Usain Bolt's 9.58 100m World Record is 15 Years Old- How Long Will it Last?

Usain Bolt's 9.58 100m world record from Berlin turned 15 years old on August 16. How long will this record last? No one today is coming close to it. Tyson Gay and Yohan Blake were sort of in the same ballpark but Noah Lyles is .21 slower. The Jamaican legend's record could last another decade easily.
Thread here www.letsrun.co...

[@malligrub]

People still don’t understand what 9.58s actually is. Bolt was the perfect storm- unparalleled power generation, excellent turnover, 9 foot stride length made his top speed untouchable. Add to that his incredible speed endurance and it’s just a performance so far beyond his time, it’ll take another 20years before the event is at that level

[@fender1000100]

It was a freak run. That even Bolt couldnt get again. No sprinter under 6 3" can ever challenge it. Which is why it's going to last decades. The only way it could ever be challenged in the next 20 years. To even be equalled. Is a billionaire. Would have to pay hundreds of gifted tall athletes. Who would otherwise end up in the NBA or NFL to take up sprinting. Out of that pool would emerge a few talents capable of going low 9.6. Its a numbers game. There simply aren't enough TALL sprinters in the sport. Asafa Powell was 6 3" and he was fast 9.72 His best. Fred Kerley is 6 3" and has run 9.76. That's what it takes. Plenty of tall sprinters in the game. Bolt was 6 5.5" No man standing 5 11" is ever going to get close. Im actually more impressed with Seville than Bolt. That a man only standing 5 7" can run 9.81.

[@aaronmbaye6498]

Facts

[@magnetpulling4885]

@@fender1000100 I'm really not sure if that's the case but please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm pretty sure that there are and have been tall sprinters in the world. The problem however is that tall sprinters have it much worse in their start and acceleration. The one that comes to mind is a Jamaican athlete who was in the Moscow 2013 WC finals. From there you can clearly see his very poor start and acceleration. So while they do have it better for their top speed, it's hardly an advantage as it is a disadvantage. That's the reason why I think we rarely see top performing tall athletes instead of them entering into other sports as track talent is I think (which very well might be wrong) much easier to discover than basketball or talents in other field. What truly separates bolt apart is his freakish start (0-30m split is i think 3.79), insane acceleration from 30m-60 the fastest ever of 2.50s and of course the fastest top speed in conjunction with all that.

[@facereality0007]

​@@fender1000100 Yes but 9.81 is world's away from 9.58 which is other worldly. A healthy Seville running all out can run 9.75. A healthy Kishane running all out to the line can run 9.69. Both need a lil wind assistant of +1.3 or above. Bolts 9.58 will stand another 30+ yrs unless Kishane Thompson trims down 15pds and runs it within the next two years. He'll need +2.0 wind on the perfect track, with the best competition, in his very best shape. And that's still a BIG "maybe"

[@stevemann1299]

No you muppet. The reason nobody can even get near 9.6 now is because the testing is so sharp they will be CAUGHT. BOLT POWELL GATLIN GAY BLAKE Where all on PEDS.

[@richmuscle8316]

Damn!!!! 15 years ago? Time flies. I remember watching this as if it was last week

[@David_7171]

2008 would’ve been faster . But dude decided to celebrate 25m before the line.

[@richmuscle8316]

Big big facts

[@UTP504]

18 meters to be fair to him🤣

[@raymondlewis1830]

I think people overestimate how much the celebration slowed him down. He was running ridiculously fast even with arms out. It’s probably approaching 9.58 equivalence anyways.

[@theflyingfrisch8051]

@@raymondlewis1830We know from 10m splits, you don’t get faster in the final 20m. Not even Noah Lyles. Bolt would run 9.62-.63 in 2008.

[@Yes_I_c4n]

Let's just break it down: that's 6.31s at 60m. Additionally, he split 3.27s from 60...100m. Only 3 sprinters have split 6.31s or sub: Su, Asafa and Bolt and that's it. Nowadays, sprinters are struggling to even go sub 6.4s... They're 0.1s behing at the 60m mark already... Only 2 people have split sub 3.34s, that's Usain and Gay. Only one guy (Bolt) has ever gone sub 3.32s... and in his 9.58s, he split 3.27s. His record is ridiculous... He also split 3.78s at 30m in that race, lol. His "weakest" segment is 0-10m, which a few people have topped.

[@athleticvegan9791]

If we don't see any potential 9.58 won't be broken for a few decades

[@higgsbisson485]

This record will be around for a very long time.

