nonsense
Rudy ran 1'41.74 on a beat up new york track, which had been patched up & needed complete replacement the next year
on top of that, it was a windy day with winds for some jumps ~ 3m/s
further, he had to run within himself as trials coming up & only top-3 going to london
any injury & he couda been out
flat-out, on a windless day on a good track, he was already in at worst 1'41-flat shape
no difference between june/august shape
try unknown, questionable track
get a clue bout iaaf 65% energy return
what part of "after rounds" do you not comprehend ???
more historical accident than anything
leaving aside likes of snell/Ryun who didn't have synthetic tracks at their peaks nor guys dragging them thru in sub-50, the likes of kiprugut/kipkurgat & caballo were all capable of 1'42-mid/high if they had got an ideal conditions/paced effort at their peak
by '79, coe shouda been chasing a wr of 1'42-mid/high if those last 3 had run their best races on the circuit & not at championships/world cups
a historical accident
utter rubbish
don paige has said races in '80 were all about the clock, with pacers every time
can't you read ???
again, more historical accident & lots of opportunities to run fast
get it into your brain :
the majority of those 7 races were paced efforts, making your assertion of lack of paced races a nonsense
coe never cracked 1'44 in a solo effort
but he ran as a rabbit
does your peabrain think an 18y ole 1'48 guy was trying to run a sensible pb off 49.4 ???
that's what it turned out
this is where a possible short track helps
no offence to coe, but anyone who saw his race on the weekend on tv knew that was season & almost certainly career peak
no chance he woud ever better that clocking
8 more pure 800s in '81 & nothing better than 1'45.4 gives nonsense supporting evidence
utter drivel
sabia ran huge pb, caballo who was considered finished comes back with 1'44 !
aouita who no serious fan expected better than 13'15 runs 13'04 !!!
firenze was a seriously questionable track which conveniently disappeared in mid-'80s
i wonder why ???
perhaps they measured it, found it flawed & quietly finished meet until reappearing in 00's under total new guise & maybe even different stadium
rubbish
bends are longer than straights but not 116/84
mre like 110/90
[quoteHe does also run about 60m wide on the 3rd bend which cost him perhaps 0.2 in terms of a perfect race[/quote]
rubbish
no more than
0.1s
rubbish
there are no clear markings & you can't definitively tell when curve becomes straight & then straight again
the 100m finish line markings end on the curve, which is a sure sign of a short straight
any track where the 100m finish line doesn't coincide with end of straight is a mickey-mouse one, meaning stadium too small for a standard 116/84
i have timed it many times & get more like 11.5s making curve ~ 92m rom this method
expected with a likely 116/84
genius
how can it be otherwise ?!
yes
putting Rudy at a disadvantage as firenze had longer straights/shorter bends than berlin then adding in likely short bends
give Rudy billy as pacer, no rounds & short firenze, he wouda likely gone close to
1'40-flat