I can't seem to find any 1500/mile results for Wilson Kipketer. However, if he had trained specifically for the 1500/mile, do you think he could have run around 3:56 or is that just too far out of his range and equivalent to using the Jeremy Wariner 800 meter logic?
1994 400 m 46.85
1997 800 m Cologne, Germany 1:41.11 (WR)
1995 1000 m Copenhagen, Denmark 2:16.29
1993 1500 m 3:42.80
1993 Mile Stockholm, Sweden 3:59.57
How much faster do you think he could have gone if he had trained primarily for the 1500?
3:33 for 1500
He was probably in mid-high 3:30's shape when he ran his best 800 times. So, he probably could have run in the low 3:30's if he had focused on the 1500. Certainly he was capable of 3:56, and maybe a good bit faster than that.
Probably around 2:50.