Thursday, August 25, 2011

6 out of 10 of the world's highest V02 Max scores goes to XC skiers


Males

These are some of the top male VO2max scores ever recorded (in ml.kg.min-1).
scorenamesportnotes
96.0Espen Harald BjerkeNorwegian cross country skierThis score was achieved in 2005 (7.3 liter/min, 76 kg body weight), listed in an article onwww.fasterskier.com.
96.0Bjørn DæhlieNorwegian cross country skierthough another source has him recording a best of 90 ml/kg/min.
92.5Greg LeMondcyclingUS professional cyclist
92.0Matt CarpenterrunnerPikes Peak marathon course record holder
92.0Tore Ruud HofstadNorwegian cross country skierachieved in 2005
91.0Gunde SvanSwedish XC-skierwon a total of 4x gold, 1x silver and 1x bronze medals at the Winter Olympics.
91.0Harri KirvesniemFinnish cross country skier 
88.0Miguel Induraincyclingprofessional cyclist
88.0Anders Auklandcross country skierachived 2005, listed in an article onwww.fasterskier.com.
87.4Marius BakkenrunnerNorwegian 5k record holder
87.0Jon Anders Gaustadcross country skierachived 2005, listed in an article onwww.fasterskier.com.
86.0Thor Hushovdcyclinglisted in an article on www.fasterskier.com.
86.0Ole Einar Bjœrndalenbiathlonlisted in an article on www.fasterskier.com.
85.0Dave Bedfordrunner10k world record holder
85.0John Ngugidistance runnerWorld XC Champion
84.4Steve Prefontainerunnerfrom the US
84.0Lance Armstrongcyclingprofessional cyclist
83.5Mark Walterscyclinga pro-cyclist, former Navigators team member, won Philadelphia. This score was from the peak of his career. (personal communication, heard first hand from Mark himself)
83.0Jens Arne Svartedalcross country skierachived 2005, listed in an article onwww.fasterskier.com.
82.7Gary TuttleUS runner 
82.0Kip KeinorunnerOlympic 1500 champion
81.1Craig Virgindistance runnertwice World cross country champ
81.0Jim RyunrunnerUS miler WR holder
80.9
Øyvind Leonhardsen
Norwegian professional soccer playerlisted in an article on www.fasterskier.com.
80.1Steve ScottrunnerUS miler 3:47
http://www.topendsports.com/testing/records/vo2max.htm

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