I think that Dixon ran about 3:33 didn't he?
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> Sorted roughly by 1500/mile PR:
>
> US list:
>
> Paul Cummings USA, 2:11? from 198? and 3:56y from 197?
> Rudy Chapa USA, 2:11 from 1983 and 3:5?y from 1979
> Ken Martin USA, 2:09:38 from 1989 and 3:57.84 from 198?.
> George Malley USA, 2:11:xx from 1985 and 3:40.xx from 1978 (I think)
> Rod DeHaven USA, 2:13:xx from 1999 and 3:40.xx from 1988 (I think)
> Greg Meyer USA, 2:09:00 from 1983 and 3:59.1yi from 78.
>
> Bjorklund (4:05y in HS)?
> Sandoval (1:49 800)?
> Virgin?
> Eyestone?
> Todd Williams?
>
> I think Salazar was at 3:41-2 for 1500m and 4:01.xx for the mile ... but I
> think most of the elite American distance men in the 70's and 80's were
> probably sub-3:44 or sub-4:02 imperial.
>
> Global list:
>
> Geoff Smith GBR, 2:09:18 from 1983 and 3:55.8y from ??
> Rod Dixon NZL, 2:08:59 from 1983 and 3:36? from 1975.
> Dick Quax NZL, 2:10:59 from 1981 and 3:36? from 1976.
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> Looking at a slightly, but not much different event - the one mile instead
> of the 1500m - Greg Meyer is the fastest USA marathoner to also break four
> minutes.
>
> He won the '83 Boston Marathon in 2:09:00 and in '78 ran an indoor 3:59.1.
>
> Ken Martin is the only other American to break 2:10 (2:09:38, NYC '89) and
> 4:00 (3:57.84).
>
> One suspects, however, that during his prime in the early 1980s Alberto
> Salazar would have been a good bet to break 4 minutes for the
> mile if he had
> tried. And perhaps even now Khannouchi could do the same if he trained and
> put his mind to it.
>
>
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>
>
> MEN UNDER 3:42/2:15
>
> It depends on where you draw the line for "Elite" men's
> performances ... but
> if you draw it at something like the cutoff for Peter's female
> list, then I
> nominate two Americans off the top of my head:
>
> George Malley USA, 2:11:xx from 1985 and 3:40.xx from 1978 (I think)
> Rod DeHaven USA, 2:13:xx from 1999 and 3:40.xx from 1988 (I think)
>
> This list would be more difficult to assemble, due to the many performance
> under 3:42 that would not be on very many lists on the internet. (They
> would probably only be on the US top-50 lists they used to print in Track
> and Field News). There are top-50 US lists on the net ... but
> not for very
> many years ... as far as I know.
>
> A global list of men would be very tough to do electronically, as
> I imagine
> at least a third of the men ever to run 2:10 or faster also have sub-3:42
> 1500's on their resume.
>
> NOTE: The trend continues, as these two ran their best 1500m long before
> their marathon best, which makes sense, unless you are a Chinese woman.
>
