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Inexplicably not covered[edit]

This subject is not covered by the running article, the articles on any given sprints, or the athletics article. I cannot find an equivalent anywhere. Seems to be one of those cases where there is a gap in coverage, but there are enough vaguely-related articles that nothing has been done. There should be a wikipedia article on Footspeed, or Human speed, or something like that, and the ways it differs between people, the importance it has to sports, and its origins and reasons for variation.

Great, now an article xists, this is great, but, some averages might be added to thisUndead Herle King (talk) 23:20, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

footnote correction[edit]

Footnote 4 should point to http://www.physorg.com/news95954919.html, not http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004737.html. The text reference is correct but the hyperlink jumps elsewhere.

I'm new and don't know how to edit footnotes. Sorry about this, but could someone else please make the correction?

thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.15.46.173 (talk) 13:10, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fastest Speed on Record?[edit]

I recently changed the article to reflect the speed listed on Running_speed as 42.07 mph is a little fast for Usain Bolt. However, according to his time listed on 100_metres the new number (44.72 km/h) may still be too high. The 100 meter sprint in 9.58 seconds works out to only 37.58 km/h.--74.103.141.89 (talk) 04:14, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The articles are now in agreement. The speed of 44.7 km/h (12.4 m/s, 27.8 mph) is derived from a 60m-80m split time of 1.61 seconds. Melchoir (talk) 06:44, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find anything to support "(the first being 63.855 km/h (17.7375 m/s or 39.677657 mph)," and the footnote does not exist. That's 40% faster than Usain Bolt, who is the second fastest according to this article. It definitely needs to be sourced and verified, at the very least attributed to an actual person. Elmuhfuh (talk) 15:19, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Who is John Melloy? Nothing online about him, neither of the links provided actually mention him at all. Looks like a troll edit... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:37A8:319F:A439:EE60:76F5:E61D (talk) 21:45, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bad link[edit]

The reference to the IAAF Berlin location breakdowns is dead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.104.174.42 (talk) 18:34, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Infoplease reference[edit]

Reference 8a and b is to "American Museum of Natural History. "Speed of Animals", Infoplease.com, retrieved November 27, 2007". The page at Infoplease contains a chart with different animals' top speeds, and this is footnoted by three sources but without any indication of which source was used for which animal. I have tagged the first instance of the ref for the record, with the hope that someone might either find a newer source (I couldn't) or be able to nail down which source Infoplease used to support which animal. Rivertorch^FIRE _WATER 08:58, 19 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Illustration of human speed, over various athletic distances. TGCP (talk) 13:02, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A troll changed Usain Bolt to Blake Bortles[edit]

I don't know anything about editing Wikipedia or I'd help, but the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback is definitely not the fastest human alive. As amusing as this edit is, somebody probably needs to correct that.

Done. CLCStudent (talk) 15:45, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Average top speed of humans?[edit]

It is nice to see the top speed of Usain Bolt, but are there any sources for the top speed of an average human?

Would maybe be good to split this into male/female (maybe also add the world record for the top speed for a woman). SmilingBoy (talk) 13:31, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Factors in Speed[edit]

Does anyone else see that the two paragraphs contradict each other? The first paragraph talks about fast twitch muscles moving faster than slow twitch muscles and therefore granting higher speeds. The first line of the second paragraph states that slow and fast runners legs move at almost exactly the same rate, clearly contradicting the first paragraph, and that it is actually pressure exerted on the ground that increases speed.

If there are two different theories that contradict each other, as sourced from two different trusted studies, perhaps the section should be changed to indicate this lack of consensus before presenting both theories. 2601:441:4300:18E7:DC7E:60E6:901E:A4C3 (talk) 16:21, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]