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Usain Bolt

How tall is Usain Bolt?

Usain Bolt is commonly listed at 6 ft 5 in (195 cm).

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Usain Bolt’s 6 ft 5 in (195 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Usain Bolt is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (33.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Usain Bolt: 6 ft 5 in (195 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Usain Bolt is taller than the average US man by 8 in (19.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Usain Bolt is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (33.8 cm).Usain Bolt is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (33.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Usain Bolt: 6 ft 5 in (195 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Usain Bolt is taller than the average US man by 8 in (19.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Usain Bolt is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 1.5 in (33.8 cm).

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Usain Bolt beside others

Usain Bolt is one of the taller athletes we have heights for: Jorge González (7 ft 7 in) stands 1 ft 2 in (36 cm) taller and Allyson Felix (5 ft 6 in) is 11 in (27.4 cm) shorter.

  • Woody Strode: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), 1 in (2 cm) shorter than Usain Bolt.
  • Caitlyn Jenner: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 3 in (7 cm) shorter than Usain Bolt.
  • Jim Thorpe: 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm), 4 in (9.6 cm) shorter than Usain Bolt.

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6 ft 5 in (195 cm)

A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Source: Wikipedia

Photo: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil, CC BY 3.0 br, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Usain Bolt, 6 ft 5 in (195 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)