but there must be some physiological reason that accounts for it being relatively weaker, maybe related to the energy systems breakdown (they run for longer, so they have to rely more on their aerobic system?)

If you told me I would die in 1 year if I couldn't at least make an womens olympic team I'd pick I would pick the 800m every time. The 5k takes so much practice, and that mile fitness isn't a slump either. I remember running 4:20 junior year hs and by senior that pace felt like a sprint, couldn't imagine doing it at this age now.

if 4:20 felt like a sprint, you aren't running 1:57 in the 800m

A 5-10 guy is probably too tall for 100mH. He is likely to overstride between hurdles. JCQ is 5-8, and she is probably the tallest elite athlete in 100mH.