Men have sub4 as a barrier but what about women 5 minutes? 4:30?
Men have sub4 as a barrier but what about women 5 minutes? 4:30?
Men's mile WR - 3:43.13
Women's mile WR - 4:12.56
Difference between Men's WR & 4:00.00 Mile:
16.87s
Women's WR + 16.87s = 4:29.43
So a reasonable comparison would be sub 4:30 for women
Comparing 1500m WR: 3:26.00 vs 3:50.07:
It's closer to 4:27-4:28. 4:30 is a good enough "round number" barrier.
Interestingly, the 5:00 barrier was broken for women 23 days before Bannister broke the 4:00 barrier.
On a side note, the woman that did it (Diane Leather) made some serious gains from that period onward in a fairly short time:
5:02.6 Diane Leather 30/09/1953
5:00.2 Diane Leather 26/05/1954
4:59.6 Diane Leather 29/05/1954
4:50.8 Diane Leather 24/05/1955
4:45.0 Diane Leather 21/09/1955
Nice how you use decimals to the hundredths while botching the fractions.
RedBloodSells wrote:
Men's mile WR - 3:43.13
Women's mile WR - 4:12.56
Difference between Men's WR & 4:00.00 Mile:
16.87s
Women's WR + 16.87s = 4:29.43
So a reasonable comparison would be sub 4:30 for women
In the States, how many women - let's say last year - ran under 4min 30secs compared with how many men getting under 4min?
[quote]Topp Ripup wrote:
Men have sub4 as a barrier but what about women 5 minutes?
4:30.
The mile is for Men.
Women run the 1500. And the barrier is 4:00 for them too.
portsea57 wrote:
In the States, how many women - let's say last year - ran under 4min 30secs compared with how many men getting under 4min?
Not many. In the NCAA there are 30 men under 4 this year and 2 women under 4:30. The #30 time on the women's qualifier list is 4:38.95.
Women's track is much less competitive. Compare how close men are running to their perspective WRs compared to women.
4:30
http://bringbackthemile.com/women-sub-430-mileportsea57 wrote:
In the States, how many women - let's say last year - ran under 4min 30secs compared with how many men getting under 4min?
Last year, 27 women went under 4:10 for 1500, the equivalent of 4:30. Another few ran sub-4:30 but not sub-4:10. So in total about 30-35/year go under. Four US high school girls ever have gone sub-4:10.
Amused responder wrote:
portsea57 wrote:http://bringbackthemile.com/women-sub-430-mileIn the States, how many women - let's say last year - ran under 4min 30secs compared with how many men getting under 4min?