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Kevin
My name is Kevin and I am 30 years old.
What would Carl Lewis' 19.75 seconds 200m run in 1983 have been if he never slowed down to celebrate?
What would Carl Lewis' 19.75 seconds 200m run in 1983 have been if he never slowed down to celebrate before the finishing line? I personally think it would have been something pretty special i.e. 19.3 or better. And what made it even more remarkable is that Lewis was still only 21 - years - old at the time. He was also robbed of a 9.15 (30 ft) long jump in 1982. Many witnesses say that Lewis should have been credited with the new long jump world record that day although the officials thought otherwise and called a foul on Lewis. If that had stood then that would have to be the greatest athletic achievement in history. Beamon's 8.90 was impressive but he had the advantage of altitude in 1968 in Mexico City.
Therefore Lewis would have been the 200m world record holder from 1983 until 1996 (Johnson ran 19.66 and 19.32 seconds that year; Johnson initially broke Mennea's 19.72 from 1979 when running 19.66 seconds in 1996) and the 100m world record holder from 1991 to 1994 (Lewis ran world record time of 9.86 at the 1991 World Championships; also ran wind - aided 9.80 in the semis in 1991). And he would and should still be the long jump world record holder right now if the officials had done their job properly in 1982. Lewis was normally so consistent in the long jump though as he crusaded towards four consecutive Olympic long jump titles and won two World Championships long jump titles (1983 and 1987; also won the 100m in 1983, 1987 and 1991).
He also produced a phenomenal series of jumps of 8.83 (wind - aided), 8.91 (wind - aided), 8.87 and 8.84 at the 1991 World Championships but still remarkably failed to conquer Mike Powell who produced a world record jump of 8.95 which still stands. I also think Lewis would have beaten Michael Johnson in the 200m in the 1991 World Championships if Lewis had participated in the 200m that year as Johnson's winning time of 20.01 seconds wasn't that impressive to be perfectly honest (I am a big Johnson fan though as he was awesome as well). And all of the world records in the technical events haven't really changed that much in the past thirty years or so with a few of them still standing.
Renaldo Nehemiah was also robbed of 12.8 times in the 110m hurdles in the early 1980's as the officials apparently said the clock was faulty. But Nehemiah said they just didn't think anyone could run that fast despite Nehemiah becoming the first man to break 13 seconds for the event when running 12.93 seconds in 1981 when he was still only 22 - years - old. Nehemiah was also deprived of an Olympic gold medal due to the 1980 boycott. He quit athletics to play football. If he had remained in athletics then he would obviously lowered his official best time of 12.93 seconds.
Edwin Moses still holds the second quickest time in the 400m hurdles (47.02 seconds) behind Kevin Young's 46.78 seconds which Young ran at the 1992 Olympics. Moses broke the world record four times - the final time being his 47.02 seconds which he ran in 1983 on his 28th birthday. Moses was also unbeaten in the event for over 120 years including winning the 1976 and 1984 Olympics and the 1983 World Championships. He would have won three Olympic titles in a row for the 400m hurdles if it were not for the 1980 boycott. Therefore Moses has to be ragarded as the greatest 400m hurdler in history.
Willie Banks' 17.97 in the triple jump in 1985 - stood until Jonathan Edwards exploits in 1995 - weren't too shabby either. And Uwe Hohn's 104.80 in the javelin in 1984 was also a fantastic athletic achievement that will be memorable for a very long time. Uwe is the only person to throw any type of javelin over 100m. The current world record holder with the new javelin is Jan Zelezny who recorded a brilliant throw of 98.48 in 1996 at age 29 (approaching age 30). Javier Sotomayor's high jump world record still stands since 1993. "Butch" Reynolds' 43.29 seconds in 1988 when Reynolds was still only 24 was very impressive as well and stood until Johnson ran 43.18 seconds on a faster track in the 1999 World Championships when Johnson was nearly 32 - years - old. So would have to confess that Reynolds had more potential than Johnson in the 400m.
2 AnswersRunning8 years agoDo FIFA world records have to be on world class level for them to make it into the Guinness World Records?
