You have no idea how much I love these world record progressions, me and my family watch them together and I can’t wait to show them this one! Thank you for these 🙏

@szymon6207

11 ай бұрын

Road to 47.55 sec women

@Asswipes123

10 ай бұрын

That’s so cute 🥰

@Lscott-fk2sn

7 ай бұрын

​@@Asswipes123your username makes your comment unintentionally hilarious 😂

you gotta be a different kind of animal to run the 400. watching van niekerk's WR was electrifying; great to see that he's bounced back from his unfortunate injury and is now winning DL meets

@szymon6207

11 ай бұрын

and men need is 42.99 sec !

@jamesfreeman5347

9 ай бұрын

​@@szymon6207😊

@perrynnlynch1883

8 ай бұрын

Great comment. Sprinting for a quarter of a mile??. Only those who have ever participated can truly appreciate what that takes out of anybody competitively. Racing at that distance. I felt like falling over, lol😅. That was in my younger days too. Anyway Great post and Big respect to the channel. So insightful.

Butch Reynolds 43.29 was insane for it's time. Still 3rd fastest all-time despite it happening 35ish years ago.

@jaassil

11 ай бұрын

His name was Harry Lee.

@fezparker2401

11 ай бұрын

drugs

@richardgallimore5976

11 ай бұрын

@@fezparker2401 Even if that were the case a lot of other people were probably on it before that time, during that time & after that time. Still the 3rd fastest time regardless, amazing athlete.

@johnmc3862

10 ай бұрын

@@richardgallimore5976Doesn’t excuse him probably being on them. Otherwise juice them all and have the drug Olympics.

@richardgallimore5976

10 ай бұрын

@@johnmc3862 "Doesn't excuse him probably being on them". Really dumb take. How can you say it doesn't excuse him when you're simply guessing that he was on something?

Loved this. I was a 50:00 man at my peak…nice to know I would’ve been in the mix back in the 1800s!

@kenrickhk

11 ай бұрын

Oh damn!

@tommosley2844

10 ай бұрын

No you wouldn't. Remember, back then there were no starting blocks and they ran on dirt, a much slower surface. No comparison.

@lunam7249

9 ай бұрын

i will say it was accurately 49.99❤

The intros for Johnson and Van Niekerk were awesome

@danbotez1307

10 ай бұрын

Johnson was a pompous a.....le.

Holy shit dude, I've been watching your channel for a bit now, but I STILL can't get over how high-quality your videos are. It is obvious you do the research and put in the effort to make these videos for us. You really deserve more attention. God Speed RunnerBoi.

@battshytkrazy156

11 ай бұрын

DITTO 🎉

Shout out to Jeremy Wariner, who got kind of close to Johnson's record in the 2000s.

@darbyheavey406

9 ай бұрын

JW was very smooth…

Things to note, the announcers fail to mention three things. The 440 is approximately 3 yards longer than 400 meters, starting blocks didn't become popular until the 1950s and the first rubber tracks until the 1960s😊

Edit: WVN has the most gifted final 20 meters I’ve ever seen, hands down. It’s almost his body is literally lurching. I do not understand it. It’s not even some final kick. He almost appears to visibly accelerate. This was great! As a quarter miler at heart in college I’ve always wanted to make this video as I’ve never felt it’s been done right - thankfully now I don’t have to haha

I've always been really interested in the 400m since I had the privilege of sharing the same high school C class team as the great Lee Evans. Thank you for the well done video. Love the history!

The 1968 US Olympic track and field team were legends.

@szymon6207

9 ай бұрын

You ll maybe 42.88 sec

@helpinghal

7 ай бұрын

Hines, Smith, Evans, Beamon, Fosbury, Seagren, Toomey, Oerter, Tyus and a host of others.

Lee Evans WR was a shocker. He did have a phenomenal coach though, Bud Winter. You can see Winter's influence in Evans's languid style.

Johnson was just unbeatable over 1 lap. I loved watching him run, and I love watching him as an analyst.

Thanks for making these king. You’re an amazing content creator.

These are so well made I still can't get over it.....Always a treat! Would love to see a video about the crazy high school distance runners of this year (Birnbaum, Burns, Youngs, etc..) It would be an amazing story, and would capture this historic year of high school distance running beautfiaully.

This is just great. The quality, the research from the 1800s to date, the absorbing and interesting presentations, the accuracy, the facts, the progressions, the perspective the really interesting nuances make it a real treat, worthy of the athletes it portrays and honours. Thank you RunnerBoi

Another excellent video. Very well researched and put together. Well done.

please don't stop making these, so well done

Much props for the incredibly well researched and presented video. Very well done, sir!

Man that background music is sweet and relaxing. Love the channel.

