The lightest sub-10" sprinter ever ?...

[79.]

Many famous names like Calvin SMITH, Mel LATTANY, Mike MARSH or Kim COLLINS
come to my mind.
Your opinion ?...

[Avante]

I know of a couple around a 150 pounds. So who is less than that?

Then there was the WRholder/Olympic 100m gold medalist....126 pounds.

[79.]

I also remember Vincent HENDERSON and Brian LEWIS.

[gennady]

Sam Effah 173 55 3,15
Kim Collins 175 64 2,73
Jason Gardener 178 66 2,70
Percival Spencer 182 68 2,68
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 192 72 2,67
Churandy Martina 180 68 2,65
Daniel Bailey 179 68 2,63
Francis Obikwelu 194 74 2,62
Michael Marsh 178 68 2,62
Calvin Smith 178 69 2,58
Tim Montgomery 178 69 2,58
Christophe Lemaitre 189 74 2,55
Bernard Williams 181 73 2,48
Yohan Blake 181 73 2,48
Frank Fredericks 180 73 2,47
Darvis Patton 183 75 2,44
Keston Bledman 183 75 2,44
Melvin Lattany 175 72 2,43
Usain Bolt 196 88 2,23

[Avante]

Sam Effah 173 55 3,15
Kim Collins 175 64 2,73
Jason Gardener 178 66 2,70
Percival Spencer 182 68 2,68
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 192 72 2,67
Churandy Martina 180 68 2,65
Daniel Bailey 179 68 2,63
Francis Obikwelu 194 74 2,62
Michael Marsh 178 68 2,62
Calvin Smith 178 69 2,58
Tim Montgomery 178 69 2,58
Christophe Lemaitre 189 74 2,55
Bernard Williams 181 73 2,48
Yohan Blake 181 73 2,48
Frank Fredericks 180 73 2,47
Darvis Patton 183 75 2,44
Keston Bledman 183 75 2,44
Melvin Lattany 175 72 2,43
Usain Bolt 196 88 2,23

I know of a 148 pounder. A couple at 150 pounds.

[Avante]

I also remember Vincent HENDERSON and Brian LEWIS.

Would you believe a 44.7 out of a 137 pounder?

[gennady]

Vincent Henderson 175 66 2,65
Ira Murchison 165 65 2,54
Brian Lewis 170 72 2,36

[Daisy]

Usain Bolt 196 88 2,23

So from this analysis, Bolt is relatively the lightest?

[Avante]

Usain Bolt 196 88 2,23

So from this analysis, Bolt is relatively the lightest?

I really didn't know but had a good idea. It took all of 3 minutes to find two at 150 and one at 148. Don't get why this is taking so long. Height vs weight..???

There was this ittie bittie guy out of Thailand, 5-4sh 130 pounds or so...10.2?. Talk about turnover..damn.

[gennady]

Olympic champions an early years.
Percy Williams 170 56 3,04
Frank Jarvis 167 58 2,88
Reggie Walker 170 61 2,79
Tom Burke 183 66 2,77
Eddie Tolan 170 65 2,62
Archie Hahn 167 64 2,61
Harrison Dillard 178 69 2,58
Lindy Remigino 173 67 2,58
Ira Murchison 165 65 2,54
Jesse Owens 178 71 2,51
Bobby Morrow 186 75 2,48

[Avante]

Percy Williams was a tiny guy,

paste...

Williams was 5'6" and, during his running career, never more than 126 pounds (his height and weight at the '28 Olympics, making him the smallest man ever to win the Olympic century). Nevertheless, Williams could beat even these more experienced sprinters in races in Vancouver and Seattle.

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Where you getting those stats? Most seem a bit heavy. Especially Williams. He was nowhere close to 170 pounds......trust me!

[gennady]

Percy Williams was a tiny guy,

paste...

Williams was 5'6" and, during his running career, never more than 126 pounds (his height and weight at the '28 Olympics, making him the smallest man ever to win the Olympic century). Nevertheless, Williams could beat even these more experienced sprinters in races in Vancouver and Seattle.

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Where you getting those stats? Most seem a bit heavy. Especially Williams. He was nowhere close to 170 pounds......trust me!

It's metric, not imperial!
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/
Percy Williams
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympic ... ams-1.html

[Giant Panda]

LOL

[speed101]

Usain Bolt 196 88 2,23

So from this analysis, Bolt is relatively the lightest?

I really didn't know but had a good idea. It took all of 3 minutes to find two at 150 and one at 148. Don't get why this is taking so long. Height vs weight..???

There was this ittie bittie guy out of Thailand, 5-4sh 130 pounds or so...10.2?. Talk about turnover..damn.

avante, what is the name if you know that is?, of the guy from thailand with a credited 10.2 100m time?.

[rson]

The Thai sprinter was Anat Ranatapol/

[speed101]

The Thai sprinter was Anat Ranatapol/

ok thanks bud

[Avante]

Yep, that's him.

I'm thinking Michael Frater at 148 pounds is the lightest sub10.00er.

