Learning on ScreenHow Fast Can Usain Bolt Run?
- Synopsis
- A lecture given by Professor John D. Barrow for the Gresham College ‘Maths in Sport’ series on 15 November 2011. How can Usain Bolt improve his world 100 metres sprint record significantly without improving his speed? How fast should he be able to run? Also examines the mechanics of sprinting and the effects of wind assistance, timing accuracy, and altitude on sprint times, and looks at the status of the long-standing women’s sprint world records set by the late Florence Griffiths Joyner ('Flo-Jo’) in 1988.
Other lectures in the series cover strength and power in sport; the statistics behind winning performances; throwing, jumping and spinning techniques; different scoring systems for different sports; mathematical analysis of watersports. (62 minutes) - Series
- Maths in Sport, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2011
- Year of production
- 2011
- Documentation
- PowerPoint slides from the lecture are available online
- Subjects
- Mathematics; Sports science
- Keywords
- applied mathematics; speed; sports physiology; statistical analysis; sprinting
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/how-fast-can-usain-bolt-run
- Delivery
- Streamed/Download
Credits
- Contributor
- John D Barrow
Distributor
- Name
Gresham College
- enquiries@gresham.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.gresham.ac.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7831 0575
- Fax
- 020 7831 5208
- Address
- Barnard’s Inn Hall
Holborn
London EC1N 2HH
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