I was able to see Butch Reynolds run his first 400 when I was in high school. He was the anchor in the 4x400 against our team which was very good. We had a nice lead on the final lap with our fastest 400 runner. When Reynolds got the baton he was like shot out of cannon. He passed our guy in the last 100 for the win. After the race he was so wore out from it he told his dad "the 400 wasn't for humans". Reynolds told that story at an event for our anchor runner a few years ago. They showed an old video of that race that brought back some fun memories. Good times.

This was such a fun video. Thank you ❤

Beautiful Video. Wonderful cut. Thank you.

I went to high school with a guy that ran 48 seconds. He was the fastest human I've ever seen. I wasn't into track back then, so I didn't know how good that really was. I can't remember the kids name.

@xelp435

11 ай бұрын

48 is crazy

@vernonfrance2974

10 ай бұрын

@@xelp435 Does Speedy Gonzalez ring a bell?

love these videos

Awesome video, as always.

There’s a 15 yr old young man outta Dc who’s running 45 high. Quincey Wilson is his name and he could be the person who eventually breaks 43. I don’t think there’s a pro now who can do it.

@bobgreenfield9158

11 ай бұрын

19.60 seconds first 200 M 22.00 seconds second 200 M 41.60 seconds 400 M

Such high quality videos, he needs more credit and subscribers

I was laughing so much about "the CEO of lactic acid" joke that I was unable to focus on the rest of the video... had to watch it back!

Wow Great information... Thank you 👏👌👍🙏💐🥰

Fabulous video. ❤

The only athletes ever to react to my comments online have been Wayde van Niekirk and Ryan Crouser. I think it says something. The type of person that sets world records is also the type of person that will interact with random nobodies online. I mean that in the best way. A lot of successful CEOs are also the type of people that will talk to anybody. Same for Fred Armisen in comedy. There's some element of success that's tied with still feeling like an everyman no matter how successful you happen to be.

@Johnrap

11 ай бұрын

@@HkFinn83 They are good too. But my point was not people who set world records without being friendly to fans. My point was how many people could have set world records if they had been more friendly.

Excellent video

Thank youuu!!

Excellent Vid!

Loving this! Im getting great Summoning Salt vibes

55 years since someones broke new second barrier, wade though is incredible maybe the greatest all around sprinter of all time.

EXCELLENT job

Although his record fell, Michael Johnson is still the best ever. When we consider the consistency that is.

THANK YOUUUU

The lane 8 probably helped mentally as he could run his own race and not let other people's pacing throw him off. People have peaks, early peaks and late peaks. He MIGHT get better and faster when older and having more time to build those muscles and perfect his form BUT that could also be his best that he might never be able to accomplish again.

One of the greatest runners of all time, regardless of event....and a real gentleman as well.

EXCELLENT JOB

My first memory of track and field was watching Michael Johnson. Legend!

As a Zambian, I'll make a psa and let you know Muzala Samukonga is coming up

I remember watching MJ on TV when he was running up in Edinburgh Scotland. He ran an astounding sub 20 seconds in freezing cold conditions

you just made my day :)))

Quality video mate

@szymon6207

7 ай бұрын

Beat the stephen Levis !

good video!

I am a geek and athletics nut so this is perfect for me thankyou!

MJ's upright style and short strides is still my favourite. Credit to VNK.

bro is cracked at making me engage in documentaries regardless if they are on rhythm games or sports events

Great job, possible help, but I think this could benefit from a few progression chart visualizations in the beginning (whatever summoning salt uses)

NEW RUNNERBOI NEW RUNNERBOI NEW RUNNERBOI

2:47 do you mean century, millenium would mean from 1xxx to 2xxx not 18xx to 19xx

This is one hell of a video…

Well done sprinters!.

we need a simeon birnbaum video!!!

You have the most unexpected accent that resurfaces on one random word just as I finally forget about it

John Ward ran the first recorded 400m world record in 56 sec. Makese happy with my sub 1min 400m time as a master athlete.

Had Wayde Van Niekerk not gotten injured he would definitely have dipped below 43 seconds. He actually slowed down with his last 2 steps in the 43.03. Unfortunately years might have caught up to him. He looks strong now and could potentially be world champion again. But not likely to break a world record again. Although Michael Johnson proved it can be done in your 30s so we never know

It’s such a pure and elemental event.

Are these guys even human! MY GOODNESS! These times are INSANE!

I am not really an Olympics fan, but Van Newkirk's record gave me goosebumps.

Many WR's fell in Mexico and took years to beat due to altitude.

@vernonfrance2974

10 ай бұрын

Maybe the records fell due to attitude.

@jesusisking8502

10 ай бұрын

@@vernonfrance2974 The air is much thinner so very little wind resistance for sure.

The commentary at 14:14 is so good

Wade is the only one who broke all 4 sub second barriers insane

They're World Athletics now, not the IAAF...

If there are sections with one audio channel that's silent, please for the love of God copy over the audio from the other channel.

