After the stunning state distance double, German Fernandez would run the Nike Outdoor Nationals next...

It wasn't a question of when but how much would German lower Jeff Nelson's heralded 29-year-old prep 2M record.

1.9 seconds!!

June 20, 2008 - Nike Outdoor Nat'l Fernandez passes the mile in 4:19.6 (slower than Nelson's 4:17.8 on his record run) but Fernandez rips the second mile in 4:14.8, surpassing the legendary Nelson mark to a new prep record of 8:34.40 for 2 Miles!!

**Also demolishing Galen Rupp's "04" 3k mark of 8:03.67 with 7:59.83 split enroute.

Colby Lowe (L, Southlake Carroll TX) - NON: 3rd_8:47.07.

Luke Puskedra (R, Judge Mem, UT) - NON: 2nd_8:47.06 (ran 8:46.41 to win Arcadia earlier).

Rob Finnerty (Burnsville, MN) established himself as a frosh (L), taking 2nd at state cross country and in the spring won the distance double 4:16/9:06 (1600/3200).

Senior, Finnerty uncorks a 4:01.09 Mile.

NON: 4th_8:50.96.

Salazar leads Fernando Mamede (Portugal).

Virgin leads Mamede (724)

Shorter (L) prepares to take the lead for good in the "72" Olympic marathon. Kenny Moore (R).

(L) Carlos Lopes (Portugal) regains the IAAF World Cross Country Championship ('84). He won the first in '76 ( Also in '85, Won 3).

(R) Lopes enroute to winning the '84 Olympic marathon.

1968 Olympic finals - 1500 Meters

Kip Keino (KEN) enters the home stretch to win in 3:34.9, ahead of Jim Ryun (USA) in 3:37.8.

Footlocker '93 Nat'l Champion Adam Goucher-Doherty HS, CO

NCAA Men's Cross Country Nat's '94

Martin Keino (son of Kip), a 5th-year Arizona senior with a mile PR of 3:58.73 (was 4th at the XC Nats as a soph) cruises to a 3 sec. victory over the too-late furious charge by Colorado true frosh Goucher (in only his second-ever 10k in XC).

NCAA XC Nat's '88

Kennedy's (true) frosh win.

'98

Lagat vs Goucher

Bryan Dameworth (Agoura HS) Class of 1990

* As a freshman, he became the first ninth-grader to qualify for the Kinney national championships. (with only a shoe stepped off during the regional his soph year stopped him from being the first four-time qualifier.

* As a sophomore, he won the inaugural CA State Division I Championships.

* As a junior, he successfully defended his state Division I title and placed 4^th in the Kinney championships in San Diego, earning All-American honors.

Winning the title as a senior in '89.

March 25, 1972, English Schools Intermediate cross-country championships, 4-Miles @ Hillingdon
(1) Kirk Dumpleton
(2) Steve Ovett (16 yrs, reigning AAA Youths 400m champion in 49.8) ............................................................................. 21:42.
.....
(10) Sebastian Coe (15 yrs, eliminated the previous summer in his 1500m heat at the English Schools & was 1:59.9 800) .... 22:05.

1973
At 16, Coe won the English Schools Intermediate 3000m title with an 8:40.2 & ran a 51.8 (400) late in the season.
While, Ovett won the 800m at the European Junior Championships in Duisburg in 1:47.53, & ran a 48.0 (400) early in the season.

The following summer, ’74, Ovett had progressed to senior level, running a European Junior 800m record of 1:45.77 as Yugoslavia’s Luciano Sušanj won in 1:44.07, at the European Championships in Rome. Also, Ovett was 2^nd in the Mile, to Nick Rose, in 4:00.0.
Coe opened (4/10/74) with a 1:55.1 (800) but sustained a stress fracture and was out until November...

1975, By 18 Coe was the European Junior bronze medalist over 1500m in 3:45.2.
Ovett won the Brigg Mile in London 3:59.4!

At the 1976, Montreal Olympic Games, Ovett made it to the 1500m semi-finals and he was fifth in the 800m.
In late '76, Coe ran a 1:47.7 800m & raced to a sub-4 mile: 3:58.35 (7^th @ The Emsley Carr Mile).

1977, Ovett won the Mile @ the Debenhams International Jubilee Games with a 3:54.69!
3/13, Coe won the 800(i) at the European Indoor Championships in 1: 46.54 and then missed the early outdoor season with injury (first race was in July)... Coe won The Emsley Carr Mile (8/29), over then 1500 WR holder Filbert Bayi, in 3:57.67!

