The Way I See It wrote:I think the Women's 1500m WR of 3:50 is legit and on-par with, if not inferior, to 14:11 and 2:15:25.
14'11 is still a long way off what wang couda run in '93 if she'd run a 5k
her actual 1500/3k pbs were 3'51.92/8'06.11 ->
~ 56.2 , 1'58.3 , 5'15.4 , 13'57.6 , 29'09.4
remember though her 10k of 29'31 was run of terrible splits : 15'05/14'26 - easily conceivable she couda put together a coupla back to back 14'40s for a 29'20
anyhows, i'd have put good money on her running a 14-flat that year - the 'thopys are still at least 10s off that
n b - neither wang's 1500/3k were ideally paced - i remember seeing her splits a while ago & noting ~ 3'51-flat/8'04 looked sensible guesses that day in ideal paced races
->~ 56.1 , 1'57.9 , 5'14.1 , 13'53.7 , 29'00.8
the 10k may be a bit quick for her as every runner has an "ideal" distance - for wang it was probably 3k & she wasn't as good at 10k, but still likely quick enough for <29'20