An online biography of David Pascal, a North Carolina chiropractor, makes several claims about his accomplishments as a distance runner in the 1980s. Among other things, it states that, "In 1983 he ran the 17th-fastest time in the world for 1000 meters. He ... was the 1500 Meter Champion at the 1983 World Games in Helsinki, Finland."
(http://www.bodyhealth.com/html/biobuilde/pascal_bio.asp)
In a now-deleted thread, Pascal is quoted as standing behind those two statements (via SoCalCush).
But Pascal did not win the 1983 World Games 1500m in Helsinki (not to be confused with the World Championships). Let's Run poster "Wait a Second" came up with the results of that race as follows:
1. Zdravkovic (Yug) 3:38.08; 2. Wessinhage (WG) 3:38.67; 3. Nemeth (Aut) 3:38.97; 4. Paunonen (Fin) 3:39.28; 5. Theriot (US) 3:39.62; 6. Loikkanen (Fin) 3:40.14.
I suppose you could argue that Pascal won a (hypothetical) "B" section, but he stood behind the original claim per SoCalCush. Furthermore, the bio says he was *the* 1500m champion at the meet, which would only be true if he won the A section.
Other Let's Run posters have come up with top world/US marks lists for the 1000m in 1983 that go 18 deep, and there is no mention of Pascal. In fact, nobody has reported finding any results for Pascal other than the California HS State Meet.
There are other claims about Pascal's running achievements in the on-line biography which are difficult or impossible to verify. In his career as a chiropractor, it does seem that Pascal has worked with at least a few elite athletes, including Justin Gatlin. But there are other claims made that would seem to merit verification, as it seems unlikely that a North Carolina chiropractor would really be the, "Co-designer National Drug Testing Program for German Olympic Athletes."
I don't know who is responsible for the on-line biography. I do know it contains at least one demonstrably false claim (1983 World Games 1500m champion), one apparently false claim (17th fast 1000m time in the world in 1983), and other claims that, while possibly true, seem unlikely.
As another poster pointed out, most of us never make any money from running. All we have are our accomplishments. False statements about running accomplishments are thus deeply offensive and deserve to be called out when found. That Let's Run deleted the original thread, despite a lack of material that any reasonable person would find offensive, is ridiculous for a website that aspires to serve the distance running community, especially since far more offensive material remains in threads that have nothing to do with running. So I have recapped the essential points of the deleted thread here, sticking carefully to the facts as they are known.