Steve Ovett (22yrs., Great Britain) was the world's No. 1 miler for 1978.
He beat everyone he raced over the 1500/mile -plus a win, in his debut @ 2M, over *Henry Rono (9/15, London, Coca-Cola meet, LINK to Race ) producing a World Outdoor 2M best of 8:13.5 (Rono 8:14.7). Earlier at the same meet, Ovett had lost his British 800 record to Sebastian Coe (LINK, 1:44.0, Coe's 3^rd sub-1:45.0 effort of the year).

* It was the 2^nd meeting between the pair, May 24, Rono (7:43.8) was a comfortable winner over Ovett (7:48.0) @ 3000m.

Ovett won (1^st) the 1978 European Championships 1500 (LINK), @ 800 Ovett was 2^nd, as Coe was 3^rd (LINK).

Sebastian Coe

Age: 21

Height: 1.76 / 5'9¼"

Weight: 56kg. / 123lbs.

Steve Ovett

Age: 22

Height: 1.83 / 6'0"

Weight: 70kg. / 154lbs.

April 25 .... Coe ..... (400) (2) 48.3 ................................................ Loughborough

May 9 ...... Coe ..... (800) 1:51.0 ................................................... Loughborough

May 19 .... Ovett ... (2000) 5:20.1 ........................................................ Tullylease

May 20 .... Coe ..... (800) 1:50.5 ..................................................... Cleckheaton
May 21 .... Coe ..... (400) 47.6 ........................................................ Cleckheaton

May 23 .... Coe ..... (400) 47.7 & (800) 1:54.8 & (4x400) 46.3 .... Loughborough

May 26 .... Ovett ... (1500) 3:53.1 & (4x400) 48.9 ................................. London

May 31 .... Coe ..... (800) 1:47.9 .................................................. Loughborough

June 9 ..... Ovett ... (1500) 3:40.8 & (4x400) 47.8 ................................... Enfield

June 16 .... Coe ..... (800) 1:46.3 .......................................................... Stretford

June 23 .... Ovett ... (1500) 3:41.7 ......................................................... Bremen

June 24 .... Ovett ... (1500) 3:37.7 ...................................................... Nijmegen

July 1 ....... Coe .... (800) 1:46.7 ............................................................. Malmö

July 5 1979, Oslo, Bislett Games
Sebastian Coe sets a World Record in the 800 meters: 1:42.4 (1:42.33). (R, LINK to Race). Laps 50.6 / 51.7 !!

July 7 ........... Coe ... (800) 1:54.4 ..................................................... Meisingset

July 10 ......... Ovett ... (800) 1:46.2 ......................................................... Dublin

July 14 ... Ovett ... (1500) 3:39.1 + (3:44.6 ht) .................... AAA championships
July 14 .... Coe ... (400 meters [2) 46.87 (PR) (47.0 ht) ...... AAA championships

After his recent PR in the 400, Coe went back to Bislett to run the mile. Despite his recent record there, Coe was not favored to win. He had the slowest mile time in the field, and was running against veteran milers, including world-record-holder John Walker.

WR -July 17, Oslo, Dubai Golden Mile, Remarkably, Sebastian Coe not only won, he bested the field by a huge margin reaching the line, with the roar of 16,100 fans, in 3:49.0 (3:48.95), eclipsing John Walker's World Record time of 3:49.4. Laps: 57.5, 57.0 (1:54.5), 1200-2:52.0, 1500-3:32.8, last-55.6.

July 28 .... Ovett ... (1500) 3:46.2 & (4x400) 47.3 ....... Hendon

July 29 ..... Coe ..... (600) 1:16.5 ................................ Spalding

August 5 ... Coe ..... (800) 1:47.3 & (4x400) 45.5 ....... Eur Cup

August 7 .. Ovett tries for the WR in the 1500, but after a decent early pace, slowed to 3:36.6 .......... Göteborg

August 8 ... Playing a kickers game, Coe blazed a 24.4 final 200 stopping the clock at 1:45.4 .... Viareggio, Italy

August 8 .. Ovett ... (1000) 2:23.4 ............................... London

WR -August 15, '79, Sebastian Coe adds the 1500 metres 3:32.1 (3:32.03) to his list of World Records. at the Weltklasse meet, Zürich, Switzerland

