Who is the fastest runner in the world?
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The fastest recorded instantaneous velocity achieved by a human was supposedly by Donovan Bailey, who set the World Record in the 100 m (9.84 s). He was clocked at 12.1 m/s, although this figure is perhaps a bit rough (recorded by a radar gun). Accurate data was taken at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, where the top speeds of both Maurice Greene and Bailey were recorded at 11.87 m/s (although neither set records in the race -- Greene ran 9.86 s to Bailey's 9.91 s). Bailey was also clocked at 11.91 m/s in the 4 x 100 m relay final at the same championship. They include wind factor in these calculations.\n\nOtherwise : Asafa Powell 9.77s (1.6 positive wind) 14/06/05 then again in 11/06/06 & 18/08/06.\n\nI personaly prefer this one: Paul Tergat from Kenya running a marathon in 2:04:55 on the 28/09/2003 in Berlin....now, that's fast !!\n\nIf you're interested in other distances, check out the below link.
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Thomas Dobney, a 15-year-old from England,\n\nPlease read the link below it is interest since the Guiness Book of world records retired that category since a 7 year was killed tring to break the record.
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Fastest goal from kickoff: Hakan Şükür, 11 seconds, Turkey vs South Korea, 2002
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2:09:58\n\nA Brazilian runner, is the winner of the 2006 New York City Marathon, with a time of 2 hours 9 minutes 58 seconds. \n\nTop Men 2006 (Finish)\n1. M. Gomes dos Santos (BRA) 2:09:58\n2. Stephen Kiogora (KEN) 2:10:06\n3. Paul Tergat (KEN) 2:10:10\n\nHope this helps :)
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alexander popov(russia)...21.64\ninge de bruijn(netherlands)...24.13\nthese are long course meters times, but world records exist for every type of pool.
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Olympic runner, he set a new world record in the 1960 Olympics at 2:16:2 and then, in 1964 in Tokyo, he broke his own record by more than four minutes at 2:12:11, though still recovering from an appendix operation.\n\n\nThe movie about Abebe Bikila The film is about the great Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe  \nBikila. Bikila won the 1960 Rome Olympic gold in record time,  \nrunning barefoot. This was the first gold medal ever won by   \nan African. He was in a severe car crash in Ethiopia,  \nwhich left him a paraplegic and with a big depression. \nHe was invited to "Beitostølen Helth Sport Center" in 1971, \nwere he competed in a dog race, and did great.
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Ask and ye shall receive!\n\nTen Fastest 100 Meter Times\n\nDonovan\n Bailey\n CAN\n 9,84\n 96/07/26\n Atlanta\n OG \nLeroy\n Burrell\n USA\n 9,85\n 94/07/06\n Lausanne\n  \nCarl\n Lewis\n USA\n 9,86\n 91/08/25\n Tokyo\n WC\n \nFrank\n Fredericks\n NAM\n 9,86\n 96/07/03\n Lausanne\n  \nLinford\n Christie\n GBR\n 9,87\n 93/08/15\n Stuttgart\n WC\n \nAto\n Boldon\n TRI\n 9,89\n 97/05/10\n Modesto\n  \nMaurice\n Green\n USA\n 9,90\n 97/06/13\n Indianapolis\n  \nDennis\n Mitchell\n USA\n 9,91\n 96/09/07\n Milan\n  \nAndre\n Cason\n USA\n 9,92\n 93/08/15\n Stuttgart\n WC\n \nTim\n Montgomery\n USA\n 9,92\n 97/06/13\n Indianapolis
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Popov has the record, around 21.6 seconds I believe\n\nfor future reference.. its:\n\nAlex Popov\nMichael Phelps\nIan Thorpe
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Some Greek guy who was faster than all the other Greek guys in the race...
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first and youngest player to reach 2000 points the fastest.
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for the fastest fifty its mohammah yousaf and for the fastest 100 its (shaihid khan afridi)in 39 balls
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Time of Race: 03:05:27
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Dennis Rommedahl from Charlton is de fastest. its a proven fact. dont ask me how i know. i just know.
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Men\nAsafa Powell  JAM set a world record 9.77 in the men's 100 meters  11.06.2006 Gateshead Norwich Union British Grand Prix  \n\nWomen\nSherone SIMPSON    JAM\n10.87\n14.07.2006 Roma Golden Gala  ITA
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Very difficult to break it down to one single event so, I'll give you my top 10 in order of peference:\n\n10.  Edwin Moses, who won gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record  four times.\n\n9. Javier Sotomayor, who is the only man to exceed 8 foot in the (8'-½ in,2.45 meters ) in the High Jump, when  he set the world record on July 23, 1993 in Salamanca, Spain.\n\n8. Carl Lewis, matching Jesse Owens mark of 4 gold medals in a single Olympiad, the '84 Los Angeles Games.\n\n7. Carl Lewis, matching Al Oerter's feat of winning 4 gold medals for the same event in 4 consecutive Olympiads, when he won the long jump in the '96 Atlanta Games, matching his efforts in '84, '88 and '92.\n\n6. Michael Johnson winning both the 200m and 400m races in a single Olympics, during the 1996 Atlanta Games.  He easily captured the 400m Olympic title with a time of 43.49 beating Roger Black of Great Britain by almost one second. At the 200m final, Johnson achieved a peak speed of over 40 km/h (25 mph), and finished the race in 19.32 shattering the world record by a third of a second.\n\n5.  Al Oerter became the first track and field athlete to win consecutive gold medals for the same event over the period of FOUR Olympiads. Oerter, won the Discus thow at the '56, '60, '64 & '68 Olmpics.\n\n4. Jim Thorpe's perfomance at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Along with the decathlon and pentathlon, Thorpe contested the long jump and high jump as well, but his first event scheduled was the pentathlon. Thorpe was the class of the field, winning four events. He placed only third in the javelin, an event he had never done before 1912. \n\nThe same day he won the pentathlon gold, Thorpe qualified for the high-jump final. In that final, he placed fourth, and took seventh place in the long jump. Thorpe's final event was the decathlon, where tough competition from local favorite Hugo Wieslander was expected. But Wieslander was no match for Thorpe either, finishing some 700 points behind. Thorpe placed in the top four of all ten events.\n\n3. Jessie Owens. But not for winning the 4 Olympic Gold Medals in the 36' Games, but for an extraordinary day that took place a year earlier. In a span of 45 minutes on May 25, 1935 at the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Owns tied the record for the 100 yard dash, set world records in the long jump, 220 yard dash, and 220 yard low hurdles. With the 220 times bettering the records for 200 meter equivalents, Owns set or tied SIX World record in less thane ONE hour.\n\n2. On May 6, 1954 during a meet between British AAA and Oxford University, Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute barrier;  with a time of 3 min 59.4. \n\n1. Bob Beamon's World record jump at the 1968 Mexico City Olymipic Games. Although Beamon was a favorite, his jump was completely unexpected.  From 1935 to 1968, the long jump world record had increased only 8.25" from 26' 8'-1/2 to 27' 4-3/4. With a single jump, Beamon added nearly 22" to the record in a single day.
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The race was the 1500m . \nThe runner was Tanzanian Filbert Bayi who won the race, Walker got second by 0.3s.\nBoth runners went below the world record time.
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The fastest Century in One Day International was scored by Mr. Shahid Afridi of Pakistan.\n\nIn the K.C.A. Centenary Tournament played at Gymkhana Ground, Nairobi against Sri Lanka on 04.10.1996, he scored 102 runs in 37 Balls with the help of 11 sixers and 6 fours. Pakistan won that match by 82 runs.\n\nSahid Afridi was Man of the Match.