Indoor or Outdoor

General Discussion Debates
1

Got these figures from the IAAF. These are the records of indoor/outdoor, and how much difference there is in some. What do you guys think? Which one is better, harder whatever. I know indoor 200 and 400 are a lot harder because of the sharper angles, but anywya here’s the figures:

MEN
Event - Out - In - % slower
200 19.32 19.92 - 3.1%
400 43.18 44.63 - 3.4%
800 1:41.11 1:42.67 - 1.5%
1000 2:11.96 2:14.96 - 2.3%
1500 3:26.00 3:31.18 - 2.5%
Mile 3:43.13 3:48.45 - 2.4%
3000 7:20.67 7:24.90 - 1.0%
5000 12:37.35 12:49.60 - 1.6%

WOMEN
Event - Out - In - % slower
200 21.34 21.87 - 2.5%
400 47.60 49.59 - 4.2%
800 1:53.28 1:55.82 - 2.2%
1000 2:28.98 2:30.94 - 1.3%
1500 3:50.46 3:59.98 - 4.1%
Mile 4:12.56 4:17.14 - 1.8%
3000 8:06.11 8:29.15 - 4.7%
5000 14:24.68 14:39.29 - 1.7%

2

Wind also plays a role in the 200m world record vs the indoor record.

3

this is true. good point mate.