.Coe's splits: 400-54.3, 800-1:53.2, 1200-2:49.8, last lap in 56.9! (LINK)

** Coe becomes the first person to hold all three records, the 800m, 1500m & the mile, at the same time!!!

August 15 .... Ovett ... (600) 1:16.0 .................................................................... London

August 17 .... Ovett ... (Mile) 3:54.1 .................................................................... ISTAF

August 18 .... Ovett ... (4x800) 1:49.8 ............................................................... London

August 19 .... Ovett ... (800) (2)1:44.91, (1) James Robinson (USA) 1:44.7 ..... Cologne

August 27 .... Ovett ... (800) 1:49.6 & (4x400) 46.8 ...................................... v Pol-Swi

August 31, '79, Crystal Palace, Steve Ovett becomes the third man in history to cover the mile in less than 3:50.0, with a 3:49.6(3:49.57). Laps: 56.4, 1:54.6, (58.4) 2:53.1, Last lap 56.5.
**Coe, watching from the stands, was out of the meet & season, nursing a hamstring injury.

September 4, Brussels, Ovett, comes thisclose to Coe's 1500 WR with a 3:32.2 (3:32.11) equaling the #2 all-time.

September 6, Koblenz, Ovett running for records misses 1000m mark of 2:13.9 held by Rick Wohlhuter in '75. Ovett's NR 2:16.0 (:15.91) gives him a share of 4^th on the all-time list.

September 9 ... Ovett ... (Mile) 3:56.6 ....................................Gateshead, Amoco Games

September 14, London, Coca-Cola Invitational, Ovett tries for an assault on Sebastian Coe's WR but the combination of cold/windy weather, fast times & hard races held him to only 3:55.3.

April 23 ......... Coe ..... (3000) 7:57.4 .................................................... Loughborough

April 30 ......... Ovett ... (4x400) 48.2 ............................................................... London

May 3 ........... Ovett ... (3000) 7:52.44 .................... Houston (USA - American debut)

May 7 ........... Coe ..... (1500) 3:45.7 & (4x400) 48.6 ................................... Iselworth

May 9 ........... Ovett ... (1500) 3:38.7 ...................................................... Manly Games

May 11 .......... Coe ..... (5000) 14:06.2 .... Cudworth, Yorkshire 5000m Championships

May 18 .......... Ovett ... (800) 1:49.17 & (4x400) 47.6 ................................. Cwmbran

May 21 .......... Coe ..... (800) 1:47.48 .................................................... Philips Games
May 21 .......... Ovett ... (Mile) 4:00.59 ................................................... Philips Games

May 24 .......... Ovett ... (600) 1:16. ....................................................................Belfast

May 25-26 .... Coe ..... (800) 1:45.41 + (1:49.0 ht) ...................................... Birminghm

June 1 ........... Coe ..... (800) 1:45.74 ................................................................... Turin

June 4 ........... Ovett ... (800) 1:46.6 ..................................................................... Fana

June 5 ........... Coe ..... (800) 1:45.0 & (4x400) 46.4 ............................. Loughborough

June 7 ........... Coe ..... (800) 1:44.7 ....................................................................... Hull

June 14-15 ... Coe ..... (400) (8^th) 47.10 + (47.78 ht) ............... London, Crystal Palace

June 27......... Ovett ... (1500) 3:35.23 ......................................... Rot Watch/Talbot Int.

WR -Sebastian Coe breaks Rick Wohlhuter's '74 record for 1000m (Link) with a time of 2:13.4. Coe now holds all four middle distance world records simultaneously, the 800m, 1000m, 1500m and the mile. Splits: 51.0, 1:45.2.
Henry Rono held the 3000m, 5000m, the 10000m and the Steeplechase bests. Only John Walker's name, (2000m from '76), prevented the Coe-Rono clean-sweep of records.... The glory lasted for 55 minutes...

WR -Steve Ovett (Link to race) ousts Coe's mile record with a 3:48.8!! Splits: 55.7, 1:53.8, 2:51.0. Last lap in 57.8 ...

It was back to three World Records for Coe.

