moron
what does the 400 wr at the time have anything to do with it ???
if anything, the 400wr was weak at the time
44.9 was listed but plummer, the '60 silver medallist had a 44.6 in '63 not ratified
smith, a 200 guy demolished the official 44.9 wr the following year after ryun's relay leg '67 with 44.5 destroying evans the next 400 champ by 0.4s
smith wasn't even training for the 400
moron
caballo, a fellow 800wr holder, like ryun ran 44.26 sea-level 400wr the same year as his 1st 800wr
that is helluva lot more impressive a 400 effort by any yardstick than ryun's likely low-45 at his peak
moron
following talents were inferior & where is the epo +ves you idiot ???
no kenyan track afficionado believes bernie or noah had anywhere close to the talent of keino & those guys have gone 3'26 & 3'43 !
problem was for him was that he was a part-time athlete having to do a full-time job as a policeman all the way thru his career & only given time off to race
& keino, i've heard from his immediate police boss of 5y standing, admitting that he was nowhere near ryun's ability as a 1500 guy
utter moron
he only ever said he was ill in his 800wr
he said he was perfectly fit in his 1500wr & 2nd mile wr
he has said his legs felt "heavy" in the initial laps of his 2nd mile wr because he'd just come down from a period of heavy training at altitude, a rare occurence for him, but said he was fit otherwise, the only unmentioned implication being that he mighta liked the race a few days later
idiot
it's 46.6 flying for 400
47.3 open 400
46.3 for synthetics at 1s/lap
knock off good number of tenths off this as he'd run a wr calibre 3'55.8 prior to it
knock off some more tenths as track was sodden, evidenced by a 3'51.3wr he ran a few weeks later on a dry track, when i doubt his mile shape had improved much
that gets you low-45 on synthetics
moron
hicham ran a 3'34 to win gold in a similar slow start/fast finish race & he was in better shape than his earlier losing 3'27
that's 7s difference & no handicap of dirt to synthetic track !
complete idiot
his best distance was upto a mile
same scenario as bernie with 3'26 ability coudn't go better than 7'33 the previous year - a race he called more demanding than his 3'26
idiot
same as benie
no he wasn't in '67
however, if he'd changed fully to training for the 2 miles in '67 & dropped 800/mile, he mighta come close
utter moron