19.05.2013
We present to you the top 10 The fastest people on earth who have achieved enormous success solely due to their efforts and muscles. Without the use of any mechanical devices.
No. 10. Patrick Makau, Kenya
Distance: marathon Age: 28 years
Representatives from Africa and Kenya in particular will often appear on this list. Patrick Makau is actually the world's toughest runner, who managed to set a marathon record of 42,195 meters. He completed the Berlin Marathon in 2011 in 2 hours 3 meters 38 seconds.
No. 9. Moses Mosop, Kenya
Distance: 25,000 m, 30,000 m Age: 27 years
Record holder for near-marathon distances: 25 km and 30 km. In addition, he repeatedly participated in the marathon, for example, he became a champion at the Chicago Marathon and at the 2009 World Championship cross-country championships. And this is the ninth place among fastest people in the world.
No. 8. Zersenay Tadese, Eritrea
Distance: half marathon, 20,000 m highway Age: 31 years
Favorite distance – half marathon, no joke, five-time champion peace on her. His record: 58 m 23 s. In addition, the athlete received the first (and so far only) Olympic medal in the history of Eritrea in 2004 at a distance of 10 km.
No. 7. Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia
Distance: 20,000 m, hour run Age: 39 years
Double Olympic champion(1996 and 2000 games at 10,000 m) and multiple champion world at distances of 3 km, 5 km and 10 km became a real standard of track and field athlete. In 2007, he set 2 world records during the World Championships in the Czech Republic: 20 km in 56 m 26 s and 21 km 285 m in an hour. At his age, he does not leave sports, but combines it with business and the role of ambassador goodwill UN.
No. 6. Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia
Distance: 5,000 m, 10,000 m Age: 31 years
Repeated world champion (2003-2009), three-time Olympic champion (Athens and Beijing), twice world record holder at a distance of 5 km and 10 km (12 m37 s and 26 m17 s, respectively). And it all started with a school, which was (don’t be surprised) 10 km from home and to which he ran. Bravo, Kenenis!
No. 5. Hisham El Guerrouj, Morocco
Distance: 1,500 m, 1 mile, 2,000 m Age: 38 years
In fifth place, among fastest people in the world, multiple world champion at distances of 1,500 m (3 m26 s), 3,000 m, 1 mile (3 m43 s) and 5,000 m, the best athlete in the world (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003), two-time Olympic champion of Athens. Who knows, perhaps if not for injuries he would have continued his career as a runner, but today he works for the International Olympic Committee.
No. 4. Noah Ngeni, Kenya
Distance: 1,000 m Age: 34 years
Until now, no one has managed to break that Kenyan’s record at a distance of 1 km (for 14 years, by the way). In 2000 in Sydney he won an Olympic gold medal at a distance of 1,500 m. However, since 2006 he has not continued sports career, but it's a pity. The record for 1,000 meters is 2 m12 s.
No. 3. David Rudisha, Kenya
Distance: 800 m Age: 24 years
Olympic champion in 2012 and world record holder in the 800 meters of the same year - only 1.40.91 m. The athlete’s youth allows us to expect further victories and records from him.
No. 2. Michael Johnson, USA
Distance: 400 m Age: 45 years
Yes, finally an athlete not from Africa. Repeated Olympic champion (in 1992, 1996, 2000) at distances of 200 and 400 m (43.18 s). In the 90s of the last century, he was an incomparable runner; no one was able to compete with him on equal terms. In addition, he developed his own running style - body back, legs forward.
No. 1. Usain Bolt, Jamaica
Distance: 100,200 m Age: 26 years
Most fast man in the world, a young and already famous runner at distances of 100 m and 200 m, moreover, a record holder for the first distance. It took him only 9.58 seconds to complete the 100 meters – a previously unheard-of result. Justified 6 gold Olympic medals Beijing and London.
