Greetings From An Alternate Reality

Women’s 1k:

World Record Progression Since 1960 (Year of First Women’s Olympic 1k):

Lyudmila Shevtsova - 1960 - 2:42.0

Dixie Willis - 1962 - 2:38.8

Ann Packer - 1964 - 2:37.9

Vera Nikolic - 1968 - 2:37.0

Hildegard Falck - 1971 - 2:35.6

Gunhild Hoffmeister - 1972 - 2:34.9

Lyudmila Bragina - 1972 - 2:34.8

Lyudmila Bragina - 1972 - 2:34.1

Svetla Zlateva - 1973 - 2:33.8

Valentina Gerasimova - 1976 - 2:32.3

Tatyana Kazankina - 1976 - 2:29.8

Nadezhda Olizarenko - 1980 - 2:29.4

Tatyana Kazankina - 1980 - 2:28.0

Nadezhda Olizarenko - 1980 - 2:27.2

Top-100 Performers, All Time:

1. Nadezhda Olizarenko 2:27.23 1980

2. Pamela Jelimo 2:27.58 2008

3. Tatyana Kazankina 2:27.62 1980

4. Genzebe Dibaba 2:28.41 2015

5. Qu Yunxia 2:28.66 1993

6. Svetlana Masterkova 2:28.70 1996

7. Sifan Hassan 2:28.74 2019

8. Maria Mutola 2:28.83 1995

9. Wang Junxia 2:29.09 1993

10. Paula Ivan 2:29.19 1988

11. Olga Mineyeva 2:29.38 1980

12. Caster Semenya 2:29.44 2017

13. Bo Jiang 2:29.47 1997

14. Liu Dong 2:29.54 1993

15. Ajee Wilson 2:29.58 2017

16. Jarmila Kratochvílová 2:29.65 1983

17. Lang Yinglai 2:29.67 1997

18. Francine Niyonsaba 2:29.77 2017

19. Faith Kipyegon 2:29.78 2016

20. Sigrun Wodars 2:29.91 1987

21. Ella Kovacs 2:29.93 1993

22. Tatyana Providokhina 2:29.95 1980

23. Doina Melinte 2:30.03 1982

24. Hassiba Boulmerka 2:30.03 1992

25. Christine Wachtel 2:30.04 1987

26. Janeth Jepkosgei 2:30.08 2007

27. Ellen Van Langen 2:30.12 1992

28. Süreyya Ayhan-Kop 2:30.19 2003

29. Yin Lili 2:30.25 1997

30. Zamira Zaytseva 2:30.34 1982

31. Jolanda Ceplak 2:30.36 2002

32. Tatyana Andrianova 2:30.47 2008

33. Martina Kämpfert 2:30.51 1980

34. Olga Dvirna 2:30.59 1982

35. Liliya Nurutdinova 2:30.62 1992

36. Yelena Soboleva 2:30.63 2006

37. Lyudmila Veselkova 2:30.67 1982

38. Yekaterina Podkopayeva 2:30.67 1984

39. Nikolina Shtereva 2:30.71 1976

40. Lyudmila Rogachova 2:30.73 1992

41. Laura Muir 2:30.82 2016

42. Yuliya Chizhenko 2:30.85 2006

43. Lyubov Gurina 2:30.92 1987

44. Kelly Holmes 2:30.97 2004

45. Eunice Sum 2:30.97 2013

46. Ravilya Agletdinova 2:30.99 1985

47. Abeba Aregawi 2:31.08 2013

48. Mary Decker Slaney 2:31.14 1985

49. Galina Zakharova 2:31.21 1984

50. Hasna Benhassi 2:31.23 2004

51. Patricia Djate-Taillard 2:31.25 1995

52. Maricica Puică 2:31.28 1984

53. Lan Lixin 2:31.33 1997

54. Habitam Alemu 2:31.34 2018

55. Ekaterina Poistogova 2:31.36 2012

56. Fita Lovin 2:31.39 1980

57. Stephanie Graf 2:31.46 2000

58. Natalya Artyomova 2:31.50 1991

59. Sandra Gasser 2:31.51 1989

60. Li Liu 2:31.51 1993

61. Regina Jacobs 2:31.55 1999

62. Hildegard Körner 2:31.56 1980

63. Gabriela Szabo 2:31.56 1998

64. Letitia Vriesde 2:31.60 1995

65. Inna Yevseyeva 2:31.63 1992

66. Halimah Nakaayi 2:31.63 2019

67. Elfi Zinn 2:31.64 1976

68. Tetyana Pozdnyakova 2:31.66 1982

69. Anita Weiss 2:31.70 1976

70. Christine Wartenberg 2:31.73 1980

71. Rababe Arafi 2:31.73 2018

72. Zulia Calatayud 2:31.74 2006

73. Ulrike Bruns 2:31.75 1976

74. Svetla Zlateva 2:31.78 1976

75. Kim Gallagher 2:31.79 1988

76. Jolanta Januchta 2:31.80 1980

77. Natalya Tsyganova 2:31.80 2000

78. Yekaterina Kostetskaya 2:31.82 2008

79. Tamara Sorokina 2:31.85 1981

80. Melissa Bishop-Nriagu 2:31.87 2017

81. Svetlana Cherkasova 2:31.88 2005

82. Totka Petrova 2:31.92 1978

83. Gabriella Dorio 2:31.94 1982

84. Maryam Yusuf Jamal 2:31.97 2006

85. Brenda Martinez 2:32.01 2013

86. Maria Martínez 2:32.02 2007

87. Ana Fidelia Quirot 2:32.07 1997

88. Shelby Houlihan 2:32.07 2019

89. Wang Yuan 2:32.08 1993

90. Nouria Merah-Benida 2:32.11 2000

91. Gudaf Tsegay 2:32.17 2019

92. Nadezhda Ralldugina 2:32.18 1985

93. Winny Chebet 2:32.18 2017

94. Andrea Lange-Hahmann 2:32.20 1987

95. Olga Raspopova 2:32.25 2000

96. Suzy Favor Hamilton 2:32.27 2000

97. Zhang Ling 2:32.29 1997

98. Natalia Marasescu 2:32.3h 1979

99. Laimute Baikauskaite 2:32.3h 1985

100. Dawit Seyaum 2:32.33 2016

Top-20 U.S. Performers, All Time:

