Bolt Shatters 100-Meter World Record

Discuss the implications of this on the record speed of one TP and the entire UF team

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He must have heard Pryor "ran" a 4.33 40 time and got jealous

by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 17, 2009 12:06 AM EDT reply actions

Had he only gone to an SEC school, he could run the 100 in under 9 seconds.

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by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Aug 17, 2009 12:31 AM EDT reply actions

So Bolt runs 10.4384 meters per second (100meters / 9.58seconds)

I’m sure it’s not that simple, but Pryor would come out to 9.23788 meters / second with a 4.33s 40m run.

I believe this appears more accurate, and furthermore I’m willing to bet Bolt would run over 11 meters / second in 40m.

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by millzners on Aug 17, 2009 10:44 AM EDT reply actions

an error that I'm not going to bother to fix

the 40 is yards not meters. I don’t feel like doing any math right now, so I’m not gonna figure out how many m/s that is, but it is gonna be slower, since yards are shorter than meters. Doesn’t matter anyway, as Pryor is already shown to be slower even with the benefit of the error in your calculation

by The JuggerNitt on Aug 17, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions

You can tell how bored I am when I'm willing to actually do math

Pryor allegedly ran 40 yards in 4.33 seconds so:

40 yds = 36.576 meters, the 36.576m/4.33s = 8.45 m/s

So I’m guessing if Bolt runs 100 meters in 9.58s, he could probably run 40 yards in less than 8.45s (although it does take time to get up to speed, but I’m guessing Bolt accelerates pretty quickly)

If I made some error, please correct me, as I really do suck at math.

by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 17, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions

the mistakes aren't really in the math

but either in your interpretation, or perhaps just a typo.

you either mean:

So I’m guessing if Bolt runs 100 meters ~~in 9.58 s~~ at 10.44 m/s, he could probably run 40 yards ~~in less~~ at more than 8.45 s m/s

So I’m guessing if Bolt runs 100 meters in 9.58s, he could probably run 40 yards in less than ~~8.45s~~ 4.33s

by The JuggerNitt on Aug 18, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Figures, I get the math right, but the phrasing not so much

Yes, I meant the first one.

by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 18, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Wonder what the record would be if Meyer was timing it?

by WPIALkid22 on Aug 17, 2009 1:01 PM EDT reply actions

Second Coming of Bob Hayes?

Come play football, Usain! What I like about this race is that it damages the claim that Usain was only winning his races in the last 40m. He had and held his lead from mid-race onwards (it was an impressive performance by Gay to keep up). It’s now more likely that his ‘slow start’ was just an artifact of the Beijing race. He could be the fastest person in the world over 60m as well, but until he races Devon Smith who knows.

Guy has a sportsmanship problem though. He totally ignored Gay when Gay was shaking hands and wishing everyone good luck before the race.

by gumbercules on Aug 17, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions