Worst Mens Event of 2008?

[nmzoo]

at least for depth, with only 7 performers who make the top1000 performances of all-time (and this an Olympic year)?

[gh]

No idea what the answer is, but "worst" and "fewest marks in the top 1000" aren't necessarily the same thing at all.

[Marlow]

I'll guess 400H.

[mcgato]

Methinks you've counted wrong. Here is where the #8 mark from 2008 falls on the all time list (using pela's lists of course).

100: T15
200: T81
400: T64
800: T221
1500: T340
Mile: 202
5000: 159
10000: 74
3000St: 263
Marathon: T20
110H: T25
400H: T419
HJ: T253
PV: 154 (I don't know why pela doesn't have this listed at T135)
LJ: T400
TJ: T222
SP: T412
DT: T117
HT: T365
JT: T335
Dec: T176

I refuse to acknowledge the walks, so somebody else is going to have to look that up.

[Marlow]

Methinks you've counted wrong. Here is where the #8 mark from 2008 falls on the all time list (using pela's lists of course)

??!!

#8 on the 2008 m400H list is 48.50.
That doesn't even make the top 1000 performances on pela's list.

[mcgato]

Eh, I was listing the 8th performance, not the 8th performer. Carry on.

[Marlow]

Carry on.

By your leave, sir!

[nmzoo]

I won't prolong the agony: it is the 400H. Now you can let your breath out. However the 110 hurdle's, except for the WR, is only marginally better, with the 10 best performer coming in at #856.

[mcgato]

Since I muffed earlier, here is what I have for the 8th performer from the iaaf list and where they fit on the all time list from pela.

100: 9.93 Churandy Martina T 128
200: 20.11 Churandy Martina T367
400: 44.63 Lionel Larry T467
800: 1:43.72 David Rudisha and Abraham Chepkirwok T239
1500: 3:32.06 Mohamed Moustaoui and Haron Keitany T361
Mile: 3:50.83 Nicholas Kemoi 202
3000 St: 8:11.10 Mustafa Mohamed 428
5000: 13:02.84 Mourad Marofit 353
10000: 27:05.11 Zersenay Tadese 85
Mar: 2:06:17 Ryan Hall 25
110H: 13.21 Jason Richardson T641
400H: 48.50 Markino Buckley Outside of top 1000
HJ: 2.33 Andra Manson T395
PV: 5.80 numerous T648
LJ: 8.30 Brian Johnson and Ngonidzashe Makusha T558
TJ: 17.46 Dmitrij Valukevic T278
SP: 21.19 Peter Sack T829
DT: 68.44 Jarred Rome T327, though not on pela's list???
HT: 81.31 Andrei Varantsou T421
JT: 86.65 Vadims Vasilevskis T478
Dec: 8434 Maurice Smith 247, also not on pela's list???

So marathon is the strongest men's event going????

[dukehjsteve]

In my opinion it was the mens LJ. Saladino won the OG, but he was not close to last year's form. And no one else was any good.

[imaginative]

In my opinion it was the mens LJ. Saladino won the OG, but he was not close to last year's form. And no one else was any good.

8.73 outweighs a whole lot of poor competitions, and looking at the last few
seasons (including the olympic 2004) the overall level was decent. Obviously,
compared with the hey-days of Lewis, we are poorly served...

[tandfman]

8.73 outweighs a whole lot of poor competitions

Fine jump, but his only one over 8.40 all season. Last year he had five meets over 8.40; two years ago he had eight meets over 8.40.

[croflash]

400m hurdles or 1500m

[imaginative]

400m hurdles or 1500m

I would go with the 220 y hurdles myself ;-)

[EPelle]

In only (re-)stating the obvious here: The 1.500m event lacks a power-puncher. Folks will hover around 3.29 for a few more years, because the crop of guys who have assumed the leadership role(s) are finess runners who don:t lay it out at 2.44-2.46.