Best Men's 400 Splits

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This was only a few minutes of elemental research, but I think these are all the sub-43.6 splits ever (I'm sure someone will llet me know right quick if I missed any!). There are 25 times by 17 different guys. Michael Johnson has 5, Quincy Watts 3. (Note: there are two versions of the '93 WC splits floating about; this is the ATFS version; in hte ohter, Johnson is at 42.94, Reynolds at 42.23):

42.91 Michael Johnson (US) ’93 WC
43.00 Quincy Watts (US) ’92 OG
43.1+ Maurice Peoples (US) ’73 NCAA
Antonio Pettigrew (US) ’97 WC
43.2(A) Ron Freeman (US) ’68 OG
Pettigrew ’98 Goodwill
Johnson ’98 Goodwill
Jeremy Wariner (US) ’06 Texas
43.36 Butch Reynolds (US) ’93 WC
43.4 Watts ’91 WC
43.41 Steve Lewis (US) ’92 OG
43.42 Chris Brown (Bahamas) ’05 WC
43.49 Johnson ’99 WC
Darrold Williamson (US) ’05 NCAA
Wariner ’05 WC
43.5 Larry Black (US) ’72 Penn
Julius Sang (Kenya) ’72 OG
Roddie Haley (US) ’86 Penn
Johnson ’88 Drake
Johnson ’90 NCAA
Tyree Washington (US) ’98 Goodwill
43.51 Davian Clarke (Jamaica) ’97 WC
43.53 Calvin Harrison (US) ’00 OG
43.57 Mark Richardson (GB) ’97 WC
43.59 Watts ’93 WC

Trivia question: what's the significance of the Roddy Haley mark?

[Guest]

Re: Best Men's 400 Splits

Trivia question: what's the significance of the Roddy Haley mark?

Run on the second leg while cutting to the outside?

[mt]

Re: Best Men's 400 Splits

Trivia question: what's the significance of the Roddy Haley mark?

Fastest not on a 4x400? Guessing it may have been a DMR leg.

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very good! Indeed on the DM

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Re: Best Men's 400 Splits

Trivia question: what's the significance of the Roddy Haley mark?

Run on the second leg while cutting to the outside?

Note that the Watts 43.00 is a second-leg mark. Wariner's 43.2 at Texas doesn't even gain him that distinction. This is a tough list to crack!

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Brew split 43.52 in Athens 2004 2nd leg

[paulthefan]

Brew split 43.52 in Athens 2004 2nd leg

and he did it after running all of the rounds...

[paulthefan]

I didnt realize this thread was here I would not have started a history thread... at any rate and needless to say if you have read the other thread... Sang stands out with Peoples a close second .

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Brew split 43.52 in Athens 2004 2nd leg

Not sure where that time comes from; there was no reliable auto-splitting of the first two legs in Athens; T&FN and the ATFS both go with 43.6.

[Andrea_T]

The women, a starter for ten

Kratochvilova 47.6 ECh 82
Koch GDR 47. 70 Erfurt 84
Kratochvilova CZE 47.72 WCh 83
Bryzgina URS/UKR 47.80 Oly 88
Nazarova URS/RUS 47.82 Oly 88
Kratochvilova 47.9 Frankfurt 81
Koch 47.9 GDR ECh 82
Kratochvilova 47.9 London 83
Koch 47.9 GDR WCup 85
Flo Jo 48.08 USA Oly 88
Kratochvilova 48.12 Rome 81

[nevetsllim]

The women, a starter for ten

Kratochvilova 47.6 ECh 82
Koch GDR 47. 70 Erfurt 84
Kratochvilova CZE 47.72 WCh 83
Bryzgina URS/UKR 47.80 Oly 88
Nazarova URS/RUS 47.82 Oly 88
Kratochvilova 47.9 Frankfurt 81
Koch 47.9 GDR ECh 82
Kratochvilova 47.9 London 83
Koch 47.9 GDR WCup 85
Flo Jo 48.08 USA Oly 88
Kratochvilova 48.12 Rome 81

Didn't Tirlea run 47.9 last leg in Athens? That's what it said on the Athens 2004 website but that no longer exists and I can't find proof of that.

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The Tîrlea split as originally released was plain wrong. Later investigation proved it to be a 49.95.

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Original thread on the Tîrlea foolishness:

http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/discus ... ght=tirlea

[Pierre-Jean]

Add 47.84 by Tatana Kocembova in 1984! Interesting to note that even with flying start, nobody ran faster than Koch's 47.60...

[nevetsllim]

The Tîrlea split as originally released was plain wrong. Later investigation proved it to be a 49.95.

Thanks.

I had a feeling there was some mistake with her time.