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The most prestigious event with the accompanying title of "World's Fastest Human," of any Summer Olympics, is the finals of the 100 Metre Dash.  And White Guys used to be good at this, with Bobby Morrow of the U.S.A. winning in 1956, and Valeri Borzov of the U.S.S.R. winning in 1972, and also in the 1960 Rome Olympics (I don't know why they aren't good anymore, I'm not their keeper).  Amongst the finalists in Rome was "23" year-old Armin Hary, of Germany, who came out of the blocks so quickly that he's considered to have the fastest sprinters' start of all-time.  Armin boastfully called himself, "The Thief of Starts."  Dave Sime of the U.S.A. was the favorite to win the 100.  When you look at the photo of the beginning of the race, you'll see that Armin Hary is, after 5 metres, 2 metres ahead of everybody else. Knowing at the end that Sime was about even with him, Armin, who had worked as a bricklayer and sales-clerk, proved wiser than someone who was to later perform over 10 thou ophthalmological operations, by lunging at the tape, and breasting-it a few inches before Dave, who was glancing-over to see where was Armin, his effort leaving him sprawling on the track, but as the winner of the 1960 Rome Olympics 100 Metre Dash.  A next day's publication, A Thief Of Starts Gets Away With A Close One