Why is the maximum distance for sprinters 400 meters?

[rupol2000]

When a sprinter runs the last 100 meters of a 400-meter race, his breath turns on and he barely runs the last hundred. It's logical to assume that the maximum sprint distance should be 300. Why did they make 400?

 

[ReinyDays]

1/4 mile was convenient? ... not as a race length but rather a track length ... does this fit a football pitch? ... it certainly fits a gridiron field, and no one important cares about soccer ...

 

[rightwinger]

100 and 200 are considered sprints
400 and 800 are middle distance
1500 and up is considered distance

 

[rupol2000]

100 and 200 are considered sprints
400 and 800 are middle distance
1500 and up is considered distance

We usually think that sprint distances are 30, 60, 100, 200 and 400. Are you sure? Are there official standards?

 

[rupol2000]

100 and 200 are considered sprints
400 and 800 are middle distance
1500 and up is considered distance

I think 600 to 3000 are middle

 

[rightwinger]

I think 600 to 3000 are middle

600 is only run indoors and is middle distance

3000 is distance

 

[rupol2000]

600 is only run indoors and is middle distance

3000 is distance

What a **** are you talking about? Just shut up

 

[rightwinger]

What a **** are you talking about? Just shut up

I ran Track for many years and have followed it for decades

What are you talking about?

 

[rupol2000]

I ran Track for many years and have followed it for decades

What are you talking about?

you have false information

 

[rightwinger]

you have false information

400 can go either way

Someone can do 200/400

or someone can do 400/800

 

[rupol2000]

400 can go either way

Someone can do 200/400

or someone can do 400/800

you are extremely stupid, don't talk to me anymore

 

[rightwinger]

you are extremely stupid, don't talk to me anymore

You have poor personal hygiene
Please stay 50 feet away from me

 

[rupol2000]

You have poor personal hygiene
Please stay 50 feet away from me

Dirty dogs need hygiene because they always stink of dog