[@paulettewerdlow7672]

Are you ready to say that Bolt was on drugs you are insane don't try bring this man down what's about the Americans

[@SouravJangid140]

It will stand untill 2050s, tell me if it breaks before 2050 ⚡

[@henleytaylor665]

Blake and Asafa won their cases and were compensated. Advertising fraud

[@AllInTheGame01]

Never would've thought his 19.19 (-0.3) WR in his favourite 200m event would end up being his 'softest' WR as he was capable of taking another 0.1 - 0.2s off it with fresher legs, a cleaner last 50m where he wasn't rocking from side-to-side & being chased by Prime 19.26 (+0.7) Yohan Blake in a nice 1.5m/s+ tailwind! Also, after running a fantastic 30.97 in his sole 300m attempt in May 2010, wish Bolt went into a good 4wk training block then spent the rest of JUL & AUG getting as close as possible to MJ's 43.18 400m WR :( If he stays healthy, can see Kishane in the right race conditions potentially running 9.68 for #2 all-time!

[@Richard-s1d9s]

Not that simple. 😮 3-4 wk training to get to 43....?!

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@Richard-s1d9s With his talent level & background as a former quarter-miler, he could at a minimum have dipped under 43.5s coming off a good 4wk training block, but had zero desire to do so :(

[@Shocker700]

The 2nd fastest time is 9.63 by Usain Bolt

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@Shocker700 Well aware, meant #2 person on the all-time list i.e. next fastest time not run by Bolt which is currently Yohan Blake 9.69 (-0.1) & Tyson Gay 9.69 (+2.0).

[@Yes_I_c4n]

I do agree Bolt could have gone faster in the 200m, but who do you see breaking it? Noah Lyles doesn't seem to be able to split sub 10.15s in the curve, so no way Lyles is going anywhere near. Main issue I see with 19.19s is that it wasn't run on fresh legs. So, Bolt could have gone faster. That does not mean anyone is close atm. 9.92s in the curve sets that record apart imo. Of course 9.58s is harder for sure, more so because Bolt was running on fresher legs when he ran that 9.58s.

[@facereality0007]

My track and field educated guess is that 9.58 will stand for another 30yrs or more. Just like Sydney McLaughlins 400H WRs will when she's done. They're simply out of reach. Those two are once in a lifetime athletes. Both breaking WRs in the finals after running several previous rounds is Absurd!. Lyles isn't in Bolts league and all he does is talk World Record..it ain't happening. 19.19 isn't some walk in the park either. My guess is Tebogo will break that within the next 3 years if he focuses on it. Tebogo can break the 400WR as well if he focuses on it. His 300WR came easily. With his age the skies the limit for him. But 9.58 by Bolt will stand arguably forever. Taller athletes like him don't run track. They play basketball. *Kishane has a small window of opportunity to break it. Like next year at altitude with +2.0 wind with him losing 15pd and in his best possible fitness on the perfect track on the perfect day

[@malligrub]

People seem to be getting very excited about Kishane with no real evidence for it. He does nothing outside the ordinary. He just looks so powerful that people assume he can run much faster. He’s another low 9.7s guy at best I suspect

[@Thesource24-f7q]

I agree. He may get lucky with a +2.0 and scrape 9.69

[@cosmicwisdom999]

9.7 is still great

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

I believe he can get 9.6

[@Yes_I_c4n]

I don't think people realize how hard it is to go sub 9.75s. That's one ceiling hard to top.

[@Samzo2002]

@@khumokwezimashapa2245 Nah none of the sprinters are going to sub 9.7 The only person that I feel like that has a shot at one of bolts record is tebogo, and that will be the 200m record. The 100 will be there for a very long time

[@davidedmundson8402]

Wouldn't surprise me if Thompson or Tebogo break the record in the next couple of years. Wouldn't surprise me if the record holds for another 10-20 years.

[@HandelandJ]

There’s no way Bolt was clean lol.

[@Thesource24-f7q]

Powell won a court case regarding his supplement ban. And also. Supplements is like taking a pre workout. Everyone in the gym take pre workout and would never touch steroids.

[@PaulSteir-v7u]

Listen bolt is Gods gift to athletics the only way that record is going to be broken is if you guys make better tracks and spikes and would not be the same

[@EightFrancs]

There are 3 athletics world records that won't be broken for a long time. Men's High Jump WR Men's 100m WR Women's 100m WR

[@AllInTheGame01]

Will add Men's LJ & Women's DISC, SP, PV & LJ WRs to that list! Does 30yr old Shericka still have a shot @W200m WR? Are you saying both M&W's 400/800m WRs are in play?!

