Beijing 2008 Men's 4x100m GOLD World RECORD 37.10 (the real video)

[jasonp31]

Let me restate that. The hand-off from Bolt to Asafa was the second best, the 1st-2nd baton flip was the best.  However, Bolt kicked late and the 2nd leg almost ran him over, forcing him to run a LONGER leg then Asafa had to. I still believe Bolt is faster until Asafa proves otherwise. A long stride always looks slower than it really is.

[jasonp31]

Watching the video numerous times, stopping it at the hand-offs over and over, I believe Bolt ran the quickest leg. Obviously what the official times are holds, but from what I see Bolt's leg brought them into WR time, and Asafa held onto it at the end. The reason Asafa's leg was the fastest WITH the baton is because Bolt to Asafa's handoff was BY FAR the best one out of the three. In other words, Asafa had to run the SHORTEST leg of all of them.

[dabstrat]

Race starts at 0:54

[dabstrat]

Race starts at 0:55

[nstrikefromnerfhaven]

Powell ran the last 100m in under 9 seconds.

[blessedbranch]

Boring announcer!!!!!!!!!!!

[shittynappie10]

wen jamaca cross the line the time is 37 seconds flat!

[JerkinaHabit69]

if youve ever noticed if your in track relays seem faster and curves seem shorter its affect in the relay cuz its a jog hand off sprint kindave thing

[1488slav]

if Yohan Blake was in this race, I have a feeling they would've run a sub 37 sec relay

[blessedbranch]

I am happy that Asafa got this opportunity to anchor and performed so well, because prior to this, he performed below expectations and he seemed very down about it. This kind of turn the tides and gave him new inspiration to keep pushing and reminded him of his potential. Big up to Asafa and the Bolt.

[Mrbicepsbrachii]

asafa powell fastest unofficial anchor leg ever 8.70!!

[Marchingfreak123]

lol 1:23 i could see powells gear change

[JohnEricParramone]

hahaha Usain arrives before the last runner only with the inertia of the speed

[sisoiyo]

why is usain bolt the 3rd runner? it makes no sense, not only he is the fastest, but he is the tallest. In my opinion he should have been 2nd or last, but not 3rd!

[iloverampla]

@sisoiyo better dynamic in the curve, maybe...

[kopk888]

@sisoiyo or maybe he runs the curve well?

[smallsizedperson]

@sisoiyo its bcuz he really fast of the turns

[smallsizedperson]

@sisoiyo its bcuz he really fast of the turns

[aeiou99999]

@sisoiyo Certainly conventional coaching wisdom agrees with you.

[paulo0o20]

@sisoiyo i think because the 3 rd its the most important and difficult part of the race.

when i did the 4x100 the fastest guy on my team was too on the 3rd and the coach justified that by saying that was the most important part. srry about my english

[rugbyking32]

@paulo0o20 the 4th leg is for the fastest man

well thats what we do in our races anyway

what country you from

[pittben211]

Dude my 8th grade relay runs the 100 in 40.07. the record at our school is 38.45 ????? this relay has to be faster. Casuse im pretty sure were not that fast lol. we do always take first though. unless we drop it

[imanigga304]

@pittben211 You're an idiot, shut up.

No 8th grade team runs a time like that.

[Tyshaundrea2010]

@pittben211 maybe you mean a 48.45 because no middle school or high school team can ever get a time liike tht an colleges berely can do tht

[phastman1994]

@pittben211 Theres no way grade 8s can run even close to that! Thats world class standard.

[esquimalt1]

@pittben211 impossible you don't know what you're talking about

[EPizits]

@pittben211 Ur not that fast. You're full of shit is what you are.

[classicfe]

god dam last to ppl ffs my god

[xJustinxFrazierx]

lol....I was about to click another video to watch then I saw that last guy come in

[esquimalt1]

WHAT THE FUCK? that's 9.275 for each 100m.

[phastman1994]

@esquimalt1 After the first leg the rest are from a flying start so when they recive the baton there already at 90% of there top speed rather than starting from blocks at 0% and building up speed from there. The splits were,

Carter (10.41)

Frater (9.02)

Bolt (8.96)

Powell (8.71)

[esquimalt1]

@phastman1994 Ahh, thanks for the perfect explanation! :D

[phastman1994]

@esquimalt1 No prob!

[YamzieTheGr81]

Asafa Powell looks like he would've run about a 9.6 or lower in a flat race at that speed.

