USA 1988 Oly Trial 5000m results?

5000 Meters - July 23, 16.30 Hr

1. Doug Padilla (AW) 13:37.86

2. Terry Brahm (AW) 13:40.08

3. Sydney Maree (Puma) 13:44.71

4. Keith Brantly (Team Go) 13:47.86

5. Mark Nenow (Tiger) 13:48.10

6. Jay Marden (Nike Coast) 13:57.05

7. Greg Lautenslager (Nike Boston) 13:59.99

8. Scott Fry (Wisc) 14:02.67

9. Chris Fox (AW) 14:03.95, 10. Jim Farmer (NC) 14:13.74, 11. Doug Tolson (Reebok) 14:18.03, 12. Greg Whiteley (Brown) 14:24.30, 13. Ray Wicksell (Unat) 14:29.36, 14. John Gregorek (Un) 14:29.37, 15. Vince Draddy (Tiger) 14:37.91, 16. Jeff Smith (Unat) 14:53.28

Semi-finals - first 6 plus 4 fastest qualify, July 21, 20.30 Hr

1/ 1. Lautenslager 13:59.05, 2. Maree 13:59.13, 3. Brahm 13:59.99, 4. Brantly 14:00.26, 5. Fry 14:00.51, 6. Fox 14:00.68, 7. Bill Krohn (Etonic) 14:01.08, 8. Grant Whitney (NB) 14:02.19, 9. Matt Giusto (Nike) 14:12.64, 10. Steve Pinard (adi) 14:23.30, 11. Mike Blackmore (AIA) 14:27.17, 12. Alan Scharsu (Unat) 15:01.28

2/ 1. Nenow 13:50.12, 2. Whiteley 13:50.26, 3. Padilla 13:50.63, 4. Smith 13:50.69, 5. Tolson 13:50.73, 6. Gregorek 13:500.83, 7. Draddy 13:51.21, 8. Marden 13:51.93, 9. Farmer 13:52.33, 10. Wicksell 13:53.07, 11. Greg Beardsley (Nike) 13:53.37, 12. Bernie Prabucki (Unat) 14:34.54

Heats - first 4 plus 2 fastest losers qualify, July 20, 19.30 Hr

1/ 1. Wicksell 14:24.04, 2. Marden 14:25.15, 3. Maree 14:25.16, 4. Fry 14:25.40, 5. Beardsley 14:29.90, 6. Prabucki 14:32.32, 7. Pat Cross (Unat) 14:35.34, 8. Damon Martin (Adams St) 14:45.49, Richie Harris (Unat) - Dnc

2/ 1. Smith 14:13.32, 2. Whitney 14:14.10, 3. Giusto 14:16.60, 4. Nenow 14:18.95, 5. Whiteley 14:19.56, 6. Krohn 14:20.27, 7. Padilla 14:25.82, 8. Tolson 14:27.30, Don Clary (Unat) - Dnc

3/ 1. Lautenslager 14:13.10, 2. Brantly 14:13.46, 3. Gregorek 14:13.56, 4. Draddy 14:14.35, 5. Fox 14:14.46, 6. Brahm 14:14.47, 7. Farmer 14:14.83, 8. Pinard 14:15.68, 9. Blackmore 14:19.66, 10. Scharsu 14:28.54

How did Doug Padilla (AW) make the finals? Did he something happen in the Heats because if it was the first 4 plus 2 fastest losers qualifying, he doesn't make the cut, does he?

GRod, obviously if there are two semifinals of 12 then 4 pl;us two in the qualifying round is a misprint. However, Padilla being 7th in 14:25 in heat two doesn't seem to be a strategem that any game theorist in the world would endorse. I bet something happened. A fall?

malmo wrote:

Padilla being 7th in 14:25 in heat two doesn't seem to be a strategem that any game theorist in the world would endorse. I bet something happened. A fall?

Well, with 24 people in the semis, it seems reasonable to assume that the heats were top 4 plus 12 fastest. In that case, with 5th place in the first heat in 14:29, and only 19 competitors entered in the second and third heats, EVERYONE in heats two and three who ran faster than 14:29 would be guaranteed to advance. So the assuming the game theorist managed to watch the first heat while doing a few strides, and saw the 5th place time, he'd know that 7th in 14:25 was a no-risk proposition.

Oops, missed that one, Ferris. Actually the arbitrage was even better. Padilla only needed to run 14:32.31, regardless of place, to make the final. Once Clary dropped, it became 14:35.