[@SuperKamiGuruu]

​@@AllInTheGame01 If Sydney decides to run open 400m only for a season the record is finished

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@SuperKamiGuruu World & Olympic 400m Champ Paulino just ran 48.17 (#4 all-time) in a rainy OLY Final easing down over the last 10m as she wasn't pushed to the line by even a fast 48.53 Naser! Also ran a 35.16 300m last yr (#3 all-time) & beat Syd in the 400m @Paris DL. For that ridiculous 47.60 WR to be broken, both Paulino & Syd need to be in the race together in perfect weather conditions hopefully alongside a 48.53 Naser & 48.57 Nickisha Pryce! Also hoping that Prime 48.36 Shaunae is motivated by these women's performances to come back even stronger next yr 🤞

[@SuperKamiGuruu]

@AllInTheGame01 I was so frustrated that Paulino didn't try to go for 47 seconds in the final. Sydney will be excellent competition given her improvement over the flat and hurdles this season

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@SuperKamiGuruu Was frustrated as well, wanted to see what potentially looked like a 47.9 flash up on the screen! W400m has the potential to be 'one of the track events' IF everyone with the ability to run it well actually runs it; Paulino, Syd, Shaunae, Naser, Pryce, Femke, Kaczmarek, Britton, Adeleke, Kaylyn, Anning, Athing, Sada, Klaver, Gabby, Shamier, Alexis & more!

[@kennybob3096]

Welfare person from Edmonton will break the record.

[@antonionutrition]

I legit believe most top tier athletes like that are on stuff (a wide range of usage of course). Bolt is the only one I might say wasn’t on stuff given his height and natural abilities and absence of excessive musculature. I’d still bet he was but he is the least likely. Everyone else in that era and also all the current top 1500m guys I believe are on stuff we probably haven’t even heard of

[@EightFrancs]

If you could create a perfect shaped human to run world record sprinting times... Would that human not look like Usain Bolt?

[@AllInTheGame01]

Yes but would want them to also have Tebogo's willingness to train for & run the 300/400/4x400m :)

[@Rayer24]

It would look like powell

[@ThunderJuice]

Ato Boldon said if you took a lump of clay and moulded the perfect sprinter, it would look like Asafa.

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@ThunderJuice Asafa couldn't run the 200/300/400m anywhere close to Bolt though which is the point of the comment in that he was built to run world class times across ALL the sprints not just the 100m!

[@rbuilder2421]

It will last til Jesus comes back.

[@Samzo2002]

hahaha

[@jaredbowen3527]

I’m kind of scared that this will end up being the case

[@xbravo13805]

Bolt is a once in a lifetime generational talent. Sounds corny but the universe will produce him when we least expect it. There last name is going to have to be faster than bolt, light?

[@GouganeBarra-u4t]

The 19.19 200m record will stand for longer, I think. In the 100m, Bolt hadn't the quickest first 20 metres, so someone with a huge stride, a fast top speed, and a QUICK first 20 metres could possibly beat it... but not until that type of person is born. If Carl Lewis was of this era, he would threaten it (with today track and running shoe technology), but we'll have to wait for a while for the next Lewis/Bolt to surface, I reckon.

[@kandiekane.]

Lewis, 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭! The usual overrated American.

[@seanwilson5516]

Absolutely not. Glen Mills just said a few days ago that Tebogo poses a serious threat to that record.

[@aaronmbaye6498]

Only a tall man who decides to not play basketball will break Usain bolt's world record.

[@markpeter4304]

Tall, fast and full of self belief and a great coach

[@henleytaylor665]

Don't ever go the drug route with Bolt?

[@kudzaingozo-chapata8079]

Usain Bolt was a clean sprinter bro

[@Samzo2002]

He also took PEDs. He raced against people that have been caught doping: Yohan, Asafa, Blake, Gay, Gatlin and was dominating and you really think hes clean. Bro wake up lol - thats all imma say

[@denalee3204]

​@Samzo2002 shut tf up if you don't know nothing bolt was the most tested athletes in history 3 white men even came here in Jamaica years ago unannounced pulling up on bolt to test him because of the time he ran the country was upset about it but when all the test was done he was clean bolt don't even smoke and was very skeptical with everything people give him to drink and eat because people like you wanted him to fail

[@denalee3204]

​@@Samzo2002as for yohan blake he was clean as well he was out for almost 2+ years because of a major injury is muscle left is bone and the doctors told him that was the end of his career he went through surgery and never got back to that 9.6 are 9.7 shape ever again. As for gatlin and gay they were in drugs up caught red handed and got banned for awhile if it was bolt those records would've been remove so stop the hatred because i can talk about those 80's records thats is questionable but people choose to stay silent on but always want to mention bolt records when that man is clean

[@Samzo2002]

@@denalee3204 I won’t argue with you regarding Bolt. I’ve already told you the truth. In sports politics plays a big role. Testing in Jamaica was non existent until 2017. But hey, do listen to me do your own research. This is what i always advice people. Hopefully you will find the truth 😁

[@nonsoenwelim9731]

@@Samzo2002he very well might have doped, but stop acting like you have found some secret information no has stumbled across.

