It's not where should he have gone but how.
700 out is fine to take the lead but you have to measure what is in you from that point to the finish line.
Webb wound up finishing 9th, more than 3 seconds back.
I think he should have been 6th, which he would have had he finished one second faster.
It still would be memorable to see him take the lead and push it from 700m out.
When I saw the sprint I knew it was bad.
The three that finished behind ran pretty bad.
Here are the results:
Final
August 10, 2005
1. Rashid Ramzi 3:37.88
2. Adil Kaouch 3:38.00 (SB)
3. Rui Silva 3:38.02
4. Ivan Heshko 3:38.71
5. Arturo Casado 3:39.45
6. Juan Carlos Higuero 3:40.34
7. Alex Kipchirchir 3:40.43
8. Tarek Boukensa 3:41.01
9. Alan Webb 3:41.04
10. Daham Najim Bashir 3:43.48
11. Reyes Estévez 3:46.65
12. Yassine Bensghir 3:50.19
His move was certainly entertaining, though.