1. Ajee Wilson 2:29.58 2017

2. Mary Decker Slaney 2:31.14 1985

3. Regina Jacobs 2:31.55 1999

4. Kim Gallagher 2:31.79 1988

5. Brenda Martinez 2:32.01 2013

6. Shelby Houlihan 2:32.07 2019

7. Suzy Favor Hamilton 2:32.27 2000

8. Anna Willard 2:32.61 2009

9. Shannon Rowbury 2:32.61 2015

10. Kate Grace 2:32.76 2016

11. Ce’Aira Brown 2:32.79 2018

12. Jearl Miles-Clark 2:32.88 1999

13. Jennifer Simpson 2:32.96 2015

14. Charlene Lipsey 2:33.06 2017

15. Hazel Clark 2:33.09 2005

16. Morgan Uceny 2:33.13 2011

17. Julie Jenkins 2:33.22 1990

18. Ruth Wysocki 2:33.27 1984

19. Nicole Teter 2:33.40 2002

20. Molly Ludlow 2:33.56 2016

Olympic & World Championship Medalists Since 1960 (With Leader-to-Leader Splits):

1960

1. Lyudmila Shevtsova 2:42.0

2. Brenda Jones 2:42.4

3. Ursula Donath 2:43.2

1:02.9, 2:09.1 [1:06.2], 2:42.0 [32.9]

1964

1. Anne Packer 2:37.9

2. Maryvonne Dupureur 2:38.8

3. Marise Chamberlain 2:39.6

1:01.5, 2:06.2 [1:04.7], 2:37.9 [31.7]

1968

1. Madeline Manning 2:37.4

2. Ileana Silai 2:38.5

3. Mia Gommers 2:38.7

1:02.2, 2:06.0 [1:03.8], 2:37.4 [31.4]

1972

1. Lyudmila Bragina 2:34.08

2. Hildegard Falck 2:34.15

3. Gunhild Hoffmeister 2:35.03

1:01.1, 2:04.1 [1:03.0], 2:34.0 [29.9]

1976

1. Tatyana Kazankina 2:29.80

2. Nikolina Shtereva 2:30.71

3. Elfi Zinn 2:31.64

59.7, 2:00.1 [1:00.4], 2:29.8 [29.7]

1980

1. Nadezhda Olizarenko 2:27.23

2. Tatyana Kazankina 2:27.62

3. Olga Mineyeva 2:29.38

56.7, 1:56.9 [1:00.2], 2:27.2 [30.3]

1983

1. Lyubov Gurina 2:32.76

2. Zamira Zaytseva 2:32.91

3. Mary Decker 2:33.05

1:00.3, 2:03.0 [1:02.7], 2:32.7 [29.7]

1984

1. Doina Melinte 2:31.57

2. Gabriella Dorio 2:32.52

3. Kim Gallagher 2:32.67

1:00.6, 2:01.6 [1:01.0], 2:31.5 [29.9]

1987

1. Sigrun Wodars 2:29.91

2. Christine Wachtel 2:30.04

3. Lyubov Gurina 2:30.92

58.1, 1:59.7 [1:01.6], 2:29.9 [30.2]

1988

1. Paula Ivan 2:29.19

2. Sigrun Wodars 2:30.28

3. Christine Wachtel 2:30.64

58.1, 1:59.0 [1:00.9], 2:29.1 [30.1]

1991

1. Liliya Nurutdinova 2:31.63

2. Ella Kovacs 2:31.70

3. Hassiba Boulmerka 2:31.88

1:03.2, 2:02.2 [59.0], 2:31.6 [29.4]

1992

1. Hassiba Boulmerka 2:30.03

2. Ellen Van Langen 2:30.12

3. Liliya Nurutdinova 2:30.62

57.9, 1:59.2 [1:01.3], 2:30.0 [30.8]

1993

1. Maria Mutola 2:29.26

2. Liu Dong 2:29.79

3. Ella Kovacs 2:30.35

59.4, 1:59.3 [59.9], 2:29.2 [29.9]

1995

1. Hassiba Boulmerka 2:31.24

2. Letitia Vriesde 2:31.60

3. Kelly Holmes 2:31.85

59.9, 2:01.8 [1:01.9], 2:31.2 [29.4]

1996

1. Svetlana Masterkova 2:29.98

2. Maria Mutola 2:30.87

3. Kelly Holmes 2:31.12

58.9, 2:00.4 [1:01.5], 2:29.9 [29.5]

1997

1. Carla Sacramento 2:32.49

2. Yelena Afanasyeva 2:32.76

3. Maria Mutola 2:32.84

1:01.6, 2:03.3 [1:01.7], 2:32.4 [29.1]

1999

1. Svetlana Masterkova 2:29.47

2. Maria Mutola 2:30.13

3. Regina Jacobs 2:31.55

58.5, 2:00.0 [1:01.5], 2:29.4 [29.4]

2000

1. Maria Mutola 2:30.91

2. Stephanie Graf 2:31.46

3. Kelly Holmes 2:31.56

1:00.1, 2:00.8 [1:00.7], 2:30.9 [30.1]

2001

1. Maria Mutola 2:31.64

2. Stephanie Graf 2:31.73

3. Letitia Vriesde 2:31.92

1:01.0, 2:01.9 [1:00.9], 2:31.6 [29.7]

2003

1. Maria Mutola 2:32.45

2. Kelly Holmes 2:32.68

3. Süreyya Ayhan-Kop 2:32.89

1:02.5, 2:03.1 [1:00.6], 2:32.4 [29.3]

2004

1. Kelly Holmes 2:30.97

2. Hasna Benhassi 2:31.23

3. Jolanda Ceplak 2:31.29

1:00.2, 2:01.2 [1:01.0], 2:30.9 [29.7]

2005

1. Hasna Benhassi 2:33.28

2. Tatyana Adrianova 2:33.40

3. Yelena Soboleva 2:33.67

1:02.1, 2:04.1 [1:02.0], 2:33.2 [29.1]

2007

1. Janeth Jepkosgei 2:30.08

2. Hasna Benhassi 2:31.67

3. Maria Martínez 2:32.02

58.7, 1:59.3 [1:00.6], 2:30.0 [30.7]

2008

1. Pamela Jelimo 2:29.54

2. Janeth Jepkosgei 2:30.39

3. Hasna Benhassi 2:31.46

57.9, 1:59.6 [1:01.7], 2:29.5 [29.9]

2009

1. Janeth Jepkosgei 2:32.52

2. Lisa Dobriskey 2:32.88

3. Jenny Meadows 2:33.01

1:01.4, 2:03.1 [1:01.7], 2:32.5 [29.4]

2011

1. Janeth Jepkosgei 2:33.25

2. Morgan Uceny 2:33.60

3. Hannah England 2:33.86

(DQ Mariya Savinova 2:32.89)

