number of times americans under 2:10
1. meb-8
1. hall-8
3. khanouchi-6 (has 9 total 3 as morrocan)
4. salazar-4
5. ritz-2 (also ran a 2:10.00 they rounded up the second
from the 2:09.59 he crossed the line in.)
5. beardsley-2
5. rodgers-2
5. abdi-2
9. kempainen-1
9. meyer-1
9. tabb-1
9. morris-1
9. lawson-1
9. martin-1
9. culpeper-1
9. durden-1
so 42 performances by 16 performers.
meb is mr. consistency 2:09.08 personal best and his 8th best time is 2:09.56
here is mebs 9 fastest marathons.
2:09.08
2:09.13
2:09.15
2:09.21
2:09.26
2:09.53
2:09.56
2:09.56
2:10.03
douglas burke wrote:
mo'pak wrote:This list is missing Derek Clayton.
derek clayton is australian.
As am I Doug. The list was of the top 5 British born marathoners, Derek was born in the UK and migrated to Australia.
i live under a bridge wrote:
Large parts of Rotterdam are below sea level so shouldn't it be considered an aided course? The air pressure would be higher than normal which would make it easier to breathe, the opposite of running at altitude, right?
The gains of going 8m below sea level are much like the losses of going 8m above sea level - nothing.
asdgfh wrote:
Interesting how strong Brazil was in the the late 1990's.
da Costa broke a 10 year old World Record in 1998.
Brazil is still not too shabby. Look how they placed in the Olympics, and they all ran that race pretty aggressively.