Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Men’s Marathon at Beijing (4) - Running speeds

Let us study the running speeds of these marathon runners at Beijing Olympics.

In the first 5 km, the leading runner spent 14.53 minutes. The running speed was about 20.6 km/h.

In the first 10 km, the fastest runner spent 29.46 minutes, so the speed was about 20.4 km/h.

At 15 km, the time taken was 44 minutes 36 minutes and the running speed was 20.17 km/h. It seemed that the speed was declining a little.




At 25 km, the time taken was 1 hour 13 minutes 58 seconds and the speed was 20.28 km/h.





At 30 km, the time taken was 1 hour 29 minutes 12 seconds and the speed was 20.18 km/h.





At 35 km, the taken was 1 hour 44 minutes 37 seconds and the speed was 20.07 km/h.




The Kenyan runner, Wansiru, took 1 hour 59 minutes 54 seconds to finish 40 km and his speed was 20.02 km/h.


The Marathon winner, Wansiru, took 2 hours 6 minutes 32 seconds to finish the whole distance of 42.195 km. His overall running speed was 20 km/h.

1 comment:

Ho Keung and Yin Ping said...

Fantastic, these people need all their strength, determination and perseverence to finish the race.