Usain Bolt 10.03!

[Texas]

Well there have been some great sprinters who never ran a sub10.00.

lane

"A"

1.Charlie Greene
2.Lennox Miller
3.Valery Borzov
4.Bob Hayes (I know but it was windy)
5.Stanley Floyd
6.Steve Williams
7.Don Quarrie
8.James Sanford

"B"

lane

1.John Carlos
2.Harry Jerome
3.Armin Hary
4.Hasley Crawford
5.Sam Graddy
6.Clancy Edwards
7.Reggie Jones
9.George Anderson

Hard to believe Bolt runs one race and belongs in that group...huh?

Which does make me wonder about times vs accomplishments. Francis "Who?" Baldwin a 9.2 guy?

[eldrick]

it's insulting to hayes to even be placed in that company

do us a favor, tex & put someone else in his place

[steve]

Well there have been some great sprinters who never ran a sub10.00.

lane

"A"

1.Charlie Greene
2.Lennox Miller
3.Valery Borzov
4.Ron Brown
5.Stanley Floyd
6.Steve Williams
7.Don Quarrie
8.James Sanford

"B"

lane

1.John Carlos
2.Harry Jerome
3.Armin Hary
4.Hasley Crawford
5.Sam Graddy
6.Clancy Edwards
7.Reggie Jones
9.George Anderson

Hard to believe Bolt runs one race and belongs in that group...huh?

Which does make me wonder about times vs accomplishments. Francis "Who?" Baldwin a 9.2 guy?

Better? (more fair to Hayes; more fair to those he would have crushed?)

[pela2]

And Bolt still only 20 (21 in August).... suspect that puts him way up on the all-time list of dashers at such a young age.

Some names in front of him (20 or younger)

Seun Ogunkoya 9.97
Carl Lewis 10.00
Francis Obikwelu 10.01
Darrel Brown 10.01 (19)
Deji Aliu 10.02
Bernard Williams 10.03

+

21 or younger

Seaun Ogunkoya 9.92
Dwain Chambers 9.97
Justin Gatlin 9.97
Daniel Effiong 9.98
Darrel Brown 9.99
Carl Lewis 10.00 (20)
Francis Obikwelu 10.01 (20)
Asafa Powell 10.02
Deji Aliu 10.02 (20)
John Capel 10.03
JoeDeLoach 10.03
Stanley Floyd 10.03
Bernard Williams 10.03 (20)

a small update

Seun Ogunkoya 9.97
Samuel Francis 9.99
Carl Lewis 10.00
Francis Obikwelu 10.01
Darrel Brown 10.01 (19)
Deji Aliu 10.02
Bernard Williams 10.03