PR Improvements for a WR

[Jon]

Re: PR Improvements for a WR

>Or does the Marathon not really count due to varying differences in courses?



Well that's one reason why it's not too big an improvement. But even so, there's been much bigger improvements in the Marathon. Waitz's 2:32:29 to 2:27:32 to 2:25:41 (all world records) was pretty impressive, but then again women's marathon was still a newish event when she ran those.

Sticking with women's distance running, there was Ludmila Bragina's WR improvement in the 3k: 8:52.8 to 8:27.12 (back in '76!)

[Shanks]

Re: PR Improvements for a WR

Sticking with
>women's distance running, there was Ludmila Bragina's WR improvement in the 3k:
>8:52.8 to 8:27.12 (back in '76!)

But again, that was rarely run in those days. Still a brilliant time though, which would not shame at all today.

Didn't Kazankina bring the 1500 from 4:01 to 3:56.0? If I am right, THATS some improvement.

Stanciu took the LJ record to 7.43 from (I think) 7.20. And Kravets - 15.50m from 15.09 was a good one too. Reynolds' 43.29 from 43.86 figures. Koch - 47.60 from 47.99. Flo-Jo's 10.49 from 10.76 - there are many examples, even in sprint events where we would not generally expect big changes....