WinnytheBish wrote:
#2 that era was terrible.
Would an objective way to settle this debate be as follows:
How many Americans (male or female) have run faster than Joanie's best time at her best distance (can we say marathon?)?
How many Americans (male or female) have run faster than Jenny's best time at her best distance (can we say 1500m?) ?
Whoever has the lower number is the better American runner in absolute American terms. I am going to guess that less American runners have run faster than Joanie's best marathon time which would hypothetically make her the better American runner but I may be wrong and don't have access to rankings lists to check.