(DQ Ekaterina Kostetskaya 2:33.71)

1:02.6, 2:04.0 [1:01.4], 2:32.8 [28.8]

2012

1. Caster Semenya 2:30.19

2. Ekaterina Poistogova 2:31.36

3. Pamela Jelimo 2:31.54

(DQ Mariya Savinova 2:29.55)

(DQ Asli Cakir Alptekin 2:29.97)

(DQ Gamze Bulut 2:30.25)

1:01.6, 2:00.8 [59.2], 2:29.5 [28.7]

2013

1. Eunice Sum 2:31.42

2. Abeba Aregawi 2:31.76

3. Brenda Martinez 2:32.01

(DQ Mariya Savinova 2:31.85)

1:02.1, 2:01.9 [59.8], 2:31.4 [29.5]

2015

1. Genzebe Dibaba 2:30.32

2. Faith Kipyegon 2:31.10

3. Eunice Sum 2:31.18

1:01.8, 2:00.3 [58.5], 2:30.3 [30.0]

2016

1. Caster Semenya 2:32.51

2. Faith Kipyegon 2:32.98

3. Francine Niyonsaba 2:33.34

1:04.3, 2:03.5 [59.2], 2:32.5 [29.0]

2017

1. Caster Semenya 2:31.73

2. Francine Niyonsaba 2:32.46

3. Ajee Wilson 2:33.06

1:01.5, 2:02.6 [1:01.1], 2:31.7 [29.1]

2019

1. Sifan Hassan 2:28.74

2. Halimah Nakaayi 2:31.63

3. Ajee Wilson 2:31.72

59.9, 1:59.2 [59.3], 2:28.7 [29.5]

Top-10 Performers of 2019:

1. Sifan Hassan 2:28.74 - 10/5 (1)

2. Caster Semenya 2:29.78 - 5/3 (1)

3. Ajee Wilson 2:31.23 - 7/12 (1)

4. Francine Niyonsaba 2:31.46 - 5/3 (2)

5. Halimah Nakaayi 2:31.63 - 10/5 (2)

6. Shelby Houlihan 2:32.07 - 7/9 (1)

7. Genzebe Dibaba 2:32.08 - 6/16 (1)

8. Gudaf Tsegay 2:32.17 - 10/5 (4)

9. Laura Muir 2:32.29 - 7/12 (2)

10. Rababe Arafi 2:32.40 - 6/16 (2)

2019 World Championship Final Results:

1. Sifan Hassan 2:28.74

2. Halimah Nakaayi 2:31.63

3. Ajee Wilson 2:31.72

4. Gudaf Tsegay 2:32.17

5. Winnie Nanyondo 2:32.56

6. Rababe Arafi 2:33.15

7. Eunice Sum 2:33.42

8. Ce’Aira Brown 2:35.64

Men’s 4k:

World Record Progression, Last 100 Years:

Paavo Nurmi - 1922 - 11:30.4

Paavo Nurmi - 1924 - 11:27.2

Paavo Nurmi - 1926 - 11:23.8

Janusz Kusocinski - 1932 - 11:18.2

Lauri Lehtinen - 1932 - 11:15.5

Gunnar Höckert - 1936 - 11:14.1

Taisto Mäki - 1939 - 11:09.0

Henry Kälarne - 1940 - 11:08.3

Gunder Hägg - 1942 - 10:59.7

Gunder Hägg - 1944 - 10:57.9

Chris Chataway - 1954 - 10:52.1

Vladimir Kuts - 1954 - 10:50.8

Sándor Iharos - 1955 - 10:50.6

Vladimir Kuts - 1955 - 10:47.2

Sándor Iharos - 1955 - 10:45.8

Gordon Pirie - 1956 - 10:42.0

Bob Schul - 1964 - 10:40.6

Ron Clarke - 1965 - 10:38.1

Ron Clarke - 1965 - 10:33.8

Michel Jazy - 1965 - 10:33.4

Kip Keino - 1965 - 10:30.7

Ron Clarke - 1966 - 10:28.3

Emil Puttemans - 1971 - 10:24.7

Lasse Virén - 1972 - 10:23.8

Emil Puttemans - 1972 - 10:22.0

Brendan Foster - 1974 - 10:21.6

Henry Rono - 1978 - 10:17.1

David Moorcroft - 1982 - 10:15.95

Said Aouita - 1985 - 10:14.14

Said Aouita - 1987 - 10:12.37

Moses Kiptanui - 1992 - 10:11.61

Haile Gebrselassie - 1994 - 10:09.78

Noureddine Morceli - 1994 - 10:09.28

Moses Kiptanui - 1995 - 10:09.26

Haile Gebrselassie - 1995 - 10:04.22

Daniel Komen - 1996 - 9:59.31

Kenenisa Bekele - 2004 - 9:58.79

Top-100 Performers, All-Time:

