What is the most untouchable outdoor record?

10.49 FloJo

I'll be happy if I see an 800 runner as good as Rudisha in my lifetime. If anyone breaks that in the next 10 years, it'll be in perfect conditions with a pacer drafting 24/49 at 200/400, not completely solo with a 23 mid opening 200.

That record was possibly the greatest athletic performance I've ever seen.

luv2run wrote:

10.49 FloJo

yep. but also the other womens sprints from the anabolic era. the 400 is equally crazy

That 100m is strong

May not be broken for 40 years

Bekele's 26:17 and 12:37

Don't overestimate Bolt

100m- Tyson Gay and Blake got to 9.69 - so it's possible to get Bolt.

Noone besides is close.

Farah is way way far

100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, and 5000 will not be broken in the next ten years.

Mark my words.

I don't know about the 10000000000000 meters. Who follows that?

komens 7:20 3k

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800 On Pure Hate wrote:

100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, and 5000 will not be broken in the next ten years.

Mark my words.

I don't know about the 10000000000000 meters. Who follows that?

Wayde van Niekerk is only 24. There is a great chance he will take his own record soon.

There has been many 1500 times under 3:30. Look out for Ronald Kwemoi. He ran 3:28.81 when he was 18.

There are many young 800m talents too, but I agree this is one of the harder ones. Donovan Brazier seems to have some serious talent.

kenenisa bolt wrote:

800 On Pure Hate wrote:

100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, and 5000 will not be broken in the next ten years.

Mark my words.

I don't know about the 10000000000000 meters. Who follows that?

Wayde van Niekerk is only 24. There is a great chance he will take his own record soon.

There has been many 1500 times under 3:30. Look out for Ronald Kwemoi. He ran 3:28.81 when he was 18.

There are many young 800m talents too, but I agree this is one of the harder ones. Donovan Brazier seems to have some serious talent.

Yep when he was "18" lol

FloJo's 100 and 200, Koch's 400, and Kratochvilova's 800. These records were all set when I was between ages 9 and 14. I don't think I'll live long enough to see more than possibly 2 of them ever be broken, even if I live to be 100.

Well, with pretty much all the womens records held by dopers I would say EVERY womens event except for the steeple, 5 and 10k and maybe the vault. Sprint records date from the 70s and 80s and are pretty much untouchable. Semenya might get close to the 800 record but I doubt could break it -- she doesn't really try for records. On the mens side I actually think Mike Powell's 8.95 (set in 1991!) is more untouchable than any of the running records. With the world best last year only 8.08, it doesn't look like it will be broken any time soon. All the running records will go before Powell's.

Dial it up wrote:

kenenisa bolt wrote:

Wayde van Niekerk is only 24. There is a great chance he will take his own record soon.

There has been many 1500 times under 3:30. Look out for Ronald Kwemoi. He ran 3:28.81 when he was 18.

There are many young 800m talents too, but I agree this is one of the harder ones. Donovan Brazier seems to have some serious talent.

Yep when he was "18" lol

Yeah. He was 18. Look it up

Radcliffe's marathon, unless someone else figures out how to bribe and collude with IAAF and the anti-doping agencies better than she has.

Ratcliff's 2.15 is untouchable, caught East Africans drugged to the gills can not even approach it. Draw your own conclusions.

Les wrote:

Well, with pretty much all the womens records held by dopers I would say EVERY womens event except for the steeple, 5 and 10k and maybe the vault. Sprint records date from the 70s and 80s and are pretty much untouchable. Semenya might get close to the 800 record but I doubt could break it -- she doesn't really try for records. On the mens side I actually think Mike Powell's 8.95 (set in 1991!) is more untouchable than any of the running records. With the world best last year only 8.08, it doesn't look like it will be broken any time soon. All the running records will go before Powell's.

Uh, we're living in the age of you-are-what-you-identify-as, soooo I'm saying those "women's" records are the most vulnerable of all.

kenenisa bolt wrote:

100: Bolt 9.58, 2009

200: Bolt 19.19, 2009

400: WvN 43.03, 2016

800: Rudisha 1:40.91, 2012

1500: ElG 3:26.00, 1998

5000: Bekele 12:37.35, 2004

10000: Bekele 26:17.53, 2005

I'd say 400-5k records will go down in the next 10 years(the 400 could easily go down this year).

Bolt's times are unreal but I can see more progress in the shorter events. I'm going with Bekele's 10k as the toughest record

Women's marathon

Any of the throws records until they hit the reset button on those silly, juice-dripping marks.

Komens 3k. Not even bekele dared challenge it in his prime.

Ha NO foo wrote:

komens 7:20 3k

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Not a real record. Rarely raced at high levels, nobody cares. That's like saying the mile is safe.

The 5000 is the answer.