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7 years ago 03/21/2017 7:27pm EDT

Based on the 2017 tables, only 26 male athletes had performed such a mark. If a number appears beside the name, it signifies the number of times achieved.

Usain Bolt (8) - 100/200

Tyson Gay (2) 100

Asafa Powell 100

Yohan Blake (3) 100/200

Michael Johnson (2) 200/400

Wayde van Diekerk - 400

Butch Reynolds - 400

David Rudisha - 800

Hicham El Guerrouj (2) - 1500

Renaud Lavillenie - PV

Sergey Bubka (7) - PV

Javier Sotomayor (2) - HJ

Mike Powell - LJ

Bob Beamon - LJ

Carl Lewis (5) - LJ

Robert Emmiyan - LJ

Larry Myricks - LJ

Erick Walder - LJ

Dwight Phillips - LJ

Jonathan Edwards - TJ

Randy Barnes (2) - SP

Ulf Timmermann - SP

Jurgen Schult - DT

Virgilijus Alekna - DT

Gerd Kanter - DT

Jan Zelezny (5) - JT

Notables who were not on the list are Gebrselassie, Bekele, Tergat, Aries Merrit, Kevin Young, Edwin Moses, Bernard Lagat Sebastian Coe and more.

7 years ago 03/21/2017 7:58pm EDT

re: Moe's Tavern

Doesn't this show that these events' difficulties are overestimated?

7 years ago 03/21/2017 10:07pm EDT

re: "Guy"

As a middle distance guy, I would differ

7 years ago 03/21/2017 10:27pm EDT

re: Moe's Tavern

Kevin Young's WR is so absurd; it should definitely be higher than 1300.

7 years ago 03/22/2017 10:53am EDT

re: Queens Queens

I was a little surprised to see his mark does not constitute a higher score, too.

Here is a link to the tables

https://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/scoring-tables-2017

7 years ago 03/22/2017 11:16am EDT

re: Moe's Tavern

What's the significance of the score 1300?

I see the tables go up to 1400 - any performances that exceed that?

And any analysis for the women?

7 years ago 03/22/2017 4:08pm EDT

re: ladedah

ladedah wrote:
And any analysis for the women?

Show me flo jo and paula

7 years ago 03/22/2017 4:45pm EDT

re: Moe's Tavern

i like it. Seems to identify Bubka as potentially the greatest single event athlete in history.

7 years ago 03/22/2017 7:25pm EDT

re: ladedah

No "written in stone" reason for the 1300 mark but it does seem to separate marks that have lasted 20+ years in most cases. One surprise is that Kevin Young's 400mh WR of 46.78 does not rank? That just seems wrong based on the criteria set forth.No one has reached the 1400 mark. The closest to come to that is Jan Zelezny (CZE) whose javelin mark of 98.48m gets 1365 points on the tables while Usain Bolt's 9.58 100m gets 1356. (His 19.19 200m mark rates a 1351)Regarding the women, this may or not be a complete list. Can't remember but this is what I can recall.Florence Griffith Joyner (2) - 100/200Marita Koch - 400mStefka Kostadinova - HJGalina Chistyakova (2) - LJJackie Joyner Kersee (11) - LJ/Hept.Heike Drechsler (9) - LJAnisoara Stanciu - LJTatiana Kotova - LJElena Belevskaya - LJ Inessa Kravets - TJ

ladedah wrote:
What's the significance of the score 1300?
I see the tables go up to 1400 - any performances that exceed that?
And any analysis for the women?

7 years ago 03/23/2017 5:53am EDT

re: "Guy"

"Guy" wrote:
Doesn't this show that these events' difficulties are overestimated?

It doesn't show anything except that the person who created the table has UNDER-estimated some events and overestimated others, particularly in the field events.

7 years ago 03/23/2017 7:24am EDT

re: Moe's Tavern

Thanks for answering my questions, Moe.

7 years ago 03/23/2017 7:53am EDT

re: Moe's Tavern

Lots of long jump on both sides of the table (M/W). Seems the performances in that event aren't weighted correctly.

7 years ago 03/23/2017 12:50pm EDT

re: Mr. Obvious

Mr. Obvious wrote:
Lots of long jump on both sides of the table (M/W). Seems the performances in that event aren't weighted correctly.

fewer than a dozen guys have come with-in a foot of the WR

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