What is the Potential 100m World Record?

swooshboy

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Just been thinking about how fast a man could run the 100m in.

Most people state that there has to be a minimum time that a human can take to cover 100m on foot - that a human will never be able to run the 100m in 3 seconds, for example. So perhaps the fastest possible time might be 8.00 seconds, for arguments sake...

However, the counter argument is that if someone runs this minimum time, then surely there would be someone who could run 7.99 seconds?

At what point does this stop?

If you had asked someone in 1995 whether a man could run the 200m in 19.30 seconds, they would have told you it was not possible. However, after Michael Johnson ran 19.32 in Atlanta in 1996, it is probable that someone will come along who can run 0.03 seconds faster.

So is there a real limit?:confused:
 
Micheal Johnson takes relatively shorter strides compared to other sprinters and he accelerates only towards the end.

Sticking strictly with 100 M sprints.... In the Barcelona Olympics Lewis inspite of being in good form failed to qualify from the US national qualifiers for the individual 100 M sprint.

But he ran the last leg of the American 4 x 100 M relay along with Burrell, Marsh and Dennis Mitchell for a World Record of 37.40 seconds. So logically it cuts down to 9.35 for every sprinter on an average but Lewis clocked the fastest among the four and his timing was than 9.35.
 
Nearco said:
Depends on who can take the most drugs without getting caught.
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I wonder when then the first genetically modified athelete will hit the track.
 
vijay said:
Micheal Johnson takes relatively shorter strides compared to other sprinters and he accelerates only towards the end.

Sticking strictly with 100 M sprints.... In the Barcelona Olympics Lewis inspite of being in good form failed to qualify from the US national qualifiers for the individual 100 M sprint.

But he ran the last leg of the American 4 x 100 M relay along with Burrell, Marsh and Dennis Mitchell for a World Record of 37.40 seconds. So logically it cuts down to 9.35 for every sprinter on an average but Lewis clocked the fastest among the four and his timing was than 9.35.
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O course, with the 4x100m, the first runner is the slowest of the 4 because he has to start running from the blocks - the other runners each have the benefit of a running start - have heard somewhere else that Lewis holds the record for the fastest time to cover the 100m. It was during a 4x100m and he ran under 9 seconds I think...could be wrong!
 
swooshboy said:
O course, with the 4x100m, the first runner is the slowest of the 4 because he has to start running from the blocks - the other runners each have the benefit of a running start - have heard somewhere else that Lewis holds the record for the fastest time to cover the 100m. It was during a 4x100m and he ran under 9 seconds I think...could be wrong!
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Take the case of Ben Johnson - the steroids he took increased his reaction time and it exceeded the duration at which a common man can to react to sound. At the Seoul Olympics he had already crossed 6 meters before Lewis and others had barely started of the blocks. In the 90's Burrel, Green, Fredricks, Montgomery, recorded faster reaction time to sound than Big Ben himself but they still managed to survive and clock faster speeds without getting blacklisted.

I dont think the reaction to a gun sound or a whistle is the best technique to judge the fortitude of a sprinter. Carl Lewis during his association with Sri Chinmoy paid special attention to improve his focus, mental strength and practiced abstract thinking that enabled to excel him in various disciplines. But still the reaction time of a clean athlete like Lewis was slow compared to some modern day cronies.
 
Spoony said:
I wonder when then the first genetically modified athelete will hit the track.
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I hope it's a mix with a dog. We could call him 'dog-boy' and tell him to 'fetch' and 'roll-over'. That would be great.
 
I don't think we will se much improvement on the current time. It's getting longer between records now.
Of course there are many factors that have to be taken in to account, not least the altitude it is run at. The higher up you are the less air resistance there is.
On the current tracks, even at the highest altitude i would be surprised to see anyone get below 9.60 seconds, quite possibly ever.
In my life time id be surprised to see anyone go below 9.7s
 
Eventually it just reaches a Plateau...and i think we have seen the fastest it ever will be...someone said they would be suprised if it reached below 9.7 i would be suprised if anyone managed to break it now without the help of drugs etc.
 
Vijay

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