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SPORTS DATASET ANALYSIS

STRIDE LENGTH
ANALYSIS OF USAIN
BOLT
PRESENTED BY
ARAVIND RAMAN V K
PGP BA & DS
PERSONAL INFORMATION
• Full name Usain St Leo Bolt
• Nickname - Lightning Bolt
• Nationality Jamaican
• Born 21 August 1986 (age 32)
• Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
• Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
• Sport Event(s) Sprints
• World record in 100m – 9.58seconds
World championship – Berlin 2009
DOMAIN INFORMATION
• 100m dash is a sprint race in athletics.
• Biological factors considered for sprint race are as follows:
• Height
• Muscular Strength
• Adrenaline use
• Anaerobic respiration
• Breathing
• Foot speed
• Leg length
• Governing body for the sports of athletics – International Association of
Athletics Federations (IAAF)
• The dataset was collected from IAAF website and videoclip analysis from BBC.
• Photo finish methodology is used to distinguish which runner was first to
cross the line.
DOMAIN INFORMATION (contd..,)
PERFORMANCE METRIC UNIT DESCRIPTION
Distance m Measured in metre
Time s Measured in seconds
Velocity or speed m/s Distance travelled per unit time
Stride Length SL Distance Between Consecutive foot contacts measured in metres.

• The stride length is the main factor that determines running speed in entire 100 metre
distance.

• Bolt’s anthropometric advantage (body height, leg length and liner body) is not question
-able and it is one of the factors that makes him faster than the rest of the finalists.
SELECTION OF ANALYSIS PARAMETER
OG BEIJING 2008 9.69s
DISTANCE INTERVAL Vs STRIDE LENGTH
3.5
WC BERLIN 2009 9.58s Stride length variation
OG LONDON 2012 9.63s

2.94

2.94
2.86

2.86

2.86
3

2.78

2.78
2.77

2.77
2.77
2.7

2.7
2.63

2.63
2.63

2.63
2.56
2.56
2.56

2.56
2.5
2.5

2.5
2.44

2.44
2.38
2.38
2.5

2
STRIDE LENGTH IN METRE

1.43
1.41

1.37
1.5

0.5

0
0‐10 10‐20 20‐30 30‐40 40‐50 50‐60 60‐70 70‐80 80‐90 90‐100

DISTANCE IN METRE
 LINE GRAPH
OG BEIJING 2008 9.69s
DISTANCE INTERVAL Vs STRIDE LENGTH

WC BERLIN 2009 9.58s 3.5

• The consistency of stride length
increase was observed from
OG LONDON 2012 3
9.63s 30m to 90m in WC berlin
where the lightning bolt
2.5 achieved world record by
sprinting towards 100th metre
STRIDE LENGTH IN METRE

2 in 9.58s

1.5 • Though the start was same in

all three games , in OG London
1
and OG Beijing rise and fall of
stride length was observed
from bolt.
0.5

0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
DISTANCE IN METRE * 10
 DISTANCE VS TIME
OG BEIJING 2008 9.6s DISTANCE Vs TIME • The time taken to
WC BERLIN 2009 WR 9.58s

OG LONDON 2012 9.63s

cover 0 to 10m was
higher due to lower
2.5
stride length during
start.
1.91
1.85
1.9

• Later, the time

TIME IN SECONDS

1.5
reduces due to
1.02

1.01
0.98

increase in stride
0.92
0.92
0.91

0.87

0.86
0.85

0.9
0.84
0.84
0.83

0.83
0.83

0.83
0.83
0.82
0.82
0.82
0.82
0.82

0.82

0.82
0.81

0.81
0.81
1

length from 10th

0.5
metre.
0
0‐10 10‐20 20‐30 30‐40 40‐50 50‐60 60‐70 70‐80 80‐90 90‐100
DISTANCE IN METRE
 DISTANCE Vs SPEED
OG BEIJING 2008 9.6s
WC BERLIN 2009 WR 9.58s
DISTANCE Vs SPEED • The peak speed is
OG LONDON 2012 9.63s observed at 40th m
14.00 during WC berlin
12.00
where he begins the
10.00
consistence of 12 m/s
approx., throughout
SPEED (m/s)

8.00

6.00
100th metre and
4.00
achieves cracking his
2.00
own world record
0.00
9.69s to 9.58s to new
0 2 4 6
DISTANCE IN METRE
8 10 12 world record.
 AVG VELOCITY Vs AVG STRIDE LENGTH
AVG VELOCITY Vs AVG STRIDE LENGTH
• The average of
velocity and stride
11.72 11.86
12.20 12.25 12.30 12.10
11.74 length of three
9.97
10.91
game records of
Velocity (m/s)

bolt was taken and

it was observed
that maximum avg
5.30
velocity and avg
2.56 2.56 2.65 2.70 2.86 2.86 2.80
stride length 12.30
1.40
2.40 2.48
m/s and 2.86 m.
Where it can be
AVG VELOCITY
1
5.30
2
9.97
3
10.91
4
11.72
5
11.86
6
12.20
7
12.25
8
12.30
9
12.10
10
11.74
training target for
AVG STRIDE
1.40 2.40 2.48 2.56 2.56 2.65 2.70 2.86 2.86 2.80
sprinters
LENGTH

Stride length (m)

 INFERENCE
• Stride length was improved by bolt from 2008 OG which was the major
factor for achievement of world Record again in 2009 WC berlin at 9.58s
In 100m sprinting.

• The average of velocity and stride length of three game records of bolt was
taken and it was observed that maximum avg velocity and avg stride length
12.30 m/s and 2.86 m, where it can be training target for sprinters.

• Bolt’s anthropometric advantage (body height, leg length and liner body)
an one of the factors that makes him faster than the rest of the finalists.
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