Greatest runner of all time ?
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habo9
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I think Bolt has already overtaken CL , havent you seen the times he runs in!!!
Bolt is the greatest runner ever he holds the world record , end of!!
Now if your talking about who has had the best career it has to be CL for the amount of medals he has won!!!
Greatest runner of all time? BOLT :thumbsup:
As long as we are talking about short distance running and not counting longer distance runners I say it's Bolt.
I go by three criteria.
1. Total speed and quickness
2. How much greater they were compared to contemporary competition. Also taking into account that hundredths of second let alone tenths of a second better mean more now than they did even back a few decades ago.
3. Longevity at being near the best and especially the best.
4. They are good at more than one race and can do at least two of the 100, 200, and 400 meter races.
Bolt already beats everybody else like Lewis, Johnson, and Owns, in the first two criteria, and in a few years baring injury, quitting, or some other strange breakdown will have enough to almost equal everybody else in the third. He also has world records in the 100 and 200 meters. He's tenths of a second, TENTHS, better than anybody else on the planet. To put that into perspective he's probably better than whoever comes up second in a race than the second place person is better than the 10,000th best sprinter in the world. If he ever improves on his start out of the gate he might even get significantly better still, so even now it’s not like he already tapped out as far as ability.
I go by three criteria.
1. Total speed and quickness
2. How much greater they were compared to contemporary competition. Also taking into account that hundredths of second let alone tenths of a second better mean more now than they did even back a few decades ago.
3. Longevity at being near the best and especially the best.
4. They are good at more than one race and can do at least two of the 100, 200, and 400 meter races.
Bolt already beats everybody else like Lewis, Johnson, and Owns, in the first two criteria, and in a few years baring injury, quitting, or some other strange breakdown will have enough to almost equal everybody else in the third. He also has world records in the 100 and 200 meters. He's tenths of a second, TENTHS, better than anybody else on the planet. To put that into perspective he's probably better than whoever comes up second in a race than the second place person is better than the 10,000th best sprinter in the world. If he ever improves on his start out of the gate he might even get significantly better still, so even now it’s not like he already tapped out as far as ability.
the cheetah? the gazzell? no wait, its a high school student who grabbed a twelve pack from the store and ran for it.
After today, I gotta say Bolt.
True dat......:thumbsup:
easy poll usain bolt all the way
but owens and lewis are great runners as well
but owens and lewis are great runners as well
tartanterrier
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I'd say Lewis was the better athlete as he did more events i think 
Distance: Zatopek. So far ahead of his time. 400m: Edwin C Moses - he went over 100 races without losing. Sprint: well Carl Lewis has a shadow over him from his early days with regards doping. Bolt certainly has the potential. Jesse Owens made the biggest splash in 1936 though and there were no games for him to go to in 1940.
Jagger69
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Great comment. Zatopek was amazing. :thumbsup:
broderic_randal
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ben johnson is my pick
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