Pos...Lane...Name...Ctry...Time...Stat...Reaction Time
1 7 Usain Bolt JAM 9.63 (OR) 0.165
2 5 Yohan Blake JAM 9.75 (=PB) 0.179
3 6 Justin Gatlin USA 9.79 (PB) 0.178
4 4 Tyson Gay USA 9.80 (SB) 0.145
5 8 Ryan Bailey USA 9.88 (=PB) 0.176
6 9 Churandy Martina NED 9.94 . 0.139
7 2 Richard Thompson TRI 9.98 . 0.160
8 3 Asafa Powell JAM 11.99 . 0.155
If you watched the Olympic final then you witnessed what was the second fastest time in history, just 5 one hundredth's slower than Bolt's world record time of 9.58 seconds.
These are the ten fastest times ever. As you can see, only Bolt and Gay have broken the 9.7 second barrier.
9.58 0.9 Usain Bolt Berlin 16/08/2009
9.63 1.5 Usain Bolt London (OS) 05/08/2012
9.69 0.0 Usain Bolt Beijing (National Stadium) 16/08/2008
9.69 2.0 Tyson Gay Shanghai 20/09/2009
9.71 0.9 Tyson Gay Berlin 16/08/2009
9.72 1.7 Usain Bolt New York City, NY 31/05/2008
9.72 0.2 Asafa Powell Lausanne 02/09/2008
9.74 1.7 Asafa Powell Rieti 09/09/2007
9.75 1.1 Yohan Blake Kingston (NS), JAM 29/06/2012
9.75 1.5 Yohan Blake London (OS) 05/08/2012
What the numbers possibly dont show so clearly is just how fast Bolt is and how unusual these times are. Here is a graph of the top 20 times in the mens 100 metres...
Of the 20 fastest times, Bolt has ran eight. His Olympic record of 9.63 and his world record of 9.58 are way ahead of anything else. It seems likely that unless Bolt tries to break the record again in 2016, the new Olympic record of 9.63 seconds is going to last a very long time indeed.
Bolt really bolted from the blocks and blew away the American hopes. Its un believeable that some one can reach such speeds and continue for such a long time
ReplyDeleteThe only person who could've beaten him was himself. Bolt is the world record holder and nobody has ever matched his time, not even Yohan Blake, who beat him twice at the Jamaican Trials in June. He only had to deal with himself to win the gold medal...
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