Fastest 10,000m since 1970. Introduction of drugs and testing

Influx of African talent around 1990s explains it all.

A similar curve for European/American runners together would

give a different picture!

1960 28:18.8 Pyotr Bolotnikov RUS

1962 28:18.1 Pyotr Bolotnikov RUS

1963 28:15.5 Ron Clarke AUS

1965 27:39.9 Ron Clarke AUS

1966 27:54.0 Ron Clarke AUS

1968 27:49.4 Ron Clarke AUS

1969 28:03.6 Ron Clarke AUS

1970 28:06.2 Dave Bedford GBR

1971 27:47.0 Dave Bedford GBR 2)27:52.8 Vaatainen

1972 28:38.4 Lasse Viren FIN

1973 27:30.8 Dave Bedford FIN

1974 27:43.6 Steve Prefontaine USA

1975 27:45.4 Brendan Foster GBR 2) 27:45.9 Shorter

1976 27:40.4 Lasse Viren FIN 2) 27:42.6 Lopes

1977 27:30.5 Samson Kimobwa KEN 3) 27:37.1 Rono

1978 27:22.5 Henry Rono KEN 2) 27:30.3 Foster

1979 27:36.8 Karl Fleschen GER 2)27:39.4 Virgin

1980 27:29.2 Craig Virgin USA 2) 27:31.7 Rono

1981 27:27.7 Fernando Mamede POR 4)27:40.7 Salazar

1982 27:23.0 Fernando Mamede POR 2)27:24.4 Lopes 3) 27:25.6 Salazar

1983 27:23.4 Carlos Lopes POR

1984 27:13.8 Fernando Mamede POR 4)27:40.6 Nenow

1985 27:37.2 Bruce Bickford USA 2) 27:40.8 Nenow

1986 27:20.6 Mark Nenow USA

1987 27:27.0 Francesco Panetta ITA

1988 27:21.5 Brahim Boutayeb MOR

1989 27:08.2 Arturo Barrios MEX

1990 27:18.2 Arturo Barrios MEX 2) 27:19.2 Ngugi

1991 27:11.2 Richard Chelimo KEN 2) 27:11.6 Ngugi

1992 27:14.3 Fita Bayissa ETH

1993 27:58.4 Yobes Ondieki KEN 6) 27:18.4 Tergat

1994 26:52.4 William Sigei KEN 2) 27:15.0 Gebrselassie

1995 26:43.5 Haile Gebrselassie ETH

1996 26:38.1 Salah Hissou MAR 2) 26:54.4 Tergat 4) 27:07.3 Gebrselassie

1997 26:27.9 Paul Tergat KEN 2)26:31.3 Gebrselassie

1998 26:22.7 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 2) 26:46.4 Tergat

1999 26:51.5 Charles Kamathi KEN

2000 27:03.9 Paul Tergat KEN

2001 27:04.2 Abraham Chebii KEN 4)27:14.01 Keflezighi

2002 26:49.4 Sammy Kipketer KEN

2003 26:29.2 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 4)26:49.6 Bekele

2004 26:20.3 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 2) 26:39.7 Sihine 3) 26:41.6 Gebrselassie

2005 26:17.5 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 4) 26:41.8 Wanjiru

2006 26:35.6 Micah Kogo KEN 2) 26:37.3 Tadese

2007 26:46.2 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 2)26:48.7 Sihine

2008 26:26.0 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 2) 26:50.5 Sihine 3) 26:51.2 Gebrselassie

2009 26:46.3 Kenenisa Bekele ETH

2010 26:56.7 Josphat Kiprono Menjo KEN 2) 26:59.6 Solinsky 5) 27:10.7 Rupp

2011 26:43.1 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 3)26:46.5 Farah 3) 26:48.0 Rupp

2012 26:51.1 Emmanuel Bett KEN

2013 26:51.0 Dejene Gebremeskel ETH

The 1500

https://twitter.com/Phil_Hurst1/status/459386282880151553/photo/1

ataglance wrote:

The 1500

https://twitter.com/Phil_Hurst1/status/459386282880151553/photo/1

The crappy formatting aside, why do you denote the date of clinical trials (91) when the date the EPOGEN was improved (1993) is what matters?

I didnt make these charts or do the research, I just saw them on a twitter feed.

yyy wrote:

Influx of African talent around 1990s +EPO+greedy european doctors ,coaches and agents explains it all.

fyp

Yes, and Ron Clarke's world record for 10000m is one of the greatest athletic performances of all time.

I cannot comment for the US, but international meets over 10000m were definitely still being held in Europe on cinders in the early 70s. For example, take a look at Dave Bedford setting the European record over 10000m in an international meet on cinders in 1971:

Thanks for pointing that out, I was thinking that the graph was made up of average times of the best few yearly performers as the scaling and figures did not make any sense at a first quick glance.

Historian wrote:

I cannot comment for the US, but international meets over 10000m were definitely still being held in Europe on cinders in the early 70s. For example, take a look at Dave Bedford setting the European record over 10000m in an international meet on cinders in 1971:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kraiMbRQtFc

Nice video but that doesn't change the fact that by the early 70s virtually all races of stature were run on modern synthetic or quasi-modern synthetic (rubberized asphalt) tracks.

Care to posts the videos of hundreds of Euro Meets run on synthetic, including this one, Bedford's next 10,000?

In 1970 I was 15 years old.. I had only seen one cinder track (Univ. of Maryland, soon to be paved). In 1977 I actually race on a cinder track (Rutgers) and again in 1978 (Keuruu, Finland). Never seen one since. Scanning on Track and Field News of the early 70s cinder tracks are already a novelty.

malmo wrote:

ataglance wrote:

Soooo sooo dirty

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bl-zrYCCAAAWxlI.png:large

Why don't you redo your graph with a proper time scale. If you don't know how to do it send me the spreadsheet and I'll fix it for you.

Fortunately that graph has already been made and includes a top-20 average as well:

I ain't no statistician ....

but smoothing out the peaks and troughs, the gradients look to be reasonably consistent over the time frame. And why do they stop at 2000, for an article that came out in late 2009?

HardLoper wrote:

Fortunately that graph has already been made and includes a top-20 average as well:

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2009/08/performance-analysis-a-weapon-against-doping/

Yes, that graph has already been made right here on this message board, with more detail. By me. All distance events 1/10/20/50/100 deep with trendlines. If you can't find them I'll see if I can find the graphs and repost.

malmo wrote:

HardLoper wrote:

Fortunately that graph has already been made and includes a top-20 average as well:

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2009/08/performance-analysis-a-weapon-against-doping/

Yes, that graph has already been made right here on this message board, with more detail. By me. All distance events 1/10/20/50/100 deep with trendlines. If you can't find them I'll see if I can find the graphs and repost.

I can find simple WR progression charts and high school charts from you but not this one. That would be neat to see.

10,000m

5000m

Marathon

Fascinating, thanks for posting those, Malmo.

3000m SC

1500m

coud you make similar plots with European and American runners only?