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IN MINUTES News and events — visually
Animals vs. OlympiansWhen it comes to faster, higher, stronger, animals take the gold over humans —
and without much competition
RUNNING SWIMMINGJUMPING (HEIGHT)Usain Bolt of Jamaica — also known as
“Lightning Bolt” — ran the 100 metre in 9.63 seconds at the London 2012 Summer Games, which works out to be almost 38 kilometres per hour. The cheetah is the fastest land animal by far, able to reach speeds over 100 km/h for short bursts.
American Charles Austin jumped almost 2.4 metres in 1996, an Olympic record that still stands today.In the animal world, snow leopards have been known to jump 6 metres in the air.
Mike Powell, an American long jumper, still holds the world
record he created in 1991 of almost 9 metres; the
fourth person since 1900 to hold the record for over 20 years.When it comes to far leaping animals, snow leopards are on top once again; able to jump as far as 15 metres (and they probably don’t need the running start we do!)
Greyhound
House cat
USAIN BOLT
Squirrel
37.6
19.3
0.05Gardensnail
63.4
48.3
Cougar
Snowleopard
Eastern GreyKangaroo
MIKE POWELL
Horse
Typical frog
Horse
CHARLES AUSTIN
Dog
Rabbit 0.6
5.4
Snowleopard 6.1 metres 15 metres
13.5
2.47
2.39
1.7
Boltran the 100min 9.58s at the
2009 world championships in
Berlin, which is 0.05s faster than his Olympic time
Powell won silver medals for long jump at
both the 1988 and 1992 Olympics.
Killer whale
Dolphin
Leatherbackturtle
MICHAEL PHELPS
Goldfish
6.9
1.37
55.5
38
35.4
Guinnessworld record
World record (Huaso, ridden by Alberta Larraguibel in 1949)2008
Beijing Olympics 1996
Atlanta Olympics
Based on a constant
110 km/h speed, the sailfish would finish a 100m race in 3.28s — Phelps’ time was 51.21s.
From standing, a
cheetah can accelerate from
0-72 km/h in 2 s; most race cars can’t achieve
that.
The men’s world record
for high jump is 2.45m, set in
1993 by Cuba’s Javier
Sotomayor. Charles Austin’s 1996 Olympic record jump
Usain Bolt after winning the 100m in Beijing
0.9
8.95
8.4World record
1991 World
Champion-ships in
Athletics
Mike Powell’s world record jump
JUMPING (LENGTH)
London 2012, 100m
butterfly
Cheetah Around 111 km/h
Snow leopards are the
smallest of all big cats, but definitely
have the most powerful legs.
QMI AGENCY
Sources: Wikipedia; National Geographic; centralpark.com
; hypertextbook.com
; neatorama.comAs of
Dec. 19, 2009, Phelps had set 39
world records — more than any other swimmer; he
currently holds 7 of them.
After completing his swimming events at London 2012, Michael Phelps is now the most decorated Olympian ever with 18 gold medals and 22 overall in his career. During the 100m butterfly, his average speed would have been almost 7 kilometres per hour. Pretty fast, right?Enter the sailfish, which has been clocked at speeds exceeding 100 km/h. Phelps wouldn’t stand a chance!
Sailfish 110 km/h
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