1. Kenenisa Bekele 9:58.79 2004

2. Daniel Komen 9:59.31 1996

3. Haile Gebrselassie 10:01.45 1998

4. Hicham El Guerrouj 10:01.76 2001

5. Mo Farah 10:04.60 2013

6. Selemon Barega 10:04.83 2018

7. Yomif Kejelcha 10:05.03 2018

8. Bernard Lagat 10:05.12 2005

9. Hagos Gebrhiwet 10:05.67 2018

10. Ali Saidi-Sief 10:06.13 2000

11. Dejen Gebremeskel 10:06.38 2012

12. Eliud Kipchoge 10:06.42 2004

13. Isaac Songok 10:06.49 2006

14. Saif Saaeed Shaheen 10:07.06 2003

15. Mohammed Mourhit 10:07.51 2000

16. Paul Tergat 10:07.62 1997

17. Yenew Alamirew 10:07.83 2012

18. Sileshi Sihine 10:07.91 2004

19. Isiah Koech 10:07.96 2012

20. Thomas Longosiwa 10:08.22 2012

21. Mohammed Ahmed 10:08.40 2020

22. Brahim Lahlafi 10:08.43 2000

23. Moses Kiptanui 10:08.58 1997

24. Tom Nyariki 10:08.64 1996

25. Salah Hissou 10:08.94 1999

26. Edwin Soi 10:09.12 2011

27. John Kibowen 10:09.27 1998

28. Noureddine Morceli 10:09.28 1994

29. Luke Kipkosgei 10:09.40 1998

30. John Kipkoech 10:09.63 2012

31. Moses Kipsiro 10:09.74 2007

32. Tariku Bekele 10:09.82 2008

33. Moses Masai 10:09.91 2008

34. James Kwalia C’Kurui 10:10.16 2004

35. Abdelaati Iguider 10:10.26 2015

36. Augustine Choge 10:10.47 2011

37. Daniel Kip. Komen 10:10.51 2007

38. Benjamin Limo 10:10.58 1999

39. Vincent Chepkok 10:10.61 2010

40. Caleb Ndiku 10:10.73 2014

41. Jakob Ingebrigtsen 10:11.11 2019

42. Dieter Baumann 10:11.24 1998

43. Paul Bitok 10:11.32 1996

44. Craig Mottram 10:11.40 2007

45. Muktar Edris 10:11.66 2017

46. Abderrahim Goumri 10:11.91 2005

47. Assefa Mezgebu 10:12.02 1998

48. Mulugeta Wendimu 10:12.03 2004

49. Ronald Kwemoi 10:12.19 2017

50. Albert Rop 10:12.23 2013

51. Saïd Aouita 10:12.37 1987

52. Ismail Sghyr 10:12.49 1995

53. Telahun Haile Bekele 10:12.57 2019

54. Khalid Boulami 10:12.60 1997

55. Paul Chelimo 10:12.64 2017

56. Galen Rupp 10:12.71 2014

57. Bob Kennedy 10:12.83 1996

58. Venuste Niyongabo 10:12.86 1997

59. Chris Solinsky 10:12.96 2010

60. Joseph Ebuya 10:12.98 2007

61. Sammy Kipketer 10:13.06 2001

62. Mark Carroll 10:13.08 1999

63. Richard Limo 10:13.15 2001

64. Abraham Chebii 10:13.34 2003

65. Shadrack Korir 10:13.52 2007

66. Bethwell Birgen 10:13.70 2013

67. Imane Merga 10:13.80 2010

68. Abraham Cherkos 10:13.84 2006

69. Lopez Lomong 10:13.85 2020

70. Lucas Rotich 10:13.87 2010

71. Hailu Mekonnen 10:13.96 2001

72. Matt Centrowitz, Jr. 10:14.01 2019

73. Evan Jager 10:14.09 2015

74. Gebre Gebremariam 10:14.13 2005

75. Joshua Cheptegei 10:14.22 2019

76. Million Wolde 10:14.37 2000

77. Birhanu Balew 10:14.49 2018

78. Philip Mosima 10:14.54 1996

79. Moses Mosop 10:14.55 2006

80. Paul Koech 10:14.66 1997

81. Matt Tegenkamp 10:14.68 2007

82. Ryan Hill 10:14.68 2016

83. Boniface Songok 10:14.71 2004

84. Mark Kiptoo 10:14.75 2010

85. Isaac Viciosa 10:14.89 1998

86. Hicham Bellani 10:14.92 2006

87. Dathan Ritzenhein 10:14.93 2009

88. Boniface Kiprop 10:14.99 2006

89. Leonard Komon 10:15.00 2009

90. Josphat Menjo 10:15.04 2010

91. Yusuf Biwott 10:15.05 2010

92. Abebe Dinkessa 10:15.11 2005

93. Dejene Birhanu 10:15.13 2004

94. Nicholas Kimeli 10:15.22 2019

95. Markos Geneti 10:15.24 2005

96. David Chelule 10:15.30 1999

97. Mark Bett 10:15.31 2001

98. Hicham Bellani 10:15.36 2006

99. Sydney Maree 10:15.37 1985

100. Ali Abdosh 10:15.47 2009

Top-20 U.S. Performers, All-Time:

1. Bernard Lagat 10:07.54 2007

2. Paul Chelimo 10:12.64 2017

3. Galen Rupp 10:12.71 2014

4. Bob Kennedy 10:12.83 1996

5. Chris Solinsky 10:12.96 2010

6. Lopez Lomong 10:13.85 2020

7. Matt Centrowitz Jr. 10:14.01 2019

8. Evan Jager 10:14.09 2015

9. Matt Tegenkamp 10:14.68 2007

10. Ryan Hill 10:14.68 2016

11. Dathan Ritzenhein 10:14.93 2009

12. Sydney Maree 10:15.37 1985

13. Woody Kincaid 10:16.11 2019

14. Alan Webb 10:16.85 2006

15. Ben True 10:17.05 2014

16. Hassan Mead 10:17.62 2014

17. Steve Scott 10:19.40 1982

18. Adam Goucher 10:19.52 2006

19. Jim Spivey 10:19.77 1988

20. Eric Jenkins 10:20.36 2015

Olympic & World Championship Medalists Since 1948 (With Leader-to-Leader Splits):

1948

1. Gaston Reiff 11:06.6

2. Emil Zatopek 11:07.1

3. Willem Slijkhuis 11:07.4

2:48.5, 5:40.0 [2:51.5], 8:26.5 [2:46.5], 11:06.6 [2:40.1]

1952

1. Emil Zátopek 11:03.3

2. Alain Mimoun 11:03.5

3. Chris Chataway 11:03.7

2:50.6, 5:35.2 [2:44.6], 8:26.0 [2:50.8], 11:03.3 [2:37.3]

1956

1. Vladimir Kuts 10:43.4

2. Gordon Pirie 10:46.0

3. Derek Ibbotson 10:47.3

2:39.8, 5:22.7 [2:42.9], 8:03.7 [2:41.0], 10:43.4 [2:39.7]

1960

1. Murray Halberg 10:45.9

2. Michel Jazy 10:46.1

3. Kazimierz Zimny 10:46.8

2:39.6, 5:24.1 [2:44.5], 8:08.4 [2:44.3], 10:45.9 [2:37.5]

1964

1. Bob Schul 10:45.6

2. Michel Jazy 10:45.9

3. Harald Norpoth 10:46.2

2:41.7, 5:26.5 [2:44.8], 8:12.3 [2:45.8], 10:45.6 [2:33.3]

1968

1. Mohamed Gammoudi 10:37.0

2. Kipchoge Keino 10:37.2

3. Naftali Temu 10:40.1

2:38.2, 5:22.8 [2:44.6], 8:06.0 [2:43.2], 10:37.0 [2:31.0]

1972

1. Lasse Virén 10:31.2

2. Kipchoge Keino 10:31.6

3. Mohamed Gammoudi 10:32.3

2:42.9, 5:27.4 [2:44.5], 8:03.2 [2:35.8], 10:31.2 [2:28.0]

1976

1. Lasse Virén 10:26.03

2. Dick Quax 10:26.21

3. Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand 10:26.36

2:40.1, 5:22.6 [2:42.5], 7:58.7 [2:36.1], 10:26.0 [2:27.3]

