Preliminary entries for World Championships- Worst entries

Jealous aren't you? Except those times are still faster than the majority on this site. could run them.

HAHA Galen "fastest white man ever"Rupp beat the slowest guy by 1 second at NCAA's.

How do you make it to worlds with a 12.16 100m? There are a dozen kids in my high school who could run that.

What is the rule on this sort of thing?

from what I recall, every country gets ONE entry into the meet, regarless of any standard qualification. This means that these athletes from above (particularly the 100/200/800/1500) are likley the ONLY ones for their country in any track and field event. This is same reason we had the horrible african swimmer from a few years ago and an african nordic skier.

Am I correct on this?

yes you are correct. one male and one female without qualifying marks per country.

It's to encourage and foster the development of the sport in countries with nobody good. Gotta start somewhere.

100- No

200- Maybe

400- Yes

800- Yes

1500- Yes

5000- No

10000- No

Marathon- No

Steeple- No

F***... I could compete in berlin

Maybe im retarded but I think you are misunderstating somthing here. To qualifiy for the world championships you have to run at least a B standard which is posted on the IAAF website. Even the B standards are quite fast. The world championships cannot just take everyone they would have way to many athletes thats why they have the A and B standards to ensure the field quality and size. None of the times you posted would qualify them to go to worlds. You might want to research it further.

http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/standards/newsid=47761.html

You have to run at least a B standard if your country is entering more than 1 person in the championships. If your country has nobody with a B standard in any event you are allowed to enter 1 athlete per gender, but you can't enter them in certain events like the dec or 10k. That is why you see the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 with people who run pretty slow.

he did research it further wrote:

You have to run at least a B standard if your country is entering more than 1 person in the championships. If your country has nobody with a B standard in any event you are allowed to enter 1 athlete per gender, but you can't enter them in certain events like the dec or 10k. That is why you see the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 with people who run pretty slow.

My apologies you are correct sir. I did not realize that was the policy. Seems like kind of a ridiculous policy if you ask me. Pretty un fair that you could theoritily be the 4th fastest runner in the world and not go to the WC and there is a guy running a 1:59 that gets to toe the line with all the best out there.

he did research it further wrote:

You have to run at least a B standard if your country is entering more than 1 person in the championships. If your country has nobody with a B standard in any event you are allowed to enter 1 athlete per gender, but you can't enter them in certain events like the dec or 10k. That is why you see the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 with people who run pretty slow.

My apologies you are correct sir. I did not realize that was the policy. Seems like kind of a ridiculous policy if you ask me. Pretty un fair that you could theoritily be the 4th fastest runner in the world and not go to the WC and there is a guy running a 1:59 that gets to toe the line with all the best out there.

just so I am certain, because this seems ridiculous, but the 4:12 is a guy? Am I correct here? if so that is by far the worst time up there from my experience, no legitimate 1500 meter specialist runs a 4:12 unless they are in their first year of college on a off day, like that is painfully slow compared to the world leaders.

runner_pucci wrote:

just so I am certain, because this seems ridiculous, but the 4:12 is a guy? Am I correct here? if so that is by far the worst time up there from my experience, no legitimate 1500 meter specialist runs a 4:12 unless they are in their first year of college on a off day, like that is painfully slow compared to the world leaders.

I'm not sure that that is the worst though. I look at it this way. A 4:12 1500 is worth about 4:30-31 for 1600, which would most likely dominate any junior high/middle school state meet. I don't see a 12.16 or 23.74 dominating a bunch of 8th grade boys, though it might win.

The other times would destroy a group of 8th grade boys. So by virtue of being the least competitive against 8th grade boys, I'm saying 12.16 is the weakest.

That 4:12 1500 guy - is that the poster known as Eddy Lee by any chance?

what are you talking about wrote:

Maybe im retarded

Well, the one athlete per country rule was already explained before your post and then you apologized twice.

So yes, maybe you're retarted.

What countrys are these abbrefiations from? I'm realy good with Geografy but not fammilyer with these.

MHL

TKS

STP

SAM

MTN

CPV

I guess, my bias is towards distance times but your 100 meter argument is sound

Not So Worldly wrote:

What countrys are these abbrefiations from? I'm realy good with Geografy but not fammilyer with these.

MHL

TKS

STP

SAM

MTN

CPV

MHL - Marshall Islands

TKS - I'd have to see the athlete name, but I think this should be TLS - Timor Leste

STP - Säo Tomé e Príncipe

SAM - Samoa

MTN - Mauritania

CPV - Cabo Verde

Maybe you're good with geography, but not so good with a search engine or even Wikipedia, and you are a horrible speller. Here are the countries you're referring to

MHL - Marshall Islands (Are they always under 'Marshall Law'?

TKS - Tokelau (or possibly Turkmenistan or Timor-Leste or Flotrack)

STP - São Tomé and Príncipe (or possibly STP oil for Richard Petty)

SAM - Samoa (Wasn't Marc Davis going to run for Samoa at the end of his career?)

MTN - Mauritania (No, not Marijuana)

CPV - Cape Verde (Does their uniform come with a 'green cape'?)