Athletics WA Diamond League 2020

[Grassmarket 3,377]

4 minutes ago, bmo said:

Another American 1-2!! 

Well done both of them, must have had to do a Q14 somewhere.

 

Incidentally, everyone is preparing in the infield which keeps the meet fast, but kills off the Jav, Discus & Hammer.  Let’s hope no-one gets ideas....

[bmo 194]

Cheptegei breaks the 16 year old 5000m World Record!!! Incredible run!

[Grassmarket 3,377]

Unbelievable!  Obviously the influence of the green lights which showed him where he was at every moment.  And massive respect to the lapped  runner who got out of the way - so few lapped runners do that anymore! 

[bmo 194]

3 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Unbelievable!  Obviously the influence of the green lights which showed him where he was at every moment.  And massive respect to the lapped  runner who got out of the way - so few lapped runners do that anymore! 

I saw that as well. Great respect shown there.

 

Also, the 3rd American 1-2 today. This time by the Lyles brothers in the 200m.

[Grassmarket 3,377]

And what a women’s 1k!  NRs all the way down!

[bmo 194]

3 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

And what a women’s 1k!  NRs all the way down!

Almost another WR

[Grassmarket 3,377]

Well even in a normal year that would have been a great meet, but in 2020....

[rybak 3,179]

Very good results tonight  

[frantic13poland 55]

5000 metres world record progression

Pre-IAAF[edit]

Time	Athlete	Date	Location
16:34.6	George Touquet-Daunis (FRA)	1897-10-31	Paris, France
16:29.2	George Touquet-Daunis (FRA)	1899-05-22	Lyon, France
15:29.8	Charles Bennett (GBR)	1900-07-22	Paris, France
14:59.0	Alfred Shrubb (GBR)	1904-06-13	Glasgow, United Kingdom

IAAF era[edit]

Time	Athlete	Date	Location
14:36.6	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	1912-07-10	Stockholm, Sweden[1]
14:35.4	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	1922-09-12	Stockholm, Sweden[1]
14:28.2	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	1924-06-19	Helsinki, Finland[1]
14:17.0	Lauri Lehtinen (FIN)	1932-06-19	Helsinki, Finland[1]
14:08.8	Taisto Mäki (FIN)	1939-06-16	Helsinki, Finland[1]
13:58.2	Gunder Hägg (SWE)	1942-09-20	Gothenburg, Sweden[1]
13:57.2	Emil Zátopek (TCH)	1954-05-30	Paris, France[1]
13:56.6	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	1954-08-29	Bern, Switzerland[1]
13:51.6	Chris Chataway (GBR)	1954-10-13	London, United Kingdom[1]
13:51.2	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	1954-10-23	Prague, Czechoslovakia[1]
13:50.8	Sandor Iharos (HUN)	1955-09-10	Budapest, Hungary[1]
13:46.8	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	1955-09-18	Belgrad, Yugoslavia[1]
13:40.6	Sandor Iharos (HUN)	1955-10-23	Budapest, Hungary[1]
13:36.8	Gordon Pirie (GBR)	1956-06-19	Bergen, Norway[1]
13:35.0	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	1957-10-13	Rome, Italy[1]
13:34.8	Ron Clarke (AUS)	1965-01-16	Hobart, Australia[1]
13:33.6	Ron Clarke (AUS)	1965-02-01	Auckland, New Zealand[1]
13:25.8	Ron Clarke (AUS)	1965-06-04	Compton, USA[1]
13:24.2	Kipchoge Keino (KEN)	1965-11-30	Auckland, New Zealand[1]
13:16.6	Ron Clarke (AUS)	1966-07-05	Stockholm, Sweden[1]
13:16.4	Lasse Virén (FIN)	1972-09-14	Helsinki, Finland[1]
13:13.0	Emiel Puttemans (BEL)	1972-09-20	Brussels, Belgium[1]
13:12.9	Dick Quax (NZL)	1977-07-05	Stockholm, Sweden[1]
13:08.4	Henry Rono (KEN)	1978-04-08	Berkeley, California, USA[1]
13:06.20	Henry Rono (KEN)	1981-09-13	Knarvik, Norway[1]
13:00.41	David Moorcroft (GBR)	1982-07-07	Oslo, Norway[1]
13:00.40	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	1985-07-22	Oslo, Norway[1]
12:58.39	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	1987-07-27	Rome, Italy[1]
12:56.96	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	1994-06-04	Hengelo, Netherlands[1]
12:55.30	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	1995-06-08	Rome, Italy[1]
12:44.39	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	1995-08-16	Zürich, Switzerland[1]
12:41.86	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	1997-08-13	Zürich, Switzerland[1]
12:39.74	Daniel Komen (KEN)	1997-08-22	Brussels, Belgium[1]
12:39.36	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	1998-06-13	Helsinki, Finland[1]
12:37.35	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	2004-05-31	Hengelo, Netherlands[1]
12:35.36p	Joshua Cheptegei (UGA)	2020-08-14	Monaco[4]

p = pending ratification

[Grassmarket 3,377]

Strange to see that Zátopek only had it once. Guess he was a racer more than a time triallist.