Lausanne m1500

[croflash]

1 WODAJO Alemawuo n/c ETH
2 TAHRI Bouabdellah 1978 FRA
3 OBRIST Christian 1980 ITA
4 KEMBOI Nicholas 1989 KEN
5 VAN DEVENTER Juan n/c RSA
6 GATHIMBA Gideon n/c KEN
7 BOULAHFANE Kamal 1976 ALG
8 SAAD KAMEL Yusuf 1983 BRN
9 MANSOOR ALI Belal 1988 BRN
10 KIPKOECH-RONO Geoffrey 1987 KEN
11 KEITANY Haron n/c KEN
12 KORIR Shedrack 1978 KEN
13 KIPCHIRCHIR-KOMEN Daniel 1984 KEN
14 KIMUTAI Philemon 1983 KEN
15 POLONET Vickson n/c KEN

[jeremyp]

1 Yusuf Saad Kamel BRN 3:32.83 20
2 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 3:33.03 16
3 Haron Keitany KEN 3:33.62 14
4 Gideon Gathimba KEN 3:34.01 12
5 Belal Mansoor Ali BRN 3:35.20 10
6 Nicholas Kemboi KEN 3:35.94 8

I'd hate to be TF rankers for this event.

[stallion]

Yusuf Saad Kamel, formerly Gregory Konchellah, runs 3:32.83, and with that, I believe he becomes only the 4th man in history to have run sub 1:43 and sub 3:33. Kamel also becomes the only member of this select group who is not British, as the others are Coe, Cram, and Elliot.
Kamel, with his 1:42.79 and 3:32.83, appears to have the tools to be a threat in championship 1500s, but unlike his father, he does not have a history of performing at his best at major championships.

[eldrick]

nice gain from 3'34.4 before '08 to today

will need bit better than 3'32.8 in the future to be consistent threat

[Master Po]

Yusuf Saad Kamel, formerly Gregory Konchellah, runs 3:32.83, and with that, I believe he becomes only the 4th man in history to have run sub 1:43 and sub 3:33. Kamel also becomes the only member of this select group who is not British, as the others are Coe, Cram, and Elliot.
Kamel, with his 1:42.79 and 3:32.83, appears to have the tools to be a threat in championship 1500s, but unlike his father, he does not have a history of performing at his best at major championships.

Thanks for pointing this out - interesting stat.

Tried to find anyone else recent/current who is close: Baala 3:28.98 and 1:43.15. Maybe others, but he's the only one that caught my eye.

[eldrick]

morceli had 1'44.79, but didn't run event much

ngeny again, didn't run 800 much, but his 2'11.96 is certainly <1'43 ability ( split 1'44.6 in his 1k )

bayi also ran 1'44 as did walker & again not regular 800 guys

ovett also didn't run many 800s after '80

ryun ran 1'44.3wr which has to be worth close to 1'43 on modern tracks with decent pacing ( ran -ve splits )

cruz,i think was just shy with a ?3'33pb

it's a great stat, <1'43/<3'33, but mostly predicated on most recent top 1500 guys not bothering with the 800