Human nature can be easily expressed in one word - self-improvement. Since ancient times, people have tested their strength in an attempt to achieve maximum results. This manifested itself in various areas, but the truly inhuman efforts in sports were especially noticeable. The fastest man in the world runs 13 meters in one second. Incredible numbers, unbroken record.
The traditional speed test is the usual 100-meter dash., which many ran through in school while passing the standards. But when they run along a path a hundred meters long professional athletes, it truly becomes an art because in just a matter of seconds people show incredible physical fitness.
It is known that similar races took place during Antiquity. But no data on how fast athletes ancient world ran the required distance no. So it is impossible to say with certainty who exactly was the fastest runner in the world. International competitions had not yet been held, and even in domestic races it was impossible to set a record time for one simple reason - the time was not recorded.
Back then, the only thing that mattered was who came first. Running competitions were held on uneven, dusty, rocky surfaces. Athletes wore uncomfortable shoes that literally wore out their feet, and it happened that bloody footprints followed runners along the track. Therefore, we can assume that a modern athlete, even an amateur, will be faster than an ancient runner. The reason will be not only best conditions, but also physical parameters. Nowadays man is taller, stronger and more resilient than several thousand years ago.
Time passed, and finally suitable conditions were created for professional runners. A speed record was set in 1912. Donald Lippicnott covered the track in 10.6 seconds. From that time on, the real competition began. Every year, someone breaks a split second to become the new fastest person on the planet. A world record was set at the 1936 Olympics, just 4 tenths of a second shy of Lippicnott's record. But they could not beat him for 20 years.
Currently, Usain Bolt is considered the fastest man. He received the nickname "Lightning" for his record, which has not yet been surpassed. It took him a long time to achieve this record., which proves the presence of numerous achievements.
And of course, the same record that finally cemented the name of the Jamaican runner. It is 9.58 seconds at a distance of one hundred meters. This figure appeared in 2009 and is still considered the maximum human running speed.
Already in childhood, Usain was a lively and active child. His parents channeled his hyperactivity in the right direction - athletics. Apart from this, he also loved to play cricket. It is thanks to this game that his name is now known throughout the world - Usain’s physical characteristics were noticed by an athletics coach, who advised the boy to play sports intensively.
Since then, he has taken prizes in all competitions in which he took part. He took gold at the Olympics in Beijing, London, and Rio de Janeiro. From 2009 to 2015, he won 12 gold medals at the world championships in the 100 and 200 meters. Its performance is also impressive. During his entire sports career, Usain Bolt ran a distance of 100 meters in less than 10 seconds 45 times. In 2009, at the championship in Berlin, where he set a record, on some sections of the route the athlete’s speed was 45 km/h. You can compare this to the maximum speed of animals.
An ordinary person can accelerate to 30 km/h with good physical training. Usain Bolt surpassed this figure and could almost catch up with the hare.
After a series of victories and world recognition as the best athlete Some experts are interested in the bolt. According to calculations, since 1968, track and field athletes have improved their performance by 0.02 seconds. Usain showed a result 1 second above the norm. This was explained in different ways - both by genetic characteristics (slaves from West Africa were brought to his homeland, who differed in sprinting) and a special muscle structure. Some simply said Bolt was lucky.
Now the record holder continues to perform, training daily at the stadium in Kingston. In addition, he opened his own restaurant.
Being one of the most highly paid athletes in the world, Usain took 45th place in Forbes list in 2014, earning $23 million. There is hardly anyone who will take away the title of the fastest man on earth from the Jamaican record holder.
Speaking of the human running speed record, we also need to take into account the records that were set by women. It is known that the weaker and stronger sex are called for a reason. The male sex is superior to the female sex physical characteristics. This would make any competition where a guy and a girl would run on equal terms unfair. Therefore, separate competitions are held for women and men.
For the first time, recording time at competitions of the fair half of humanity began in Prague in 1922, ten years after Lippicnott’s record. Czechoslovakian athlete Maria Meizlikova ran the 100-meter dash in 13 and a half seconds. A few months later, her record was broken - Mary Lines ran the same distance in 12.8 seconds.
