Saturday, July 30, 2016

From 1976 to 2016 the world's record for 800 meters was broken ten times by just four athletes

10 X 4....in the 40 year window from 1976 -2016, the world's record for 800 meters was broken TEN times by just FOUR athletes for a total improvement of 2.59 seconds
BTW, 48.10 is what Wilson Kipketer split while setting the WR in Zurich (as shown here)...one of THREE times he set such a standard
Bracketed with WR performances during Olympic Games finals (1976 and 2012) here are the details of the two lap record progression list over the past four decades
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Alberto Juantorena (CUB) 1976-07-16 Montreal, Canada[1]
1:43.4 1:43.44 Alberto Juantorena (CUB) 1977-08-21 Sofia, Bulgaria[1]
1:42.4 1:42.33 Sebastian Coe (GBR) 1979-07-05 Oslo, Norway[1]
1:41.73 Sebastian Coe (GBR) 1981-06-10 Florence, Italy[1]
1:41.73 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1997-07-07 Stockholm, Sweden[1]
1:41.24 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1997-08-13 Zürich, Switzerland[1]
1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1997-08-24 Cologne, Germany[1]
1:41.09 David Rudisha (KEN) 2010-08-22 Berlin, Germany[2]
1:41.01 David Rudisha (KEN) 2010-08-29 Rieti, Italy[2]
1:40.91 David Rudisha (KEN)
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John Ziegler While Wilson was kicking butt I asked my friend lambic Auguta why he didn't run 800 or 1500 he said he only could run 1:47 and 3:52 in the mile. Not bad speed for a marathon runner
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Bennie Stander Class! !
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Christian Cushing-murray curious Mike Fanelli--why do you think the 400/800 records are so difficult to break? i've always assumed the tough balance of speed and stamina makes it difficult, even in the steroid and epo era...

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