[oiltruck2222]

@mmball8 the4y dont measure ur foot at the line they measure ur shoulder

[Kylewinch]

too bad Jam sucks at the winter games

[gohkevin97]

Those japanese are gay they hold their hands each other

[andyforthemaster]

such a great stride from 1:23 to 1:33 from asafa powell

[andyforthemaster]

jesus this is a 9 lane track

[gabby30121]

omg....japan almost got no.2....

[jeenzz]

Obviously Asafa Powell runs faster when he is not pushed.

[Cabbagemonkey99]

Wonder what Powells top speed was in this leg and how ir compared to Usains in his WR 100m and 200m top speed. Powell really looked like he was flying here.

[shola69]

Asafa ran 8.7 but remember he had a running start as opposed to a static start in the 100m

[Cabbagemonkey99]

Yeah I know mate - I was just wondering about top end speed as in MPH compared to Usain top end. I read Usain hit something like 27.2 Mph in the 100m record but think that Asafa wouldn't be far off that here. Shame he can't do it when he is actually running against Usain....

[planbsk8r130]

ya in this last leg is strides were long the form was great and he looked really fast he beat bolts time in this bolt got 8.9 and he got 8.6 or 8.7

[badmanjabari]

LMFAO Bolt ran the 3rd leg and still finished before that guy at 1:41

[lalomir2000]

jajjajaaj el gordo bonadeo ! que nostalgia...me acostaba y amanecia con bonadeo ! jajaaj un capo

[smallsizedperson]

asafa powell seemed much faster in that race than most of his individual races.

[Ratchet92]

yeah :o

[shola69]

true. dats Asafa 4 u. He doesnt like pressure. He runs better when there's less competition like he experienced in this race. he needs to work on his mind game n concentration. if Tyson Gay was rite wit him, he def would have capitulated n run a an awful race!

[pyllywaltteri]

@shola69 poise

[DaMaster255]

@smallsizedperson he ran an 8.7, tied with Usain Bolt as the fastest 100m split ever recorded

[Magic6hoe]

@smallsizedperson adrenaline makes u faster

[MrAnimeFreak777]

@smallsizedperson thats cuz hes by himself.

[CallofDutyFilms2]

@smallsizedperson got the hand off,start the race running instead of taking off from starting blocks

[102yoyo]

i think Bolt was still quite a bit faster cos he passed the batton quite late to asafa so he ran a bit of his leg too.

[Toftish92]

new WR this year maybe?

[kanildo]

powell only ever runs well when he has a massive lead like that or the 100m competition he is against is average.

To many times in big races he has not performed and the beijing 100m final is a prime example.

[Bajinjo]

Only the best african slaves reached jamaica,that's why jamaican is the real aryan race

[obese1pandas]

the first jamaican is fat!

[Samrino69]

ahahahahahahahahah watch bolt at 1:36

[zippygunner]

hahaha at the end those two asians were holding hands!!!

what fags.........freaking asians

[drinkdotchyeah]

カス死ね

[StevenJones187]

Usain Bolt has one of the purest strides I've ever seen and honestly, he's the fastest man alive

[JacktheDaniels]

Powell's not bad either... fastest 4 by 1 leg in history, aww yeeaah....

[Handsmf9]

BEASTS!!!

[yuongphoo77]

like how the hell can you run that fast like really.

[yuongphoo77]

at the end of the race after powell comes in first, the other racers cross the line after him and if u look closley you'll see usain bolt it looks like he took 3 or four steps a cross the screen 1:36 . he has a long ass stride but it looks like he's skipping lol.

[chrisenp]

what a margin!!! i alredy knew the other countrys didnt standa chance against the jamaicans!

[jfhghghgh75655]

USAIN PUT OUT SO DID POWELL i liked fraters leg the most he really showed strength and power look at bolt he was behind most runners but not powell powell to quick for bolt lol !

[stridewright89]

Usain Bolt looked like he was chillin on dat third leg...still eatin em up tho...imagine if this dude totally sold out...

[bigfrozy]

did japan finish 4th or 3rd?

[abwmau]

3rd Place

[sade1234567whatever]

who cares. they didnt win

[cdz21031]

i wish the usa would been here to race against them!

[bigfrozy]

haha yeah and they would finish last

[JacktheDaniels]

Hey why is this comment minus, if USA was there it would have been a closer more exciting race instead of just a rout. I'd rather see them get pushed all the way then win by 10+ metres.

[mbcaa67]

c telmen bo !!!

[r0ckma5ta]

rofl your right iamreally9 bolt did come in before lane 8

[iamreally9]

bolt came in b4 the guy in lane 7 lmao

[iamreally9]

my bad lane8

[fahadminhas]

gr8 man