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19.05.2013

We present you the top 10 The fastest people on earth who have achieved tremendous success solely due to their efforts and muscles. Without the use of any mechanical devices.

No. 10. Patrick Makau, Kenya

Distance: marathon Age: 28

Representatives from Africa and Kenya in particular will often appear on this list. Patrick Makau is actually the most enduring runner in the world, who managed to set a record during the marathon race of 42,195 meters. The Berlin marathon in 2011 was given to him in 2 h 3 m 38 s.

No. 9. Moses Mosop, Kenya

Distance: 25,000 m, 30,000 m Age: 27 years old

Record holder for near-marathon distances: 25 km and 30 km. In addition, he repeatedly participated in the marathon, for example, he became the champion at the Chicago Marathon, on the crosses of the 2009 World Championship. And this is the ninth place among the fastest people in the world.

No. 8. Zersenai Tadese, Eritrea

Distance: half marathon, 20,000 m road Age: 31

Favorite distance - half marathon, no joke, five-time world champion on it. His record: 58 m 23 s. In addition, the athlete received the first (and only so far) Olympic medal in the history of Eritrea in 2004 at a distance of 10 km.

No. 7. Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia

Distance: 20,000 m, hour run Age: 39

A two-time Olympic champion (1996 and 2000 games at a distance of 10,000 m) and a multiple world champion at distances of 3 km, 5 km and 10 km, he became a real benchmark for an athlete. In 2007, he set 2 world records during the World Championships in the Czech Republic: 20 km in 56 m 26 s and 21 km 285 m per hour. At his age, he does not leave the sport, but combines it with business and the role of the UN Goodwill Ambassador.

No. 6. Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia

Distance: 5,000 m, 10,000 m Age: 31

Multiple world champion (2003-2009), three-time Olympic champion (Athens and Beijing), twice world record holder at a distance of 5 km and 10 km (12 m37 s and 26 m17 s, respectively). And it all started with the school, which was (don't be surprised) 10 km from home and to which he got on a run. Bravo, Kenenis!

No. 5. Hisham El Guerrouj, Morocco

Distance: 1,500 m, 1 mile, 2,000 m Age: 38

On the fifth line, among the fastest people in the world, multiple world champion at distances of 1,500 m (for 3 m26 s), 3,000 m, 1 mile (for 3 m43 s) and 5,000 m, the best athlete in the world (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003), two-time Olympic champion of Athens. Who knows, perhaps, if not for the injury, he would have continued his career as a runner, but today he is working in the International Olympic Committee.

No. 4. Noah Ngeni, Kenya

Distance: 1,000 m Age: 34

Until now, no one has managed to beat the record of that Kenyan at a distance of 1 km (for 14 years, by the way). In 2000 in Sydney, he got the Olympic gold medal at a distance of 1,500 m. However, since 2006 he has not continued his sports career, which is a pity. The record for 1,000 meters is 2 m12 s.

No. 3. David Rudisha, Kenya

Distance: 800 m Age: 24 years

Olympic champion in 2012 and world record holder at a distance of 800 meters of the same year - only 1.40.91 m. The athlete's youth allows us to expect further victories and records from him.

No. 2. Michael Johnson, USA

Distance: 400 m Age: 45 years

Yes, finally an athlete not from Africa. Repeated Olympic champion (in 1992, 1996, 2000) at distances of 200 and 400 m (43.18 s). In the 90s of the last century, he was an incomparable runner, no one managed to fight him on equal terms. In addition, he developed his own running style - torso back, legs forward.

No. 1. Usain Bolt, Jamaica

Distance: 100.200 m Age: 26 years old

The fastest man in the world, a young and already well-known runner at a distance of 100 m and 200 m, moreover, a record holder of the first distance. It took him just 9.58 seconds to conquer the 100 meters - a previously unheard of result. Justified 6 Olympic gold medals in Beijing and London.

The lightest person in history is recognized as a resident of the city of San Carlos, which is located in Mexico.

Lucia Zarate was the thinnest and easy man worldwide. The girl was born in 1863. At the age of 17, the weight of the lightest person reached only 2,130 grams, while her height was 63 centimeters. The girl's weight was considered abnormal, even for such a small stature.

