Elsewhere

A link to something that I enjoyed ~ Posted on August 19, 2008.


19.32

Indication of how incredible Michael Johnson's 200m world record actually is.

This chart shows the twenty fastest 200m marks of all time. Each row represents a hundredth of a second. Eyeballing the chart would suggest that the cutting edge of human achievement in the 200m is anything sub-19.7. A 19.59 at Beijing would be phenomenal. Then you scroll down—way down—and you hit Johnson’s 19.32. Usain Bolt has his work cut out for him.