IAAF Hall Of Fame, Class of 2013

[mump boy]

Re: IAAF Hall Of Fame, Class of 2013

Oh it's Heike

She wasn't even in Barcelona which i thought was strange at the time, but tandfman is right you have to be retired for 10 years before you can be inducted

Who won wLJ in '92 then?

I meant at the Centenary Gala last weekend not OG

[mump boy]

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Heike was my 2nd guess today. You told me I was wrong :?

No WE decided that she couldn't have been ranked that long. Who knew she was ranked from age of 16 in 81 ?? :shock: and then only had 1 year out to have a baby in 89 !! i assumed she was ranked from 83 and missed at least 1 other year in late 90's

She retired in 04 so should be a shoe in for '15

[Jon]

Re: IAAF Hall Of Fame, Class of 2013

The criteria will most likely change for future additions:
https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/misc ... ership.pdf

2013 and beyond

From 2013 onwards, the IAAF Hall of Fame Selection Panel will propose at least 4 new additions to the IAAF Hall of Fame membership each year some time prior to the annual World Athletics Gala.

While very strict criteria were agreed to select the inaugural list of 24 members in 2012, (at least 2 Olympic or World titles plus at least 1 World Record), these criteria may be extended in 2013 to allow athletes whose achievements had an extraordinary impact on our sport to be considered as well.

The IAAF only used such strict criteria for the first inductees simply as a way to whittle down the list, otherwise it would have been pretty overwhelming to try to choose 24 people from all the hundreds of legendary athletes.

I agree that there are several athletes who are more deserving than some of the ones who have so far been inducted, but wouldn't it be boring if all the big hitters went in at once?! :-) Spacing them out keeps it interesting.

[mump boy]

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wouldn't it be boring if all the big hitters went in at once?! :-) Spacing them out keeps it interesting.

V diplomatic

[Pego]

Re: IAAF Hall Of Fame, Class of 2013

wouldn't it be boring if all the big hitters went in at once?

No .

[gh]

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Oops... forgot about the 10-year rule. USATF's stricture is only 3.

Allow me to suggest that 5 is good number (not coincidentally, the number baseball uses, which sets the standard by which all Halls should be measured).

What good will it do for the sport when 10 years from now Haile Gebrselassie still isn't in the Hall?

[dj]

Re: IAAF Hall Of Fame, Class of 2013

Oops... forgot about the 10-year rule. USATF's stricture is only 3.

Allow me to suggest that 5 is good number (not coincidentally, the number baseball uses, which sets the standard by which all Halls should be measured).

What good will it do for the sport when 10 years from now Haile Gebrselassie still isn't in the Hall?

USATF is 5, used to be 4 .

[Flumpy]

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Heike was my 2nd guess today. You told me I was wrong :?

No WE decided that she couldn't have been ranked that long. Who knew she was ranked from age of 16 in 81 ?? :shock: and then only had 1 year out to have a baby in 89 !! i assumed she was ranked from 83 and missed at least 1 other year in late 90's

She retired in 04 so should be a shoe in for '15

I said '82 - 93 with one year off in '89. After all these years you really should know better than to doubt me :P

[mump boy]

Re: IAAF Hall Of Fame, Class of 2013

No WE decided that she couldn't have been ranked that long. Who knew she was ranked from age of 16 in 81 ?? :shock: and then only had 1 year out to have a baby in 89 !! i assumed she was ranked from 83 and missed at least 1 other year in late 90's

She retired in 04 so should be a shoe in for '15

I said '82 - 93 with one year off in '89. After all these years you really should know better than to doubt me :P

So that would be 11 years then :P

[mump boy]

Re: IAAF Hall Of Fame, Class of 2013

Oops... forgot about the 10-year rule. USATF's stricture is only 3.

Allow me to suggest that 5 is good number (not coincidentally, the number baseball uses, which sets the standard by which all Halls should be measured).

What good will it do for the sport when 10 years from now Haile Gebrselassie still isn't in the Hall?

Because in those 10 year they can induct

Hannes Kolehmainen
Maritus Yifter
Vladamir Kuts
Lasse Viren
Said Aouita

instead

[dj]

Re: IAAF Hall Of Fame, Class of 2013

Allow me to suggest that 5 is good number (not coincidentally, the number baseball uses, which sets the standard by which all Halls should be measured).

My underscore.

. . . Baseball . . . which sets the standard from which all Halls can be improved.

[andyjgt]

Re: IAAF Hall Of Fame, Class of 2013

Allow me to suggest that 5 is good number (not coincidentally, the number baseball uses, which sets the standard by which all Halls should be measured).

My underscore.

. . . Baseball . . . which sets the standard from which all Halls can be improved.

It's also 5 in the NFL. (On that note, some of the inductions and omissions this year were a bit surprising I must say, and they still don't seem keen to add wide receivers.)

[gh]

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I think the 10-year thing is a bad marketing mistake on the IAAF's part. That kind of gap is fine for the hardcore types who hang out here, but if you're trying to keep the sport vibrant and active and relate to the younger crowd, I think it imperative that your Hall of Fame be about people that impressionable young fans can relate to.

Even somebody as lordly as Bolt is going to see his star fade with the passage of time, and waiting 10 years to capitlize on him after he retires will be a lot of people lost.

Turning it into an old-farts game makes no sense at all to me.

[26mi235]

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Five years feels right -- when you get to steady state. However, they have such a backlog to go through that it helps narrow the field at first. In general, I think recent events loom larger than stuff from long ago and would lead to a bit of a bias against achievements from the past.

[andyjgt]

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As long as Daley Thompson goes in before Kelly Holmes, any criteria are good.