1980

1. Miruts Yifter 10:31.83

2. Souleiman Nyambui 10:31.96

3. Eamonn Coghlan 10:32.78

2:44.3, 5:26.1 [2:41.8], 8:05.3 [2:39.2], 10:31.8 [2:26.5]

1983

1. Eamonn Coghlan 10:28.34

2. Doug Padilla 10:28.75

3. Werner Schildhauer 10:29.12

2:42.8, 5:21.5 [2:38.7], 7:59.0 [2:37.5], 10:28.3 [2:29.3]

1984

1. Said Aouita 10:19.84

2. Jose Manuel Abascal 10:21.96

3. Markus Ryffel 10:23.32

2:37.3, 5:14.9 [2:37.6], 7:52.0 [2:37.1], 10:19.8 [2:27.8]

1987

1. Said Aouita 10:31.57

2. Jose Luis González 10:32.45

3. Jack Buckner 10:33.48

2:41.0, 5:25.3 [2:44.3], 8:07.8 [2:42.5], 10:31.5 [2:23.7]

1988

1. John Ngugi 10:25.19

2. Dieter Baumann 10:26.88

3. Steve Cram 10:27.60

2:42.4, 5:15.2 [2:32.8], 7:51.3 [2:36.1], 10:25.1 [2:33.8]

1991

1. Yobes Ondieki 10:25.50

2. Fita Bayisa 10:27.73

3. Said Aouita 10:29.72

2:44.6, 5:21.5 [2:36.9], 7:54.8 [2:33.3], 10:25.5 [2:30.7]

1992

1. Dieter Baumann 10:24.07

2. Paul Bitok 10:24.32

3. Jim Spivey 10:24.48

2:39.0, 5:17.3 [2:38.3], 7:55.3 [2:38.0], 10:24.0 [2:28.7]

1993

1. Ismael Kirui 10:16.14

2. Haile Gebrsellassie 10:16.29

3. Mohamed Souleiman 10:17.10

2:31.7, 5:10.0 [2:38.3], 7:41.1 [2:31.1], 10:16.1 [2:35.0]

1995

1. Ismael Kirui 10:27.42

2. Khalid Boulami 10:27.80

3. Ismail Sghyr 10:28.17

2:46.5, 5:21.0 [2:34.5], 7:56.6 [2:35.6], 10:27.4 [2:30.8]

1996

1. Vénuste Niyongabo 10:19.14

2. Paul Bitok 10:19.53

3. Dieter Baumann 10:20.11

2:39.5, 5:16.9 [2:37.4], 7:51.1 [2:34.2], 10:19.1 [2:28.0]

1997

1. Daniel Komen 10:15.78

2. Hicham El Guerrouj 10:16.45

3. Khalid Boulami 10:17.56

2:40.2, 5:08.3 [2:28.1], 7:43.0 [2:34.7], 10:15.7 [2:32.7]

1999

1. Hicham El Guerrouj 10:07.92

2. Salah Hissou 10:08.94

3. Benjamin Limo 10:10.58

2:33.2, 5:07.1 [2:33.9], 7:40.4 [2:33.3], 10:07.9 [2:27.5]

2000

1. Hicham El Guerrouj 10:24.51

2. Ali Saidi Sief 10:26.20

3. Million Wolde 10:26.83

2:42.8, 5:28.9 [2:46.1], 8:00.1 [2:31.2], 10:24.5 [2:24.4]

2001

1. Hicham El Guerrouj 10:23.26

2. Richard Limo 10:26.14

3. John Kibowen 10:26.46

2:47.5, 5:21.3 [2:33.8], 8:00.2 [2:38.9], 10:23.2 [2:23.0]

2003

1. Eliud Kipchoge 10:09.75

2. Hicham El Guerrouj 10:09.76

3. Kenenisa Bekele 10:10.07

2:32.1, 5:04.5 [2:32.4], 7:44.9 [2:40.4], 10:09.7 [2:24.8]

2004

1. Hicham El Guerrouj 10:14.56

2. Kenenisa Bekele 10:14.82

3. Eliud Kipchoge 10:15.44

2:39.6, 5:20.0 [2:40.4], 7:48.1 [2:28.1], 10:14.5 [2:26.4]

2005

1. Benjamin Limo 10:39.27

2. Sileshi Sihine 10:39.56

3. Craig Mottram 10:39.65

2:50.2, 5:36.8 [2:46.6], 8:14.3 [2:37.5], 10:39.2 [2:24.9]

2007

1. Bernard Lagat 10:41.32

2. Eliud Kipchoge 10:41.47

3. Matt Tegenkamp 10:42.28

2:44.3, 5:34.0 [2:49.7], 8:17.5 [2:43.5], 10:41.3 [2:23.8]

2008

1. Kenenisa Bekele 10:15.34

2. Eliud Kipchoge 10:17.78

3. Edwin Soi 10:19.47

2:37.7, 5:18.6 [2:40.9], 7:49.3 [2:30.7], 10:15.3 [2:26.0]

2009

1. Kenenisa Bekele 10:27.15

2. Bernard Lagat 10:27.39

3. Augustine Choge 10:27.82

2:43.6, 5:28.9 [2:45.3], 8:00.5 [2:31.6], 10:27.1 [2:26.6]

2011

1. Mo Farah 10:26.46

2. Bernard Lagat 10:26.68

3. Dejen Gebremeskel 10:26.83

2:37.8, 5:26.6 [2:48.8], 8:01.7 [2:35.1], 8:26.4 [2:24.7]

2012

1. Mo Farah 10:43.47

2. Dejen Gebremeskel 10:43.88

3. Thomas Longosiwa 10:44.36

2:53.7, 5:42.5 [2:48.8], 8:21.3 [2:38.8], 10:43.4 [2:22.1]

2013

1. Mo Farah 10:19.72

2. Hagos Gebrhiwet 10:19.95

3. Isiah Koech 10:20.13

2:37.3, 5:19.1 [2:41.8], 7:55.1 [2:36.0], 10:19.7 [2:24.6]

2015

1. Mo Farah 10:48.38

2. Caleb Ndiku 10:49.36

3. Hagos Gebrhiwet 10:49.63

2:55.4, 5:51.1 [2:55.7], 8:27.3 [2:36.2], 10:48.3 [2:21.0]

2016

1. Mo Farah 10:15.74

2. Paul Chelimo 10:16.23

3. Hagos Gebrhiwet 10:16.59

2:38.2, 5:14.6 [2:36.4], 7:51.6 [2:37.0], 10:15.7 [2:24.1]

