jumpers knee wrote:
Both are hard to break, but I'd say the 800m doesn't have the right talent to break it, I cant say for sure which is more impressive but I believe both are breakable tor people with the right speed. The world record holder in the 800m is going to be a sub 3:31 and 46 flat runner or a sub 44.5 runner with great endurance or somthing in between. No body fits that description currently.
Many people say 400m/800m types are rare, but I think that's just because nobody tries it, many 400m runners aren't pure sprinters.
Which was basically Coe in 81.
He ran a 45.6 relay leg from a stumbling start a couple of hours after a 1:44.0 front run and broke the mile WR (3:47.3) in a time equivalent to 3:30.5. Was probably in 3:28 shape when he front ran a 3:31.9 off 52.4/1:49.1 opening 2 laps.
Shame he didn't have a few more attempts at his own WR later that season.