19.32

Cois · 08-20-2008, 01:55 AM

With people saying that Usain Bolt has a chance break Michael Johnson's record of 19.32 for the 200M I though it was time to remember just how impressive 19.32 for 200 meters is.

That works out to 9.66 for each 100 meters, or faster than anyone's ever done the 100 meters, including Usain Bolt, and Michael Johnson did this over twice the distance and through a turn. After taking 10.12 seconds for the first hundred he blazed the next hundred in 9.2 seconds.

Usain took it easy while setting his mark of 9.69 in the 100 but he is going to have to work to get close to 19.32, his personal best in the 200 so far is 19.67.

The most incredible part of Johnson's record is that it was set in 1996. Race records seem to fall every year, this one has lasted 12. I still don't see it falling yet but I'd love to see Usain take a shot at it.

YouTube - 1996 Olympics 200m

Toqui · 08-20-2008, 02:03 AM

You are a fucking idiot. After the 100th meter he's already at full speed so obviously the last 100 meters are faster than a regular 100 mts race in which the sprinter starts from zero speed..
It's not that people don't realize how impressive the record is. It's retards like you that don't understand the difference between the events.

FAIL

JSN · 08-20-2008, 02:09 AM

whoa

Crono7 · 08-20-2008, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toqui

You are a fucking idiot. After the 100th meter he's already at full speed so obviously the last 100 meters are faster than a regular 100 mts race in which the sprinter starts from zero speed..
It's not that people don't realize how impressive the record is. It's retards like you that don't understand the difference between the events.

FAIL

I read about this

after about the 70 meter mark(i think its 70, i can be wrong), athletes are at top speed,

they can only get slower, and they do, (again its a slow deceleration)

thats why what ben johnson did is so incredible

you would expect the 200 meter time to be lower then the 100 meter time doubled

Neu! · 08-20-2008, 02:22 AM

when is the 200m final?

Hagler · 08-20-2008, 02:37 AM

Johnson's PB before the 19.32 was like 19.66, pretty similar to Bolt's 19.67.

Of course it is unlikely to see a WR today, but Bolt is something special, obviously. We'll see if he actually runs until the end or if he starts showboating after 150m.