2017

1. Muktar Edris 10:20.49

2. Mo Farah 10:20.66

3. Paul Chelimo 10:20.94

2:39.1, 5:20.2 [2:41.1], 7:55.9 [2:35.7],10:20.4 [2:24.5]

2019

1. Muktar Edris 10:13.96

2. Selemon Barega 10:14.31

3. Jakob Ingebrigtsen 10:14.92

2:35.7, 5:13.0 [2:37.3], 7:47.3 [2:34.3], 10:13.9 [2:26.6]

Top-10 Performers, 2019:

1. Hagos Gebrhiwet 10:10.87 - 7/20 (1)

2. Jakob Ingebrigtsen 10:11.11 - 7/20 (2)

3. Telahun Haile Bekele 10:12.57 - 6/6 (1)

4. Selemon Barega 10:12.79 - 6/6 (2)

5. Yomif Kejelcha 10:13.77 - 7/5 (1)

6. Muktar Edris 10:13.96 - 9/30 (1)

7. Matt Centrowitz 10:14.01 - 9/10 (1)

8. Joshua Cheptegei 10:14.22 - 8/29 (1)

9. Nicholas Kimeli 10:15.22 - 6/6 (4)

10. Mohammed Ahmed 10:15.95 - 9/30 (4)

2019 World Championship Final:

1. Muktar Edris 10:13.96

2. Selemon Barega 10:14.31

3. Jakob Ingebrigtsen 10:14.92

4. Mohammed Ahmed 10:15.95

5. Telahun Haile Bekele 10:16.67

6. Jacob Krop 10:17.48

7. Matt Centrowitz 10:17.80

8. Paul Chelimo 10:17.97

9. Nicholas Kimeli 10:19.73

10. Ronald Kwemoi 10:23.11

11. Stewart McSweyn 10:31.59

12. Filip Ingebrigtsen DNF

Women’s 4k:

World Record Progression, IAAF Era:

Lyudmila Bragina - 1974 - 11:49.6

Grete Waitz - 1976 - 11:47.2

Lyudmila Bragina - 1976 - 11:34.4

Svetlana Ulmasova - 1982 - 11:33.57

Tatyana Kazankina - 1984 - 11:28.73

Zhang Linli - 1993 - 11:27.24

Wang Junxia - 1993 - 11:17.49

Wang Junxia - 1993 - 11:08.25

Top-100 Performers, All-Time:

1. Wang Junxia 11:08.25 1993

2. Meseret Defar 11:09.55 2008

3. Tirunesh Dibaba 11:11.43 2008

4. Almaz Ayana 11:11.78 2015

5. Genzebe Dibaba 11:12.24 2015

6. Qu Yunxia 11:13.87 1993

7. Hellen Obiri 11:14.22 2017

8. Zhang Linli 11:16.16 1993

9. Sifan Hassan 11:16.29 2019

10. Vivian Cheruiyot 11:18.95 2011

11. Letsenbet Gidey 11:19.30 2019

12. Shelby Houlihan 11:20.41 2020

13. Agnes Tirop 11:20.49 2019

14. Liliya Shobukhova 11:20.82 2008

15. Faith Kipyegon 11:21.26 2016

16. Gabriela Szabo 11:21.54 1998

17. Konstanze Klosterhalfen 11:21.73 2019

18. Liyan Ma 11:22.08 1993

19. Paula Radcliffe 11:22.46 2002

20. Karissa Schweizer 11:22.85 2020

21. Elvan Abeylegesse 11:23.07 2004

22. Senbere Teferi 11:23.20 2018

23. Mercy Cherono 11:23.48 2014

24. Jiang Bo 11:24.23 1997

25. Olga Yegorova 11:24.56 2001

26. Berhane Adere 11:24.77 2003

27. Laura Muir 11:25.14 2016

28. Viola Kibiwott 11:25.39 2014

29. Gudaf Tsegay 11:25.47 2019

30. Zahra Ouaziz 11:25.98 1999

31. Edith Masai 11:26.00 2002

32. Margaret Kipkemboi 11:26.19 2019

33. Yanmei Dong 11:26.32 1997

34. Sentayehu Ejigu 11:26.61 2010

35. Sonia O’Sullivan 11:26.63 1994

36. Gelete Burka 11:27.17 2007

37. Zhang Lirong 11:27.38 1993

38. Tatyana Tomashova 11:27.52 2001

39. Yelena Zadorozhnaya 11:27.70 2001

40. Shannon Rowbury 11:28.02 2015

41. Gulnara Galkina 11:28.40 2008

42. Caroline Kipkirui 11:28.54 2017

43. Tatyana Kazankina 11:28.73 1984

44. Priscah Cherono 11:28.76 2007

45. Maryam Yusuf Jamal 11:28.92 2006

46. Laura Weightman 11:29.11 2019

47. Lilian Rengeruk 11:29.21 2019

48. Gete Wami 11:29.58 2001

49. Linet Masai 11:29.66 2010

50. Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 11:29.70 2007

51. Beatrice Chepkoech 11:29.83 2017

52. Meselech Melkamu 11:30.04 2010

53. Sally Kipyego 11:30.11 2011

54. Lili Yin 11:30.18 1997

55. Janet Kisa 11:30.29 2016

56. Ejegayehu Dibaba 11:30.44 2004

57. Werknesh Kidane 11:30.73 2003

58. Gabriela Dubues-Stafford 11:30.97 2019

59. Sylvia Kibet 11:31.13 2010

60. Tatyana Dorovskikh 11:31.37 1988

61. Shixiang Liu 11:31.54 1997

62. Jennifer Simpson 11:31.88 2014

63. Etenesh Diro 11:31.88 2016

64. Mimi Belete 11:32.28 2014

65. Joanne Pavey 11:32.39 2005

66. Ingrid Kristiansen 11:32.65 1986

67. Wude Ayalew 11:32.73 2009

68. Isabella Ochichi 11:32.80 2005

69. Lydia Cheromei 11:32.85 2000

70. Fernanda Ribeira 11:33.16 1995

71. Irina Mikitenko 11:33.21 2000

72. Fantu Worku 11:33.28 2019

73. Yvonne Murray 11:33.54 1994

74. Svetlana Ulmasova 11:33.57 1982

75. Yasemin Can 11:33.67 2017

76. Paula Ivan 11:33.79 1988

77. Mariya Konovalova 11:33.94 1999

78. Dawit Seyaum 11:33.95 2016

79. Lucy Kabuu 11:34.02 2008

80. Jessica Augusto 11:34.23 2010

81. Lyudmila Bragina 11:34.4 1976

82. Eilish McColgan 11:34.41 2017

83. Maricica Puică 11:34.46 1985

84. Ayelech Worku 11:34.55 2000

85. Irene Jelagat 11:34.57 2014

86. Florence Kiplagat 11:34.66 2009

87. Elana Meyer 11:34.78 1992

88. Tegla Loroupe 11:34.96 2000

89. Betsy Saina 11:34.97 2014

90. Mary Decker Slaney 11:35.36 1985

91. Svetlana Guskova 11:35.62 1982

92. Zola Budd 11:35.84 1985

93. Grete Waitz 11:35.89 1979

94. Zhor El Kamch 11:35.97 2003

95. Eva Cherono 11:36.01 2019

96. Shalane Flanagan 11:36.05 2007

97. Marta Dominguez 11:36.14 2000

98. Yingjie Sun 11:36.16 2002

99. Molly Huddle 11:36.28 2014

100. Hawi Feysa 11:36.43 2019

Top-20 U.S. Performers, All-Time:

