The winner of the 100 meter dash at the Olympics (or now the World Championships) is traditionally hailed as "The World's Fastest Man." He beat everyone who showed up, in this case including the world record holder, so the title is his.
The winner of the 100 meter dash at the Olympics (or now the World Championships) is traditionally hailed as "The World's Fastest Man." He beat everyone who showed up, in this case including the world record holder, so the title is his.
FYI, Gay has at least two clockings- 9.84 and 9.85- that are superior to Powell's 9.77 when adjusted for wind.
He is the fastest active sprinter. Maurice Greene being the fastest in history.
Coach D wrote:
Rionegert wrote:He's probably the fastest gay guy since Carl Lewis.
Tyson has a son--and not adopted--so draw your own conclusions. However, you can say:
The fastest man in the world is Gay.
I am certainly not saying that Tyson Gay is, but are you suggesting that if a man fathers a child, that it is impossible for him to be gay? That is absurd! I know a man who has TWO sons and he is as gay as they come.
Even though the person who wins the 100m is always hailed as the fastest person in the world, I'd say the person who wins the 200m usually is, only because of the structure of the race. But are they are literally running faster/reaching higher speeds at one point or is it just they cover the middle 100 metres faster?
track chick wrote:
Even though the person who wins the 100m is always hailed as the fastest person in the world, I'd say the person who wins the 200m usually is, only because of the structure of the race. But are they are literally running faster/reaching higher speeds at one point or is it just they cover the middle 100 metres faster?
The fastest 100 meter runner reaches a higher speed than the fastest 200 meter runner.
Powell has run 9.77 three times with winds of 1.6, 1.5, and 1.0. He remains the only man to have run under 9.80 three times (with legal wind). He also went sub-10 12 times in '06.
Remember, he beat Gay in the race where he ran his third 9.77. Gay ran 9.84. Imagine running 9.84 and losing anyway.
Now that's damn impressive.
It's just too bad for Powell that he wasn't as dominant this year. Injuries? Training a bit off? Who knows.
track chick wrote:
Even though the person who wins the 100m is always hailed as the fastest person in the world, I'd say the person who wins the 200m usually is, only because of the structure of the race. But are they are literally running faster/reaching higher speeds at one point or is it just they cover the middle 100 metres faster?
Talk about ignorant.
In track meets the 200 is an afterthought. The 100m is were it's at.
For a good 200m runner, their average speed is faster for their 200m than their 100m; the 200m is unique as avaerage speed drops as the event distance increases in all track events except from the 100m to the 200m.
For example, Tyson Gay has PBs of 9.84 and 19.62, and thus has a higher average velocity in the 200m, while he has a higher instantaneous speed (usually taken in 10m increments) in the 100m. Traditionally, the fastest instantaneous speed measurements have been taken about 60m into the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay.
i just read the top couple but with the 100 although i have no problem calling him the fastest in the world i think there may just be someone out there. especially in the u.s. track is what like the 10th most popular sport? the majority of our top athletes play football basketball and baseball. just sayin theres a chance we lost a better sprinter to another sport
Oh Boy wrote:
Talk about ignorant.
In track meets the 200 is an afterthought. The 100m is were it's at.
What's that got to do with anything? We're talking about speed, not popularity.
don't people reach faster velocities in the 200 though.
Such as in a world record run, aren't the splits usually something like 9.9-9.4 or 10.0 9.3, that type of thing.
Neither the 100 or 200 winners are determined by the top speed the runner reaches, so I'm not sure what the point of this exercise is. I would be interested to know which human can reach the highest top speed. That would make for a great Olympic event. It could be run one guy at a time, indoors. The best strategy would probably be to start from a standing position, speed up gradually like a long jumper for about 50 meters, and then go about 50 meters all-out.
As for the faster guy in the bush somewhere. Good chance that there is more "talent" somewhere, as Gould suggests, but that's worlds apart from being faster.
yay wrote:
don't people reach faster velocities in the 200 though.
Such as in a world record run, aren't the splits usually something like 9.9-9.4 or 10.0 9.3, that type of thing.
As was stated earlier, a good 200m will have a higher average speed over the entire 200m than in his/her 100m.
BUT -- they won't attain a higher velocity (measured in pure m/s) in a 200m than in a 100m (MJ might be the exception). Usually the fastest split recorded for top 100m sprinters is 0.84s/10m, or 11.9m/s or 26.6mph.