
This is only one second less than the previous record. In that distance the record is held by the Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo with a time of 57 minutes and 31 seconds, which is a speed of 22.01 km/h. So he ran at 22.83 km/h.Ĥ.- If we move on to asphalt, one of the most popular races is the Half Marathon. In this case Hicham El Guerrouj ran it in 3 minutes and 26 seconds in 1998, which means he was running at a speed of 26.21 km/h.ģ.- The record for the 10,000 metres was broken by Kenenisa Bekele in 2005 with a time of 26 minutes, 17 seconds and 53 hundredths of a second. Our technical running shoes for competition: ManĢ.- Another distance where speed can suffocate an athlete is the 1,500 metres. If he were able to maintain that speed during the 42 kilometres it would take him 1 hour, 7 minutes and 37 seconds to run a Marathon. But to get a clearer idea of the speed at which he runs, he was running at 37.58 km per hour. There has never been an athlete so fast.įor the rest of humanity it is a record of scandal, impossible to beat by any other mortal today. He broke it in August 2009, just five days after celebrating his 23rd birthday.

FASTEST RUNNERS IN THE MEN'S CATEGORYġ.- The world record in outdoor track running belongs to Usain Bolt, who clocked 9.58 seconds for the 100m sprint. If you are a runner, don't make comparisons between your personal bests and these records.
