Average speed during Olympic Records in athletic events (in km/h) 1980-2021

Average speed maintained while setting Olympic Records in athletic events from 1980 to 2021

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Release date

July 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

1980 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Please note that the figures in the graph are not the top speeds reached by the competitors, but rather their average speeds throughout the duration of the event. Figures have been calculated by Statista based on the numberss provided by the linked source.

The original men's Olympic Records are as follows:
4x100m: Jamaica, 2012 - 36.84 seconds
100m: Usain Bolt (Jamaica), 2012 - 9.63 seconds
200m: Usain Bolt (Jamaica), 2008 - 19.3 seconds
400m: Wayde Van Niekerk (South Africa), 2016 - 43.03 seconds
4x400m: U.S., 2008 - 175.39 seconds
400m Hurdles: Karsten Warholm (Norway), 2021 - 45.94 seconds
110m Hurdles: Xiang Liu (China), 2004 - 12.91 seconds
800m: David Rudisha (Kenya), 2012 -100.91 seconds
1,500m: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway), 2021 - 208.32 seconds
5,000m: Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia), 2008 - 12 minutes, 57.82 seconds
3,000m Steeplechase: Conseslus Kiproto (Kenya), 2016 - 8 minutes, 3.28 seconds
10,000m: Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia), 2008 - 27 minutes, 1.17 seconds
Marathon: Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (Kenya), 2008 - 126 minutes, 32 seconds
20km Race Walk: Ding Chen (China), 2012 - 78 minutes 46 seconds
50km Race Walk: Jared Tallent (Australia), 2012 - 216 minutes, 53 seconds

The original women's Olympic Records are as follows:
4x100m: U.S., 2012 - 40.82 seconds
100m: Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica), 2021 - 10.61 seconds
200m: Florence Griffith-Joyner (U.S.), 1988 - 21.34 seconds
400m: Marie-José Perec (France), 1996 - 48.25
4x400m: Soviet Union, 1988 - 195.17 seconds
400m Hurdles: Sydney McLaughlin (U.S.), 2021 - 51.46 seconds
100m Hurdles: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Puerto Rico), 2012 - 12.26 seconds
800m: Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union), 1980 - 113.43 seconds
1,500m: Faith Kipyegon (Kenya), 2021 - 233.11 seconds
5,000m: Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (Kenya), 2016 - 14 minutes, 26.17 seconds
3,000m Steeplechase: Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (Russia), 2008 - 8 minutes, 58.81 seconds
10,000m: Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 2016 - 29 minutes, 17.45 seconds
Marathon: Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia) 2012 - 143 minutes, 7 seconds
20km Race Walk: Yelena Lashmanova (Russia), 2012 - 85 minutes, 2 seconds

All speeds, when converted into miles per hour, are as follows:
4x100m: 24.29 (m), 21.92 (w)
100m: 23.23 (m), 21.09 (w)
200m: 23.19 (m), 20.97 (w)
400m: 20.8 (m), 18.55 (w)
4x400m: 20.41 (m), 18.34 (w)
400m Hurdles: 19.48 (m), 17.39 (w)
110m/100m Hurdles: 19.06 (m), 18.28 (w)
800m: 17.74 (m), 15.78 (w)
1,500m: 16.11 (m), 14.40 (w)
5,000m: 14.38 (m), 12.92 (w)
3,000m Steeplechase: 13.89 (m), 12.46 (w)
10,000m: 13.8 (m), 12.73 (w)
Marathon: 12.44 (m), 10.99 (w)
20km Race Walk: 9.47 (m), 8.77 (w)
50km Race Walk: 8.6 (m)

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