60 years ago today, the world record in the men's 5000 was.....

Kids Are Soft These Days wrote:

With super shoes, modern tracks, and pace lights, Clarke’s performance would be an 11:56.79 today.

Kids Are Soft These Days wrote:

With super shoes, modern tracks, and pace lights, Clarke’s performance would be an 11:56.79 today.

RonClarke wrote:

Kids Are Soft These Days wrote:

With super shoes, modern tracks, and pace lights, Clarke’s performance would be an 11:56.79 today.

Ron Clarke was time trialer that never won gold.

WhoHadWR wrote:

RonClarke wrote:

Ron Clarke was time trialer that never won gold.

Ron Clarke was great time trialer who set 17 WRs. He won a Bronze medal in the Olympic 10,000m.

Fixed it for you. You're welcome.

RonClarke wrote:

WhoHadWR wrote:

Ron Clarke was great time trialer who set 17 WRs. He won a Bronze medal in the Olympic 10,000m.

Fixed it for you. You're welcome.

Half of his world records are in imperial distances that are never contested today. Also, breaking a record multiple times shouldn’t count because anyone can take half a second off and call that another WR. It is basically only 1 or 2 rather than 5.

rojo wrote:

On January 16, 1965, Australian middle-distance legend Ron Clarke made history by breaking his fourth world record. This time, he took down Vladimir Kuts’ long-standing 5000m mark by a fifth of a second with a time of 13:34.8.

Clarke’s time was set on a grass track in Hobart, Tasmania, where he dominated the race from start to finish, almost lapping all of his competitors.

At the time, Clarke was no stranger to the world record books. Already holding the records for the three miles (13:07.6), six miles (27:17.8), and 10,000m (28:15.6) distances, he became the first athlete since Finland’s Taisto Maki (1939-42) to hold all four records simultaneously.

Link:athleticsweekly.com/blog/60-years-on-r...

PS. He'd end up setting 11 WRs that year, eventually running 13:25 that year.

Spotted the real racists wrote:

RonClarke wrote:

Half of his world records are in imperial distances that are never contested today. Also, breaking a record multiple times shouldn’t count because anyone can take half a second off and call that another WR. It is basically only 1 or 2 rather than 5.

Please. He ran 13:13 in the 60’s. If he was African you’d be begging to chew on his soiled shorts.

Spotted the real racists wrote:

RonClarke wrote:

Half of his world records are in imperial distances that are never contested today. Also, breaking a record multiple times shouldn’t count because anyone can take half a second off and call that another WR. It is basically only 1 or 2 rather than 5.

Please. He ran 13:13 in the 60’s. If he was African you’d be begging to chew on his soiled shorts.

J MF R wrote:

lol, i've run faster in trainers

Kids Are Soft These Days wrote:

With super shoes, modern tracks, and pace lights, Clarke’s performance would be an 11:56.79 today.

Dkenethioo wrote:

Kids Are Soft These Days wrote:

With super shoes, modern tracks, and pace lights, Clarke’s performance would be an 11:56.79 today.

I saw Clarke run. His form today super shoes 13:20 max. However would have been a great marathoner , 2:08

ningkaiyang wrote:

bro's world record was slower than Danny Simmons soloed as a high schooler, bet.

Dkenethioo wrote:

Kids Are Soft These Days wrote:

With super shoes, modern tracks, and pace lights, Clarke’s performance would be an 11:56.79 today.

I saw Clarke run. His form today super shoes 13:20 max. However would have been a great marathoner , 2:08

Hoadier Than Thou wrote:

Dkenethioo wrote:

I saw Clarke run. His form today super shoes 13:20 max. However would have been a great marathoner , 2:08

This is so typical of this site. A guy that ran 8:19, 13:16 and 27:39 in relatively crappy shoes and on relatively crappy tracks is being assessed as a 13:20 runner at best if running with today’s advantages. Well done!

RonClarke wrote:

Hoadier Than Thou wrote:

This is so typical of this site. A guy that ran 8:19, 13:16 and 27:39 in relatively crappy shoes and on relatively crappy tracks is being assessed as a 13:20 runner at best if running with today’s advantages. Well done!

Ok then. What would he have run today? And what proof do you have to support the times you claim he can run.