As a kid won 189-0 but it doesn't state whic level he achieved this on. But it normally has to be world class or very hard level for a record to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records doesn't it? Otherwise what would be the point? Conquering teams by ludicrous scorelines on FIFA on easy or normal level is basically worthless. There is another person who said that he scored over 300 goals in a game of FIFA. Something like that anyway. My best results on FIFA are 17-0 on world class level for four minute games which I achieved on two occasions versus Juventus and on two occasions versus the Netherlands. Whereas the kid who won 189-0 did that while playing against Fulham as Barcelona and it was on a 40 minute game. But as I said it doesn't tell you what level he accomplished this on.
1 AnswerVideo & Online Games8 years agoWhy do women make their bums noticeable when I stand behind them?
I have noticed it on a few occasions in my life and it is normally blatantly obvious. For example I was on a bus a few years ago - sitting in the back - and this good looking woman sat in front of me before standing up and pulling up her long jacket exposing her denim clad bum and sat down and ate crisps and drank soda. The bus was pretty empty with me her and another person lol. And there was another time when I was in queue and this woman seen me staning behind her before lifting up her long jumper and showing me her bum in denims also. She never lifted up her jumper until she saw me lol. And when I was about 17 I went to his shop and asked the woman - who was in her 30s - for assistance for something I was searching for. She stood on her toes reaching over a counter looking at the thing I was looking for lol. She had two inch high heels on, a white shirt with short sleeves and a midi skirt with brown tights and an excellent figure lol. Am I being conceited and do I have a problem I need to conquer or is signs women give out when they find someone attractive lol? And is it weird that them doing that turned me on lol?
7 AnswersGender Studies8 years agoWhy do some women make their bum noticeable to me?
I have noticed it on a few occasions in my life and it is normally blatantly obvious. For example I was on a bus a few years ago - sitting in the back - and this good looking woman sat in front of me before standing up and pulling up her long jacket exposing her denim clad bum and sat down and ate crisps and drank soda. The bus was pretty empty with me her and another person lol. And there was another time when I was in queue and this woman seen me staning behind her before lifting up her long jumper and showing me her bum in denims also. She never lifted up her jumper until she saw me lol. And when I was about 17 I went to his shop and asked the woman - who was in her 30s - for assistance for something I was searching for. She stood on her toes reaching over a counter looking at the thing I was looking for lol. She had two inch high heels on, a white shirt with short sleeves and a midi skirt with brown tights and an excellent figure lol. Am I being conceited and do I have a problem I need to conquer or is signs women give out when they find someone attractive lol? And is it weird that them doing that turned me on lol?
1 AnswerSingles & Dating8 years agoDoes anyone remember an underrated film called Improper Conduct from 1994?
It was about a women who is stressed at work because her boss (the very good actor John Laughlin) is sexually harassing her aftter seeing her sleeping with one of her colleagues at a party in their work while she was drunk. The boss them assumes she will be easy to get into bed because of this but she rejects his advances which makes him angry hence him making her life pretty difficult. She then takes him to court but the case is thrown out as her boss is married to the daughter of a very important man. She then quits her job and crashes her car while distressed and subsequently dies. The women's siser then plots revenge by getting a job at her sister's old job and sets her sights on bedding her sister's old boss which she successfully does. But what the boss doesn't know is that she has privately videotaped them sleeping together in their motel room with the inention of posting the videotape to the wife of her boss and very important business partners at a conference call. The boss then finds out the the woman posted a tape of their sex session to his pregnant wife while she had friends over which makes his father in law very angry who then fires him. He is then told to move out of the house by his wife who felt betrayed and humilited by her husband's infidelity. The man - humiliated and demoralized - then goes looking for the mysterious woman once realizing she was the sister of his former employee with the intention of killing her. But after he beats up her - after she breaks his nose by kicking him - and then beats up the police officer (Steve Bauer) he is then knocked unconscious when she hits him over the head with a vase. He is released shortly afterwards but has lost his wife, his house and his prestigeous job and proceeds to shooting himself. John Laughlin was also in Footloose and was in other well known films including An Officer and a Gentleman and The Rock. He played the role of the guy who had his nose broken by Richard Gere in the fight outside he bar in An Officer and a Genttleman.
