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This isn't a trivia question as such... just something that I'd like to know, really.
The other week I was watching my tape of the '93 WCh, and I noticed that the women's 400mH final had three WR holders (past, present and future). Ponomaryova (who finished 3rd) was the previous WR holder back in 1984 (although she ran a faster time in Stuttgart than her previous WR!). Sally Gunnel set the WR in that race, and then Kim Batten (who finished 4th in Stuttgart) later went on to break the WR just a couple years later.
All in all, there were 3 athletes in that race who were at one point a WR holder. I know that Sandra Farmer-Patrick also dipped under the previous WR in Stuttgart, but that doesn't count!
In the 1986 European Championships (also in Stuttgart), there were three WR holders in the final (Stepanova, Busch, and Ponomaryova).
I'm just wondering if there's been a final (in any standard Olympic/WCh event) where there's been several WR holders (past, present and future) all together in the line-up. There's gotta be some sort of final where more than 3 WR holders have been present...??
The other week I was watching my tape of the '93 WCh, and I noticed that the women's 400mH final had three WR holders (past, present and future). Ponomaryova (who finished 3rd) was the previous WR holder back in 1984 (although she ran a faster time in Stuttgart than her previous WR!). Sally Gunnel set the WR in that race, and then Kim Batten (who finished 4th in Stuttgart) later went on to break the WR just a couple years later.
All in all, there were 3 athletes in that race who were at one point a WR holder. I know that Sandra Farmer-Patrick also dipped under the previous WR in Stuttgart, but that doesn't count!
In the 1986 European Championships (also in Stuttgart), there were three WR holders in the final (Stepanova, Busch, and Ponomaryova).
I'm just wondering if there's been a final (in any standard Olympic/WCh event) where there's been several WR holders (past, present and future) all together in the line-up. There's gotta be some sort of final where more than 3 WR holders have been present...??
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