In the last 50 years, only one man under 6ft won olympic gold at the 100m dash.

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4 days ago 07/12/2024 1:35am EDT

Can Noah Lyles become the second?

Omanyala?

Seville?

Simbine?

btw it was Maurice Greece the GOAT, in 2000.

It really looks like a curse, we had great sprinters under 6ft, no one won the 100m.

Yohan Blake, Tyson Gay, Tim Montgomery, Walter Dix, Andre De Grasse, Trayvon Bromell, Christian Coleman, Marvin Bracy, Ato Boldon.... all great sprinters under 6ft, no Olympic gold in the 100m.

This stat got me spooked. I'm starting to think it's going to be Kishane, Kerley or Bednarek. Maybe Tebogo. Jacobs?

It seems like being at least 6ft is a requirement.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 1:38am EDT

re: manlet curse

For a man, being 6 feet tall is a requirement for nearly everything important.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 1:43am EDT

re: manlet curse

manlet curse wrote:
Can Noah Lyles become the second?
Omanyala?
Seville?
Simbine?
btw it was Maurice Greece the GOAT, in 2000.
It really looks like a curse, we had great sprinters under 6ft, no one won the 100m.
Yohan Blake, Tyson Gay, Tim Montgomery, Walter Dix, Andre De Grasse, Trayvon Bromell, Christian Coleman, Marvin Bracy, Ato Boldon.... all great sprinters under 6ft, no Olympic gold in the 100m.
This stat got me spooked. I'm starting to think it's going to be Kishane, Kerley or Bednarek. Maybe Tebogo. Jacobs?
It seems like being at least 6ft is a requirement.

You forgot perhaps the greatest sprinter - Bob Hayes (listed at 5' 11" but really 5' 10"). He would have easily run faster than 9.58 if on today's tracks with today's shoes. Olympic Gold 100m Tokyo 1964.

Put on your dunce cap and sit in the corner.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 1:45am EDT

re: Hey Bozo

Hey Bozo wrote:
manlet curse wrote:
Can Noah Lyles become the second?
Omanyala?
Seville?
Simbine?
btw it was Maurice Greece the GOAT, in 2000.
It really looks like a curse, we had great sprinters under 6ft, no one won the 100m.
Yohan Blake, Tyson Gay, Tim Montgomery, Walter Dix, Andre De Grasse, Trayvon Bromell, Christian Coleman, Marvin Bracy, Ato Boldon.... all great sprinters under 6ft, no Olympic gold in the 100m.
This stat got me spooked. I'm starting to think it's going to be Kishane, Kerley or Bednarek. Maybe Tebogo. Jacobs?
It seems like being at least 6ft is a requirement.
You forgot perhaps the greatest sprinter - Bob Hayes (listed at 5' 11" but really 5' 10"). He would have easily run faster than 9.58 if on today's tracks with today's shoes. Olympic Gold 100m Tokyo 1964.
Put on your dunce cap and sit in the corner.

1964 was 60 years ago.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 1:48am EDT

re: manlet curse

manlet curse wrote:
Hey Bozo wrote:
You forgot perhaps the greatest sprinter - Bob Hayes (listed at 5' 11" but really 5' 10"). He would have easily run faster than 9.58 if on today's tracks with today's shoes. Olympic Gold 100m Tokyo 1964.
Put on your dunce cap and sit in the corner.
1964 was 60 years ago.

You are also a clown.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 1:50am EDT

re: Hey Clown

Why are you so angry? Who hurt you?

4 days ago 07/12/2024 2:41am EDT

re: manlet curse

4 days ago 07/12/2024 2:42am EDT

re: manlet curse

Maurice “GOAT” Green??

4 days ago 07/12/2024 2:46am EDT

re: Mocazilla

Mocazilla wrote:
Maurice “GOAT” Green??

Maurice "nandrosustadeca" Green

4 days ago 07/12/2024 2:51am EDT

re: manlet curse

From my personal experience, shorter guys try harder.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 2:54am EDT

re: Hey Bozo

Hey Bozo wrote:
You forgot perhaps the greatest sprinter - Bob Hayes (listed at 5' 11" but really 5' 10"). He would have easily run faster than 9.58 if on today's tracks with today's shoes. Olympic Gold 100m Tokyo 1964.
Put on your dunce cap and sit in the corner.

so which is it? you can't read past 5 words of the thread title "In the last 50 years", or you can't subtract 50 from 2024?

🤨

4 days ago 07/12/2024 6:59am EDT

re: manlet curse

there are more white guys than man under 6ft among the olympic champions in the last 50 years... it goes to show how rare it is for a short guy to win.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 8:20am EDT

re: manlet curse

4 days ago 07/12/2024 8:53am EDT

re: manlet curse

Noah still has time to get his legs lengthened.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 8:56am EDT

re: Sonnys

The plethora of great sub-6 ft sprinters listed already shows that it's nothing more than a fluke. Those guys have plenty of world records, world championship victories, and American or Jamaican titles.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 9:10am EDT

re: xczvzxcv

Ben Johnson was 5' 9"...and don't play the cheat card here.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 10:20am EDT

re: manlet curse

Pshaw.

It's been over 100 years since the last Olympic Marathon was won by someone more than 6 feet tall.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 10:23am EDT

re: Hey Bozo

"You forgot perhaps the greatest sprinter - Bob Hayes (listed at 5' 11" but really 5' 10"). He would have easily run faster than 9.58 if on today's tracks with today's shoes. Olympic Gold 100m Tokyo 1964."

I don't know that there's any reason to believe he could have done it "easily."

4 days ago 07/12/2024 10:26am EDT

re: he could move up to marathon

Sometimes statistics are not particularly meaningful statistically. That's only 12 Olympics (12 x 4 = 48 years), of which nearly half (5 of 12) were won by Carl Louis and Usain Bolt. WAY too small a sample to make a a statistically valid judgment. That said, average height for a male in the U.S. is around 5'8" - 5'9", and athletes tend to be a little larger than the average male, so 6 ft really isn't that tall. Bolt is perhaps more of an outlier in that typically VERY tall sprinters (he is 6' 5") don't do as well at 100 meters, as it take them so long to get started. It's always amazing to me that Grant Holloway is such a great starter given his height.

4 days ago 07/12/2024 1:19pm EDT

re: martinjc57@yahoo.com

Jim Hines, the first runner to go below 10-flat (at altitude, at Mexico '68) was 5'11". I think Don Quarrie was well under 6' as well.

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