Who is the oldest man to run a sub 4 mile? What was the time and how old was he?Is it Eamon Coglan? And while we are at it I remember that Steve Scott and John Walker both ran over 100 sub 4 miles and are way out ahead of everyone else. How many did each run (so we know who has the most) and who is 2nd and 3rd etc.
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From the excellent Sub-4 Chronicle web site at easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~rsparks/sub4.htm, the most prolific sub-4 milers are:
Steve Scott-USA (137)
John Walker-NZ (127)
Marcus O'Sullivan-IRE (100)
Ray Flynn-IRE (89)
Eamonn Coghlan-IRE (78)
Scott ran his last sub 4 at age 36. Walker ran his last one at age 38. Coghlan got his last one on February 20, 1994 in Allston, MA, running 3:58.15 at age 41.
Kenya's Mike Boit and Wilson Waigwa were also running well under 4:00 late into their 30's. Waigwa had a go at it after 40 in several highly publicized efforts but didn't make it. There was speculation that Boit would do the same but apparently he never made any serious post-40 efforts.
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Coghlan was the obvious answer, having been the only masters runner to break 4:00.
But let's convolute the question--and I'll ask it without knowing the answer or looking it up (yet):
What's the oldest birthdate of anyone to have broken 4:00. Obviously the answer is going to be someone from the mid-1950s.
My one stab is for Murray Halberg.
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Re: Oldest sub 4 miler....
>Good point. If we are going to accuse the Kenyans
>of using overage athletes in Junior
>Championships, we should give them credit for
>being older than they claim at the end.
Nah. Giving a guy who's 29 credit at the end is no big deal. Just as hailing him when he's a fast "teen" at 23 is ridiculous. People bend over backward in order to not be critical of third world athletes.
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