It amazes me how many Olympic 1,500m finals have been disappointing for one reason or the other.
1964 - Snell's main challenge should have come from Jazy but he ran the 5,000m, also, the U.S. runners ran badly - this was blaimed on the "experimental" trials system. 1968 - altitude!
1972 - Ryun falls over. 1976 Bayi missing. 1980 - Most of the world missing! 1984 - Ovett ill, Scott loss of form, Aquita runs 5,000m .... and so on and so on. Indeed, the 2000 race was the first time, for a while, that the final contained all the main contenders!
1964 - Snell's main challenge should have come from Jazy but he ran the 5,000m, also, the U.S. runners ran badly - this was blaimed on the "experimental" trials system. 1968 - altitude!
1972 - Ryun falls over. 1976 Bayi missing. 1980 - Most of the world missing! 1984 - Ovett ill, Scott loss of form, Aquita runs 5,000m .... and so on and so on. Indeed, the 2000 race was the first time, for a while, that the final contained all the main contenders!
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