Big Win For "The Mile' - Mile times can now be used to qualify for Worlds!!

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  • your benevolent dictator

    LetsRun.com

    Member since 08/12/2009.

    4,457 posts. Last post 5 days ago.
    9 years ago 11/19/2014 4:04pm EST

    The official scorecard now reads:Bring Back The Mile: 1Metric System: Zero.We just got the following email from Ryan Lamppa of Bring Back The Mile:

    Ryan Lamppa wrote:

    BBTMers:

    Today, the IAAF released the qualifying standards for the outdoor World Championships 2015 in Beijing, and athletes can qualify for the 1500 meters with Mile times (confirming if this is the first time for outdoor Worlds - we think that it is).

    Women

    4:06.50 1500m

    4:25.20 Mile

    Men

    3:36.20 1500

    3:53.30 Mile

    Next up, Olympic 1500m qualifying via the Mile for Rio 2016!

    BTW, the Mile was a qualifying distance for 1960, 1964 and 1972 Olympics (last time).

    Go Mile!

    Ryan

    ******

    Ryan Lamppa, Founder

    Bring Back the Mile!

    “America’s Distance”™

    Twitter: @TheMile

    www.bringbackthemile.com

  • Typical runner or sockpuppet

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 11/19/2014 4:06pm EST
    re: LetsRun.com

    LetsRun.com wrote:

    The official scorecard now reads:

    Bring Back The Mile: 1

    Metric System: Zero.

    Qualifying for the Olympics: 1500 or Mile

    Events in the Olympics: 1500

    Ergo, I believe the official scorecard still reads:

    Bring Back the Mile: zero

    Metric System: 1

  • cofounder

    rojo

    Member since 07/09/2002.

    21,359 posts. Last post 19 hours ago.
    9 years ago 11/19/2014 4:14pm EST
    re: Typical runner or sockpuppet

    Typical runner or sockpuppet wrote:

    Ergo, I believe the official scorecard still reads:

    Bring Back the Mile: zero

    Metric System: 1

    Fair enough. The 1500 is in the Olympics.

    Moving on, it looks like the mile will be the harder event to qualify in.

    The standard conversion between 1500/miles is 1.08.

    233.496

    266.22

    Thus a 3:36.20 would convert to a 3:53.5 mile but the standard is 3:53.30.

    On the women's side, it's more pronounced. A 4:06.5 1500 would convert to a 4:26.2 mile but the standard is 4:25.2.

  • registered

    Bring Back the Mile

    Member since 01/20/2012.

    306 posts. Last post 1 month ago.
    9 years ago 11/19/2014 4:31pm EST
    re: rojo

    To be clear, BBTM has nothing against the 1500 meters, and it is good that the IAAF will accept Mile times for the outdoor WC 1500 qualifying in Beijing 2015.

    Bravo, IAAF!

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