[@BOKtober]

Come on now the fastest man ever was the only one in the top 10 more who hasn’t been caught? Yeah right, but honestly who cares if he was, still an absolute freak and the best too ever do it

[@henleytaylor665]

Flo Jo 10.48 is now 36 years. Discus that .

[@MultiY4]

That's doping, lol

[@UTP504]

Prove it.

[@Dr.sher01]

Direct me to video where u guys discussed Flo Jo’s record that’s almost 40 years old. Now that’s a laughable scenario

[@letsrunfast]

It was clearly wind aided. What’s laughable? Today isn’t an anniversary

[@Dr.sher01]

@@letsrunfast And yet the record stands. When drug testing was definitely a joke. K I’ll be back on that anniversary.

[@MultiY4]

Yeah, any record prior to 2000 should not be taken seriously

[@cosmicwisdom999]

What about Flo Jo? Her record is even older than Bolt?

[@MrDrew2121]

Wind Readings for that day still open for debate.

[@ThursdaysChild842]

Flo Jo's records are part of the 'questionable records' of the 1980's. If you searched the list of women's world records, you will find several from the 1980's that are still untouchable to this day. You will also notice that the owners of those questionable records all retired from competition around the time random testing was introduced. Check the women's 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, high jump, long jump, and heptathlon WR....all from the 80's..and all untouchable to this day.

[@peterearl2945]

Wind reading default. Still open to debate and her alleged use of drugs. She died at age 38! Hmmm...🤫🤫

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

We will get GTA 7 before that record is broken

[@ctoaun23]

They're allowed to talk about Bolt. Everyone assumes Flo Jo was doping anyway

[@morganmckinley7946]

All of his competitors from his era were suspended at some point including Gatlin who was suspended TWICE!! Is there anything from technology such as the faster track and super shoes that are available now that Bolt didn’t have?? Dopers shouldn’t be on the list!!!!

[@dykelusyoli5978]

Blake and Powell were NEVER suspended for doping, what do you mean ALL his competitors?

[@crabb9966]

If Usain Bolt tested positive we would never know because he is the face of athletics

[@sultanniazi2394]

Oh my. What a awful video 😢

[@kennethlandau5396]

These guys are horrible

[@MrDrew2121]

Eventually a 6’5” brute that prefer the track vs football or basketball will come along and challenge the 9:58 time. Until then the record stands untouched.

[@crabb9966]

Ben Johnson, Yohan Blake and Tyson Gay would realistically be the fastest men of all time without Bolt, they are all about 5'11. Spiritning is a very selective sport and it doesn't select for height, which is evident. Maybe Jesse Owens belongs on that list

[@MrDrew2121]

@@crabb9966 those guys were all juicing just to be clear. We have not had a 9.6 since 2012 or 2013 (if my memory serves correctly) there is no one on the horizon today at a consistent 9.7 rate that can be considered.

[@crabb9966]

@@MrDrew2121 Bolt was also juicing, even if Bolt tested positive nothing would be done because he is the face of the sport till this day.

[@crabb9966]

@@MrDrew2121 all of a sudden there will be a new sprinter coming up with the same talent like Bolt, Tebogo already has the talent to break 200 and 400 wr and possibly 100 wr but a lot of things can happen

[@MrDrew2121]

@@crabb9966 we have no proof supporting Bolt juicing. Carl Lewis was the face of Track for many years yet his positive test scores were released. If Bolt had positive test out there this test results would NOT have been hidden from the masses.

[@rbseven2714]

No one believes this was clean. Please show some more skepticism

[@EightFrancs]

Speak for yourself.

[@brucebogtrotter3430]

Can never understand why you guys talk about sprinting.

[@mduduzigama5534]

😂😂😂😂

[@letsrunfast]

Real question is why you’d listen then 😅

[@brucebogtrotter3430]

@@letsrunfast jokes on you, I didn’t.

[@aaronmbaye6498]

For real 🤣