I'm too busy at the moment to look it up. When is the last time any American male T&F athlete medalled in a running event over 400 meters? Which event was it? Guessing it was the 800 M. And when was the last time an American man medalled in the OGs over 800 M?
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Last American man:
800: Johnny Gray, 1992, bronze. Last gold was Wottle in '72.
1500: Jim Ryun, 1968, silver. Last gold was Mel Shepperd, 1908.
5000: Bob Schul, 1964, gold.
10000: Billy Mills, 1964, gold.
3000mSC: Brian Deimer, 1984, bronze. Last gold was Horace Ashenfelter, 1952.
Marathon: Meb Keflezighi, 2004, silver. Last gold was Shorter, 1972.
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Re: some dates
Originally posted by trackheadLast American man:
800: Johnny Gray, 1992, bronze. Last gold was Wottle in '72.
1500: Jim Ryun, 1968, silver. Last gold was Mel Shepperd, 1908.
5000: Bob Schul, 1964, gold.
10000: Billy Mills, 1964, gold.
3000mSC: Brian Deimer, 1984, bronze. Last gold was Horace Ashenfelter, 1952.
Marathon: Meb Keflezighi, 2004, silver. Last gold was Shorter, 1972.
I knew someone was going to mention Mills and that would cause in involuntary reaction of me keying back to youtube and then into a frenzy.... nothing really ever changes my friend, new lines for old, new lines for old.
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So how do we improve on this? Maybe the only thing that motivates Americans to do anything is the almighty dollar. What if Nike said they would give $1M to any runner who medalled at a distance of 800M and/or above? I'll bet that would get the attention of high school runners. What if Nike offered $5M to any runner who won a gold medal at these distances? What about $10M to any American who set a WR at a distance of 800 and above? There would be a bunch of foreigners who would want to become naturalized American citizens, so we'd have to make some rules.
We have the talent. Right now we have the talent. Dathan has it. But we need something to get us over the hump.
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Originally posted by BillVolSo how do we improve on this? Maybe the only thing that motivates Americans to do anything is the almighty dollar. What if Nike said they would give $1M to any runner who medalled at a distance of 800M and/or above? I'll bet that would get the attention of high school runners. What if Nike offered $5M to any runner who won a gold medal at these distances? What about $10M to any American who set a WR at a distance of 800 and above? There would be a bunch of foreigners who would want to become naturalized American citizens, so we'd have to make some rules.
We have the talent. Right now we have the talent. Dathan has it. But we need something to get us over the hump.
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Re: When is the last time a US man medalled over 400 M?
Originally posted by BillVolI'm too busy at the moment to look it up. When is the last time any American male T&F athlete medalled in a running event over 400 meters? Which event was it? Guessing it was the 800 M. And when was the last time an American man medalled in the OGs over 800 M?
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Re: When is the last time a US man medalled over 400 M?
Originally posted by fez[]
Must you use "medal" as a verb? Can't people win medals anymore?
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