And then the racing began in the truest sense of the word. As soon as it was installed new record, someone was already preparing to beat him - the record holders changed almost every year. Marlize Olsner crossed the line in 11 seconds - 10.88 seconds per hundred meters made the participant from the GDR a new record holder. After 11 years, a record was set that has not yet been broken. In 1988, American Florence Janeer ran the cherished hundred meters in 10.49 seconds.
But one day there will be those who will break the records of Usain Bolt and Florence Janer. But today they are the fastest people on the planet, whose incredible successes will always be remembered.
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The 100-meter race is one of the most popular and prestigious competitions in the world. the world is easy athletics since 1896. If a runner completes it in 10 seconds, he is a world-class sprinter. And if the time is even less, it means that this athlete is among the 10 fastest people in the world, the difference between which is measured literally in milliseconds, and when measuring the results, even such a criterion as tailwind speed is taken into account.
10 fastest sprinters on the planet
The Canadian athlete was among the fastest men at the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain, where he broke the ten-second barrier to win a silver medal. In 2009, Surin became the new Canadian record holder in the 50-meter race (40 to 45 year old group), running this distance in 6.15 seconds.
Currently Surin is not part of the world big sport, he heads a production company sports nutrition and also released a clothing line, which he simply called Surin.
Now Donovan Bailey has been taking a break from the world of big-time sports for a long time, but in 1996, during the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, he crossed the finish line, spending only 9.84 seconds. And he became the first Canadian athlete to be included in the list of the fastest runners in the world.
The young Jamaican athlete broke the ten-second barrier for the first time at the age of 28, and by the end of the year he had done it seven more times. On June 4, 2011, in Eugene, Oregon, he ran the 100-meter dash. 9.80 seconds, having earned himself a place in the top ten among the fastest people on the planet.
American athlete Justin Gatlin, an Olympic champion, is currently in seventh place among people capable of developing the maximum speed available to a person. In 2012, at the Olympic Games in England, he repeated Green's achievement ( 9.79 seconds) and received a bronze medal.
Four-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion Maurice Green specialized in sprinting and set the world speed record on June 16, 1999 in Athens, Greece. He ran a hundred meters in 9.79 seconds.
Another Jamaican runner has entered the ranking of the fastest people on Earth, completing the 100-meter race in just 9.78 seconds. Nesta also boasts world records in the 4x100 meter relay (2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China), in the 2011 World Athletics Championships and, a year later, in the London Olympics.
Asafa held the world championship in running speed for three years - from June 2005 to May 2008 and to this day remains one of the fastest people in human history. Asafa won his title by running a hundred meters in 9.72 seconds at the Athletics Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2008.
By October 2012, he had successfully broken the ten-second barrier in the 100m dash a whopping 88 times, more than any other runner.
The second number in the top 10 speed list is (more precisely, running) an athlete nicknamed “The Beast”. Does it match his inner world– unknown, but he really runs very fast. Blake raced to the finish line in 9.69 seconds at the championship in Lausanne in 2012, becoming the youngest among the fastest runners on the planet. He was only 19 years old then.
In the same year on London Olympics he was almost on the heels of Usain Bolt in the 100 and 200 meter races, and won a world record in the 4x100 meter relay.
In second place among the fastest athletes in the world is the American athlete Tyson Gay, who ran a hundred meters in 9.69 seconds in September 2009. Only Tyson and Maurice Green managed to win first places in three competitions at once during one championship - in the one hundred and two hundred meters race, and the four by one hundred relay race.
Who is the fastest man in the world? The only person in the world who can run a hundred meters in 9.58 seconds is Usain Bolt, a phenomenal athlete. He is the fastest person to currently hold the world record for the 100m sprint (achieved in Berlin 2009, surpassing his previous record of 9.69 seconds at the 2008 Beijing Olympics).
