Do dogs run faster than humans?

[Marthe48]

My new grand dog is a 2 year old Golden Retriever. He runs like the wind, in all his golden glory. His family have at least 2 acres mowed behind the house and he gets to the tree line in 5 seconds. With the Summer Olympics going on, I can't help wondering if he'd beat out the sprinters

[brush]

1. Easily.

[Shermann]

2. Olympic sprinters can keep up with average dogs, but not the fastest dogs. nt

[JoetheShow]

3. I tend to agree that fast dogs can beat fast humans for short distances.

I have read, and tend to believe that humans can outrun most animals at long distances because their ability to cool their body gives them an advantage.

[Blue Owl]

4. My retired greyhound can hit 40mph easily

Better watch out when she gets the zoomies!

[hlthe2b]

5. Greyhounds can sprint faster than a horse, so yeah, faster than humans..

Dogs are much faster than humans. Usain Bolt set the 100-meter world record with a time of 9.58 seconds and a top speed of 22.9 miles per hour. In contrast, a greyhound can run 100 meters in only 5.33 seconds. A greyhound can outrun a horse in a sprint because it accelerates so quickly.
https://www.thoughtco.com/how-fast-can-greyhounds-run-4589314


Obviously, a Golden won't be quite as fast as a greyhound, but still...

[True Dough]

6. Your grand dog

can bite human sprinters in the rear end and then claim victory! I've yet to see any Olympic competitor try that!

[RockRaven]

7. Record for 100m by humans is 9-something seconds, for dogs it's 5-something.

So not only could a dog bred and trained for sprint racing beat those Olympian sprinters, any such dog would absolutely smoke them.

[SCantiGOP]

8. They have nothing on cats

For short bursts, cheetahs have been timed at 80 MPH.