Has a male elite 800m runner ever negative split an 800m race (a "non-tactical" race). Lets define elite as a professional who has a PR of sub 1:45?
If so can you post a link to split times or a youtube video
Has a male elite 800m runner ever negative split an 800m race (a "non-tactical" race). Lets define elite as a professional who has a PR of sub 1:45?
If so can you post a link to split times or a youtube video
Lots of them. The 2008 Olympic final negative splitted - 53.35, 51.30 for a 1:44:65.
Arroyo ran a 53.8 opening lap and returned with a perfectly even split.
Not elite, but a fast time nonetheless to be pulling even splits.
David Rudisha ran negative splits in a 1:42.xx at Kenyan Nationals last year.
Dave Wottle, '72 OG final. Leaders split 52.3 according to the announcers and Dave's about a second behind. Final time of 1:45.86.
Not a huge negative split, but incredibly impressive for that stage.
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Has a male elite 800m runner ever negative split an 800m race (a "non-tactical" race). Lets define elite as a professional who has a PR of sub 1:45?
If so can you post a link to split times or a youtube video
1966: "A surprise in Terre Haute" from the Jim Ryun Story.
Ryun the two weekend before ran an 8:25.2 two mile, then a 3:53.7 mile(one tenth of a second off world record), then went to Terre Haute, INDY.
"The meet began on Friday and Jim tried to loaf through his trial heat in 1:51.0.....The final was less than two hours later......26.2, (26.1)53.3 (26.1), 1:19.4 (25.5)(53.3/51.6)for a final time of 1:44.9 for 880 yards, a new world record (source the Jim Ryun Story pages 200-204)
So the answer to your question is yes, almost 47 years ago.
Ovett OG
I'm guessing Symmonds must have done this quite a few times.
26.2 + 26.1 is 52.3 not 53.3! That second split may have been 27.1 as I've seen that 53.3 split a number of times.
Certainly, but it's not optimal. The optimal 800m race is a slight positive split, which is pretty much how all the FASTEST 800 times are set. The idea is that you get a boost in the first 200m from creatine phosphate, and then you try to keep the other 3 200s close to even after that (although if you're running close to your body's limits, you'll start hitting your wall in the last 200m).
Looks like we are still waiting for someone to post a video of a negative split sub 1:45.
Paul Ereng, I beleive went slighly negative in this 1:44.01 race in 1989:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvFYntlK9_E
He may have been 52 low/ 51 high
The probem is, you only get a good split for the leader most times and it is hard to get an official split on anyone else.
You can't always catch their split because the camera is focused on someone trailing.
Not quite a negative split, but not far off. Borzakovskiy running his PB of 1.42.47 and looks to go through the bell in about 50.9/51.0, making up a huge amount of ground on Bucher (who also went sub 1.43 in this race) over the last lap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9fwGsCLPbM
reminds me just how exciting he was back in those days. I dare say he did run sub 1.45 with a negative split at one time or another as that was very much the way he ran his races back then. Incredibly talented guy
Coe ran 52.8/51.7 when winning 86 European in 1:44.5, despite running about an extra 9m.
Cram split 51.7/51.5 winning commonwealth 86 in 1:43.22
Rudisha split 51.6/51.2 in Nairobi 2010 or 2011 in a 1:42.8. I think it was '10.
I have seen all these races and they are accurate to 0.1.
Kipketer allegedly split 52.3/50.5 in a 1:42.8 in Monaco 97, but I have never seen this race anywhere on the internet for verification.
The other 3 races above are all on YouTube.
If you scroll down to 1972 and open the video "1972 Olympic Time Trials Part 1" they have part of the 800 final in slow motion. Wottle wins in 1:44.3 to tie the world record. He split 53.x/51.x and Ryun didn't make the team in the 800.
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