His top speed during the sprint was 44.72 km/h. This maximum speed person, and it is impossible to maintain it for a long time. Bolt managed to reach this speed between 60 and 80 meters, but in the last meters of the distance his speed decreased significantly.
Usain's success story
The speed of Usain Bolt, who was born in Jamaica in 1986, was noticed in at a young age. By the age of 15, he was known as "Lightning", thanks to his triumph at the World Junior Championships in 2002. There he won the 200m, making him the youngest junior gold medalist in the world.
Later that year, the International Association of Athletics Federations awarded him its Rising Star Award. Today, Usain tops the list of the 10 fastest people on the planet.
Despite some setbacks - notably a hamstring injury that prevented him from competing at the 2004 Athens Olympics - Bolt soon took the sports world by storm, winning three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is the first athlete in Olympic history to place first in both the 100- and 200-meter relays.
He was able to run the 100 meters in 9.69 seconds, the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds, and the 4 x 100 meters relay in 37.10, breaking both previous Olympic and world records. And as icing on the cake: Bolt is the first person to set three world records during one Olympics.
The sprinter defended his title of "fastest man on Earth" at the London 2012 Olympic Games, becoming the first person to win gold medals in the 100m (in 9.63 seconds) and 200m (in 19.32 seconds) in two consecutive Olympic Games.
At the same Olympics, he and three other members of the Jamaican team set a new world record in the 4 by 100 meter relay (36.84 seconds). After the relay ended, Bolt argued with one of the judges. The latter was taken from the athlete baton, which he wanted to receive as a souvenir. However, Bolt later received the wand as a gift.
It would seem that the limit of success has been reached, but 29-year-old Bolt is too fast to stand still. He made history again in 2016 after winning for the third time in a row gold medal in the hundred meters in his final (presumably) Olympic Games in Rio.
“Every long journey begins with one thing - the first step” - Usain Bolt
Bolt's main rival
Usain may be insanely fast, but he's not . That honor goes to the cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus), a graceful predator native to Africa and Asia. These endangered felines can sprint at speeds exceeding 120 km per hour, and are capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km per hour in three seconds. This is Bugatti Veyron level.
So the cheetah can easily outrun Usain, but after a couple of hundred yards the animal will begin to run out of steam. Given enough of a head start, Usain could outrun him... probably.
The fastest woman in the world
If Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world, then who is the fastest? fast woman? This is US resident Florence Delores Griffith (Joyner), known to fans as Flo-Jo.
The seventh child in a large family (there were 11 children in total), raised by a divorced mother. Florence is remembered not only for her current world records of 21.34 seconds at a distance of 200 meters and 10.49 seconds in the 100m dash, but also a reverent attitude towards one’s own appearance.
This was the first female sprinter to appear on the track carefully made up, with beautiful manicure and in a bright uniform. IN sports world Florence has become a true style icon. 
Griffith died in 1998 as a result of a heart attack. At that time, Flo-Jo was 38 years old.
The fastest man in Russia
The men's record in the 100-meter race was set by Andrey Epishin in 2006, his result was 10.10 seconds.
Andrey Epishin in the center
The women's speed record for a similar distance belongs to Irina Privalova; in 1994, she showed a result of 10.77 seconds.
Other human speed records
- The fastest cyclist is François Gissy (333 km/h)
- – Cristiano Ronaldo (36.9 km/h)
- Ski speed record – Ivan Oregon (255 km/h)
- Downhill snowboarding - Darren Powell (202 km/h)
- Minimum time to solve a Rubik's cube - Mats Valk (4.74 sec)
- Fastest pistol shooter - Jerry Miculek (5 shots on target in 0.57 seconds)
- Keyboard typing speed record - Miit (100 characters in 20 seconds)
- The fastest rapper in the world is Ceza (1267 words in 160 seconds)
People have always wanted to test their strength, to achieve the highest results in literally everything, including sports competitions. Despite his desires, man is a rather slow creature.
