What was the fastest 100m final?
Popular Physics
2008-02-03 v1
Abstract
In a previous article (physics/9705004), the best 100m performances in track and field were determined by accounting for wind effects and atmospheric drag. In this report, I seek to ascertain what was the "fastest" 100m final through a statistical analysis of the competitors' times. Considered are the 100 finals from the 1984-1996 Olympic Games, the 1983-1997 World Championships, and the 1996 Grand Prix Final from Lausanne, SWI, in which Frank Fredericks (Namibia) recorded the only sub-9.90s time ever into a head-wind (9.86s, -0.4 m/s).
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/9709017,
title = {What was the fastest 100m final?},
author = {J. R. Mureika},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9709017},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
13 pp, LaTeX. Based on methods outlined in physics/9705004