The best 100's

[rhymans]

For a stats nut there never has been a site as good as Mirko Jalava's (I look upon the TF News site as something more] - Looking at the best 100's Mirko has compiled the 10 best races - taking an average time for the top-8 these are:

1. 9.967 Tokyo WCh '91
2. 10.003 Lausanne '96
3. 10.009 Stuttgart WCh '93
4. 10.025 Lausanne '99
5. 10.039 Indianapolis NC '97
10.039 Lausanne '97
7. 10.044 Stockholm '99
8. 10.047 Lausanne '94
9. 10.058 Atlanta OT '96
10. 10.064 New York NC '91

Dennis Mitchell ran in 8 of the above races (Fredericks 5, Burrell and Drummond 4

Probaly fastest of all would have been the 2000 OT (10.119) but run into a 1.7 wind

The moral of this is - if you can't get into a WC or US championship race - run in Lausanne

[tafnut]

Re: The best 100's

Looking at the best 100's Mirko has compiled the 10 best races

Do you suppose there's a high statistical correlation between those tracks and their 'firmness' vs. other venues that hosted equally fast fields? Or was that your point to begin with?

I'm as guilty as the next guy (or even moreso as the Marks Snob) with being enamored with 'fast times', so it always seems as though the 'fast' tracks - some combination of 'firmness' and composition of materials (e.g., 'mondo') - have an 'unfair' advantage of producing the best marks. It's as though a 'slower' track is doomed form the start, because they can't 'compete' with the Atlantas, Indys and Tokyos of the world. I guess that's the downside of being a Marks Snob, but oh well, that's me.

[rhymans]

I think a few factors are in play. Lausanne comes early on in the European season, and is usually favoured with gentle following winds - compare with Zurich, where the winds are generally mild headwinds and occasionally Zurich is hit by heavy storms. I'm sure you're right about the hardness of the tracks (though Stockholm historically didn't qualify under that heading), but consider also the speed of the gun - always helpful at Swiss meetings

[tafnut]

but consider also the speed of the gun - always helpful at Swiss meetings

hadn't considered that. The sprinters know it's coming right after 'fertig' and can 'anticipate' as it were?

[eldrick]

but consider also the speed of the gun - always helpful at Swiss meetings

hadn't considered that. The sprinters know it's coming right after 'fertig' and can 'anticipate' as it were?

just as long as it's above 0.100 !

[Mennisco]

Apparently we're still waiting for a quality race in the current decade, 7 years and counting, into the 21st century.

[eldrick]

lausanne at 600m altitude has ~ 0.02s built-in

it's not high enough for fans to auto-think "altitude" time, & dismiss it, but "sneaky" high enough to turn 9.77 to 9.75 without you batting an eyelid...

[rhymans]

Only a bit higher than Zurich - which doesn't make it into the top-10 for reasons already mentioned.

[trackworld]

Re: The best 100's

For a stats nut there never has been a site as good as Mirko Jalava's (I look upon the TF News site as something more] - Looking at the best 100's Mirko has compiled the 10 best races - taking an average time for the top-8 these are:

1. 9.967 Tokyo WCh '91
2. 10.003 Lausanne '96
3. 10.009 Stuttgart WCh '93
4. 10.025 Lausanne '99
5. 10.039 Indianapolis NC '97
10.039 Lausanne '97
7. 10.044 Stockholm '99
8. 10.047 Lausanne '94
9. 10.058 Atlanta OT '96
10. 10.064 New York NC '91

Dennis Mitchell ran in 8 of the above races (Fredericks 5, Burrell and Drummond 4

Probaly fastest of all would have been the 2000 OT (10.119) but run into a 1.7 wind

The moral of this is - if you can't get into a WC or US championship race - run in Lausanne

Where does the Sevilla WC Final from 1999 rank ? That was mighty fast

[eldrick]

Only a bit higher than Zurich - which doesn't make it into the top-10 for reasons already mentioned.

i think zurich often runs 2 heats beforehand to determine the finalists a coupla hours later - somehing which lausanne doesn't do - they run a straight-final there, so they are "fresher"

[dakota]

Indianapolis 1988 was a bit quick.

[John G]

Only a bit higher than Zurich - which doesn't make it into the top-10 for reasons already mentioned.

i think zurich often runs 2 heats beforehand to determine the finalists a coupla hours later - somehing which lausanne doesn't do - they run a straight-final there, so they are "fresher"

I've always thought that a heat a couple of hours before a 100m actually served as a warm up. Most global 100 finals come a couple of hours after a semiand that didn't harm Bailey in '96, Lewis in '91 etc. A recent (modest) example is what Devonish did in Oslo.

[eldrick]

it's true that a heat 2 hours before doesn't stop fast times/wrs, but it's still fatgue in the legs

who knows what King or bailey may have run without that prelim

woud King's 9.86 have been 9.84 ?

woud bailey's 9.84 have been 9.82 ?

[Texas]

For a junior in high school to tie the world record in the 100 yard dash....whoa!!!!!!!!!! I'll go with McTears 9.0!

[dakota]

For a junior in high school to tie the world record in the 100 yard dash....whoa!!!!!!!!!! I'll go with McTears 9.0!

What did the other seven guys run? You haven't even read the thread have you.