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How Fast Can Humans Run?
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How Fast Can Humans Run?
By: Vonley Hund P.2
Author: Thought Co.com
Date: 04-16-2018
Summary
Summary
Humans can reach some pretty insane speeds, but that doesn't mean we are the fastest. Short distance and long distance are both very different, but are both just different types of running. In short distance it uses more power and momentum. While long distance has to do with oxygen intake and stride. They are both very different and have different people in them that are the best. But humans are one of the slower species in the world.
Structure
Non- Fiction structure
The article had compare and contrast and also description throughout the article. It had compare and contrast because it showed the differences and similarities in both short distance and long distance. And it also showed description by describing running, in what makes an elite athlete, to how to run as a sprinter or long distance runner.
Main Points
Main Points
- In physical activity running and walking are very different from each other.
- The elite sprinters use low amount of energy for every foot that they run.
- The fastest of the long distance runners are the ones that have good plantar pressure and oxygen intake.
- In comparison to animals humans are still considerably slower.
- The possible speed of runner is influenced by their biomechanics.
Facts
- The fastest of elite runners are typically young men.
- The fastest people in marathons are men aged from 25 to 29.
- Those men have an average speed between 558 and 577 feet per minute.
- Runners increase speed and change positions more frequently at the end of the race.
- The fastest animal on record is the cheetah, which can run up to 70 mph. Even Usain Bolt can only attain a fraction of that.
- Recent research on the most elite runners has led sports medicine expert Peter Weyand and his team to suggest that the upper limit might reach 35–40 mph.
- The fastest three male sprinters in the world today are Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell.
- The fastest three female sprinters are Florence Griffith Joyner, Carmelita Jeter and Marion Jones, who are all American.
- The three fastest male marathon runners are, according to Runners World, Dennis Kimetto of Kenya, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and Elud Kipchoge of Kenya.
- The three fastest female marathon runners are Paula Radcliffe of England, Mary Keitany of Kenya and Tirunesh Dibaba of Kenya.
Facts
World Records
Statistics
Long-Distance World Records
Long- Distance
- 1000 Meters- 2:11.96
- Noah NGENY Rieti
- 05 SEP 1999
- 1500 Meters- 3:26.00
- Hicham EL GUERROUJ Roma (Stadio Olimpico)
- 14 JUL 1998
- One Mile- 3:43.13
- Hicham EL GUERROUJ Roma (Stadio Olimpico)
- 07 JUL 1999
- 2000 Meters- 4:44.79
- Hicham EL GUERROUJ Berlin (Olympiastadion)
- 07 SEP 1999
- 3000 Meters- 7:20.67
- Daniel KOMEN Rieti
- 01 SEP 1996
- 5000 Meters- 12:37.35
- Kenenisa BEKELE Hengelo (Blankers-Koen Stadion)
- 31 MAY 2004
- 10,000 Meters- 26:17.53
- Kenenisa BEKELE Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion)
- 26 AUG 2005
- 10 Kilometers- 26:44
- Leonard Patrick KOMON Utrecht
- 26 SEP 2010
- 20,000 Meters- 56:26.0
- Haile GEBRSELASSIE Ostrava
- 27 JUN 2007
- One Hour- 21.285
- Haile GEBRSELASSIE Ostrava
- 27 JUN 2007
Continued
- Half Marathon- 58:23
- Zersenay TADESE Lisboa
- 21 MAR 2010
- 25,000 Meters- 1:12:25.4
- Moses Cheruiyot MOSOP Eugene, OR
- 03 JUN 2011
- 30,000 Meters- 1:26:47.4
- Moses Cheruiyot MOSOP Eugene (Hayward Field), OR
- 03 JUN 2011
- Marathon- 2:02:57
- Dennis Kipruto KIMETTO Berlin
- 28 SEP 2014
- 100 Kilometers- 6:13:33
- Takahiro SUNADA Tokoro
- 21 JUN 1998
- 3000 Metres Steeplechase- 7:53.63
- Saif Saaeed SHAHEEN Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion)
- 03 SEP 2004
Continued
Continued
- 20,000 Metres Race Walk- 1:17:25.6
- Bernardo SEGURA Bergen (Fana)
- 07 MAY 1994
- 20 Kilometres Race Walk- 1:16:36
- Yusuke SUZUKI Nomi, JPN
- 15 MAR 2015
- 30,000 Metres Race Walk- 2:01:44.1
- Maurizio DAMILANO Cuneo
- 03 OCT 1992
- 50,000 Metres Race Walk- 3:35:27.2
- Yohann DINIZ Reims
- 12 MAR 2011
- 50 Kilometres Race Walk- 3:32:33
- Yohann DINIZ Zürich (Letzigrund)
- 15 AUG 2014
Short-Distance World Records
Short-Distance
- 100 meters-9.58
- (Usain BOLT) Berlin (Olympiastadion)
- August 16th 2009
- 200 Metres - 19.19
- (Usain BOLT) Berlin (Olympia stadion)
- August 20th 2009
- 400 Metres- 43.03
- (Wayde VAN NIEKERK) Rio de Janeiro (Estádio Olímpico)
- August 14th 2016
- 800 Metres 1:40.91
- (David RUDISHA) London (Olympic Stadium)
- August 9th 2012
- 110 Metres Hurdles- 12.80
- Aries MERRITT Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion)
- September 7th 2012
- 400 Metres Hurdles- 46.78
- Kevin YOUNG Barcelona (Estadio Olímpico)
- August 6th 1992
Relay World Records
Relays
- 4x100 Meters Relay- 36.84
- (JAMAICA) London (Olympic Stadium)
- August 11th 2012
- 4x200 Meters Relay- 1:18.63
- (JAMAICA) Nassau (T. Robinson Stadium)
- May 24th 2014
- 4x400 Meters Relay- 2:54.29
- (UNITED STATES) Stuttgart (Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion)
- August 22nd 1993
- 4x800 Meters Relay- 7:02.43
- (KENYA) Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion)
- August 25th 2006
- 4x1500 Meters Relay- 14:22.22
- (KENYA) Nassau (T. Robinson Stadium)
- May 25th 2014
- Road Relay- 1:57.06
- (KENYA) Chiba
- November 23rd 2005
- Distance Medley Relay- 9:15.50
- (UNITED STATES) Nassau (T. Robinson Stadium)
- May 3rd 2015
- https://newsela.com/read/lib-how-fast-humans-run/id/41894
- https://www.iaaf.org/records/by-category/world-records
- https://www.runtothefinish.com/28-interesting-running-facts/
Citations
Bye
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