what is the fastest recorded human speed?

Question

sprinting speed, as if picked up on radar.

Answer 1

(m)

As of June 2000, the fastest running human is Michael Johnson, the American track and field star who on August 1, 1996 set the world record of running 200 meters in 19.32 seconds. Johnson, by doing this, won an Olympic title in Atlanta, Georgia and broke the longest standing field record of the time; Pietro Mennea's 1979 record of 19.72 seconds. Johnson's record can be calculated to equal 10.35 m/s or 37.267 km/h. Johnson's events also include the 400 meter run which he ran in 43.18 seconds ranking him number one in the world in 1999. This broke the 11-year old record of American Butch Reynolds (43.29s). In this category, Johnson was undefeated throughout his career with forty four consecutive victories. An interesting fact to know is that in the animal kingdom Michael Johnson would be considered relatively slow; the cheetah, one of the world's fastest land animals, can sustain a top speed of about 30 m/s or 100 km/h -- three times the speed Michael Johnson can achieve.

Answer 2

Fastest Human Speed

Answer 3

There's a popular misconception that Michael Johnson's 200 meter dash WR at the '92 Atlanta Olympics recorded the FASTEST sprint speed ever attained. That's not true, but what is true is that his AVERAGE speed over the distance is the best ever recorded and is superior to the average speed of even the 9.77 WR held by Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin.

However....The fastest running speed ever recorded is held by Ben Johnson (Canada) and Carl Lewis (USA) who both reached a peak speed of 0.83 seconds over 10 m (43.37 km/h or 26.9 mph) during the 1988 Olympic Games 100-m final in Seoul. And since Ben's performance was aided by steroids, it's invalid. This gives Lewis the fastest recorded human speed record holder.

Now, before others start complaining, let me say that others MAY be faster, but they've yet to be recorded or analyzed.

Answer 4

Michael Johnson would be considered relatively slow; the cheetah, one of the world's fastest land animals, can sustain a top speed of about 30 m/s or 100 km/h -- three times the speed Michael Johnson can achieve.

So what your saying is a human would get run down and eatten by a cheetah.that sucks

Answer 5

I think that, talking about the speed, not the avg. speed, Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin should be faster than MJ.

Answer 6

It happened a couple years ago. They put a donut in front of Rosie O'Donnell's face. They clocked her doing almost 30 m.p.h.

Answer 7

27.28 MPH by Usain Bolt

Answer 8

i think it is 9.72s(100m sprint)