1. Shelby Houlihan 11:20.41 2020

2. Karissa Schweizer 11:22.85 2020

3. Shannon Rowbury 11:28.02 2015

4. Jennifer Simpson 11:31.88 2014

5. Mary Decker Slaney 11:35.36 1985

6. Shalane Flanagan 11:36.05 2007

7. Molly Huddle 11:36.28 2014

8. Regina Jacobs 11:37.54 2000

9. Jen Rhines 11:38.10 2007

10. Elise Cranny 11:39.91 2020

11. Kara Goucher 11:40.14 2007

12. Courtney Frerichs 11:41.15 2020

13. Amy Rudolph 11:41.62 2000

14. Libbie Johnson-Hickman 11:42.39 2000

15. Deena Kastor 11:42.84 2000

16. Vicki Huber 11:44.73 1988

17. Marla Runyan 11:45.57 2002

18. Cindy Bremser 11:45.61 1984

19. Morgan Uceny 11:45.93 2011

20. PattiSue Plumer 11:46.26 1992

Olympic & World Championship Medalists Since 1983/84 (First Years Held) With Leader-to-Leader Splits:

1983

1. Mary Decker 11:42.23

2. Tatyana Kazankina 11:42.58

3. Svetlana Ulmasova 11:43.06

2:57.4, 5:55.5 [2:58.1], 8:55.1 [2:59.6], 11:42.2 [2:47.1]

1984

1. Maricica Puică 11:39.13

2. Wendy Sly 11:43.36

3. Lynn Williams 11:46.01

3:02.6, 5:58.0 [2:55.4], 8:51.3 [2:53.3], 11:39.1 [2:47.8]

1987

1. Tatyana Dorovskikh 11:40.74

2. Maricica Puică 11:41.68

3. Ulrike Bruns 11:42.51

2:55.5, 5:56.3 [3:00.8], 8:54.4 [2:58.1], 11:40.7 [2:46.3]

1988

1. Tatyana Dorovskikh 11:31.37

2. Paula Ivan 11:33.79

3. Yvonne Murray 11:35.06

2:51.6, 5:46.8 [2:55.2], 8:43.1 [2:56.3], 11:31.3 [2:48.2]

1991

1. Tatyana Dorovskikh 11:39.36

2. Yelena Romanova 11:40.34

3. Susan Sirma 11:43.60

2:57.0, 5:55.8 [2:58.8], 8:51.8 [2:56.0], 11:39.3 [2:47.5]

1992

1. Yelena Romanova 11:49.18

2. Tatyana Dorovskikh 11:49.76

3. Qu Yunxia 11:50.44

3:11.2, 6:13.1 [3:01.8], 9:06.9 [2:53.8], 11:49.1 [2:42.2]

1993

1. Qu Yunxia 11:28.04

2. Zhang Linli 11:28.62

3. Zhang Lirong 11:32.83

2:59.3, 5:51.1 [2:51.8], 8:40.1 [2:49.0], 11:28.0 [2:47.9]

1995

1. Sonia O’Sullivan 11:34.53

2. Fernanda Ribeiro 11:37.08

3. Angela Chalmers 11:39.15

2:54.1, 5:54.2 [3:00.1], 8:50.5 [2:56.3], 11:34.5 [2:44.0]

1996

1. Wang Junxia 11:36.29

2. Gabriela Szabo 11:37.58

3. Pauline Konga 11:39.71

2:59.8, 5:54.4 [2:54.6], 8:45.0 [2:50.6], 11:36.2 [2:51.2]

1997

1. Gabriela Szabo 11:49.32

2. Roberta Brunet 11:50.08

3. Anita Weyermann 11:50.30

2:58.7, 6:04.0 [3:05.3], 9:05.5 [3:01.5], 11:49.3 [2:43.8]

1999

1. Gabriela Szabo 11:32.40

2. Zahra Ouaziz 11:33.96

3. Ayelech Worku 11:35.14

2:52.4, 5:48.7 [2:56.3], 8:47.3 [2:58.6], 11:32.4 [2:45.1]

2000

1. Gabriela Szabo 11:28.75

2. Sonia O’Sullivan 11:29.21

3. Gete Wami 11:30.53

2:54.9, 5:48.4 [2:53.5], 8:40.2 [2:51.8], 11:28.7 [2:48.5]

2001

1. Olga Yegorova 11:43.41

2. Marta Domínguez 11:45.79

3. Gabriela Szabo 11:45.96

3:07.2, 6:05.6 [2:58.4], 8:58.9 [2:53.3], 11:43.4 [2:44.5]

2003

1. Tatyana Tomashova 11:43.68

2. Tirunesh Dibaba 11:43.81

3. Marta Domínguez 11:44.32

3:03.1, 6:07.8 [3:04.7], 9:02.1 [2:54.3], 11:43.6 [2:41.5]

2004

1. Meseret Defar 11:41.84

2. Tatyana Tomashova 11:43.78

3. Isabella Ochichi 11:44.37

3:07.8, 6:10.4 [3:02.6], 8:59.4 [2:49.0], 11:41.8 [2:42.4]

2005

1. Tirunesh Dibaba 11:23.67

2. Meseret Defar 11:24.15

3. Tatyana Tomashova 11:29.58

3:00.1, 5:47.9 [2:47.8], 8:37.7 [2:49.8], 11:23.6 [2:45.9]

2007

1. Meseret Defar 11:44.79

2. Maryam Yusuf Jamal 11:45.18

3. Vivian Cheruiyot 11:46.13

3:03.3, 6:10.0 [3:06.7], 9:06.0 [2:56.0], 11:44.7 [2:38.7]

