60 meter vs. 40 yards

[JB Cash]

I was wondering how to translate 60 meter race times to 40 yard dash times.


I think the following formula is correct.


40 yard = 36.576 meter


36.576m / 60m = .6096


Thus a 60 meter time x .6096 = 40 yard dash time


I think the 60 meter race is the nearest to the 40 yard dash time as it is basically an all out sprint. Perhaps a 60 meter runner would run a faster 40 yard dash then a 60 meter dash as he would run a little differently. Any runners out there that can give me some input on that? How about the football players running the 40 yard dash. Do they do anything differently?


Using times in the 60 meter races mentioned at this site, we get the following:


Robb Merritt 6.78 (4.13) secs.


Dusty Stamer 6.70 6.65 (4.05) secs.


Lukasz Chyla 6.56 (3.99) secs.


Nic Macrozonaris 6.72 (4.09) secs.


Steve Koehnemann 6.59 (4.02) secs.


Makes Matt Jones' times very impressive.

 

[white lightning]

That is correct.The 40 is very similar to the 60 in
that it is an all out 100% effort sprint.Most people
can run a 40 but to run a 60 is alot harder.Off course
sprinters train to have better speed endurance.Morne
Nagel actually ran several 6.48 60 meter times a few
years ago but could never put it all together in a 100
meters contest.When a sprinter runs the 100,the last
30-40 meters is about relaxing,and carrying your speed
through to the end.It is impossible,even on steroids to
run all out for 100 meters.The best sprinters are better
at holding their form and not tightening up as much as
the average sprinter.You still are running but it is
also almost coasting at the very end of the race.Whites
in my opinion usually do alot better in the shorter
races.We need to learn to maintain our speed better
over the longer races.Jeremy Wariner is an excellent
example even though he runs 400 meters,he is so relaxed
it looks like he is doing a casual jog out there.