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| Tyson Gay Manchester 200 meter 19.41 World Record Video Posted: 16 May 2010 11:14 AM PDT  It’s a famous Latin phrase reportedly written by Julius Caesar in 47 BC as a comment which literally translates to “I came, I saw, I conquered”. Tyson Gay came. Tyson Gay saw. Tyson Gay conquered. When Tyson Gay ran a 19.41 FAT at Manchester, he now has the ultimate world record without controversy. That’s because Tommie Smith's previous WR of 19.5 could be the FAT equivalent of 19.74 or possibly "slower". Tyson Gay’s splits en route to his 19.41 200m:
His last 100m split was 9.53. Progression of the 200 meters straight World Record
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| Controversy over Tommie Smith’s 19.5 200m Straightaway WR Posted: 16 May 2010 10:02 AM PDT 
POP QUIZ: What is the converted FAT time for a hand timed 200m straight or hurdles? 0.24? Is Tommie Smith's WR of 19.5 really equivalent to a 19.74? Or is it "slower" How about Don Styron's 200 meter hurdles WR of 21.9 set back in 1960? This article is not to diminish Smith's or Styron's records. They ran what they ran. After all, Smith held 11 world records concurrently and is still not in the Hall of Fame (Geez, perhaps the raised fist caused some ill feelings?) So when Tyson Gay ran a 19.41 FAT at Manchester, he now has the ultimate world record without controversy. The Difference between 0.14 and 0.24Timers use the smoke (not sound) from the gun to start the stopwatch. The closer you are to the gun, the better your visual reaction time to the smoke. Thus for any race where the starter is NOT at the finish line, like 100m and 200m starting lines, the conversion is 0.24 seconds. For the 400 meters (and 4×100m and 4×400m relay) it is 0.14 seconds. But wait! The 200m straightway is really far from the finish line! I remember in high school (a long long time ago) I had a hard time seeing the starter for this race. Imagine the timers! In a research study back in 1973 using timers at the University of Giessen, they concluded:
The 0.24 conversion is "accurate". How they came up with 0.14 is another story. Maybe it's just a nice round number, just like the 0.100 reaction time for false starts. If the above research is a true indication of visual reaction times, what should the conversion be for the 200 meter straightaway? 0.34? If that is the case, is Tommie Smith's WR of 19.5 really "19.84"? Is Don Styron's 200 meter hurdles WR of 21.9 really "22.24"? Progression of the 200 meters straightJust for historical purposes, here is the progression of WR for the 200 meters straight:
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