1 AnswerMovies9 years agoWhat film is this....I have been searching but cannot find it?
I need some assistance please. I seen a film a few years ago. The film featured three stories and one of the stories was about a women who let her nanny (a very beautiful black woman) make love to her husband on the sofa of their living room while she went to bed. The woman then came down a couple of hours later and saw her husband and nanny lying naked on the sofa; her husband was asleep while the nanny was awake lol. The woman then basically just went back to bed as if nothing had happened lol. I think she wanted them to sleep together to improve her marriage in some warped way lol. Does anyone know the name of the film? It will be very difficult to find the name of this film therefore I will not be surprised if no one can come up with the answer. But I would appreciate everyone's help nonetheless in crusading towards the answer and conquering this problem. I am normally good with the names of films but this such an obscure film that even I cannot recall the name of it.
1 AnswerMovies9 years agoHow to ask out strange women you barely know?
How do you ask out strange women you barely know but see quite a lot? And what would their reaction be if you did ask them? Would they laugh at you or would they just ignore you? And how would you deal with the rejection or embarrassment if they did laugh at you or ignored you? And how do you know if they are single or not?
1 AnswerSingles & Dating9 years agoHow to ask out strange women you barely know?
How do you ask out strange women you barely know but see quite a lot? And what would their reaction be if you did ask them? Would they laugh at you or would they just ignore you? And how would you deal with the rejection or embarrassment if they did laugh at you or ignored you? And how do you know if they are single or not?
1 AnswerSingles & Dating9 years agoDo I have a problem that needs rectified?
Do I have a problem? As I tend to eye up basically every woman when I am out somewhere or watching a programme on TV as long as they are remotely attractive. I will eye up women starting from age 18 or 19 right up to late forties, maybe even early 50s. If I am in a shop and I see a good looking woman at the till then I will eye her up or if I am walking anywhere I normally eye up any good looking woman I pass. Do I need to conquer a problem or is this what most warm blooded males do? I also consider asking some of these women out on a date or if they would like to go for a drink or something. Is that normal behaviour? Help me out here?
1 AnswerOther - Family & Relationships9 years agoDo I have a problem that needs sorted?
Do I have a problem? As I tend to eye up basically every woman when I am out somewhere or watching a programme on TV as long as they are remotely attractive. I will eye up women starting from age 18 or 19 right up to late forties, maybe even early 50s. If I am in a shop and I see a good looking woman at the till then I will eye her up or if I am walking anywhere I normally eye up any good looking woman I pass. Do I need to conquer a problem or is this what most warm blooded males do? I also consider asking some of these women out on a date or if they would like to go for a drink or something. Is that normal behaviour? Help me out here?
7 AnswersSingles & Dating9 years agoHas anyone ever noticed the shooting star in Jaws during the clip they were drinking on the boat at night?
Has anyone ever noticed the shooting star in Jaws during the clip they were drinking on the boat at night time? If you watch closely enough you can blatantly see a genuine shooting star in the night sky just before the cameras go inside for the scene were they are drinking about one hour and twenty minutes into the film.
3 AnswersMovies9 years agoWas the carnival that appeared in The Lost Boys the same carnival that appeared in Sudden Impact?
I think it was but I would like it confirmed by someone with good knowledge of films.
1 AnswerMovies9 years agoWhy do we still compare eras and fighters in different sports as things getting better is just a myth lol?
