50 Meters On A Track

January 23, 2008 past

Last Updated on April 22, 2014 by Amir Rehman

UPDATE: for a threescore meter to 100 meter conversion, a crude guideline would be multiply by 1.53 or i.54. CLICK hither for Extrapolating 60 meters performances to 100 meters

This article is a bit dated, but information technology outlined the conversion factors for Track and Field during the Canadian CIAU (at present called CIS) in the early 1990's.

The standards to qualify for Nationals were based on the 8th identify performance from the previous yr'south Finals.

I am oft surprised by the number of people asking for conversion factors for Track and Field. Basically, I'm referring to athletes wondering the extrapolation of a 60 meter fourth dimension to 100 meter fourth dimension. Or a 55 meter (a common distance at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire) to a standard 60 meter.

I estimate taking intermediate splits would be considered interpolation?

I already posted an in depth look at the differences between a 400 meter and a 440 yard

The best way to determine your time is really running that distance. Or, have official splits taken along the way.

It was reported Ben Johnson splits in his sick-famous 9.79 100 meter race in Seoul was 5.52 seconds for 50 meters, 60 meters in 6.37, both of which were under the current world records for those distances. He also went through forty yards in 4.38 seconds.

Here are some Track Conversions tables for rarely held distances.

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The interesting conversion is the 200m to 300m conversion where you lot add 13.i seconds. My 21.98 PB translates to a 35.08 (simply my Lead for 300 meters indoors was 35.15)

Practise these add together upward for you?

50y -> 50m = add 0.64
5.sixteen -> 5.eighty

50m -> 55m = add together 0.55
5.lxxx -> 6.35

55m -> 60m = add together 0.54
6.35 -> half-dozen.89

50m -> 60m = add together ane.09
5.80 -> 6.89

400m -> 440y = add 0.3 sec
48.54 -> 48.84

300y -> 300m = add together 4.1 sec
thirty.64 -> 34.74

200m -> 300m = add 13.1 sec
21.64 -> 34.74

Nigh Jimson Lee

I am a Masters Athlete and Coach currently based in London Britain. My other projects include the Bud Wintertime Foundation, author for the IAAF New Studies in Athletics Journal (NSA) and a member of the Runway & Field Writers of America.