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How tall is Usain Bolt?

Q: How tall is Usain Bolt?

Usain Bolt is 196 cm tall, which is 6′5″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved August 27, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

Jamaican sprinter

Recorded height
196 cm 6′5″ · 1.96 m · 77.2 inches

Usain Bolt is 196 cm tall (6′5″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved August 27, 2026.
That is 21 cm taller than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

Compared with people of similar fame

Joseph Goebbels (165 cm) · Franklin Pierce (178 cm) · David Beckham (183 cm) · Michael Jordan (198 cm) · Alain Delon (177 cm) · Robert De Niro (177 cm)

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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved August 27, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.