2008

1. Tirunesh Dibaba 11:54.02

2. Meseret Defar 11:56.11

3. Maryam Yusuf Jamal 11:56.78

3:11.2, 6:14.6 [3:03.4], 9:16.1 [3:01.5], 11:54.0 [2:37.9]

2009

1. Vivian Cheruiyot 11:41.07

2. Maryam Yusuf Jamal 11:41.42

3. Meseret Defar 11:41.50

3:07.4, 6:04.4 [2:57.0], 8:59.5 [2:55.1], 11:41.0 [2:41.5]

2011

1. Vivian Cheruiyot 11:38.49

2. Sylvia Kibet 11:39.27

3. Meseret Defar 11:39.75

2:59.8, 5:56.3 [2:56.5], 8:55.0 [2:58.7], 11:38.4 [2:43.4]

2012

1. Meseret Defar 11:48.55

2. Vivian Cheruiyot 11:49.09

3. Tirunesh Dibaba 11:49.26

3:05.6, 6:07.2 [3:01.6], 9:05.9 [2:58.7], 11:48.5 [2:42.6]

2013

1. Meseret Defar 11:45.48

2. Jennifer Simpson 11:46.49

3. Mercy Cherono 11:46.70

3:07.5, 6:07.4 [2:59.9], 9:02.6 [2:55.2], 11:45.4 [2:42.8]

2015

1. Almaz Ayana 11:23.08

2. Genzebe Dibaba 11:28.51

3. Senbere Teferi 11:29.86

3:01.8, 5:51.2 [2:49.4], 8:36.0 [2:44.8], 11:23.0 [2:47.0]

2016

1. Vivian Cheruiyot 11:22.16

2. Hellen Obiri 11:23.90

3. Genzebe Dibaba 11:24.85

2:58.1, 5:45.9 [2:47.8], 8:35.3 [2:49.4], 11:22.1 [2:46.8]

2017

1. Hellen Obiri 11:32.62

2. Faith Kipyegon 11:34.08

3. Sifan Hassan 11:34.43

3:05.4, 6:00.6 [2:55.2], 8:50.3 [2:49.7], 11:32.6 [2:42.3]

2019

1. Hellen Obiri 11:24.74

2. Faith Kipyegon 11:25.14

3. Margaret Kipkemboi 11:26.19

2:53.0, 5:52.7 [2:59.7], 8:43.9 [2:51.2], 11:24.7 [2:40.8]

Top-10 Performers, 2019:

1. Sifan Hassan 11:16.29 - 6/30 (1)

2. Hellen Obiri 11:19.03 - 7/21 (1)

3. Letsenbet Gidey 11:19.30 - 6/30 (2)

4. Agnes Tirop 11:20.49 - 7/21 (2)

5. Konstanze Klosterhalfen 11:21.73 - 6/30 (3)

6. Genzebe Dibaba 11:22.80 - 6/30 (4)

7. Faith Kipyegon 11:23.51 - 6/30 (5)

8. Gudaf Tsegay 11:25.47 - 6/30 (6)

9. Margaret Kipkemboi 11:26.19 - 10/05 (3)

10. Shelby Houlihan 11:26.92 - 10/05 (4)

2019 World Championship Final:

1. Hellen Obiri 11:24.74

2. Faith Kipyegon 11:25.14

3. Margaret Kipkemboi 11:26.19

4. Shelby Houlihan 11:26.92

5. Konstanze Klosterhalfen 11:27.16

6. Laura Muir 11:30.45

7. Gabriela Debues-Stafford 11:30.97

8. Fantu Worku 11:33.28

9. Laura Weightman 11:34.15

10. Jenny Simpson 11:36.66

11. Hawi Feysa 11:38.10

12. Karissa Schweizer 11:38.32

Rough for Komen that he apparently didn't get selected for the 1996 Kenyan Olympic team in the real world OR the alternate universe,

Fun lists to peruse, though.

runthecountry wrote:

Rough for Komen that he apparently didn't get selected for the 1996 Kenyan Olympic team in the real world OR the alternate universe,

Fun lists to peruse, though.

Fortunes have often played out similarly between these realities. For example, Ryun and El Guerrouj both tripped and fell in the Olympic 1ks in ‘72 & ‘96 respectively. On the other hand, Uceny was able to make good on her season form and medal at 1k in 2011, but was struck by falling space debris and killed instantly while competing in the 2012 final—these things have a way of balancing out.

?

Alternate-reality Cheptegei runs 9:58.56 WR!

[quote]John Wesley Harding wrote:

41. Laura Muir 2:30.82 2016

[quote]

Tough for alternate-reality Muir to have exactly equaled her PB yesterday...that’s gotta nag!

John Wesley Harding wrote:

[quote]John Wesley Harding wrote:

41. Laura Muir 2:30.82 2016

[quote]

Tough for alternate-reality Muir to have exactly equaled her PB yesterday...that’s gotta nag!

As always, I am loving your work.

Big fan of you both, Aussie and John.

No El G in the 1k tho?

And aside, how do you both feel about this upcoming 1500? With sane pacing I think both Tim and Jakob should be in the 3:27s

jabouko wrote:

Big fan of you both, Aussie and John.

No El G in the 1k tho?

And aside, how do you both feel about this upcoming 1500? With sane pacing I think both Tim and Jakob should be in the 3:27s

Finished outside the medals over 1k in ‘95, tripped and fell in the 1k final in ‘96 and then moved up to racing 4k at championships after that. Still managed a 2:12.39 (#8 AT) in ‘98, though.

I’m excited about this upcoming 1500...I think Cheruiyot might be capable of sub-3:27 given his erratic pacing in Monaco, but it won’t surprise me if Jakob finally beats him, either. Hopefully this is early days in an enduring rivalry.

There's no way Farah runs the #4 AT 4k. There's no reason he would suddenly try to run fast times in this alternate reality.

Rocket Mann wrote:

There's no way Farah runs the #4 AT 4k. There's no reason he would suddenly try to run fast times in this alternate reality.

He was the #5 performer here until Cheptegei surpassed him last Friday, now he’s #6. I guess he just found counting to 10 less daunting than 12.5. 3:28.8 and 8:03.4i are fairly capable performances in your world though.

I’d have El G win the 2003 4000m

epicTCK wrote:

I’d have El G win the 2003 4000m

What, you don’t think that fate was on Kipchoge’s side, and that his getting the surprise win, even if by 1/100th, was unavoidable in every possible world? Maybe you’re right.

What sticks out to me as strange is that Lagat’s 10:05.12 from 2005 doesn’t count as the American Record. Something funny is going on at the alternate USATF.