Another undefeated year for Gebrselassie and while he didn't compete a lot,
every race was a lot closer than what he's used to in the past.
His 2000 record:
1) Notturno Di Milano 5000m, June 7 - 1. Geb, 13:01.6; 2. Abraham Chebii,
13:01.9. MARGIN = 0.3 seconds
2) Live 2000 5000m, June 25 - 1. Geb, 13:01.07; 2. Evans Ruto, 13:02.71.
MARGIN = 1.64 seconds
3) British GP 5000m, Aug 5 - 1. Geb, 13:06.23; 2. Sammy Kipketer, 13:06.99.
MARGIN = 0.76 seconds
4) Weltklasse 5000m, Aug 10 - 1. Geb, 12:57.95; 2. Paul Tergat, 12:58.21.
MARGIN = 0.26 seconds
5) Olympics 10,000m, Sep 25 - 1. Geb, 27:18.20; 2. Tergat, 27:18.29. MARGIN
= 0.09 seconds
and in the Oly. qualifying heat, Sep 22 where advancing to next round was
arguably more important than times:
1. Geb, 27:50.01; 2. Patrick Ivuti, 27:50.10. MARGIN = 0.09 seconds
Six races, counting the heat, with a total 3.14 seconds winning margin!
Marty Post
Senior Editor
Runner's World Magazine
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