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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.
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
During 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Berlin 2009 jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt broke his own record in 100 meters race. He ran 100m final race in 9.58s, that gives average speed 10.4384 m/s (23.35mph) (click on the links to convert speed to other units).
The previous world record was held during Olympic Games Beijing 2008 . Usain Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.69s. Average speed in this race was 10.3199 m/s (23.085mph)
100 meters final results:
Usain Bolt 9.58s !!!! New World Record, Tyson Gay 9.71s, Asafa Powell 9.84s
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.
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)
Watching Venus Williams matches, one you can see that she has more powerfull serve struck then any other players. For example, during her last match on Wimbledon Tour (Venus Williams vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (poland)) her average first serve struck speed was over 110 mph (177 km/h, 49.17 m/s) when Agnieszka Radwanska served with the average speed of 95 mph (153 km/h, 42.47 m/s). Williams fastest serve during the match was 122 mph (170 km/h, 54.54 m/s). Radwanska fastest serve – 104 mph (167 km/h, 46.49 m/s).
Venus Williams holds current women record for fastest serve struck in a main draw event. She recorded 130 mph (209.2147 km/h, 58.12 m/s) at the Zurich Open.
Other Venus Williams serve speeds (source: wikipedia.org)
2003 Australian Open quarterfinal – 125 mph (201 km/h), 2007 French Open second round, 2008 Wimbledon final, 2007 US Open first round – 129 mph.[4] At Wimbledon in 2008, her average first serve speed was 115 mph (185 km/h) in the quarterfinal, 116 mph (187 km/h) in the semifinal, and 111 mph (179 km/h) in the final. She also had a higher average serving speed than then World No.1 Roger Federer as well as eventual men’s champion Rafael Nadal.