Splitting World Records???

The fastest 100m probably also encompasses the 97m WR, the 97.5m WR and the 99.99999m WR. Just like the 10k WR probably encompasses the 9980m WR, etc. No one cares to keep track of how fast a real world record compared to an obselete distance "world record." The fact that they are running world records in real events is an accomplishment enough.

Um....but what about 50m and 60m in a 100m? If you were the 60m WR holder, could you be sure that no-one had split faster in 100m? This was my point, not 99m or 9999m.

Also, suppose a 3:42 Mile splits 3:25 for 1500m today. Is that the new 1500m WR?

Just curious.

do they keep track of who the 60m WR holder is? pretty sure there isn't an official WR for that. where does one run a 60m race?

the only race where an intermediate split is often taken (and could be used for record purposes) is a 1500m enroute to a mile.

those longer records like hour WR and stuff also often have intermediate splits taken for record purposes like 20K or something. but those are obviously lightly contested.

The 60m indoor world record is 6.39 by Maurice Greene although Bruny Surin went through 60m outdoors at 6.38 at the 1999 world champs (where Greene proceeded to run him down in 9.80)

chuck d wrote:

do they keep track of who the 60m WR holder is? pretty sure there isn't an official WR for that. where does one run a 60m race?

Come on, Chuck.

well, you can't run a 60m outdoors and have it count as an indoor record. i'm just confused about what this guy is asking. the records our sport keeps are not simply 'who has ever run this distance the fastest under any conditions.' there are certain conditions that have to be met.

OK, let me rephrase:

What is the fastest 60m or 50m ever run, under any circumstances?

Same with 8km.

probably the downhill 50m with a running start.

getting a definitive answer to this one is going to be a bit difficult.

This

http://myweb.lmu.edu/jmureika/track/splits/

might help. It is 10 meter splits for some majorly fast races. I think Malmo posted it some time ago.

All-time men's indoors best 60m

1 6.39 Maurice Greene USA 23.07.74 1 Madrid 03.02.1998

1 6.39 Maurice Greene USA 23.07.74 1s1 Atlanta 03.03.2001

3 6.40 Maurice Greene USA 23.07.74 1s1 Atlanta 27.02.1999

4 6.41 Andre Cason USA 20.01.69 1 Madrid 14.02.1992

4 6.41 Maurice Greene USA 23.07.74 1rA Stuttgart 01.02.1998

6 6.42 Maurice Greene USA 23.07.74 1 Maebashi 07.03.1999

7 6.43 Maurice Greene USA 23.07.74 1h3 Stuttgart 01.02.1998

7 6.43 Tim Harden USA 27.01.74 2 Maebashi 07.03.1999

9 6.44 Tim Harden USA 27.01.74 1 Atlanta 27.02.1999

9 6.44 Tim Harden USA 27.01.74 1 Lisboa 11.03.2001

11 6.45 Andre Cason USA 20.01.69 1 Ghent 29.01.1992

11 6.45 Bruny Surin CAN 12.07.67 1 Liévin 13.02.1993

11 6.45 Maurice Greene USA 23.07.74 1 Boston 07.02.1999

11 6.45A Leonard Myles-Mills GHA 09.05.73 1 Air Force Academy 20.02.1999

11 6.45 Maurice Greene USA 23.07.74 1s2 Maebashi 07.03.1999

11 6.45 Maurice Greene USA 23.07.74 1 New York City 04.02.2000

11 6.45A Terrence Trammell USA 23.11.78 1 Pocatello 17.02.2001

11 6.45 Justin Gatlin USA 10.02.82 1 Boston 01.03.2003

11 6.45 Ronald Pognon FRA 16.11.82 1 Karlsruhe 13.02.2005

20 6.46 Andre Cason USA 20.01.69 1 Stuttgart 02.02.1992

20 6.46 Bruny Surin CAN 12.07.67 1 Barcelona 10.03.1995

20 6.46 Jon Drummond USA 09.09.68 2rA Stuttgart 01.02.1998

20 6.46 Maurice Greene USA 23.07.74 1 New York City 13.02.1998

20 6.46 Maurice Greene USA 23.07.74 1 Lawrence 29.01.1999

20 6.46A Marcus Brunson USA 24.04.78 1 Flagstaff 30.01.1999

20 6.46 Jon Drummond USA 09.09.68 1s2 Atlanta 27.02.1999

20 6.46 Jason Gardener GBR 18.09.75 3 Maebashi 07.03.1999

20 6.46A Jon Drummond USA 09.09.68 1 Pocatello 19.02.2000

20 6.46 Jon Drummond USA 09.09.68 1 Atlanta 04.03.2000

20 6.46 Tim Montgomery USA 28.01.75 2 Lisboa 11.03.2001

20 6.46 Terrence Trammell USA 23.11.78 1 Fayetteville 15.02.2003

20 6.46 Justin Gatlin USA 10.02.82 1 Birmingham 14.03.2003

20 6.46 Jason Gardener GBR 18.09.75 1 Karlsruhe 15.02.2004

20 6.46 Leonard Scott USA 19.01.80 1 Liévin 26.02.2005

I think it would probably be around 10 feet. I can't imagine someone spitting further.

Ben Johnson ran 6.33 through 60m en route to his later DQed 9.79.

Of course, many many athletes have run faster than that if you take into account, say, the middle 60m of a 100m race. But we won't get into that.

you might want to check guinness about that. i know the WR for spitting a dead cricket is over 30 feet.

the 8k world record on the road is apparently 22:03 by peter githuka at crazy 8's in 2001.

bekele went through the 8,000m mark in 21:08.94 during his 10k wr (http://www.zlatatretra.cz/online2004/re0180040.html).

lol

This is getting ridiculous...

OBVIOUSLY the fastest 60m time ever run was not in a 60m race, and the same goes for the 100m. The start is a major component of the race in both cases.

The chinese woman who set the 10k world record broke the 5k record (unofficially) en-route.

What were the splits for the 1st 100 and 2nd 100 in MJ's world record 200?

Pegasus 2005 wrote:

What were the splits for the 1st 100 and 2nd 100 in MJ's world record 200?

10.12 and 9.20.