Most animals, especially large ones, can easily escape from it. However, the title of the fastest runner deserves special attention, because for many of us his records are something unattainable. Who is considered the fastest in the world?
Who was the first fastest runner in the world?
Running competitions have been held on our planet for a very long time. The ancestor of athletics was the Ancient Olympics, first held in the Peloponnese back in the 8th century BC. Modern world achievements in sports began to be recorded in the middle of the 19th century.
Then the IAAF sports institute appeared in Great Britain, which began to measure best time in running based on 1 mile. In 1914, a uniform procedure for recording records was established throughout the world.
Since the greatest capabilities of runners are revealed when moving over a distance of 100 meters, over time this particular test has been recognized as a classic. The first fastest 100-meter runner was American athlete Donald Lippincott.
During the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, he set the first world record, covering the distance in 10.6 seconds. Subsequently, he was never able to improve his achievements in the 100 meters, but three years later he set a new record in relay competitions.
Who is the fastest runner today?
Over the past century, many other athletes have appeared in athletics who have shown best results. Lippincott's record has been broken several times. 
Today, Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt is considered the fastest runner in the world. During his sports career, he managed to become 6 times absolute champion Olympics and win the World Championship 11 times.
During his performances, Bolt set 8 records, not only in the 100-meter distance, but also in the 200-meter race and in the 4x100 relay. Thanks to his fantastic abilities, he became the first athlete in Jamaican history to the largest number gold medals and received the unspoken nickname Lightning.
How fast does the fastest runner run?
Usain Bolt's peak speed was recorded at the Beijing Olympics. The athlete managed to overcome the hundred-meter dash with a maximum speed of 12.2 meters per second (43.9 km/h). To run the distance, he needed to take only 41 steps, while other athletes need 2-3 steps more.
The following year, taking part in the World Championships in Berlin, Bolt set the last world record, which has not yet been broken by anyone. Moving at a top speed of 12.42 meters per second, he ran a distance of 100 meters in 9.58 seconds.
Based on kilometers, it turns out that the Bolt is capable of moving at a speed of about 44.72 km/h. This is an incredible amount for humans, although animals still run faster. 
For example, a hare can reach speeds of up to 55 km/h, and a cheetah even more – up to 115 km/h.
What determines Bolt's running speed?
The Usain Bolt phenomenon has been subjected to intense scrutiny. Based on the research results, scientists concluded that the main reason for such high speed An athlete's strength lies in his genetics.
Jamaica was once the center of the slave trade, bringing people from West Africa, and the region is considered the birthplace of many of the world's best sprinters. In addition, Usain Bolt can develop such speed due to the characteristics of his muscular system and running techniques.
As he moves, he produces a low hip lift, which allows him to save more energy and use it to push off the ground.
Is it possible to break the record for the fastest runner?
Despite the fact that Usain Bolt is considered the fastest runner, there are actually people who move even faster. To date, at least two athletes are known to have broken the Jamaican’s record unofficially. 
At the 1964 Olympics, track and field athlete Bob Hayes completed the 100-meter dash in just 8.5 seconds, recorded with a hand-held stopwatch. In 2011, at a competition in Brussels, Jamaican runner Yohan Blake raced 200 meters in 19.26 seconds, while showing a slow reaction at the start. As a result, it was calculated that he would have completed the 100-meter dash in 9.49 seconds.
Man has always wanted to test his strength. He tries to achieve the highest results. And this applies not only to business, but literally to everything.
The same thing happened with sports. And who is against learning the limits of physical capabilities that are given by nature?
The fastest athletes in history
One of most interesting questions– who is the fastest person in the world and how fast he runs. The classic test is the 100-meter dash. This distance allows you to identify the maximum capabilities of the runner.Donald Lippincott, USA
The first medalist in the 100-meter dash was American Donald Lippincott. He completed the distance at the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912. His time was 10.6 seconds. 
