Will a human ever break the 9.5 seconds barrier for the 100 metres sprint?When will it happen?
2006-07-17 09:50:32 · 6 answers · asked by wolfmettle 3 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
This is how the world record progression looks like:
10.6 - Don Lippincott (USA) - 1912
10.4 - Charlie Paddock (USA) - 1921
10.3 - Percy Williams (CAN) - 1930
10.2 - Jesse Owens (USA) - 1936
10.1 - Willie Williams (USA) - 1956
10.0 - Armin Hary (FRG) - 1960
9.9 - Jim Hines (USA) - 1968
9.95 - Jim Hines (USA) - 1968
9.93 - Calvin Smith (USA) - 1983
9.92 - Carl Lewis (USA) - 1988
9.90 - Leroy Burrell (USA) - 1991
9.86 - Carl Lewis (USA) - 1991
9.85 - Leroy Burrell (USA) - 1994
9.84 - Donovan Bailey (CAN) - 1996
9.79 - Maurice Greene (USA) - 1999
9.77 - Asafa Powell (JAM) - 2005
Looking at this progression we still have to wait another 50 years!
2006-07-17 10:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by kasiuleczek 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
People think that the world record is 9.77 seconds pureley because it has been achieved on the World Athletics Stage but people may break it in training! It has been said that in Australia they tested Cathy Freeman's (ex-Austalian sprinter and 100m gold medalist) younger brother who is an Aboriginal and he got under 10 seconds without training showing that a genetical argument seems to prove 9.5 seconds will be beaten!
2006-07-19 12:24:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to this study, the answer is yes. They claim that by 2040, the WR will be approximately 9.49. But I probably won't live to see it.
2006-07-17 17:57:15 · answer #3 · answered by chairman_of_the_bored_04 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my personal best is 10.92 an im 14
2006-07-17 16:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes,if peter crouch took it up!!!!!
2006-07-17 17:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been done that!
2006-07-17 16:52:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