Greatest 10000 Meter Race Ever - The Best of the Best

No geb and tergat at sydney?

Geb vs Tergat in Sydney was the greatest race of all time. You usually come up with good stuff but how could you screw this up? No other 10000 meter race even come close. Those two going stride for stride over the last 100m and Haile winning with the lean for an Olympic gold was historic.

Thanks again for the post. Great stuff to combat a boring day at the office.

Viren's 10000m in Munich, falling over and setting a world record is the best.

Cova was another doper.

tracks on tracks off wrote:

Viren's 10000m in Munich, falling over and setting a world record is the best.

That was a wonderful race.

ggg wrote:

Cova was another doper.

I only select the races. I don't know any of the athletes personally and can't say who was doping for sure or not.

Quenton Cassidamius wrote:

Geb vs Tergat in Sydney was the greatest race of all time.

It was a good race, but you will find the above races a little better. Take a little time away from looking for jobs or scanning the results from the local Firecracker 5K from last year to educate yourself a little bit.

Quenton Cassidamius wrote:

Geb vs Tergat in Sydney was the greatest race of all time. You usually come up with good stuff but how could you screw this up? No other 10000 meter race even come close. Those two going stride for stride over the last 100m and Haile winning with the lean for an Olympic gold was historic.

And this is different than 1971 European Champs how????

Jurgen Haase being knocked out of the way by vodka-fueled Finns post-race........PRICELESS.

no love for the women?

Before I opened this thread I said Geb vs Tergat Sydney 2000 and none of the videos changed my mind.

Or Väätainen, just because of the story behind the race (Who the fvck is Väätainen - I am Väätainen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfa16vKnVRI

I generally agree with the Mills selection. That was an absolute dog fight. Fighting around the track and lapping runners with more contact than is allowed in soccer (plus I'm a sucker for an upset).

It's poor taste to omit the Geb/Tergat Sydney race. Tergat learned the lesson from Atlanta and made it a real battle and surprised the hell out of Geb.

Not sure how I feel about omitting Geb/Tergat from Sydney. World records are cool, but rarely that exciting.

The Kemboi/Cherono 2003 World Champs steeplechase better be in your next post.

You can't even define bekele's WR as a race. That was a rabbited time-trial.

T and F Historian wrote:

tracks on tracks off wrote:

Viren's 10000m in Munich, falling over and setting a world record is the best.

That was a wonderful race.

I did expect to see this in the list. Coming three days after the heats (when Bedford and Puttemans? threatened the WR), it was televised in its entirety (at least on the East Coast of the US) by ABC. I was beside myself, seeing Bedford open with a 60, watching Shorter (three days after his AR) gradually and intelligently cover the mid-race surges, on his way to another AR; seeing Viren bounce up from his fall and actually take the lead a lap later; the most exciting distance race, whether in person or televised, that I've ever seen.

Sorry, I used to be able to find the entire race on YT...

Yes you can. It was a race against the clock.

codger wrote:

Quenton Cassidamius wrote:

Geb vs Tergat in Sydney was the greatest race of all time. You usually come up with good stuff but how could you screw this up? No other 10000 meter race even come close. Those two going stride for stride over the last 100m and Haile winning with the lean for an Olympic gold was historic.

And this is different than 1971 European Champs how????

Jurgen Haase being knocked out of the way by vodka-fueled Finns post-race........PRICELESS.

Väätainen's all out sprint against Haase is the stuff of legends, and incidently was named one of sport's (not just track and field) all time greatest moments by ESPN. Disappointing that the OP missed this one.

both ofGeb's and Tergat's battles should be up there. I also lived Paula vs the Africans at the '99 worlds in Sydney.

david okeyo jr wrote:

no love for the women?

I'll do some women's races in the future. Interesting that some of the longer distance races have only been around a couple of decades.