This could have a few answers. Fastest last 600, 400, 200, 100. Fastest kick off of a significant pace. Runner who was most known for having a kick. This would be limited to 1500+, races in which the last lap is often the fastest. Has anyone broken 50?
Definitely have to mention Geb at 10k, I believe he closed his Olympic 10ks around 25.1 for the last 200.
El G's run in Athens also has to be mentioned, final 800 in about 146.9 and last 600 in 1:18.5 (ballpark figures, don't bite my head off if theyre wrong)
El G didn't have the fastest last 800 in that race, Rui Silva did. Low 1:46 I believe.
ohh brother wrote:
El G didn't have the fastest last 800 in that race, Rui Silva did. Low 1:46 I believe.
Truth. Forgot about that.
Morceli also deserves mention, I think he closed one of his WC wins in '93 with a 50.6
Deanouk can correct me, but I believe Steve Ovett closed the penultimate 100 in 11.9 or 12.1 at the '77 World Cup 1500, then slowed in the straightway.
Jim Ryun supposedly ran 37.xx for the last 300 of a slow 1500 in West Germany back in the late '60's.
Of course, Coe ran 12.1 or someting like that for the last 100 of the '84 Oly 1500.
Abdi Bile closing the 1987 WC 1500 in 1:46.0.
Abraham Chebii in his prime
http://www.flotrack.org/video/416-2006-Reebok-Grand-Prix-5000m-Video
Running on Empathy wrote:
Jim Ryun supposedly ran 37.xx for the last 300 of a slow 1500 in West Germany back in the late '60's.
Ovett ran 37.0 in Oslo in 1978. I had a front row seat, pulling even with him at 1200m then promptly getting my doors blown off during that last 300m!
It was terrifying to see.
1. 3:35.80 Ovett GBR
2. 3:36.00 Scott USA
3. 3:37.90 Plachy CZE
4. 3:38.40 Coghlan IRL
5. 3:39.4 Engelund NOR
6. 3:39.8 Crawford USA
7. 3:40.8 Malley USA
Jose Parrilla. dfl at 500m at US Olympic Trials in 1992. Closed and finished 3rd (behind Gray and Everett) in 1:43-high. Can't find it on youtube ;(
Alan Webb famously kicked the 9th 100 meters of the 2005 WC in 12.4/12.5
malmo wrote:
Running on Empathy wrote:Jim Ryun supposedly ran 37.xx for the last 300 of a slow 1500 in West Germany back in the late '60's.
Ovett ran 37.0 in Oslo in 1978. I had a front row seat, pulling even with him at 1200m then promptly getting my doors blown off during that last 300m!
It was terrifying to see.
1. 3:35.80 Ovett GBR
2. 3:36.00 Scott USA
3. 3:37.90 Plachy CZE
4. 3:38.40 Coghlan IRL
5. 3:39.4 Engelund NOR
6. 3:39.8 Crawford USA
7. 3:40.8 Malley USA
Ouch. Running 42 for your last 300m and losing by ~30m+ (to *two* guys) must have been daunting.
ohh brother wrote:
El G didn't have the fastest last 800 in that race, Rui Silva did. Low 1:46 I believe.
IMO, I think you have to win the race to deserve the title of fastest kick in the race. Props to Silva for running the fastest last 800, but he still didn't win.
What does Robby Andrews' cover in the last 150 meters of a race?
Bekele ran 4:56 for the final 2k in the 08 Olympic 5k final.
And don't forget Bekele's 12:57 final 5000 of the 2003 10,000 World Champs.
ZealotAssasin wrote:
ohh brother wrote:El G didn't have the fastest last 800 in that race, Rui Silva did. Low 1:46 I believe.
IMO, I think you have to win the race to deserve the title of fastest kick in the race. Props to Silva for running the fastest last 800, but he still didn't win.
What?!? "Fastest" has a definition. It is not subject to your opinion.
malmo wrote:
Ovett ran 37.0 in Oslo in 1978. I had a front row seat, pulling even with him at 1200m then promptly getting my doors blown off during that last 300m!
It was terrifying to see.
1. 3:35.80 Ovett GBR
2. 3:36.00 Scott USA
3. 3:37.90 Plachy CZE
4. 3:38.40 Coghlan IRL
5. 3:39.4 Engelund NOR
6. 3:39.8 Crawford USA
7. 3:40.8 Malley USA
Nice post. It makes me curious, though. I didn't think Steve Scott was known for a blazing kick. Finishing just 0.2 behind Ovett, did Scott run 37.low for the last 300? Did he have a substantial lead prior to the kick?...
Yifter the shifter must have had dome fast 200's.
ohh brother wrote:
El G didn't have the fastest last 800 in that race, Rui Silva did. Low 1:46 I believe.
Cacho's ~50.0 last 400 at Barcelona.
So freaking doped, it's just silly.
Awesome to watch, nonetheless.
What's freaking scary is he had another gear in that last 100.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=guse_orfEmY#t=193sDave Wottle