July 3 ... Ovett ... (800) 1:48.16 ....................... Göteborg

July 6 ... Ovett ... (3000) 8:24.6 ...... Welwyn Garden City

July 15, 1980, Oslo, Bislett Stadium, Oslo Games.
Steve Ovett rips 3:32.09 for 1500m, equaling Sebastian Coe's World Record on 1500m. Their joint WR stands at 3:32.1.
Splits: 58.2, 1:53.6, 2:50.6. Last lap 55.7. (Link to race)

Ovett's WR coming ONE week before the "80 Olympic Games...

'80 - Olympic Games

July 26, 1980, 800 Meters
(1) Steve Ovett (GB) ..... 1:45.40
(2) Sebastian Coe (GB) ... 1:45.9

August 8 .... Coe .... (800) 1:45.81 .................................................................................................................... London, Coke
August 8 ... Ovett ... 5000m (2)13:27.87, (1) Treacy 13:27.82, (3) Bill McChesney 13:30.76 .... London, Coke (Link to Race )

August 11 .... Ovett ... (5000) 13:31.94 ........................................ Budapest

August 13 ... Coe ... (1500) 3:32.19 ................................ Zürich,Weltklasse

August 14 ... Coe ... (800) (2)1:45.07, (1) Don Paige 1:45.04 ....... Viareggio
Controversially, Track & Field News ranked Don Paige (USA) #1 @ 800 this year 1980, ahead of Ovett and Coe.

August 15 ..... Ovett ... (1500) 3:35.4 ........................................... Lausanne

Ovett, adds a string of three fast races in one week...
August 22, Friday night, Ovett had the 1500 changed to the Mile; missing his own record, 3:51.6 ...Brussels, Van Damme

August 25, Monday, Ovett won the Golden Mile in 3:52.84 .... London, British Meet Games ... 48 hours later...

August 27, '80, Wednesday Evening, - Koblenz, 10:15pm, 1500m
(Although Ovett & Coe share the 1500 WR at 3:32.1; Coe's mark is actually 0.06 faster)...

WR -1500, Steve Ovett takes over sole ownership of the WR with a dazzling 3:31.4 (3:31.36), (LINK to Race) as two others also went under Coe's old WR. Splits: 58.2, 1:53.6, 2:50.7 (57.7), Last lap 53.9

September 5-6 ... Ovett ... (Mile) 4:04.40, (h) 4:07.86 ..... GB Championships

May 2-3 ........ Coe ..... (400) 46.9 + (50.6 ht) + (48.6 ht) ...................... London

May 13 ......... Coe ..... (200) 22.6 + (400) 47.4 ........................... Loughborough

May 16-17 ... Coe ..... (800) 1:46.5 + (800 ht) 1:52.7 ..................... Cleckheaton

May 14-25 ... Ovett ... (1500) 3:42.80 + (1500 ht) 3:46.10 .... Antrim, N. Ireland

June 3 ........... Coe ..... (800) 1:44.06 & (4x400) 45.65 .......................... London
June 3 ........... Ovett ... (3000) 7:54.11 ................................................... London

June 7 ........... Coe ..... (4x400) 46.5 .................................................. Gateshead
June 7 ........... Ovett ... (Mile) 3:57.92 ................................................ Gateshead

WR -June 10, 11:00pm, Sebasian Coe destroyed his own world mark for 800 (1:42.33) with a sensational 1:41.73.

It was the first World Record in Track & Field in Florence, Italy (LINK to Race). Coe went through 400 at 49.7, then a 52.1.

**The record would stand for 17 years...

June 17 ... Ovett ... (1000) 2:21.84 ............................... Venice ......... *Gale-Force winds

June 26 ... Ovett ... (2)(1500) 3:39.53 (1) Tom Byers 3:39.01 (LINK to Race) ... Bislett

July 4 .... Ovett ... (1500) 3:46.47 .......................... Helsinki
July 5 .... Coe ..... (800) 1:47.57 ............................ Helsinki

July 7 .... Coe ..... (1500) 3:31.95 .... Stockholm, DN Galan

July 8 .... Ovett ... (1500) 3:31.95 ............................. Milan

WR -July 11 ... Sebastian Coe (R) ... (1000m) 2:12.18 .. Oslo Games Coe improves upon his own world record with splits of: 51.3, 1:44.56.

