So I know there is an "A" group and a "B" group for the Olympic trials. So anyone who runs under the "A" qualifying mark can go to the Trials, anyone that runs under the "B" group can possibly go, if a certain amount of A people don't go. Then, they race at Olympic trials (when/where are these held for the USA), and the.. top 3 go to the Olympics? Something like that?
Is there also a qualifying time you need for the Olympics, because obviously some countries have faster people than others?
correct re: olympic trials qualifiers. basically the same as Auto and Provo in college. seperate (faster) time standards are required for the olympics. anyone who has seen "5000 Meters" knows the qualification process can get complicated. In my (abbreviated) understanding, in times of plenty such as these in the 5k for example (so many (3+) athletes with A-standards) the trials race basically becomes a match-race between a-standard athletes. there's little anyone without an A-standard, and certainly without a B, can do. see 2004 10k where dathan qualified by running last in the final. feel free to correct if i'm misunderstanding. i've been wondering if that's the case for a while.
i lost you there mate sorry
How To Become An Olympian
http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicGames/entry/
from the horses mouth so to speak.
That list can't be right. It shows that Teg has qualified in the 5K but not in the 10K.