Bob Hayes vs. Usain Bolt

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Bob Hayes calculated time= 9.46
Usain Bolt Perfect time= 9.36
Usain Bolt best time= 9.58
Bob Hayes best time=10.00 (with cinder track)
people ran 2.91% faster on the tracks we use now compared to cinder

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• Usain
• Bolt
• 100M
• Bob
• Hayes
• 100
• yard
• dash
• sprint
• Fastest
• human
• being
• ever
• IAAF
• Championships
• 1964
• Olympics
• Spi

[yusufu9]

very interesting. thanks for putting this up. bolt is a freak of nature, so on the bio-engineering side of things, i think he is likely to have the advantage with those long strides. but bullet bob's leg pistons were amazing, so it surely would have been an interesting race, under shared modern conditions.

[oneputtsteven]

Very good young man. I'm glad people of your generation are learning about Bob Hayes. I 100% agree, the Bob Hayes would beat Usain Bolt, given equal conditions, but it would be a great race.

[Bellinghamspence]

Good job young un, Cinder tracks were slllooowww, plus you had a bunch of old cranky men at the finish line with stop watches.

[BrianDWalker3445]

Great video kid. U know ur shit.

[MacSweenz]

Interesting, but I think your 0.1 second deductions for equipment and spikes are very rough, and dont hold up when you're talking about sport science...

[quadbravo]

@TeeCee6565 I am not sure that holds true for the Olympics in 1964. I think the clocks had a synchronized start and only the finish was initially hand clicked. So if I am right, and I think I am, the .24 sec addition would not apply here because the timers did not start their own watches and therefore would not have the sound delay. Even so, it is well understood that if you at a distance from the gun you should start on the smoke.

[TeeCee6565]

One factor you missed is that Bob Hayes was hand timed and Usain Bolt's race was using FAT (fully automated timing). To compare a hand time to FAT in the 100 and 200 you have to add .24 seconds (timers reaction time) compared to FAT, which is connected to the starters pistol.

[efisgpr]

Interesting, but I think you should've deducted the 0.1, 0.1, and 0.05 BEFORE calculating the final result of 2.91% faster. It would make more sense to put an overall percentage decrease in time at the end of your calculation rather than the beginning. I can explain it more if you send me a message on here. Also, 9.709 is 2.9972% faster than 10.00, so it really depends on which direction you calculate it. (Just as 10.00 is 9.1% faster than 11.00 even though 11.00 is 10% slower than 10.00)

[efisgpr]

@tititata45 very impressive......now, what is 2.91% of 10.00?

Answer: 0.291........which exactly what he used.

So, what was the point of your comment?

[Pilotdab1]

Try comparing Bob Hayes final leg of the 1964 Olympic 4x100m to Bolts leg of his Olympic 4x100. Many times people will run faster as part of a team because of the greater motivation. Calculate their avg speed, top speed and split speed. Then compare to their respective 100M races. These numbers will help give you more insight to the true capability of Bob Hayes.

[tititata45]

2.91% = 0.0291 !