The doctors, along with the girl's parents, were very concerned about this and put the lightest man in history on a strict diet that could help the girl gain weight. For three years, the girl ate according to a strictly defined program and doctors observed her. By the age of 20, the girl was able to gain weight three times her own.

As a result, she began to weigh a little more than six kilograms. The girl's head was only the size of a man's fist, but the girl had an unrealistically large nose, which was intended for a larger face. People stayed away from this girl and did not perceive her as a person. In addition, the girl had the most grumpy character.

The lightest person in the world was a noisy, arrogant, demanding and aggressive girl. Lucia died at the age of 27. This happened in 1890. The girl died of the flu, her body could not cope with the virus. With such a small weight, the girl was never able to have children. The lightest man in history was listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

But the lightest man in the history of the 18th century was a resident English city Lantrisant. At 8 years old, he weighed 8,600 grams. His height also did not exceed one meter. No further information about him has been preserved. The lightest man in history died in 1754. At that time, he weighed 6 kilograms.

Doctors have always tried to study this human phenomenon. To date, the Guinness Book of Records has recognized the lightest man in the world, Filipino Junri Baluing. At 18, the boy is 55.8 centimeters tall, but the boy's weight is unknown. His predecessor Khagendra Tapa Magar from Nepal, with a height of 67 centimeters, weighed 5.5 kilograms.

It turns out that Junri weighs less than this weight, since he was able to get into the Guinness Book of Records. It is worth noting that there are many such light and small people on Earth, but not everyone wants the whole world to know about them.

And this girl lives in America.

Gabby Williams has a brain anomaly, her optic nerve was damaged during childbirth. The girl has two heart defects, a cleft palate and an abnormal swallowing reflex, so she can only eat through a tube in her nose.

Also, the girl is dumb and can only cry and unconsciously smile. A bunch of various diseases allows her to save the face and body of a child. After the birth of Gaby, her parents decided to become parents twice more. In 2007, Anthony was born to them, and Alina appeared the following year. By this point, the Williamses had stopped taking Gabby to the doctors, accepting for themselves the fact that the girl would never be cured.

At nine years old, she weighs five kilograms and looks like a baby.

The 100 meter dash has been one of the most popular and prestigious events in the world of athletics since 1896. If a runner completes it in 10 seconds, he is a world class sprinter. And if the time is even less, then this athlete is among the 10 the fastest people in the world, the difference between which is measured literally in milliseconds, and when measuring the results, even such a criterion as tailwind speed is taken into account.

10 fastest sprinters in the world

The Canadian athlete was among the fastest men at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain, where he broke the ten-second barrier to win the silver medal. In 2009, Surin became the new Canadian record holder in the 50 meters (40 to 45 years old group) by running this distance in 6.15 seconds.

Currently, Surin is not part of the world of big sport, he heads a sports nutrition company and also launched a clothing line, which he called Surin without any fuss.

Now Donovan Bailey has long been taking a break from the world of big-time sports, but in 1996, during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he crossed the finish line, spending only 9.84 seconds. And he became the first Canadian athlete to be included in the list of the fastest runners in the world.

The young Jamaican athlete first broke the ten-second barrier at the age of 28, and by the end of the year he had done it seven more times. June 4, 2011 in Eugene, Oregon, he ran a hundred meters for 9.80 seconds, having won a place in the top ten among the fastest people on the planet.

American athlete Justin Gatlin, Olympic champion, is currently in seventh place among people capable of developing the maximum speed available to a person. In 2012 on Olympic Games in England he repeated Green's achievement ( 9.79 seconds) and received a bronze medal.

Four-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion Maurice Green specialized in sprinting and set a world speed record on June 16, 1999 in Athens, Greece. He ran a hundred meters 9.79 seconds.

Another Jamaican runner has entered the ranking of the fastest people on Earth, completing the 100-meter race in just 9.78 seconds. Nesta also boasts world records in the 4x100 meters relay (2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China), in the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and, a year later, in the London Olympics.

