400 meter world record

[quizzelsnatch]

i remember reading that when michael johnson ran the 400 meter world record he ran the last 50 meters in ~3 seconds. Anybody confirm this for me? i can't find it and nobody believes me so i just wnated to find out for sure. thanks.

 

[ManSnake]

Originally posted by: quizzelsnatch
i remember reading that when michael johnson ran the 400 meter world record he ran the last 50 meters in ~3 seconds. Anybody confirm this for me? i can't find it and nobody believes me so i just wnated to find out for sure. thanks.

Not humanly possible. FYI the human world record for 100 meters is 9.77 seconds.
However, you might be able to run 50 meters in 3 seconds if you are a cheetah.

 

[KK]

50m in 3 seconds, not possible

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: quizzelsnatch
i remember reading that when michael johnson ran the 400 meter world record he ran the last 50 meters in ~3 seconds. Anybody confirm this for me? i can't find it and nobody believes me so i just wnated to find out for sure. thanks.

50 meters in 3 seconds = 16.6 meters per second = 60 kph = 37.28mph
50 meters in 4 seconds = 12.5 meters per second = 45 kph = 27.96mph

According to google the fastest running speed record is:
10.35200 (meters per second) = 23.1567645 mph

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap
According to google the fastest running speed record is:
10.35200 (meters per second) = 23.1567645 mph

Found this:

Johnson ran the opening 100 m in 10.12 s, achieved a peak speed of over 40 km/h (25 mph),

here. But that is Wikipedia...so probably incorrect. lol.

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap
According to google the fastest running speed record is:
10.35200 (meters per second) = 23.1567645 mph

Found this:

Johnson ran the opening 100 m in 10.12 s, achieved a peak speed of over 40 km/h (25 mph),

here. But that is Wikipedia...so probably incorrect. lol.

I couldn't find anything on peak speeds, just the record maintained speeds. 100m in 10.12s = 9.88 meters per second. 9.88 (meters per second) = 22.1009306 mph

Even if it's possible to reach a peak of 25mph, there's no way that someone could run for 50 meters at 27 or 37mph.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap
Even if it's possible to reach a peak of 25mph, there's no way that someone could run for 50 meters at 27 or 37mph.

I agree with you completely.

 

[Baked]

Michael Johnson was the dude in Animatrix - World Record.