It's pretty cool to see an American with the #1 seed time at a major. Jonathan Gault and I are stumped when is the last time this happened.
Was Rupp ever the #1 seed in Chicago (I doubt it)?
Could Flanagan ever have been the #1 seed in Boston or NY after she ran 2:21:14 in Berlin in 2014?
Deena Kastor?
Any ideas?
We are writing an article on the race would love to include the answer as a stat. Free LRC tshirt if you know the answer and can provide proof.
WOMEN
Keira d'Amato USA 2:19:12
Nancy Jelagat Meto KEN 2:19:31
Gutemi Shone Imana ETH 2:20:11
Maurine Chepkemoi KEN 2:20:18
Workenesh Edesa ETH 2:20:24
Sara Hall USA 2:20:32
Meseret Gola ETH 2:20:50
Vibian Chepkirui KEN 2:20:59
Tigist Abayechew ETH 2:22:45
Bekelech Gudeta ETH 2:22:56
Sayaka Sato JPN 2:23:27
Risper Chebet UGA 2:23:45
Yukari Abe JPN 2:24:02
Meseret Belete ETH 2:24:25
Lisa Weightman AUS 2:25:15
Natasha Wodak CAN 2:26:19
Kanako Takemoto JPN 2:26:23
Sonia Samuels GBR 2:28:04
Tigist Assefa ETH 2:34:01
Rosemary Wanjiru KEN Debüt
Nigsti Haftu Tesfay ETH Debüt
Lisa Oed GER Debüt
MEN
Eliud Kipchoge KEN 2:01:39
Guye Adola ETH 2:03:46
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie ERI 2:05:34
Dejene Debela Gonfa ETH 2:05:46
Mark Korir KEN 2:05:49
Oqbe Kibrom ERI 2:05:53
Ashenafi Moges ETH 2:06:12
Tadu Abate Deme ETH 2:06:13
Bethwell Yegon KEN 2:06:14
Awet Habte ERI 2:06:25
Ryu Takaku JPN 2:06:45
Limenih Getachew ETH 2:06:47
Hiroto Inoue JPN 2:06:47
Alex Kibet KEN 2:07:09
Zablon Chumba KEN 2:07:18
Kenya Sonota JPN 2:07:23
Kento Kikutani JPN 2:07:26
Kazuki Muramoto JPN 2:07:36
Tadashi Isshiki JPN 2:07:39
Atsumi Ashiwa JPN 2:07:54
Daisuke Doi JPN 2:08:13
Rintaro Takeda JPN 2:08:48
Yuki Matsumura JPN 2:09:01
Byambajay Tseveenravdan MGL 2:09:03
Tatsuya Maruyama JPN 2:09:36
Abel Kipchumba KEN 2:09:39
Stephen Scullion IRE 2:09:49
Peter Herzog AUT 2:10:06
Sebastian Hendel GER Debüt
Haftom Weldaj GER 2:13:47
Frank Schauer GER 2:14:43
Erik Hille GER 2:15:04