Originally Posted by
Capuchin
100/9.77 = 10.235 m/s
200/19.32 = 10.351 m/s
So according to your data, yes Johnson ran at a faster average speed.
This could be due to many reasons: Track conditions? Wind speed and direction?
You can't compare the results directly without all of the information.
Thanks for your reply Capuchin.
I was already aware that Johnson ran the faster race, another way would be to halve his time of 19.32secs to work out his average time for each 100m... 9.66secs.
But is there a way of taking the bend (a disadvantage), and his flying start over the second 100 (an advantage), into consideration, forgetting about wind speed/direction and track conditions as both were within the legal requirements?
One other factor to consider would be are 200m runners able to run flat out throughout the entire race? Im not sure. Off the top off my head I cannot think of anything else to take into account, I don't even know if Im making any sense!
One argument for Johnson would be none of the top 100m runners over the years have come close to his 19.32secs, I think the next best time is 19.65secs although I may be wrong on this.