Am I the only that forgot that David Rudisha's father was an Olymipc silver medallist?

“I dedicate the win to my six-month-old daughter Charin and wife Lizzy Naanyu in Kilgoris, who have endured my absence as I worked hard to get the right form away in Iten. Also my coach Colm O’Connell and above all, it has pleased my father, who has communicated to me.”

HERE IS THE RESULT FROM RECENT AFRICA CHAMPS

WINNER? KENYA BEATING NUGERIA AND OTHERS?

4 x 400 Relay - Relais Men - Hommes

01/08/2010 - 16:30

Final - Finale

Ranking - Classement

RANK

POS LANE

CLR BIB

DOS TEAM

EQUIPE COUNTRY

NAT R.T.

T.R. RESULTS

RESULTAT

POINTS

POINTS

1. 6

KENYA

KEN

3:02.96

16.00

Geoffrey NGENO

Vincent Kiplangat KOSKEI

Julius KIRWA

Mark Kiprotich MUTAI

2. 5

BOTSWANA

BOT

3:05.16

14.00

Isaac MAKWALA

Thapelo KETLOGETSWE

Pako SERIBE

Obakeng NGWIGWA

3. 3

NIGERIA

NGR

3:06.53

12.00

Saul WEIGOPWA

James GODDAY

Tobi OGUNMOLA

Isah SALIHU

4. 8

SUDAN

SUD

3:08.52

10.00

Sadam KOUMI

Abubaker KAKI

Hafz HUSSEIN

Rabah YOUSIF

5. 4

SENEGAL

SEN

3:08.94

8.00

Amadou NDIAYE

Abdourahmane NDOUR

Mor SECK

Mamadou GUEYE

6. 1

ETHIOPIA

ETH

3:08.96

6.00

Habtamu GOBE GOBENA

Hago TADESSE GEBREMESKEL

Bereke DESTA GEBRETSADIK

Fikadu DEJENE DABUSHE

7. 7

UGANDA

UGA

3:09.41

4.00

Anthony OKIROR

Ali NGAIMOKO

Ramadhan AKULA

Emmanuel TUGUMISIRIZE

8. 2

TANZANIA

TAN

3:16.03

2.00

Augustino MANDE

Laurent MASATU

Kassim Hussein SALEHE

Frank MARTIN

So it appears the younger Rudisha has great genes and has used his inherited speed to good advantage. Can he go 1:40:xx?

Of course he can if Wariner paces him.

Yes, Daniel Rudisha was fast! He anchored that Kenyan relay team to its 1968 Olympic silver medal with a 44.6 leg.

open 400m note the AT vs ht reports.com

from Olympedia.com

400 metres, Men – Quarter-Finals

Date 17 October 1968 – 15:20

Status Olympic

Location

Format Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos Competitor NOC T(H) T(A)

1 Amadou Gakou SEN 45.5 45.56 QU

2 Larry James USA 45.7 45.77 QU

3 Claver Kamanya TAN 46.0 46.03 QU

4 Ross MacKenzie CAN 46.1 46.15 QU

5 Musa Dogon Yaro NGR 46.1 46.19

6 Colin Campbell GBR 46.3 46.35

7 Naftali Bon KEN 46.3 46.39

8 Sergio Bello ITA 46.8 46.84

Heat Two

Pos Competitor NOC T(H) T(A)

1 Amos Omolo UGA 45.3 45.33 QU

2 Lee Evans USA 45.5 45.54 QU

3 Munyoro Nyamau KEN 46.1 46.12 QU

4 Wolfgang Müller GDR 46.2 46.32 QU

5 Jan Balachowski POL 46.3 46.33

6 Rodobaldo Díaz CUB 46.3 46.38

7 Juan Carlos Dyrzka ARG 46.8 46.85

Heat Three

Pos Competitor NOC T(H) T(A)

1 Jan Werner POL 45.6 45.63 QU

2 Martin Jellinghaus FRG 45.9 46.00 QU

3 Tegegne Bezabeh ETH 46.0 46.02 QU

4 Sam Bugri GHA 46.0 46.08 QU

5 Clifton Forbes JAM 46.2 46.29

6 Daniel Rudisha KEN 47.6 47.68

7 Gilles Bertould FRA 48.9 48.91

Heat Four

Pos Competitor NOC T(H) T(A)

1 Ron Freeman USA 45.3 45.31 QU

2 Andrzej Badeński POL 45.6 45.60 QU

3 Helmar Müller FRG 45.7 45.78 QU

4 Jean-Claude Nallet FRA 45.7 45.80 QU

5 Martin Winbolt-Lewis GBR 45.9 45.91

6 Michael Zerbes GDR 46.1 46.19

7 Mamman Makama NGR 46.4 46.41

8 Pedro Grajales COL 46.5 46.53

Rojo, didn't Kenya win the 1600 relay at 1972 Munich Olympics? Great Britain 2nd, West Germany 3rd.

USA failed to make the final.

Orville you are correct as usual

4 x 400 metres Relay, Men – Final

Date 10 September 1972 – 16:45

Status Olympic

Location

Pos Team NOC T(A) Split Time

1 Kenya KEN 2:59.83

Charles Asati · Munyoro Nyamau · Robert Ouko · Julius Sang

2 Great Britain GBR 3:00.46

Martin Reynolds · Alan Pascoe · Dave Hemery · David Jenkins

3 France FRA 3:00.65

Gilles Bertould · Roger Vélasquez · Francis Kerbiriou · Jacques Carette

4 West Germany FRG 3:00.88

Bernd Herrmann · Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske · Hermann Köhler · Karl Honz

5 Poland POL 3:01.05

Jan Werner · Jan Balachowski · Zbigniew Jaremski · Andrzej Badeñski

6 Finland FIN 3:01.12

Stig Lönnqvist · Ari Salin · Ossi Karttunen · Markku Kukkoaho

7 Sweden SWE 3:02.57

Erik Carlgren · Anders Faager · Kent Öhman · Ulf Rönner

8 Trinidad and Tobago TRI 3:03.58

Arthur Cooper · Pat Marshall · Charles Joseph · Edwin Roberts

from Olympedia

Asati& Sang ran 100&200 in 68 along with the 4x4

Asati was 4th in the 400 out of lane 8 in 72

Sang lane5 took the Bronze ahead of Asati

Vince Matthews Gold from lane 2 Wayne Collett Silver from 3

Nyamau ran 400 & 4x4 in 68&72

Ouko ran 800 in 68&72 taking 5th in 72

John Smith DNF pulled in the final quashing hopes of the sweep.

He may have actually pulled at the end of the semi and tried to run in the final if my memory is sound.

why didn't the usa make the final in '72? they drop the baton in the semis?

Nope with Smith out with a hammy and Matthews and Collett banned for their victory stand protest in the 400 USA could not field a team-- 3 of the 6 declared were out of The Games.

wineturtle wrote:

Nope with Smith out with a hammy and Matthews and Collett banned for their victory stand protest in the 400 USA could not field a team-- 3 of the 6 declared were out of The Games.

Wineturtle, with those three out, as you say, it left only three others from the six man squad.

Those three others were Lee Evans, Tommie Turner, Maurice Peoples....boy, I bet they were pi$$ed at Matthews and Collett.

John Smith had tweaked his hamstring running a tune-up 200 meter race in Munich just days before the Games. It was probably amazing that he even made the final.

Hard to feel sympathy for the TV problem at the Rudisha, Sr. house . . . Berlin wasn't on TV in the USA at all -- and my TV was working!