cotton shirt wrote:
I was a little quick off the mark there, John Boulter is not the record holder; Steve Ovett ran 47.5 at the Southern Counties Junior championships at Crystal Palace in June 1974.
accurate 400m data on milers is actually pretty hard to come by so if anyone has more information on this topic that would be greatly appreciated.
cheers.
It’s not hard to come by. Coe’s 46.87 is listed right there on his iaaf athlete profile page.
Why you’d think the fastest miler over 400m is some bloke who ran 48.3 is beyond me.