oldoldrunner wrote:
I am off tomorrow, I will go through all my 1978 issues of T&F news and try to recreate that 1978 season. I will then post what was said at the time HR had the greatest single season in T&F history.
Don't waste good time.
1978
8:18.3hi 2 Los Angeles CA 21-Jan
27:48.6h 1 Auckland 28-Jan
8:20.0hi 3 San Diego CA 17-Feb
13:08.4h WR 1 Dual Meet Berkeley CA 8-Apr
8:14.8 1 Dual Meet Eugene OR 15-Apr
8:05.4h WR 1 Dual Meet Seattle WA 13-May
27:46.6h 1 Pac 10 Corvallis OR 19-May
8:18.6 1 NCAAq Eugene OR 1-Jun
13:21.8 1 NCAAq Eugene OR 1-Jun
8:12.4 1 NCAA Eugene OR 3-Jun
27:22.47 WR 1 Wien 11-Jun
8:16.2h 1 Mombasa 17-Jun
7:41.5 1 Köln 22-Jun
5:04.5 1 Oslo 27-Jun
7:32.1h WR 1 Bislett Oslo 27-Jun
8:16.8h 1 Helsinki 28-Jun
27:58.9h 1 Al Jazair 20-Jul
8:15.8 1 Al Jazair 25-Jul
8:17.5 2 Koblenz 7-Sep Loss to Malinowski
27:53.8 1 London 9-Sep
8:14.7 2 London 15-Sep Loss to Ovett
1 Henry Rono KEN 8.05.4 1 Seattle May 13
2 Bronislaw Malinowski POL 8.11.63 1 Berlin Aug 18
3 Patriz Ilg FRG 8.16.92 2 Prague Sep 3
4 Ismo Toukonen FIN 8.18.29 3 Prague Sep 3
5 Michael Karst FRG 8.19.01 4 Prague Sep 3
6 Douglas Brown USA 8.19.29 2 Berlin Aug 18
7 Krzystof Wesolowsky POL 8.19.53 3 Berlin Aug 18
8 Paul Copu ROM 8.20.41 5 Prague Sep 3
9 George Malley USA 8.21.72 3 Stockholm Jul 4
10 Henry Marsh USA 8.22.5 2 Helsinki Jun 28
11 Julian Marsay RSA 8.22.63 1 Lausanne Jul 13
12 Paul Thijs BEL 8.22.8 1 Sittard Jun 18
13 James Munyala KEN 8.23.5 3 Helsinki Jun 28
14 Sergey Olizarenko URS 8.24.0 2 Dortmund Jul 01
15 Dan Glans SWE 8.24.5 4 Berlin Aug 18
16 Vasile Bichea ROM 8.24.86 6 Prague Sep 03
17 Kazimierz Maranda POL 8.25.8 2 Warsaw Jun 19
18 Dennis Coates GBR 8.25.98 1 Edinburgh Jul 16
19 George Kiprotich Rono KEN 8.26.38 3 Al Jazair Jul 25
20 Vladimir Lisovskiy URS 8.26.4 1 Podolsk Aug 12
21 John Davies GBR 8.26.64 2 Edinburgh Jul 16
22 Nicolae Voicu ROM 8.26.6 3 Warsaw Jun 19
23 Eshetu Tura ETH 8.27.67 4 Alger Jul 25
24 Manfred Schoeneberg FRG 8.27.82 3 Köln Aug 12
25 Vladimir Filonov URS 8.27.9 3 Dortmund Jul 01
1 Henry Rono KEN 13.08.4 1 Berkeley Apr 8
2 Ilie Floroiu ROM 13.15.0 1 Bucharest Jul 23
3 Martin Liquori USA 13.16.21 1 Stockholm Jul 4
4 Rodney Dixon NZL 13.17.37 2 Stockholm Jul 4
5 Fernando Mamede POR 13.17.76 3 Stockholm Jul 4
6 Frank Zimmermann FRG 13.18.20 4 Stockholm Jul 4
7 Markus Ryffel SUI 13.19.97 2 Zürich Aug 16
8 Venanzio Ortis ITA 13.20.72 3 Zürich Aug 16
