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this is even more impressive when you take into consideration that Johnson's 200 record is less than double the 100 record, and by a fair amount at that.

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The feat was remarkable, but this statement isn't why. Of course it's going to be less than double the 100 time because he is at full speed when he starts the second 100 of the race.

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figure out how many people in the sport of track and field can run a 200 faster than double their 100 time, then get back to me.

edit to add: I'll make this easy on you, only 2 people in history have ever run a 200 in a time faster than double the 100 meter world record at the time. The other guy was the former world record holder and his 200 time was faster than double the 100 meter record at the time he ran it by about a tenth of a second. When Johnson did it his time was faster than double by almost 4 tenths.

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This whole statement is almost completely worng, and I will debunk it using the cool wkipedia entries addended elsewhere in this thread by listing the 100m record, followed by any and all 200m record/times under 2x that.

9.95 Jim Hines USA Mexico City, Mexico October 14, 1968

19.83 Tommie Smith USA 16 October 1968 Mexico City
19.72 Pietro Mennea ITA 12 September 1979 Mexico City
19.75 Carl Lewis USA 19 June 1983 Indianapolis

9.93 Calvin Smith USA Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA July 3, 1983
9.92 Carl Lewis USA Seoul, South Korea September 24, 1988

19.75 Joe DeLoach USA 28 September 1988 Seoul

9.90 Leroy Burrell USA New York, New York, USA June 14, 1991
9.85 Leroy Burrell USA Lausanne, Switzerland July 6, 1994
9.84 Donovan Bailey CAN Atlanta, Georgia, USA July 29, 1996

19.32 Michael Johnson USA 1 August 1996 Atlanta
19.68 Frank Fredericks NAM 1 August 1996 Atlanta


So there are SIX seperate instances since electronic timing came into being that the 200m was run at less than 2x the 100m record, and that is only including the record performances! I am positive Carl Lewis has SEVERAL runs under 19.90 seconds when the record was 9.95-9.92, but I can't find a listing.

If you're going to take such a strong stance, it helps to know wtf you are talking about.

Stick to Duke Basketball...