Very nice

Too qualify video, I hope your channel gets more traffic

Can you also do 200m and 100m world record progression

I remember watching MJ as a kid throughout the 90s. He was like a Duracell rabbit running on electricity. Incredible athlete.

michael johnson reminds me of a bowling pin

Adolph Plummer: I got his autograph once. He gave me the autograph, and a dirty look. Bud Spencer: he was our coach for the 440. "Hey Bud, how fast do you want these 220s?" "As fast as you can without straining." "Huh?" About 1987 I was watching somebody run repeat 220s at UCLA -- typical thing for a quarter miler. He was running like the wind; it looked like about 20 flat. It probably wasn't that fast. It was probably 21-22 something. I didn't know who it was. Next year after that, 1988, he won the gold medal in the Olympics.

Butch renold dope!!!!

Michael Johnson the most consistent quarter miler ever...

ggs sick falco

@szymon6207

7 ай бұрын

Wr 2:54.29 anchor leg michael Johnson in stuggart 1993

Michael Johnson the only one to have held the 400 the 200 and the 300 WRS insane

Please do a Pole Vault one

20.01 into a -3.4 headwind is RIDICULOUS

Running 47 sec 100 years ago is insane on those old shity tracks in slippers, imagine what those guys could do today

@szymon6207

7 ай бұрын

Niekerk in current 43.03

Runner Boi. You said "sweeped" instead of "swept." (12.20) You also said "44.8 "sex" not 44.8 six. You had a "glottle stop when you said "unbeaten" which sounds like this "Unbea-en." I still upvoted you and subscribed. I think the commenter of Butch Reynold's world record at sea level showed so much glee because Lee Evans had given the "Black Power" salute in the Mexico City Olympics victory. Reynold's time of 43.9 was amazing. It is amazing how they besmirched Reynold's times but overlooked the fact that Michael Johnson made sure to retire when better testing methods were developed. "He somehow ran faster than ever before at 43.18." The emphasis should be on "SOMEHOW." Wayde Von Niekerk - the greatest time to date he ran at Rio where he ran 43.03.

10:06 Is Tommie Smith rocking Ray-Ban sunglasses while breaking a world record? 😂

Do 110 hurdle world record progression next

200 meter world record progression

A track athlete can run full blast for around 330 yards. Lactic acid builds up so fast after that and painful

The 440 was run until1982 in the PIAA

Damn, Adolph Plummer’s parents chose that name juuuust at the wrong time.

@vernonfrance2974

10 ай бұрын

They could change it to A. Dolphin. Who would expect a plumber to be fast anyway?

When was steroid discovered?

❤

This voice makes me feel nostalgic

the most painful human expirience in sports

I remember watching Butch Reynolds smash the record. It was incredible, but even at the time to break it by over half a second rather than hundreths seemed highly suspicious and it felt dodgy. Then of course he was confirmed as a drug cheat like so many US athletes of the time. Just need someone to wipe Flo Jo's records off now. I was so happy when Johnson wiped Reynolds time off the book. Johnson is a legend and was incredible to watch with that unusual upright style reminiscent of the late great Eric Liddell, though not nearly as ungainly. These days Johnson often works as a pundit for the BBC. Eric Liddel was an incredible man. Not only was he a 400m Olympic gold medallist and WR holder, he was a fantastic 100m sprinter and a rugby international. He only started training for the 400m 6 months earlier as he was supposed to run in the 100m but withdrew after discovering the 100m heats were on Sunday and as a staunch christian he refused to run on the sabbath. Getting the gold medal in and WR for an event he wasn't supposed to run must be one of the greatest performances in athletics history. His sporting career in rugby and athletics only lasted 4 years as for him it was a bit of fun before starting his missionary work in china. Imagine how good he might have been with proper training. He had a reputation as being an incredibly principled man and unfailingly kind and decent, one of those rare Christians who actually did as they preached. After the Japanese invaded China he was put into a Japanese concentration camp. The camp descended into cliques but Liddell took over as a leader, shamed the others into sharing resources and acted as a teacher to the children. Tragically this incredible man died in the camp on 21/5/2/1945 shortly before it was liberated. For those interested Liddell features in the film 'Chariots of Fire'. Like most films it's not 100% historically accurate, but still a great watch. www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jan/04/50-stunning-olympic-moments-eric-liddell en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell

Adolph Plummer ran his 44.9 on a rough dirt track

Here before I watch the whole video to say the 400 is the most difficult b.s. that has ever been thought of. How tf you gone ask people to sprint a lap. 60m...np. 100m cool. 200m...hol up wait...but cool. 800m...OK...a lil strategy. The 400...nah yall...sprint a lap...and don't die. *gun goes off. The 400 meters has to be stopped...

Needs the @SummoningSalt music

10:08 WTF is that swag o.O

These guys run 400m faster than I can run to the toilet

how come you haven't made a singel video about jakob ingebrigtsen?

@vernonfrance2974

10 ай бұрын

Is Jakob married now?

@TheOneNorwegian

10 ай бұрын

@@vernonfrance2974 no, he is marrying later this year I believe