1964 Bob Hayes

Then world record of 10.0 seconds, considered by some to be the fastest human ever

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[TheMrMonkee]

@use2slam2 he borrowed the spikes too. He just went out with no excuses

[Boassful]

@puljacina Bob HAYES, 8"5 in the CINDER'S!!!

[use2slam2]

10.05 lane 1(loose dirt)lane had to be racked before start let off on last 2 strides if not even on this DIRT track he would've been under 10.0sec and he was just 21 yrs old in this race and he ran track as a "side sport" after football season

[lucasboy46]

you cooking on another planet?

[TheEctomorph]

@use2slam2 'Sick' is not the word that i would have chosen to describe Mr Hayes' performance in the 4 x 100 metres relay final at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964.

[TheEctomorph]

@HurricaneBradshaw I am a Brit, and (like most of my fellow 'limeys') I am dead ignorant about American football ... but I will take your word for it that Michael Irvin is better at that sport than Bob Hayes ever was.

That said, Bob Hayes was WAY better at athletics than Michael Irvin.

[TheEctomorph]

@oznapoli You are right when you say that Bob Hayes was a great sprinter (obviously). But you are way off the mark when you say that he was 26 years of age when he became the Olympic 100 metres sprint champion in November 1964. In actual fact, he was five years younger than that.

As far as I know, the only sprinter under 21 years of age to have won the 100 metres sprint title at the Olympic Games was Bobby Joe Morrow, in 1956. He was 20 years of age at the time.

[TheEctomorph]

@joshuadelapenha That may be a bit of an exaggeration, given that even the remarkable Usain Bolt (surely at least the equal of Bob Hayes in terms of natural sprinting talent) has a personal best of 9.58 seconds.

Having said that, I do believe that, had Hayes been born in 1982 - not 1942 - he would have run the 100 metres in 9.70 seconds (or maybe slightly faster).

"Bullet" Bob was a phenomenal sprinter, by any standards. God rest his soul.

[TheEctomorph]

@nassah2010 I bet he wasn't! In my view, Bob Hayes was the most naturally talented sprinter that has ever lived (with one notable exception: the remarkable Caribbean sprinter, Usain Bolt).

If it were possible to transport Mr Bolt back in time to the year 1964, and get him to compete against Mr Hayes in a 100 metres sprint, I think that the 6 foot 5" Jamaican would win ... but I cannot be certain.

What one can be certain of is that "Bullet" Bob Hayes was a phenomenal sprinter, in his prime

[use2slam2]

you know when you watch this there is no doubt in my mind, even on this shit track that he would have run under 10.0 if he didn't ease up on his last 2 strides !