Göteborg, July 7, 1944. Gunder Hägg runs 3:43.0, Arne Andersson 3:44.0 as both break Andersson's WR of 3:45.0. (Lennart, did Swedish timers only go to even seconds in those days? :-)
gh (Not saying that's the last time, but it's the only logical thing that came to mind) > From: "Matthew H Fraser Moat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Descartes Publishing > Reply-To: "Matthew H Fraser Moat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:42:11 -0000 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: t-and-f: Historical question > > > Ok so Haile had a great race, but what about Mekkonen? > > Apart from tonight, when was the last time in a distance race did the > current world record holder break his own world record but not win the > race? > > In the sprints, can think of Carl Lewis in Seoul in 1988, and I know > that both Wooderson and Walker had lifetime bests for the mile that were > superior to their mile world records set some years previously, and > there are several examples where the athlete finishing second was also > inside the old world record, but I can't think of when this might have > happened previously in a distance race. > > Any ideas? > > Matthew Fraser Moat > > AW Subs offer: http://www.athletics-weekly.com/tandflist.htm >
