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Will it be possible to run the 100 metres race in one second?
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Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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All this talk about sub 9 seconds is ridiculous. Bolt's WR could stand for years. After all what incentive is there for him to break it and there is no guarantee that he is going to be fit enough to do it.
Jesse Owens ran 10.3 in 1936, with basic running shoes, no starting blocks and on a cinder track. It took until 1968 for Jim Hines to break the 10.0 barrier and 44 years on Yohan Blake runs 9.75 on one of the fastest surfaces in the world. Thats just over 2/10 of a second in nearly half a century.
Given all the developments of today and transported forward 76 years, Jesse Owens would be running as quick as the top guys today.
IMHO, somewhere between 9.25 and 9.40 is as fast as a human is ever going to achieve.( and its going to be a long long time in the future ! )
Jesse Owens ran 10.3 in 1936, with basic running shoes, no starting blocks and on a cinder track. It took until 1968 for Jim Hines to break the 10.0 barrier and 44 years on Yohan Blake runs 9.75 on one of the fastest surfaces in the world. Thats just over 2/10 of a second in nearly half a century.
Given all the developments of today and transported forward 76 years, Jesse Owens would be running as quick as the top guys today.
IMHO, somewhere between 9.25 and 9.40 is as fast as a human is ever going to achieve.( and its going to be a long long time in the future ! )
not sure about your maths there old chap. I make it 1500 mph.I appreciate the estimation, but 100m in 1 second is naturally averaging 100m/s. Let's assume constant acceleration so maximum speed 200m/s at the finish line, which is 450mph - less than the speed of sound
I need to get out more...
misterspatch
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Did they not say 10 seconds would never be broken. Sub 9 seconds will happen, 1 second will do as well but both will take time and a lot of drugs
BRIGHT ON Q
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- Jul 5, 2003
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The rest of the field came in together and it seems around 9.8 is about as fast as they can do.Bolt is an exception but he gave it his all and never broke his record.i know he never had the best of starts but like someone above says,his record could stand for years.I would be surprised if it gets below 9.5 in my lifetime but it will never get below 9 seconds.
This. Definitely this.
I wonder if a boy will ever be born, that can swim faster than a shark.
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R. Slicker
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- Jan 1, 2009
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You are Mad Mike Parry and I claim my £5.
Bwian
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- Jul 14, 2003
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I make it 223.2 mph.
regardless, 1500 mph or 223 mph, it will never happen for any animal-man included. Unless we become like some of the species on Star Trek.
Safeway
M0DERAT0R
Ridiculous thread (in a good way). 
Surely 100m in one second, from a stationary start, is faster than the speed of light?
Surely 100m in one second, from a stationary start, is faster than the speed of light?
Ridiculous thread (in a good way).
Surely 100m in one second, from a stationary start, is faster than the speed of light?
The speed is 100m/s. The speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s. Even the speed of sound is 340m/s.
SeagullSongs
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Ridiculous thread (in a good way).
Surely 100m in one second, from a stationary start, is faster than the speed of light?
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
200 meters per second * 3600 seconds in an hour is 720,000 meters per hour.
720,000 meters per hour/1600 meters per mile = 450 miles per hour.
Good shout, unlikely..... but more probable than a man running the 100 Metres in 1 second.
Safeway
M0DERAT0R
I wonder if a shark will ever be born that can talk.
skipper734
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The mathematical genius that is Jnr. Skipper is now sitting next to me. After thumping my calculator and sighing a lot, he looked it up on Google, which says 232.something.
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
The mathematical genius that is Jnr. Skipper is now sitting next to me. After thumping my calculator and sighing a lot, he looked it up on Google, which says 232.something.
And apparently it's 1609.3 metres in a mile, learn something new every day.
Brightonfan1983
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This was an interesting radio programme discussing just this question - BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Beyond Bolt: The Human Limits.
It might be knocking around the internet somewhere if you look. There were no definitive answers but interesting to hear how boffins work things like that out.
It might be knocking around the internet somewhere if you look. There were no definitive answers but interesting to hear how boffins work things like that out.