The Great Distance Runners

[said88]

I just want to remind on my site

www.thegreatdistancerunners.de

which has some unique stats as well as some other useful informations I think.
Unfortunally I couldn't work on it at all for a long time, but hopefully I can do so in near future. I have a lot more great statistics regarding the greatest (male) distance runners of all time. These stats took me really a lot of work, and you will not find them somewhere else - as I said, a will add more in near future.

Maybe someone is interested in this site.

[Pego]

Not bad. Not bad at all.

[lonewolf]

A very interesting and informative site, said88, which obviously required a lot of research and effort.
I have one suggestion: It is difficult for some people with less than perfect eyesight to read black text on dark blue background. Also, light colored text on a dark background is difficult.
Just a suggestion. Good job.

[said88]

A very interesting and informative site, said88, which obviously required a lot of research and effort.
I have one suggestion: It is difficult for some people with less than perfect eyesight to read black text on dark blue background. Also, light colored text on a dark background is difficult.
Just a suggestion. Good job.

Thank you for your comment lonewolf. I will try to better this site as soon as possible - and also add some material.

[deanouk]

I think your site is great Said88. I often refer to it for the "complete list of races" stats for some of the runners you have on there.
One question. Every time I try to access the list of races for EL G, Bekele or Coe, it just comes up "ULR NOT FOUND". Were the stats there long ago and have been removed, or have you yet to put these ones on line?

Cheers. Thanks a lot once again.

[said88]

One question. Every time I try to access the list of races for EL G, Bekele or Coe, it just comes up "ULR NOT FOUND". Were the stats there long ago and have been removed, or have you yet to put these ones on line?

Cheers. Thanks a lot once again.

Thanks!

I will add now more material.

[said88]

Hello!

I'm looking for good quality pictures from distance world record races (men). There are many on my site ( http://thegreatdistancerunners.de/Unterseite2.html ), but many are still missing. Can someone help with Nurmi, Zatopek, Puttemans, Rono...?

I even can't find a good quality picture of one of my all-time favored races of them all, Sebastian Coes 1st world record, 1:42,33 in Oslo 1979.

Thanks

[said88]

Re: The Great Distance Runners

Hello!

I'm looking for good quality pictures from distance world record races (men). There are many on my site ( http://thegreatdistancerunners.de/Unterseite2.html ), but many are still missing. Can someone help with Nurmi, Zatopek, Puttemans, Rono...?

I even can't find a good quality picture of one of my all-time favored races of them all, Sebastian Coes 1st world record, 1:42,33 in Oslo 1979.

Thanks

[jhc68]

Re: The Great Distance Runners

Cool site.
Snell and Kip K in the top 10 all-time but Ryun, Walker and Scott not among the top 30?
I'd disagree... but the site it still very nice!

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Re: The Great Distance Runners

Hello!

I'm looking for good quality pictures from distance world record races (men). There are many on my site ( http://thegreatdistancerunners.de/Unterseite2.html ), but many are still missing. Can someone help with Nurmi, Zatopek, Puttemans, Rono...?

I even can't find a good quality picture of one of my all-time favored races of them all, Sebastian Coes 1st world record, 1:42,33 in Oslo 1979.

Thanks

http://historiatletismo.blogspot.com/20 ... n-del.html

[Vault-emort]

Re: The Great Distance Runners

Maybe someone is interested in this site.

vielleicht

[said88]

Re: The Great Distance Runners

Cool site.
Snell and Kip K in the top 10 all-time but Ryun, Walker and Scott not among the top 30?
I'd disagree... but the site it still very nice!

You are right, but it is almost impossible to make it a "fair" ranking... These next group of athletes which I have listed was just an attempt. Ryuns time et the top was just relatively short. I'm a big Walker fan, and he definitely could be there! Scott maybe is missing titles and records...

[said88]

Re: The Great Distance Runners

http://historiatletismo.blogspot.com/20 ... n-del.html

Thanks, but I already know rhis site...

[Powell]

Re: The Great Distance Runners

I think I detect a bit of an anti-SC bias in your greatest ever list. Excluding Rono, who would presumably have made the list even without his steeplechase exploits, there's only two chasers in that top 30 - Kiptanui and Shaheen.

[said88]

Re: The Great Distance Runners

I think I detect a bit of an anti-SC bias in your greatest ever list. Excluding Rono, who would presumably have made the list even without his steeplechase exploits, there's only two chasers in that top 30 - Kiptanui and Shaheen.

Maybe you're right, but this listing is not made of something "analytic". I just put some names which came to my mind - the top-10 are what I'm definitely argumenting for.

Gaston Roelants could be listed, I think. And Gärderud.