One Of The Fastest

10 of the fastest things ever and how they compare

Bolt broke his own record for the fastest run 100 metres, which he achieved exactly one year previously at the Beijing Olympics with a time of 9.69 seconds. The eight-time Olympic gold medallist also holds records for the fastest run 150 metres (14.35 seconds) and the fastest run 200 metres (19.19 seconds).

Like Spinal Tap's Marshall amplifiers that are " one louder", the Koenigsegg CCR knocked the McLaren F1 off its pedestal to become the fastest car in the world by going one mile per hour faster on Italy's Nardo test track. This was the car that put hitherto little-known Swedish firm Koenigsegg on the world stage.

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