On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Matthew H Fraser Moat wrote:
> You can have long debates about who is the best 1,500m/Mile runner of all
> time, you can have long debates about who is the best 800m runner of all
> time, but few people would argue that Coe should be included in both
> discussions.
> My question is, are there any other athletes that would rate as well in both
> debates?
The only two are Snell and Aouita. Sepperating those three would be a
difficult task.
Aouita has the better range and is probably the best all around mid/long
distance runner ever (#1 in world from 800-10,000).
Snell set world records at 800 and mile and won Olympic gold in both the
800 and 1500 and is the only man to do it in a single Olympics.
Arguably Snell's 1:44.1 run on a 350m GRASS track is one of the best
performances of all time.
Paul
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