July 11 ..... Ovett ... (Mile) 3:49.25 .............. Oslo Games, Dream Mile
(3) Steve Scott ... 3:49.68 (AR) - First American under 3:50

July 14 ......... Ovett ... (Mile) 3:49.66 ........................................................ Lausanne

July 17 ......... Coe ..... (800) 1:47.47 ....................................................... Gateshead

July 19 ......... Coe ..... (1000) 2:17.6 ......................................................... Leicester

July 26 ......... Ovett ... (800) 1:47.96 ....................................................... Gateshead

July 29 ......... Ovett ... (1500) 3:31.57 ...................................................... Budapest

July 31 ......... Coe ..... (800) 1:46.72 .................................... London, Talbot Games
July 31 ......... Ovett ... (1000) 2:20.67 .................................. London, Talbot Games

August 3 ...... Ovett ... (1500) 3:34.63 ............................................................. Fana

August 5 ...... Coe ..... (800) 1:47.12 ........................................................ Viareggio

August 7-8 ... Coe .... (800) 1:45.41 + (1:45.84 ht) ... London, AAA Championships

August 16 .... Coe ... (800) 1:47.03 ...................................... Zagreb, European Cup

WR -August 19 ... Sebastian Coe ... (Mile) 3:48.53 ....... Zürich
Coe's splits: 56.5, 57.5 (1:54.0), 58.0 (2:52.0).1500-3:33.27, with a 56.6 last lap & Ovett's 3:48.8 was history (LINK to Race)...

Coe shared the WR spotlight, as Renaldo Nehemiah became the first legal sub-13 (12.93) for the hurdles (110H).

August 21 ..... Ovett ... (Mile) 3:55.58 .................. ISTAF

Ovett returns to where he had set the 1500 record the previous year, & asks for the Mile to be added to meet.

WR -August 26 ... Steve Ovett ... (Mile) 3:48.40 ...... Koblenz (LINK to Race)
After a fast early pace (55.7, 57.9, [1:53.6], 57.1), which saw him through the three quarters mark in 2:50.62... Ovett tied up badly in the last straightaway but struggled through to just duck under Coe’s mark by .13! (57.7)

48 hours later...

Coe countered with his third lowering of the mile record...

WR -August 28 ... Sebastian Coe ... (Mile) 3:47.33!! ... Brussels (LINK)
His splits: 55.3, 58.1, (1:53.4), 58.7, (2:52.1), 1500-3:32.93.

Coe's last lap was a swift 55.3, as 45,000 fans screamed their support!!

August 29 ......... Ovett ... (800) 1:47.0 ................................ Øvre Årdal (NOR)

August 31 ......... Ovett ... (800) 1:46.40 ........................... London, vPOL, SUI

September 4 ..... Sebastian Coe ... (1)(800) 1:46.16 .........................World Cup
September 5 ..... Steve Ovett ....... (1)(1500) 3:34.95 ...................... World Cup

September 9 ..... Ovett ... (2)(Mile) 3:50.23, (1) Sydney Maree 3:48.83 .... Rieti

September 11 ... Ovett ... (2-Mile) 8:25.52 ........................ London, Coca-Cola

October 3 ........ Ovett ...(800) 1:49.13 ............................................... Brisbane

October 7 ........ Ovett ... (1500) 3:42.6 .............................................. Adelaide

October 10 ...... Ovett ... (Mile) 3:59.8 .......................... Sydney, (Grass Track)

October 13 ...... Ovett ... (1500) 3:42.68 ............................................ Adelaide

Ovett's 1982 season was wrecked by injury. When out training on the streets of Brighton in late 1981, he ran into some railings at St. John the Baptist Church on New Church Road and badly twisted his knee. He had recovered by the spring of 1982, but further injuries hampered his progress managing: (1500) 3:38.48 & (2)(800) 1:46.08.

Coe had a short season in 1982 because of injuries in June and July. Coe unexpectedly won only silver in the 800 in the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens. The next day British team doctors revealed that Coe had been suffering from glandular fever. He decided to withdraw from the 1500 metres in those European Championships. Coe still managed to rank number one in the world in the 800 metres with seasonal best of 1:44.48 to win Weltklasse & participate in a world record 4 x 800 metres relay (Coe, Peter Elliott, Garry Cook & Steve Cram) in 7:03.89 (the WR would last 24 years) . Coe's leg was the fastest of the day, a solo 1:44.01.

1982 did not see any world records, but did see Steve Scott set the U.S. mile record of 3:47.69.

With Coe & Ovett generally absent from races the new kid on British middle-distance block had arrived;
In that year, Steve Cram won the 1500m at the European Championships in Athens.

