Juantorena aside, if you look at the 800 as an event, the 800/1500m types
come out on top of the 400/800m types. Other than Juanto there hasn't
been anyone who has had a shot at making an Olympic or World Championship
final in both the 400 and 800 in the last 30 years. There are those who
could make both however (Coe, Cram, Ovett, Auotia, Koers, Morceli and a
few others). Koers is an intersting case. He's not a top tier guy
(3:33.0, 1:44.0) but was 6th in the 96 games and has at least made the WC
semi-final if not final. There are a bunch of guys out there with similar
marks.
BTW, check out Juantorena's description of his base training in Sandrock's
"Running with the Legends." You might be shocked.
Regards,
Paul
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Bruce Glikin wrote:
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> "There is quite a large gap
> between the 400 meter profile and the 800 meter profile. Period."
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> Jon Entine
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> Which profile would you pigeonhole Alberto Juantorena? Question mark. Or
> exclamation point?
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Paul Talbot
Department of Geography/
Institute of Behavioral Science
University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder CO 80309-0260
(303) 492-3248
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