Asafa held the world championship in running speed for three years - from June 2005 to May 2008 and to this day remains one of the fastest people in the history of mankind. Asafa won his title by running a hundred meters for 9.72 seconds at the Athletics Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2008.

By October 2012, he had successfully cleared the 10-second barrier in the 100m a total of 88 times, more than any other runner.

The second number of the high-speed top 10 is (more precisely, running) an athlete nicknamed "The Beast". Whether it corresponds to his inner world is unknown, but he really runs very fast. Blake raced to the finish line for 9.69 seconds at the championship in Lausanne in 2012, becoming the youngest among the fastest runners on the planet. Then he was only 19 years old.

In the same year, at the London Olympics, he almost stepped on the heels of Usain Bolt in the 100 and 200 meters races, and in the 4x100 meters relay he won a world record.

On the second line among the fastest athletes in the world is the American athlete Tyson Gay, who ran a hundred meters in 9.69 seconds in September 2009. Only Tyson and Maurice Greene managed to win first places in three competitions at once during one championship - in the 100 and 200 meters race, and the 4 by 100 relay.

Who is the fastest person in the world? Can run a hundred meters in 9.58 seconds only person in the world - Usain Bolt (Usain Bolt), a phenomenal athlete. He is the fastest person to currently hold the 100m sprint world record (achieved in Berlin in 2009, surpassing his previous record of 9.69 seconds at the 2008 Beijing Olympics).

His top speed while sprinting was 44.72 km/h. This is the maximum speed of a person, and it is impossible to maintain it for a long time. Bolt managed to develop such a speed between 60 and 80 meters, and in the last meters of the distance his speed decreased significantly.

Usain's success story

The quickness of Usain Bolt, who was born in Jamaica in 1986, was seen back in young age. By the age of 15, he was known as "The Lightning", thanks to his triumph at the World Junior Championships in 2002. There he won the 200m, making him the youngest junior gold medalist in the world.

Later that year, the International Association of Athletics Federations awarded him their Rising Star Award. Today, Usain tops the list of the 10 fastest people on the planet.

Despite some setbacks — notably a hamstring injury that kept him out of competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics — Bolt soon took the sports world by storm, winning three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is the first athlete in Olympic history to win first place in both the 100m and 200m relays.

He was able to run the 100 meters in 9.69 seconds, the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds, and the 4 x 100 meters relay in 37.10, breaking both previous Olympic and world records. And as the icing on the cake: Bolt is the first person to set three world records in a single Olympics.

The sprinter defended his title of "fastest man on earth" at the London 2012 Olympics, becoming the first person to win gold medals in the 100m (9.63 seconds) and 200m (19.32 seconds) in two consecutive Olympic Games.

At the same Olympics, he and three other members of the Jamaican team set a new world record in the 4x100m relay (36.84 seconds). After the relay ended, Bolt argued with one of the judges. The latter took away the baton from the athlete, which he wanted to receive as a souvenir. However, Bolt subsequently received the wand as a gift.

It would seem that the limit of success has been reached, but the 29-year-old Bolt is too fast to stand still. He made sports history again in 2016 after winning for the third time in a row. gold medal 100 meters in their final (presumably) Olympic Games in Rio.

"Each long haul starts with one, with the first step.” – Usain Bolt

Bolt's archrival

Usain may be insanely fast, but he's not. That honor belongs to the cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus), a graceful predator native to Africa and Asia. These endangered felines can run at speeds exceeding 120 km per hour, and are capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km per hour in three seconds. This is the Bugatti Veyron level.

So a cheetah can easily outrun Usain, but after a couple of hundred yards the animal starts to run out of steam. With enough head start, Usain could overtake him…probably.

The fastest woman in the world

If Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world, then who is the fastest woman? This is US resident Florence Delores Griffith (Joyner), known to fans as Flo-Jo.

The seventh child in a large family (there were 11 children in total), raised by a divorced mother. Florence is remembered not only for her current world records of 21.34 seconds in the 200 meters and 10.49 seconds in the 100m dash, but also a reverent attitude to their own appearance.

This is the first female sprinter to appear on the track, carefully made up, with beautiful manicures and in a bright uniform. In the sports world, Florence has become a real style icon.