No 800, 1500 doubling in 2012

Clearing the bs up wrote:

http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Statistics/Standards/05/93/18/20110214033531_httppostedfile_London2012OGTimetableOnePageVersionG2Nov10nomedals_23543.pdf

DAY 5 - Tuesday Evening, 7 August

19:55 800m M SF

21:15 1500m M Final

If anyone wants to double in the 800 and 1500, they're going to be at a big disadvantage. Not only are their legs going to be fatigued from 3 heats for the 800 and 1500, but they're going to have to run the semi for the 800 and then come back 80 minutes later to run the 1500m FINAL. Looks like Coe doesn't want anyone to outdo his accomplishments on his home turf!

Why do they not use the same schedule as the 2009 world championships?

Didn't one woman (forgot her name) want the 100 meter hurdle finals to be moved to not interfere with the heptathlon so she could double? I guess you can't please everybody.

Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards both requested schedule a change for the Beijing Olympics to do the 200-400 double and were refused.

Allyson is planning to double (including Deagu this year), and this might be at least part of the reason for a change. I don't know about Sanya's plans now.

I made this thread yesterday morning.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3918505

I even ended it with almost the exact same comment on Coe.

This is kinda creepy.

What, run the worst 800m of his career on the biggest world stage possible?And y'all realize that even Lord Coe likely has little input into the schedule of events?

Clearing the bs up wrote:

Looks like Coe doesn't want anyone to outdo his accomplishments on his home turf!

'84? He ran an amazing race, just happened to be beat by one of the greatest 800m runs in a championship race ever.

That last comment was just a joke, I don't think Coe would do anything like that, considering he told the meet announcer of the race in which his world record was broken for 800m to wait until the weather cleared up, the video with Juantorena, Kipketer, and Rudisha if anyone remembers the story he told.

Also, the women's 1500m and 5000m finals are on the same day.

Not that it looks like any of the current crop of athletes would look to double in those events, but now they really have no chance to.

With 9 days to do the track events and many hours for each day you think they would easily be able to accommodate any common double.

After 100+ years there should be a common schedule.

The 800/1500 and 1500/5000 happen often enough.

The 1500 final should be on a Wednesday and the 800 and 5000 should be on the last Saturday or something to that effect.

The 10,000 on the first weekend allows the 10/5 double.

The 100 on the first weekend, the 200 on the last weekend and the 400 in the middle.

That easily allows a 100/200 or 200/400 and 400/4X400 doubles.

Here is a sample schedule for finals + (prelims)

Friday - 10,000 (100 1st two rounds)

Saturday- 100m (100 semi, HH 1st two rounds, 400 prelim)

Sunday- 110m HH (HH semi, 400 quarters, 1500 quarters)

Monday - (400 semi, 1500 semi)

Tuesday- Rest Day

Wednesday- 400m, 1500m (steeple semi, IH quarter)

Thursday- (200 prelim, 800 quarter, IH semi,200 quarter)

Friday - 400 IH, Steeple (200 semi, 800 semi, 5000 semi)

Saturday - 200, 800 (4X1 semi, 4X4 semi)

Sunday - marathon, 5000, relays

You have

1500-800-800-800

or

400-200-200-200

In 4 days with no rest break. Doable, perhaps, but both "fairly difficult" against the best in the world. I think you know who is going to win the men's 800 and 200, but the womens 200 looks interesting for Allyson Felix with either no Victoria Campbell Brown in the 200 or a VCB who is also doubling.

It would have been easier with the 1500 and 400 before the rest break.

I think you know who is going to win the men's 800[/quote]

That's true, it IS pretty obvious that Andrews will take it.

Andrews or Rupp right. Sorry couldn't resist. :)

Actually a schedule that I like better would have all of the qualifying rounds taking place earlier in the week and all of the finals on the final Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Except have the 10,000 on the first Friday.

Friday- 10,000 Final

Saturday- Dec day 1(100 p+q, 400 p, 1500 q)

Sunday- Dec day 2 (110HH p+q, 400 q, 1500 s)

Monday- (400 s, 400IH q, 800 q, steeple s)

Tuesday- (200 p, 400IH s, 800 s, 5000 s, 200 q)

Wednesday- (200 s, 4X1 p+s, 4X4 s)

Thursday -Rest Day

Friday- 100 (s+F), 400 F, 1500 F, Steeple F

Saturday- 110HH (s+F), 800 F, 400IH F, 200 F

Sunday - marathon, 5000 F, 4X1 F, 4X4 F

That would give a packed and exciting last weekend.

8/15 double would be- 15, 15, 8, 8, two days rest, 15,8

15/5k double would be- 15, 15, rest, 5k, rest, rest, 15, rest, 5k

The 200/400 double is always hard with 8 races, but this gets the 400 rounds completed before the 200 rounds and gives a full day rest before any final.

The 100/200 doable but some may not like having all of those races before the 100 final. So the 100 final may have to go back to the first weekend.

Or maybe push the prelims to the first week of the Games giving everyone a full week of rest before the finals.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!! PLEASE tell me you guys are serious that Felix is doing the 200/400 double! I've been wanting to see her do a championship 400 for YEARS!

If this is serious that just made my day!