Seeing as Carl ran 19.75 for 200m (should have been less as Lewis slowed down metres from the line when running 19.75 when was only 22 in 1983) and 9.86 secs for the 100m. Therefore Lewis was actually ahead of Michael Johnson when the 200m is concerned as Johnson never really conquered or mastered this distance as he never bettered Lewis' 19.75 until his mid 20s before crusading towards his 19.32 secs in his 29th year in 1996. If Lewis had not been concentrating on the 100m and long jump then you would think that Lewis would have went much lower than 19.75 and would have been the record holder for that event until Johnson ran 19.32 as Lewis would have went lower than Mennea's altitude record of 19.72 and, Marsh's 19.73 (although Marsh could have went lower to be fair) Johnson's 19.66 seconds. And as we know Lewis ran 9.86 seconds for the 100 - at 30 years of age - which lasted until 1994. So I don't go along with this theory of sport getting better as Lewis was competing in the same era as Johnson and was the 100m record holder and non altitude record holder during that time as Johnson should have been running faster times in the late 1980s as Johnson would have been in is early 20s in the late 1990s. And Lewis was also a phenomenal long jumper as we all know. And Butch Reynolds ran 43.29 seconds for the 400m in 1988 - during lewis' geneation - whereas Michael Johnson never ran his wold record of 43.18 seconds until 1999 (over 10 years later). Okay records and times are normally broken at some point but that is life as it would look pretty strange if everything stayed stagnant lol. For example someone could arrive in a sport at age 20 whil winning things in the early 1980s and would still be beating people in the 1990s as they would still only be in their early 30s. And someone could come along at 20 in the early 1970s but would still be competing and beating people - the people who would go on to beat people in the 1990s lol - in the 1980s as they would still only be in their early 30s. Therefore sport being revolutionized with every generation is just a myth as some people are just better than other people in certain eras. Besides you would have to confess tat all the greats would undoubtedly adapt to any era - past, present or future - if you could somehow put them there as class is permanent. Another example is the golfer Jack Nicklaus as he finished 30 shots ahead of Greg Norman and Nick Faldo when he was 37 years old at the 1977 Open Championship at Turnberry (Nicklaus lost by one stroke to Tom Watson who shot a record 268) when Norman and Faldo were in their 20s. Faldo went on to shoot 18 under in the 1990 Open Championship whereas Norman holds the low aggregate record for the Open as he shot 267 in 1993. So if Nicklaus could beat Norman and Faldo by 30 shots in a Major then he would have been capable of beating Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy by 30 shots in a Major as well. In fact Nicklaus was still beating all the young guns in majors as he won the 1986 U.S. Masters at age 46 in 1986! Jack has als shot 17 under par 271 at the U.S. Masters, 8 under par 272 at the U.S. Open, 11 under par 269 at the Open Championship (as mentioned) and 6 under par 274 at the U.S.P.G.A.. Another example is George Foreman as he would have stil only been in his early 30s in the eraly 1980s if he never had his Damascus Road experience and retired at 28 in 1977 and yet he lost miserably to the 32 year old Muhammad Ali in 1974 when Foreman was only 25. So Foreman would have been in te same era as Lewis and Lewis was still the best at one point during Johnson's era; it goes in cycles. 42 year old Foreman went the distance with Holyfield and won back title when he was 45 against Moorer. Although we could be here until doomsday as everyone has their own opinion but every athlete has their good King Richard bad King John displays no matter who they are lol. All the greats would be more than capable of defeating each other on any given day if the wanted to.
