It was a typo,
it should have been
Steve Ovett 35 occurrences place 167
Peter Larsson
-----Original Message-----
From: Prof. Uri Goldbourt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: den 16 oktober 2000 15:45
To: Peter Larsson; Track&Field mailing List; Conway
Subject: Re: t-and-f: No of total Performances
How come 50 occurrences yield place 115, while 35 occurrences co-occur with
place 35 (Ovett)?
UG
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----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Larsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Track&Field mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Conway
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Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 7:44 PM
Subject: RE: t-and-f: No of total Performances
> Hi,
>
> First,
> here is the numbers of the runners Conway asking about:
>
> Sebastian Coe 50 occurrences place 115
> Steve Ovett 35 occurrences place 35
> Said Aouita 63 occurrences place 77
> Steve Cram 59 occurrences place 89
> +
> Morceli 106 occurrences place 37
> Gebrselassie 91 occurrences place 43
> Komen 87 occurrences place 46
>
> And for the women:
>
> just outside top-10 was Marita Koch with 139 occurrences in place 16
>
> Jarmila Kratochvilova is in place 61 with 65 occurrences
>
> and Irena Szewinska is in place 312 with 18 occurrences!
>
> Marita Koch had a long carrier (1976-1986), but she hade few
> top races per season
>
> Jarmila Kratochvilova top seasons was very few with her main season
> in 1982-1983 with her most occurrences
>
> and Irena Szewinska very low position could be explained that her
> main distance was 400m but only during a few years (1974-1978) with
> few races a year.
>
> Peter Larsson
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: den 16 oktober 2000 18:03
> To: Peter Larsson; Track & Field list
> Subject: Re: t-and-f: No of total Performances
>
>
> Peter Larsson wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have count every occurrence of all athletes present on my website
> > http://www.algonet.se/~pela2
> > and down below is a top-10 list for both men and women. Included in my
> > totals is
> > ancillary jumps/throws, splits, disqulifications, wind-aided marks,
> > indoor marks and of course regulary marks.
> > (list of marks)
>
> First I'd like to say excellent work by Peter .. As always .. His site is
> extremely informative .. I understand the field eventers being so
prominent
> on the list as they have the opportunity to set multiple marks in any
given
> competition .. And I understand the sprinter/hurdlers having the
opportunity
> to run in multiple events in any given competition .. What I do not
> understand is how far down the list the distance runners are .. Especially
> given guys like Coe, Ovett, Aouita, Cram and others who also had the
ability
> to run multiple races - 800 / 1500 / mile / 1000 / 2000 / 5000 ... Was
also
> surprised NOT to see Koch, Kratochvilova, or Szewinska in the top 10 on
the
> women's side .. Anyone out there have an answer for the distance runners
??
> And Peter might you have an answer on Koch, Kratochvilova, and Szewinska
> ???
>
> Conway Hill
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