[gennady]

Kim Collins 175/64 141 pounds.
Michael Frater 170/67.

[Peter Michaelson]

Avante:

Is the skinny 400 guy D. Robinson?

I remember Willie Deckard as being pretty skinny but I don't think he broke 10.

Cason was around 150 pounds.

[Avante]

Avante:

Is the skinny 400 guy D. Robinson?

I remember Willie Deckard as being pretty skinny but I don't think he broke 10.

Cason was around 150 pounds.

There was a little guy named Cliff Wiley who ran for Kansas once upon a time, he was a 135pounder (or so I read) he obviously was little. He was a 9.3/44.7/20.3-ish guy.

Willie Deckard was thin to the piont of looking frail. Not sure about his 100m time, I do know....9.2/20.2..on the same day. Dr. Delano Meriweather was another thin jet. If he'd ran in high school/college no teling what he might have done. His story...unique.

[basslop]

Does anyone know the H/W quotient for Jeremy Wariner?

[gennady]

Does anyone know the H/W quotient for Jeremy Wariner?

188/67
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographie ... index.html

[79.]

And about Jaysuma Saidy NDURE ?
He's very tall with a light morphology.
Just a word about Danny EVERETT who is probably the lightest sub-44" sprinter in history.

[gennady]

Jeremy Wariner 188/67 2,81
Danny Everett 187/68 2,79
Larry James 181/70 2,59
Harry Reynolds 190/80 2,38
Michael Johnson 185/78 2,37
Lee Evans 180/78 2,31
LaShawn Merritt 188/82 2,29
Steve Lewis 188/82 2,29
Quincy Watts 190/88 2,16

[Pierre-Jean]

Most of the weight listed are under the actual weight of the sprinters listed. The reason is that body height and weight are dating back the first time the athlete enters in the world list database. Obviously, the height doesn't change much, unlike weight. When i suspect big difference in the printed and actual height or weight, I try to give updated data in my reports and interviews for iaaf.org. From my own database, the only sub70kg & sub10sec sprinter is Kim Collins (99% sure).

[gennady]

Unfortunately there is no other on the Internet.

[noone]

The Thai sprinter was Anat Ranatapol/

ok thanks bud

His name is actually Ratanapol

[Avante]

What the hell...

All tiny 100m

lane

1.Cliff Wiley
2.Bobby Turner
3.Trindon Holliday
4.De'Angelo Cherry
5.Buddy Young
6.Ira Murchison
7.Kim Collins
8.Mel Pender

The Tall 100m

lane

1.Perrin Walker
2.Tommie Smith
3.Reggie Jones
4.Usain Bolt
5.Francis Obikwelu
6.Mark Witherspoon
7.Steve Williams
8.Carl Lewis
9.Steve Riddick

The Monster 100m

lane

1.Marcus Dupree
2.Ken Thomas
3.Bo Jackson
4.Herschel Walker
5.Curtis Dickey
6.Ben Johnson
7.Jack London
8.Harry-Akines-Aryeetey

[Per Andersen]

You need John Carlos in there. 6-4 and maybe 200lbs. What about Steve Riddick?. How tall was Norton? 6-3?

Jack London, was he a monster? I know he was bigger than Percy Williams

He doen't look so big on that statue in Oakland! (just kidding)

[Avante]

You need John Carlos in there. 6-4 and maybe 200lbs. What about Steve Riddick?. How tall was Norton? 6-3?

Jack London, was he a monster? I know he was bigger than Percy Williams

He doen't look so big on that statue in Oakland! (just kidding)

I've read that Carlos was 6-4, I've seen him up close a couple times he didn't look that tall to me. Steve Riddick belongs, I'll put him there. I think Norton was 6-3 but so is everyone else there. Who would Carlos replace?

Jack London was probably the first big muscular world class sprinter. Over 6 feet 200 pounds. Obviously you know about him vs Wiliams.

[Grasshopper]

What the hell...
The Monster 100m

lane

1.Marcus Dupree
2.Ken Thomas
3.Bo Jackson
4.Herschel Walker
5.Curtis Dickey
6.Ben Johnson
7.Jack London
8.Harry-Akines-Aryeetey

How tall/heavy were John Regis and Linford Christie? Regis always seemed like he belonged on the football (american) or rugby field. Linford was the most muscular 100m guy I think I've ever seen in my era.

[79.]

I read 25 years ago in a paper from L'Equipe that Danny EVERETT was nicknamed "Valentin
le désossé" having just one meal per day...

[AS]

How tall/heavy were John Regis and Linford Christie? Regis always seemed like he belonged on the football (american) or rugby field. Linford was the most muscular 100m guy I think I've ever seen in my era.

1988-89 Track & Field Annual lists the two as:
Regis: 181cm 86kg (5'11", 189lbs)
Christie: 189cm 77kg (6'2.5", 170 lbs)

[Pierre-Jean]

Data was later updated for Regis (1.81/98) and Christie (1.89/94).

[Grasshopper]

Data was later updated for Regis (1.81/98) and Christie (1.89/94).

Thanks, that sounds more realistic for later in their careers.