Forums >General Running>Does height affect speed of short distance runners (100M, 200M)?
I want to investigate wether the two affect each other as I always wondered, If you are part of a club and do 100M or 200M races would you mind sharing your height and the speed (for example 22"..) , gender can be included if wanted. It would be very helpful!
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That Usain Bolt fella seems to be pretty tall...
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Ira Murchison, a sprinter in the '50s who equaled, then broke Jesse Owens WR for 100m, was only 5'4".
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Stride length is much more a function of power than height.
Speed is a simple combination of stride length and stride frequency. While length and frequency are definitely not totally dependent on height or even leg length (which would be more relevant) typically you'll see taller runners have a greater stride length and shorter runners have a greater stride frequency. Bolt of course is the one guy that is very tall but still has great turnover. Before Bolt and Powell most of the world's greatest sprinters were of a more normal height (around 6' give or take a bit) but you can certainly have very short or very tall runners that are crazy fast.
Yes. Everything affects everything.
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Yes. Everything affects everything. Glad I could help.
Does not. That is some fairy tale about the butterfly.
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