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Jeremy Wariner: Then And Now

Posted by Jimmie R. Markham | August 19, 2008

Then Now
Mens 400m Final Olympics Day 10 - Athletics

2004 Athens Olympics 

Round Place  Lane  Time  React.
Heats  1 8 45.56 0.367
Semi Finals  1 3 44.87 0.255
Finals  1 4 44 0.268

2008 Beijing Olympics 

Round Place  Lane  Time  React.
Heats  1 9 45.23 0.253
Semi Finals  1 6 44.15 0.224
Finals    2   7
   44.74  0.209

It’ll be interesting to track Jeremy Wariner’s places, lane draws, times and reaction times as he advances through the Beijing 400m heats and compare them to what he did in Athens at the 2004 Olympics when he won the gold medal. Notice that he always draws a crappy lane in the heats. Both his reaction time and his time in his opening heat are better this year than in 2004.

Update: Both his reaction time and his time in his semi-final heat are better this year than in 2004. Of course, LaShawn Merritt’s time (44.12) and reaction time (0.187) in his semi-final heat were both better than Wariner’s.

Update: Ouch.

Topics: Blog, Olympic Games, Sprints/Hurdles, Team USA |

2 Responses to “Jeremy Wariner: Then And Now”

  1. Elaine Brown Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 6:44 am

    Hi Jimmie

    I see from your table that you have JW in lane 2 for the Final. However, he was actually in lane 7 (see IAAF results).
    Thought you might want to alter your table.

    Cheers

  2. Jimmie R. Markham Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 9:12 am

    Thanks for the 2nd set of eyes, Elaine, and thanks for visiting!

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