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World Records Berlin 2009

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Table below lists all new world records set at 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Berlin 2009.

Event Result Who
100 m men 9.58s Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
200 m men 19.19s Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
Hammer Throw Women 77.96m Anita Wlodarczyk (Poland)

Unit Conversions:
100 m in yards = 109.3613
200 m in yards = 218.7227
77.96 m in yards = 85.2581

See also:
Usain Bolt Speed
Length Converter

4x100m relay 37.32

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

This time Usain Bolt with his team did not break world record. The Jamaican team (Steve Mullings, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell) ran 4×100 m men’s sprint relay in 37.32 s.
Current world record was set 37.10 seconds by the Jamaican (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell) team during Olympic Games Beijing 2008.

Usain Bolt results and speeds at Berlin 2009
(follow links in the table to get speed conversion):

Event Time [s] Speed [m/s] Who And When
100m 9.58 10.4384 Usain Bolt, August 16th, 2009
200m 19.19 10.4221 Usain Bolt, August 20th, 2009
4x100m 37.32 10.7181 Jamaican Team, August 22th, 2009

See also:
Usain Bolt Speed

Anita Wlodarczyk 77.96

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Anita Wlodarczyk from Poland set new world record in hammer throw women during Athletic Championship in Berlin 2009. New world record is 77.96 m

77.96 meters conversion

77.96 m is equal to 255.7743 feet, 85.2581 yards (click on the link to get conversion to the other units of length)

Athletic Distances Conversion

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Table below shows typical olympic and championship athletic distances (race and walk) in metric system of measurement (meters and kilometers) and their conversion into imperial and us system of measurement (yards and miles). For example, as you can see, 100 meters (shortest outdor sprint distance) is equal to 0.1 kilometer [km], 109.4 yards [yd] and 0.06 imperial mile [mi]; 400 m in yards is 437.4 yd; Marathon distance in miles is 26.667 etc.

click on the links in the table to get conversion into other units of measurement
Meters Kilometers Yards Miles Info/Sport
100 0.1 109.3613 0.0621  
110 0.11 120.2975 0.0684 Hurdles
200 0.2 218.7227 0.1243  
400 0.4 437.4453 0.2485  
800 0.8 874.8906 0.4971  
1500 1.5 1640.4199 0.9321  
3000 3 3280.8399 1.8641 Steeplechase
5000 5 5468.0665 3.1069  
10,000 10 10,936.1330 6.2137  
20,000 20 21,872.2660 12.4274 Walk
42,915 42.915 46,932.4147 26.6661 Marathon
50,000 50 54,680.6649 31.0686 Walk

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Sport Conversion

4×100 m men’s final. Berlin 2009

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
When and what time 4×100 m final men’s in Berlin 2009
The final 4×100 m men’s race is scheduled for Saturday, 22 August 2009 20:50 (Berlin local time – CEST) [11:50 AM PDT, 2:50 PM EDT]

Today (22 Aug 2009) Usain Bolt will run again. This time, together with other jamaican sprinters, in 4×100 meters relay. Is the jamaican team able to break another world record? Current World Record in 4×100 relay sprint was set by Jamaican team (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell) at Olympic Games Beijing 2008. They ran the relay in 37.10 s. World Championships Record in 4×100 m relay stands at 37.38 as set by American Team (Darvis Patton, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, LeRoy Dixon) in 2007.

Average Speed in 4×100 m sprint relay men’s:
World Record 37.10 seconds. Speed = 400m/37.10s = 10.7817 m/s (click to convert speed)
Athletic Chamionships Record 37.38 seconds. Speed = 400/37.38s = 10.7009 m/s (click to convert speed)

See also:
Usain Bolt Speed

Usain Bolt 19.19

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

He did it again. Next final race and next world record. August 20th, 2009 Usain Bolt ran 200 m in 19.19 at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Berlin 2009. He is genius and amazing sprinter.


I think, after his 100 m final race in Berlin when Bolt broke his own record, everybody was sure that he is able to break the record in 200 m race. The question was: how fast he can run? Now, we got the answer. Usain Bolt ran 200 m in 19.19 and his average speed on this distance was 10.4221 m/s. (Click on the link to get conversion into other units of measurement e.g mph, kmh, yd/s)

See also:
Usain Bolt MPH
Speed Unit Converter

Berlin 2009 200 m men’s final

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
When and what time does 200 m final men’s in Berlin 2009
The final 200 m men’s race is scheduled for Thursday, 20 August 2009 20:35 (Berlin local time – CEST) [11:35 AM PDT, 2:35 PM EDT]

Usain Bolt’s amazing 100m world record shows that he is the fastest man in the world ever. Is he able to break the 200 m world record? Let’s try to predict Bolt’s time in 200m final race in Berlin 2009.