WR -August 28, '83 ... Sydney Maree ... (1500) 3:31.24 ... Cologne, West Germany
The 26-year-old sped: 54.7, 1:52.8 & cruised past 1200 in 2:49.4 to top Ovett's WR. (LINK).

Sidney Maree (R, #535) -a South African-born All-American athlete, Villanova grad.
A citizen of both the United States and South Africa. Maree received American citizenship in 1984 and went on to become a two-time Olympian for the United States (1984 and 1988). He won the inaugural 5th Avenue Mile in New York (1981)

WR -September 4, 1983 ... Steve Ovett ... (1500) 3:30.77 ..... Rieti, Italy
American David Mack set the pace for this record attempt, just as he had done for Maree's successful effort last week. Splits: 54.6, 1:51.9, 2:49.14.

Ovett reclaims the WR & acknowledged the help of Mack, raising the American's arm after the finish. (LINK).

Steve Cram would go on to win Gold, in the 1500m, at the1983 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki (Link to Race).

'84 - Olympic Games

August 6, 1980, 800 Meters
(1) Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) .....1:43.00
(2) Sebastian Coe (GB) .......1:43.64
(3) Earl Jones (USA) ...........1:43.83
.....
(8) Steve Ovett (GB) .......1:52.28 (Ovett reached his third Olympic Final in his "second event")

WR -July 16, 1985, Tues, Steve Cram (L, 1500) 3:29.67, (2) Aouita 3:29.71 .. Nice, France
Both were under Ovett's old WR. Cram's last 800m: 1:50.2; Last 400m: 53.4.(LINK to Race) Steve Cram sprinted early in the last lap and held on over Aouita's closing rush...

... Then eleven days later...

WR -July 27, 1985, Saturday, ............ Steve Cram ... (#90, Mile) 3:46.32 .... Oslo (LINK).
Cram succeeds Coe atop the Mile list, as Coe is 3^rd-3:49.22. Cram's splits: 57.5, 1:54.9, 2:53.3, 53.2

... Eight days later...

WR -August 4, 1985, Sunday, ............ Steve Cram ... (2000m) 4:51.39 .... Budapest
Enroute, Cram sped through: 1000m: 2:25.02; 1200m: 2:54.58; 1600m: 3:53.95; 1 Mile: 3:55.5

WR -May 28, 1987 ... Saïd Aouita (MAR) ... (2M) 8:13.45.... Torino, ITA v. URS / Invitation Event
Aouita sets his third World Record, taking over Ovett’s 2M record.

**Aouita also holds World Records for 1,500 and 5,000 meters!!

WR -August 13, 1997 ... Kipketer (L, KEN/DEN) ... (800) 1:41.24 .... Zürich, Weltklasse
The 400 post was 48.3 and after 18 years, Kipketer drops Coe to No 2 on the all-time list. Laps 48.3/52.9!! (LINK) ... 11 days later...

WR -August 24, 1997, Kipketer wasn't done .. (800) 1:41.11. Cologne, Germany-Laps 49.3/51.8

1999, Ngeny who has run the three fastest 1,500 metres times this season and pushed Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj to the Mile World Record less than two weeks (7/7) ago in Rome, 3:43.13 to 3:43.40.

July 17, 1999, NICE, France, Saturday,  Noah Ngeny ran the second-fastest 1,000 metres ever as Sebastian Coe's world record narrowly withstood another challenge at Nikaia athletics meet (R).
In still, calm conditions, Ngeny roared round the track in the French Riviera twilight in 2:12.66 seconds, just short of Coe's time of 2:12.18 set 18 years ago in Oslo and the oldest individual record in the athletics record books. Ngent followed the pacer,  through much of the race, powering to the front with 200 metres to go... But Ngeny timed his move a little late, falling just short of Coe's mark but moving ahead of another Briton, Steve Cram, in the all-time rankings.

WR -September 5, 1999, ...  Noah Ngeny (1000m) 2:11.96 ......... Rieti

One of the oldest track world records, the FINAL WR from Britain's Golden Era of middle-distances was made obsolete.......

Ngeny zipped passed the 400m mark in 49.66, the 800m mark in 1:44.6 (exactly the same time of Sebastian Coe’s 1981 record time). The Kenyan from Ziwa sealed his world record in the last 200m: 27.2, against 27.6 for Coe, stopping the clock at 2:11.96.(LINK).