2 AnswersBoxing9 years agoWhy do people compare eras and compare Nicklaus and Woods as sport getting better is a myth?
Seeing as Carl ran 19.75 for 200m (should have been less as Lewis slowed down metres from the line when running 19.75 when was only 22 in 1983) and 9.86 secs for the 100m. Therefore Lewis was actually ahead of Michael Johnson when the 200m is concerned as Johnson never really conquered or mastered this distance as he never bettered Lewis' 19.75 until his mid 20s before crusading towards his 19.32 secs in his 29th year in 1996. If Lewis had not been concentrating on the 100m and long jump then you would think that Lewis would have went much lower than 19.75 and would have been the record holder for that event until Johnson ran 19.32 as Lewis would have went lower than Mennea's altitude record of 19.72 and, Marsh's 19.73 (although Marsh could have went lower to be fair) Johnson's 19.66 seconds. And as we know Lewis ran 9.86 seconds for the 100 - at 30 years of age - which lasted until 1994. So I don't go along with this theory of sport getting better as Lewis was competing in the same era as Johnson and was the 100m record holder and non altitude record holder during that time as Johnson should have been running faster times in the late 1980s as Johnson would have been in is early 20s in the late 1990s. And Lewis was also a phenomenal long jumper as we all know. And Butch Reynolds ran 43.29 seconds for the 400m in 1988 - during lewis' geneation - whereas Michael Johnson never ran his wold record of 43.18 seconds until 1999 (over 10 years later). Okay records and times are normally broken at some point but that is life as it would look pretty strange if everything stayed stagnant lol. For example someone could arrive in a sport at age 20 whil winning things in the early 1980s and would still be beating people in the 1990s as they would still only be in their early 30s. And someone could come along at 20 in the early 1970s but would still be competing and beating people - the people who would go on to beat people in the 1990s lol - in the 1980s as they would still only be in their early 30s. Therefore sport being revolutionized with every generation is just a myth as some people are just better than other people in certain eras. Besides you would have to confess tat all the greats would undoubtedly adapt to any era - past, present or future - if you could somehow put them there as class is permanent. Another example is the golfer Jack Nicklaus as he finished 30 shots ahead of Greg Norman and Nick Faldo when he was 37 years old at the 1977 Open Championship at Turnberry (Nicklaus lost by one stroke to Tom Watson who shot a record 268) when Norman and Faldo were in their 20s. Faldo went on to shoot 18 under in the 1990 Open Championship whereas Norman holds the low aggregate record for the Open as he shot 267 in 1993. So if Nicklaus could beat Norman and Faldo by 30 shots in a Major then he would have been capable of beating Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy by 30 shots in a Major as well. In fact Nicklaus was still beating all the young guns in majors as he won the 1986 U.S. Masters at age 46 in 1986! Jack has als shot 17 under par 271 at the U.S. Masters, 8 under par 272 at the U.S. Open, 11 under par 269 at the Open Championship (as mentioned) and 6 under par 274 at the U.S.P.G.A.. Another example is George Foreman as he would have stil only been in his early 30s in the eraly 1980s if he never had his Damascus Road experience and retired at 28 in 1977 and yet he lost miserably to the 32 year old Muhammad Ali in 1974 when Foreman was only 25. So Foreman would have been in te same era as Lewis and Lewis was still the best at one point during Johnson's era; it goes in cycles. 42 year old Foreman went the distance with Holyfield and won back title when he was 45 against Moorer.
3 AnswersGolf9 years agoWhy have only three people reached and posted 18 under par or less for 72 holes in the Majors?
Why have only three people reached and posted 18 under or less for 72 holes in the Majors? A few people have reached and posted 15, 16 and 17 under par - which is very impressive - but why have only three people reached or posted 18 under par or less?
3 AnswersGolf9 years agoBest scores in the Majors, which ones stand out?
Ben Hogan - 14 under par 274, 1953 U.S. Masters
Bobby Nicholls - 9 under par 271, 1964 U.S. PGA (stood until Elkington and Montgomerie shot 17 under 267 in the 1995 U.S. PGA)