9 Gerard Tebroke NED 13.21.68 4 Zürich Aug 16
10 Jos Hermens NED 13.21.9 1 Nijmegen Jul 9
11 Willy Polleunis BEL 13.24.0 3 Brussels Aug 18
12 Radhouanne Bouster FRA 13.24.09 6 Stockholm Jul 04
13 Aleksandr Fedotkin URS 13.24.10 1h Prague Aug 31
14 Karl Fleschen FRG 13.24.3 2 Köln Aug 13
15 Wilson Waigwa KEN 13.24.43 2 London Jun 24
16 David Fitsimmons AUS 13.24.65 1 Lausanne Jul 13
17 Michael Musyoki KEN 13.24.89 5 Zürich Aug 16
18 Mike McLeod GBR 13.25.20 1 Edinburgh Jul 16
19 Craig Virgin USA 13.25.41 7 Stockholm Jul 04
19 Brendan Foster GBR 13.25.41 2 Edinburgh Jul 16
21 Nick Rose GBR 13.25.44 3 London Jun 24
22 Rudy Chapa USA 13.25.57 1 Eugene May 06
23 Anthony Simmons GBR 13.25.67 2 Lausanne Jul 13
24 Dick Quax NZL 13.26.0 2 Christchurch Jan 21
25 Emiel Puttemans BEL 13.26.4 2 Nijmegen Jul 09
1 Henry Rono KEN 27.22.47 1 Wien Jun 11
2 Brendan Foster GBR 27.30.30 1 London Jun 23
3 Martti Vainio FIN 27.30.99 1 Prague Aug 29
4 Venanzio Ortis ITA 27.31.48 2 Prague Aug 29
5 Aleksandr Antipov URS 27.31.50 3 Prague Aug 29
6 David Black GBR 27.36.27 5 Prague Aug 29
7 Gerard Tebroke NED 27.36.64 6 Prague Aug 29
8 Ilie Floroiu ROM 27.40.06 7 Prague Aug 29
9 Enn Sellik URS 27.40.61 8 Prague Aug 29
10 Knut Kvalheim NOR 27.41.26 9 Prague Aug 29
11 Jos Hermens NED 27.48.4 1 Groningen Aug 04
12 Gerard Barrett AUS 27.51.4 1 Melbourne Dec 14
13 Toshihiko Seko JPN 27.51.61 1 Stockholm Jul 03
14 Detlef Uhlemann FRG 27.52.09 2 Stockholm Jul 03
15 Domingo Tibaduiza Reyes COL 27.53.02 2 Wien Jun 11
16 Jerzy Kowol POL 27.53.61 10 Prague Aug 29
17 Douglas Brown USA 27.54.19 3 Stockholm Jul 03
18 John Treacy IRL 27.55.2 1 Philadelphia Apr 27
19 Ryszard Kopijasz POL 27.56.06 4 Stockholm Jul 03
20 Craig Virgin USA 27.57.2 1 Helsinki Jun 29
21 Toshiaki Kamata JPN 27.57.9 3 Helsinki Jun 29
22 Pierre Lévisse FRA 27.58.05 5 Stockholm Jul 03
23 Joel Cheruiyot KEN 27.58.9 3 Wien Jun 11
24 Anatoliy Badrankov URS 27.59.0 1 Tashkent Nov 03
25 Takeshi Soh JPN 27.59.31 6 Stockholm Jul 03
Career yearly bests
1978 8.05.4 1 Seattle May 13
1979 8.17.92 1 Champaign Jun 2
1977 13.22.1 14 Rieti Aug 28
1978 13.08.4 1 Berkeley Apr 8
1979 13.19.65 9 Rieti Jul 21
1980 13.19.8 10 Oslo Jul 15
1981 13.06.20 1 Knarvik Sep 13
1982 13.08.97 4 Stockholm Jul 6
1977 27.37.08 3 London Sep 9
1978 27.22.47 1 Wien Jun 11
1980 27.31.68 2 Melbourne Feb 6
1981 27.40.78 5 Brussels Aug 28
1982 27.28.67 5 Oslo Jun 26
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