Fastest 1500 with 100+ fever?

he;s not tough, that's stupid.

coach should have stepped in and not risked his season.

Tough and stupid are not mutually exclusive. His coach probably should have, but that's his coach. An athletes job is to perform at the best of his abilities when he's told to. Wyner obviously did just this, with a 101 degree fever, making him a very tough individual.

Probably Steve Ovett in the 1984 OG

My friend Steve Magness anchored a DMR in 4:06 with a 101 fever a couple years back.

I've heard that our core temps often get above 100 when running hard. So if that's correct, it's probably 3:26

I ran 3:42 after laying sick in bed with a fever - big race was scheduled, figured I had nothing to lose and was going for a 1200 split with the option to drop out. Felt great at 12 and ran a PB.

Running with a fever is dangerous. One of the MD's lurking here can specifically tell us why.

Rumour has it that Herb Elliot won the 60 Olympics in 3:35 (on cinders, yikes!), winning by over three seconds, with over a 100 degree fever. Even without a fever, a great race, but likely short of Keino's performance in 1968 - maybe the best Olympic middle distance performance of all time.

El G's 3:26.00. The body temperature rises to 100+ in a race.