400-1500 coach wrote:
Between Webb, Lagat, Lukezic, et al, we've had someone 3:33 or better for a number of years now (Webb being #1 in 2007), while the Kenyans usually have a 3:31 guy. With guys like Wheating, Manzano, Lamong, Rankin, etc. in the pipeline that pattern should continue. Correspondingly in the 800, the spread is usually 1-1.5 sec..
Starting in 2005:
3:29.30 Bernard Lagat USA 12/12/1974 1 Rieti 28/08/2005
3:29.72 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 27/11/1984 1 Berlin 04/09/2005
3:30.00 Rashid Ramzi BRN 17/07/1980 1 Roma 08/07/2005
3:30.01 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 1 Paris Saint-Denis 01/07/2005
3:30.37 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 2 Roma 08/07/2005
3:30.49 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 1 Zürich 19/08/2005
3:30.64 Bernard Lagat 2 Paris Saint-Denis 01/07/2005
3:30.77 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 1 Doha 13/05/2005
3:30.80 Mehdi Baala FRA 17/08/1978 3 Paris Saint-Denis 01/07/2005
3:30.82 Alex Kipchirchir KEN 26/11/1984 4 Paris Saint-Denis 01/07/2005
3:31.04 Daham Najim Bashir QAT 08/11/1979 2 Doha 13/05/2005
3:31.04 Bernard Lagat 2 Zürich 19/08/2005
3:31.09 Bernard Lagat 3 Roma 08/07/2005
3:31.10 Alex Kipchirchir 3 Doha 13/05/2005
3:31.13 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 1 Bruxelles 26/08/2005
3:31.46 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 1r1 Sevilla 04/06/2005
3:31.72 Isaac Kiprono Songok KEN 25/04/1984 2 Berlin 04/09/2005
3:31.85 Suleiman Kipses Simotwo KEN 21/04/1980 3 Berlin 04/09/2005
1500 Metres 2006
3:29.02 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 27/11/1984 1 Roma 14/07/2006
3:29.14 Rashid Ramzi BRN 17/07/1980 2 Roma 14/07/2006
3:29.68 Bernard Lagat USA 12/12/1974 1 Rieti 27/08/2006
3:30.27 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 1 Athína (Olympic Stadium) 03/07/2006
3:31.08 Ivan Heshko UKR 19/08/1979 1 Paris Saint-Denis 08/07/2006
3:31.10 Adil Kaouch MAR 01/01/1979 3 Roma 14/07/2006
3:31.36 Alex Kipchirchir KEN 26/11/1984 2 Paris Saint-Denis 08/07/2006
3:31.48 Bernard Lagat 3 Paris Saint-Denis 08/07/2006
3:31.57 Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 03/08/1978 4 Roma 14/07/2006
3:31.58 Tarek Boukensa ALG 19/11/1981 5 Roma 14/07/2006
3:31.58 Tarek Boukensa 2 Rieti 27/08/2006
3:31.61 Ivan Heshko 6 Roma 14/07/2006
3:31.67 Suleiman Kipses Simotwo KEN 21/04/1980 4 Paris Saint-Denis 08/07/2006
3:31.78 Ivan Heshko 2 Athína (Olympic Stadium) 03/07/2006
3:31.85 Tarek Boukensa 3 Athína (Olympic Stadium) 03/07/2006
3:31.85 Isaac Kiprono Songok KEN 25/04/1984 5 Paris Saint-Denis 08/07/2006
3:31.96 Shedrack Kibet Korir KEN 12/04/1978 1r1 Lausanne 11/07/2006
3:31.97 Elkanah Onkware Angwenyi KEN 05/02/1983 7 Roma 14/07/2006
1500 Metres 2007
3:30.54 Alan Webb USA 13/01/1983 1 Paris Saint-Denis 06/07/2007
3:30.92 Tarek Boukensa ALG 19/11/1981 1 Roma 13/07/2007
3:31.01 Mehdi Baala FRA 17/08/1978 2 Paris Saint-Denis 06/07/2007
3:31.05 Mehdi Baala 1 Strasbourg 28/06/2007
3:31.18 Shedrack Kibet Korir KEN 12/04/1978 2 Roma 13/07/2007
3:31.49 Belal Mansoor Ali BRN 17/10/1988 1 Athína (Olympic Stadium) 02/07/2007
3:31.58 Alex Kipchirchir KEN 26/11/1984 3 Roma 13/07/2007
3:31.73 Augustine Kiprono Choge KEN 21/01/1987 1 Doha 11/05/2007
3:31.75 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 27/11/1984 1 Shanghai 28/09/2007
3:31.89 Suleiman Kipses Simotwo KEN 21/04/1980 4 Roma 13/07/2007
3:31.98 Suleiman Kipses Simotwo 2 Doha 11/05/2007
3:32.13 Youssef Baba MAR 07/08/1979 3 Doha 11/05/2007
3:32.18 Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 03/08/1978 5 Roma 13/07/2007
3:32.28 Belal Mansoor Ali 1 Monaco 25/07/2007
3:32.35 Tarek Boukensa 4 Doha 11/05/2007
3:32.35 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 13/06/1982 2 Shanghai 28/09/2007
1500 Metres 2008
3:31.49 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 27/11/1984 1 Monaco 29/07/2008
3:31.57 Augustine Kiprono Choge KEN 21/01/1987 1 Berlin 01/06/2008
3:31.64 Asbel Kipruto Kiprop KEN 30/06/1989 1 Roma 11/07/2008
3:31.88 Abdalaati Iguider MAR 25/03/1987 2 Roma 11/07/2008
3:31.91 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 2 Berlin 01/06/2008
3:31.94 Shedrack Kibet Korir KEN 12/04/1978 2 Monaco 29/07/2008
3:31.98 Tarek Boukensa ALG 19/11/1981 3 Roma 11/07/2008
3:31.99 Shedrack Kibet Korir 3 Berlin 01/06/2008
3:32.00 Mehdi Baala FRA 17/08/1978 4 Roma 11/07/2008
3:32.06 Mohamed Moustaoui MAR 02/04/1985 5 Roma 11/07/2008
3:32.06 Haron Keitany KEN 17/12/1983 1 Zürich 29/08/2008
3:32.10 Abdalaati Iguider 4 Berlin 01/06/2008
3:32.16 Alex Kipchirchir KEN 26/11/1984 5 Berlin 01/06/2008
3:32.37 Abdalaati Iguider 1 Rabat 14/06/2008
3:32.40 Augustine Kiprono Choge 1 Paris Saint-Denis 18/07/2008
3:32.55 Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono KEN 21/04/1987 6 Berlin 01/06/2008
3:32.57 Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 03/08/1978 6 Roma 11/07/2008
That's like thirteen different Kenyans and two Americans. And one is an ex-Kenyan and the other is a one-hit wonder. So what pipeline are you talking about?