Talk:200 metres straight

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Why is this record slower than the one on the curve track? I would think, that in straigt track, all energy is used to accelarate and nothing to fit the radius. 213.54.92.203 (talk) 14:52, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Primarily, I would think, because it is so rarely attempted. The record is by Tyson Gay, a great sprinter (#5 all time) but not Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake or Michael Johnson none of whom to my knowledge has never attempted the straight.  Gay's mark still is .17 faster than HIS turn PR.  Gay's single attempt was a special event, rather than something that notably gets Bolt and Johnson to peak performances, The Olympics or World Championships.  This is an event of the past, made historically notable because Tommie Smith's time (set before he set the turn world record in the Olympics) was superior to the turn world record from 1966 until Johnson in 1996, over 30 years.  Smith's record was about the same amount faster than his world record too.  So by that theory, if a Bolt were to attempt the event in peak form, he might be able to tickle 19 flat.  We won't know and won't have a record to report until he does. Trackinfo (talk) 04:38, 28 October 2012 (UTC)