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  2. Equations for a falling body - Wikipedia

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    The first equation shows that, after one second, an object will have fallen a distance of 1/2 × 9.8 × 1 2 = 4.9 m. After two seconds it will have fallen 1/2 × 9.8 × 2 2 = 19.6 m; and so on. On the other hand, the penultimate equation becomes grossly inaccurate at great distances.

  3. 40-yard dash - Wikipedia

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    In terms of judging a person's speed, the best method of timing is through lasers which start and stop the times when passed through. A laser start (from a stationary position) is more accurate for measuring pure speed as it does not register a runner's reaction time, however, this method of timing a 40-yard dash can affect the accuracy by as much as 0.5 seconds with the manual stopwatch method.

  4. 300 metres hurdles - Wikipedia

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    The official distance became 300 meters, but many competitions continued to be in yards because the tracks were still marked for that distance. Hurdle heights also have undergone a period of evolution. Until 1984, boys ran over low hurdles 30" in height. When girls were introduced to the event around 1981, they ran the same height as the boys ...

  5. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    318 metersheight of The New York Times Building; ... the distance a very fast human can run in about 10 seconds; 100.584 meters ... 11.4 Tm – 76.2 AU ...

  6. Highest falls survived without a parachute - Wikipedia

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    Suffered many bone fractures. [1] [2] [3] Luke Aikins: 25,000 [4] 7,620 2016 On July 30, 2016, Aikins jumped from an aircraft without any parachute or wingsuit at an altitude of 25,000 feet (7,620 m) above Simi Valley, California, watched by a live audience. After about two minutes of free fall he successfully landed in a 100-by-100-foot (30 by ...

  7. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    7 ft 11.3 in: Tallest living Chinese person. born 1964 Suparwono Indonesia: 242 cm: 7 ft 11.3 in: Was the tallest man in Southeast Asia, and he was the tallest Indonesian; claimed to be 8 ft 10.5 in (270.5 cm). Officially measured (lying down and in the standing position) by the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) in December 2009. [40] 1985–2012 ...

  8. Sprint (running) - Wikipedia

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    The world record in the 100-meter dash in 1924 was 10.4 seconds, while in 1948, (the first use of starting blocks) was 10.2 seconds, and was 10.1 seconds in 1956. The constant drive for faster athletes with better technology has brought man from 10.4 seconds to 9.58 seconds in less than 100 years.

  9. Show jumping - Wikipedia

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    Jumper courses can range anywhere in height from 0.80 meters to 1.60 meters. ... 73.09 seconds would result in 2 time faults). ... 43″ in height and 43″ to ...