This may not be the whole story but for the 1972 trials the qualifying time
was 2:30. No one got air fare to Eugene. My time for Boston 1970 counted. By
1976 the qualifying time was sub 2:20 to get air fare to Eugene. For that
year I qualified in Boston in 1975. I think it took 2:22 or 2:23 to get in.
But only marathons counted in those years. In 1968 things were less clear, I
don't know because I was only a dreamer then.
Tom Derderian
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From: Post, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'P.F.Talbot' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: t-and-f: national class American marathoners
> There were 201 qualifiers for the '84 men's trials and 225 for 1980, while
> for 2000 the number was 114.
>
> But you just can't compare simple numbers as the time cut-offs have
changed
> for each Trials, as well as the length of time the qualifying window was
> open. And I know for women, but I'd have to check further for men, in
> several Olympic marathon trials one could qualify by bettering a time
> standard at a non-marathon distance or winning a non-marathon road
national
> championship.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: P.F.Talbot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:48 PM
> To: Post, Marty
> Cc: 't-and-f@darkwing. uoregon. edu' (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: t-and-f: national class American marathoners
>
>
> Weren't there well over 100 qualifiers (maybe close to 200?) for the 1984
> Olympic trials?
>
> I've always held that the main difference is milage. Not too many people
> are hitting 100+ mile weeks in college and high school any more so the
> post-collegians have a much rougher transition to the marathon than they
> once did (and of course far fewer try).
>
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Post, Marty wrote:
>
> > At the 1983 Boston Marathon, 71 American men broke 2:20. On a single
day.
> >
> > Last year, a total of 24 American men broke 2:20. For 366 days.(And the
> guy
> > at the top was born and spent his early training years in Morocco.)
> >
> >
> > Marty Post
> > Senior Editor
> > Runner's World Magazine
> > www.runnersworld.com
> >
> >
>
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> Paul Talbot
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> Institute of Behavioral Science
> University of Colorado, Boulder
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