Jesse Owens, USA
In 1936, at the XI Summer Olympic Games, which were held in Berlin, a record was set in the 100-meter dash, which was not broken until 1984. 
The result of 10.2 seconds belonged to a black athlete - American Jesse Owens. In total, the athlete won 4 gold medals in Berlin, becoming the most outstanding athlete of the Games.
His achievements greatly upset the Nazis, but they could not do anything. He was the best.
Usain Bolt, Jamaica
Today, the unofficial title of the fastest man in the world is held by a Jamaican athlete named Usain Bolt. The athlete is a three-time Olympic champion, he has become a world champion more than once, and he is also the current world record holder in three sprint disciplines. 
In the finals of the World Championships, which took place at the end of the summer of 2009, Usain showed incredible result. He ran the distance in a record 9.58 seconds. By the way, at the same championship, but a few days later, a new record appeared in the two hundred meters. Usain overcame it in 19.19 seconds.
The sports leader also made it to his country’s Olympic team; he participated in the 4x100 relay. And in this competition a new indicator appeared - 37.10 seconds (this is the Beijing Olympics). Such stunning results earned the runner the famous nickname “lightning.”
By the way, the athlete’s maximum speed was 37.578 kilometers per hour or approximately 10.5 meters per second.
Usain Bolt was born in Trilawny, Jamaica on August 21, 1986. By the age of 15, the young athlete became famous not only in his homeland. He won the international tournament running in Kingston. Usain was able to win a gold medal and two silver ones.
Two years later, the runner improved his performance at a distance of 200 meters. The sprinter showed 19.93 seconds in the junior race. Thus, he became the first junior who was able to run the distance in less than 20 seconds.
Already in 2008, Usain completed the 100-meter dash in just 9.76 seconds. And this was the second official result. The leader at that time was his compatriot Asafa Powell. He ran better than Bolt by two hundredths of a second. But very soon, a few months later, the current record holder achieved his triumph. He covered the distance in 9.72 seconds and set a new world record.
However, this was not yet the peak of the athlete’s achievements. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, the runner won three gold medals at once. He also set three new records. One was in the relay race. At these competitions, at the end of the hundred-meter race, the sprinter slowed down a little, because it was clear that it was impossible to catch up with him. Experts believe that if he had given his all, the result would have been even better - not 9.6 seconds, but 9.5.
One way or another, Bolt ranks first in the ranking published by the International Association Athletics. The athlete twice won the prestigious Rising Star award. He was given a Knight Commander of the Jamaican Order of Dignity. In 2008 and 2009, the sprinter was recognized best athlete and an athlete in the world.
The fastest people in the world
Athletics is not the only discipline in which speed records are set.Fastest shooter
Jerry Miculek is one of the fastest shooters on the planet. He can fire 5 bullets from a revolver in just 0.57 seconds at a playing card. Jerry Miculek teaches shooting and has already tried almost all types of firearms that he considers the best. He is the author of five world records in revolver shooting. 
"My job is shooting." Jerry Miculek
By the way, Jerry Miculek is also an experienced gunsmith. He constantly tunes and adjusts his revolvers to make them work more efficiently.
The fastest Rubik's cube solver
Shotaro Makisumi solves the colorful cube in just 12.34 seconds. He holds several world records in this field. His fast solutions are 2x2x2 and 3x3x3 in 2.82 and 12.11 seconds.Solving a Rubik's Cube
The fastest secretary in the world
Japanese Miit can print at a speed of 100 stamps in 20 seconds. She is the fastest secretary on the planet. For comparison average speed Typing by a professional typist is about 380 characters per minute. 
Fastest knife thrower
David R. Adamovich can throw three knives in less than a second. 
He holds a number of world records: he has the fastest knife throw, he catches a flying knife with lightning speed, and he also holds the fastest throw next to a person. Fastest reloading weapon
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