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The record is 44.72 km/h (27.78 mph), measured between meter 60 and meter 80 of the 100 meters sprint at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics by Usain Bolt. [4] [5] (Bolt's average speed over the course of this race was 37.578 km/h or 23.35 mph.) [6] Compared to quadrupedal animals, humans are exceptionally capable of endurance, but incapable of great speed. [7]
Usain St. Leo Bolt was born on 21 August 1986 to parents Wellesley and Jennifer Bolt [10] in Sherwood Content, [17] a small town in Jamaica. Jennifer named her son Usain at the suggestion of her nephew-in-law, who suggested the name as he had a classmate of that name, while Bolt's middle name, St. Leo, was given to him by his aunt. [ 18 ]
The fastest human footspeed on record is 44.7 km/h (12.4 m/s; 27.8 mph), seen during a 100-meter sprint (average speed between the 60th and the 80th meter) by Usain Bolt. [ 86 ] Speed over increasing distance based on world record times
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Usain Bolt surpassed 9.70 seconds in 2008, and 9.60 in 2009. After 2007, South America had the distinction of being the only area from which no athlete had run a sub-10 second 100m, this distinction was however lost in the area's own 100m Final on 28 July 2023 in which the three leading runners all made sub-10 second times. [ 9 ]
Another user predicted that Bolt's former record "might be destroyed before this kid clocks 20," after seeing the impressive sprint. On Saturday, Gout will run in the 200-meter event in Queensland ...
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Average speed of Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt while setting the 100m world record in Berlin on 16 August 2009. 12.42: 44.72: 27.78: 4.14 × 10 −8: Top speed reached by Bolt during the same race. 8–14: 30–50: 18–31: 2.7–4.7 × 10 −8: Typical residential speed limit; top speed of a running cat or dog. 14: 50: 31: 4.7 × 10 −8 ...