Figuring out how fast Noah Lyles can run requires some analysis, as many fans want to know his top speed after he won the 100-meter dash at the 2024 Paris Olympics. As some track and field sports watchers might expect, Lyles wasn’t as fast off the start as his competitors, but his ability to reach and maintain a high top speed is what makes him “the fastest man” at this Olympics. It’s what allowed him to beat Kishane Thompson of Jamaica by just a fraction of a second. Here’s a look at Noah Lyles’ fastest mph.

Noah Lyles reached a top speed of 27.09 mph (or 43.6 km/h) for his 9.79-second run that won him the gold medal at the 2024 Olympics. This was just five-hundredths of a second faster than Thompson's time.

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This calculation is based on graphics created by Intel, as detailed in a post on X by two-time Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton, who used to work at the company. The series of shots shows the top speed of each competitor in the 100-meter dash at various distances in the race, with the final graphic revealing that Lyles reached a top speed of 27.1 mph (43.6 km/h).