Bolt’s speed and time prediction during the final 200 m race in Berlin 2009
Usain’s Bolt average speed in the winning 100m men’s race was: 100m/9.58s = 10.43841 m/s (23.3501mph). So, if he can run 200 meters with this speed, he can get the time 200m/10.43841m/s = 19.16s !!! (his current world record is 19.30s) but, as we look at previous world records (see table below), average speed on 200m distance is faster then during 100m race, so we can expect even better result.

Beijing 2008
100m 9.69s 10.3199m/s v200/v100=1.00415 Usain Bolt 16 Aug 2008
200m 19.30s 10.3627m/s Usain Bolt 20 Aug 2008
Previous
100m 9.72s 10.2881m/s v200/v100=1.006211 Usain Bolt 31 May 2008 New York
200m 19.32s 10.3520m/s Michael Johnson 1 Aug 1996 Atlanta

See also:
Athletic records Beijing 2008
, Previous athletic records

As we can see, 200m distance speed is about 0.4-0.6% faster then on 100m distance. So, expected Bolt’s speed could vary beetween 10.43 m/s and 10.50 m/s. It gives us amazing times between 19.175s and 19.048s. I, personaly, think that Usain Bolt is able to run 200 m in Berlin in about 19.15s

See also:
Usain Bolt MPH
Usain Bolt 9.58

Usain Bolt 9.58s video

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Just amazing, wonderfull world record. Usain Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds. See it on video.

Usain Bolt speed in this amazing race was :10.4384 m/s (click on the link to get speed conversion to other units: mph,km/h,yd/s,…)

Other info:

Usain Bolt 9.58s, Usain Bolt mph

Usain Bolt Mph

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Today (16.08.2009), during 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Berlin 2009, Usain Bolt will try to break his own world record in 100 m race. The final race is scheduled 21:35 (local time). To the final race have been qualified: Tyson Gay (9.77s 22.8959 mph), Usain Bolt (9.79s 22.8492 mph), Asafa Powell (9.88s 22.6412 mph), Daniel Bailey (9.91s 22.5725 mph), Michael Rodgers (9.94s 22.5045 mph), Richard Thompson (10.01s 22.347 mph), Darvis Patton (10.02s 22.3246 mph). (In the parenthesis: semi-final time and average speed)

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world. His average speed during the fastest 200 m race so far, during Olympic Games Beijing 2008 was 23.1807mph (click on the link to get speed conversion to other units km/h, m/s, yd/s). He ran 200 meters in 19.30 seconds. Usain Bolt is also 100 meters race record holder. He ran this distance in 9.69s (Usain Bolt mph: 23.085). Note, the average speed in 200 meters race is faster then in 100 meters race.


Update.
Usain Bolt broke his own record in 100m.
He ran 100 meters in 9.58s !!!. His average speed was 10.4384 m/s (23.35 mph)

Usain Bolt results and speeds at Berlin 2009
(follow links in the table to get speed conversion):

Event Time [s] Speed [mph] Who And When
100m 9.58 23.35 Usain Bolt, August 16th, 2009
200m 19.19 23.3136 Usain Bolt, August 20th, 2009
4x100m 37.32 23.9757 Jamaican Team, August 22th, 2009

Paul Biedermann Record

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

ROME (Reuters) – Germany’s Paul Biedermann set a world record and beat twice champion Michael Phelps to win the 200 meters freestyle final at the world championships on Tuesday.

Paul Biedermann swam 200 meters one minute and 42 seconds exactly (1:42,00), second-placed Michael Phelps swam 1:43.22 seconds. Previous record on 200 meters distance has been beaten by Michael Phelps during Beijing Olympic 2008 (1:42.96 s)

Conversions:

200 meters = 656.168 feet = 218.7227 yards = 0.1243 mile

Paul Biedermann average speed in 200m freestyle winning race:

1.96 m/s = 7.056 km/h = 2.1435 yd/s = 4.3844 mph

Michael Phelps average speed during 200 m freestyle race during Beijing Olympic 2008:

1.94 m/s = 6.984 km/h = 2.1216 yd/s = 4.3397 mph