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Usain Bolt has the world record for the 100 meters at 9.58. He did not run his best race as he often would look around at the finish. If we combined his best 20 meter sections then Bolt could have run 9.52. This would take his best start, best finish etc…
There many records set at the Mexico Olympic in 1968. Higher altitude and warmer temperatures are better for sprinting records. If Usain Bolt had run at higher altitude, warmer temperature and with the most tailwind permitted for a record (2 meters per second), then this would have resulted in a 9.37 second record.
It could be possible to construct indoor facilities where the equivalent of high altitude, optimal temperature and optimal tailwind was always provided. Technological improvements for optimal running shoes and optimal track.
There have been other runs where there were fans used to give a 20 meter per second tailwind. If there was no tailwind limitation, then a sub-9 second 100 meters is possible.
Usain Bolt an a split of 8.70 seconds in a 150 meter run. A flying start enabled running 100 meters (50-150) in 8.70 seconds.
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