Jack Nicklaus - 17 under par 271, 1965 U.S. Masters (which included a round of 8 under par 64 in the third round equalling Lloyd Mangrum's 64 at the 1940 U.S. Masters; Price and Norman shot 9 under par 63 at the 1986 and 1996 U.S. Masters respectively)
Raymond Floyd - 17 under par 271, 1976 U.S. Masters (Floyd shot 13 under par (65, 66) for the first 36 holes which is still a record; Johnny Miller shot 13 under par - still a record - for the final 36 holes at the 1975 U.S. Masters but still lost to Jack Nicklaus in a great three way battle that also included Tom Weiskopf)
Tom Watson - 12 under par 268, 1977 Open Championship (Jack Nicklaus also shot 11 under par 269 while finishing second that year and it was the first time 270 was broken in a Major; Watson scored 65, 65 in the fina two rounds whereas Nicklaus scored 65, 66)
Seve Ballesteros - 13 under par 275, 1980 U.S. Masters (Ballesteros had 23 birdies that week)
Jack Nicklaus - 8 under par 272, 1980 U.S. Open (which included a round of 7 under par 63 in the first round; could have been a 62 as Nicklaus missed 3 - foot putt for birdie on the final hole of the round. And Nicklaus was 9 under for the tournament at one point)
Isao Aoki - 6 under par 274, 1980 U.S. Open (lost by two strokes to Jack Nicklaus that year; Aoki's losing score is the lowest losing score in U.S. Open history)
Tom Watson - 13 under par 271, 1980 Open Championship
Lee Trevino - 15 under par 273, 1984 U.S. PGA
Mark Calcavecchia - 13 under par 275, 1989 Open Championship
Greg Norman - 13 under par 275, 1989 Open Championship (lost play - off to Mark Calcavecchia)
Wayne Grady - 13 under par 275, 1989 Open Championship (lost play - off to Mark Calcavecchia)
Nick Faldo - 18 under par 270, 1990 Open Championship (first time 18 under had ever been reached or posted in a Major; Faldo was 19 under for the tournament at one point)
Fred Couples - 13 under par 275, 1992 U.S. Masters
Lee Janzen - 8 under par 272, 1993 U.S. Open
Greg Norman - 13 under par 267, 1993 Open Championship (267 is the record for the Open Championship; Norman scored a 6 under par 64 in this tournament)
Nick Faldo - 11 under par 269, 1993 Open Championship (lost by two strokes to Greg Norman that year; Faldo scored a 7 under par 63 in this tournament)
Nick Price - 12 under par 268, 1994 Open Championship
Ben Crenshaw - 14 under par 274, 1995 U.S. Masters
Steve Elkington - 17 under par 267, 1995 U.S. PGA
Colin Montgomerie - 17 under par 267, 1995 U.S. PGA (lost play - off to Steve Elkington that year; Montgomerie scored a 7 under par 64 in this tournament)
Tiger Woods - 18 under par 270, 1997 U.S. Masters (Tom Watson had 22 birdies that week)
Tiger Woods - 19 under par 269, 2000 Open Championship (19 under is a record for the Majors)
Tiger Woods - 18 under par 270, 2000 U.S. PGA
Bob May - 18 under par 270, 2000 U.S. PGA (lost play - off to Tiger Woods that year)
Tiger Woods - 16 under par 272, 2001 U.S. Masters
David Duval - 14 under par 274, 2001 U.S. Masters (lost by four strokes to Tiger Woods that year)
Phil Mickelson - 13 under par 275, 2001 U.S. Masters (lost by five strokes to Tiger Woods that year; Mickelson had 25 birdies that week which is a record)
David Toms - 15 under par 265, 2001 U.S. PGA (265 is a record for any Major)
Phil Mickelson - 14 under par 266, 2001 U.S. PGA (lost by one stroke to David Toms that year)
Jim Furyk - 8 under par 272, 2002 U.S. Open
Tiger Woods - 14 under par 274, 2005 Open Championship
Tiger Woods - 18 under par 270, 2006 Open Championship
Chris DiMarco - 16 under par 272, 2006 Open Championship (the lowest losing score in relation to par in any Major)
Tiger Woods - 18 under par 270, 2006 U.S. PGA (reached 19 under in this tournament at one point; first person to achieve that in the U.S. PGA)
Phil Mickelson - 16 under par 272, 2010 U.S Masters
Lee Westwood - 13 under par 275, 2010 U.S. Masters (lost by three strokes to Phil Mickelson)
Louis Oosthuizen - 16 under par 272, 2010 Open Championship
Charlz Schwartzel - 14 under par 274, 2011 U.S. Masters
Rory McIlroy - 16 under par 268, 2011 U.S. Open (16 under par is a record for the U.S. Open; 268 is a record for the U.S Open)
Something that is also worth mentioning is Jack Nicklaus shooting 10 under (68, 66) in high winds for the final two rounds of the 1964 Open Championship at St Andrews but still lost the tournament to Tony Lema. Nicklaus also shot 19 under par 269 at the 1976 Players Championship which stood until Greg Norman shot 24 under par 264 in 1994!
I know I mentioned a lot of losing scores there but I had to as they are very impressive losing scores which would win most Majors in most years.
5 AnswersGolf9 years ago