Terry Foxx, for his courage.
Terry Foxx, for his courage.
Dude please wrote:
Perhaps categories could narrow this down a bit more.
Fill in the blank
Distance: Carlos Lopes? was pretty good, very consistent for long time
Middle Distance: Lagat?
Sprints: Tyson
don't know much bout jumps
Carlos Lopes was the first man to run the marathon in less than 2:08, setting a wrold record in the 1985 Rotterdam marathon (2:07.12)
I don't agree on the other three, by the way.
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Dude please wrote:http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=6383Distance: Carlos Lopes? was pretty good, very consistent for long time
Carlos Lopes marathon world record is 2h07m12s and not 2h07m11s as is wrire in the cover magazine.
But Lopes did break another world record. 27:17 10000m breaking the earlier Henry Rono. What happens is that on that same run Fernando Mamede did 27:13 therefore the record breaker is Mamede.
Man. I vote on Ron Clarke and Alain Mimoun (still alive and well).
Woman. Mutola.
Mr. Clif wrote:
Forrest. Gump.
Damn it...
Craig Virgin
ukathleticscoach wrote:
johnny hotdog face wrote:Miruts Yifer
Yifter the Shifter - that's a good one
There are a lot of names on here who won FA
Yifter set a 5k WR!
long dong silver wrote:
Cierpinski has twice as many olympic golds. Olympic gold is the end all be all in this sport. Silver is nothing but gold's b*tch.
He also is also a dirty drug cheat, if that kind of thing matters to you.
ukathleticscoach wrote:
Yifter set a 5k WR!
No, he didn't:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5000_metres[/quote]
Seriously? He's right there. Try ctrl-F
1980 13:16.38 Miruts Yifter (ETH) Bratislava
(is wikipedia wrong?)
MUTAI
[/quote]
Seriously? He's right there. Try ctrl-F
1980 13:16.38 Miruts Yifter (ETH) Bratislava[/quote]
That's the seasons fastest for 1980. The WR at the time was 13:08.4 set by Rono in '78
It's on the same wiki page further down
oh, i'm dumb. i definitely thought of him in the beginning (who could be successful without a wr? a strong kicker!), but then ruled him out erroneously. good catch!
1600meterrunner wrote:
MUTAI
He does have a "world" "record" though...
The authority on this subject is Seppo Luhtala's book Top Distance Runners of the Century. I combed thru the book and here are the top three.
Derartu Tulu - Born 21 March 1972, Bejoki, Ethiopia. Feather-striding runner with a ferocious kick and the heart of true sportswoman.
1990 (age 18): Plovdiv Junion World Championships Champion 10,000.
1992 (age 20): African Champion 3,000 and 10,000. World Cup Champion 3,000 and 10,000. Barcelona Olympics Champion 10,000 over white South African Elana Mayar, whom she shared her victory lap with in a memorable symbol of the end of apartheid. First black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
1995 - 1997 (age 23 - 25): After injury-ridden years, she came back to win the 1995 and 1997 World Cross Country Championships, and was 1995 World Champion at 10,000 meters.
2000 (age 28): In another great comeback, 2000 World Cross Country Champion, and Sydney Olympics Champion 10,000 meters 8 years after her Barcelona Olympics 10,000, improving her personal best by almost one minute.
2001: Edmonton World Championships, champion 10,000 meters.
2004 (age 32): Athens Olympics Bronze Medalist at 10,000 meters.
2009 (age 37): New York City Marathon Champion over Paula Radcliffe. This win showed her sportsmanship again, as whe ran with and encouraged the struggling Radcliffe suffering from hamstring cramps.
John Ngugi - Will post later.
Gabriella Szabo - Will post later.
ok, I am switching from Cierpinski to Tulu - two olympic golds, an olympic bronze, wc gold and silver, World XC champ 3x - really, there is no contest here.
winning, xc, track, roads, longevity, no drug malevolence...
Tulu it is
wepmad wrote:
oh, i'm dumb. i definitely thought of him in the beginning (who could be successful without a wr? a strong kicker!), but then ruled him out erroneously. good catch!
I see, wikipedia had "former world record holder" at the bottom of Yifter's page -- I guess he set an indoor WR at one point. I still don't think indoors should count for our discussion.
1600meterrunner wrote:
MUTAI
^ Nice answer.
Wrong, but nice.
atrrunner wrote:
Pre-horrible pick. Felix-not that young.
Could be any top female athlete since the records are so far out by cheaters.
Ngeny could be in the discussion. For 800, Cruz and Borza
She's 25. What classifies as young?