Greatest Combined 800m/1500m Runners of All-Time?
Posted July 30th, 2007 at 2:52 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
With Alan Webb’s noteworthy 800m and 1500m times this season, I thought it’d be interesting to find out how he ranked on the all-time list of combined 800m/1500m times.
To be considered for inclusion on this list, a runner must have run both a sub-1:45 outdoor 800m and a sub-3:35 outdoor 1500m. I did an analysis and discovered that only 41 runners in history belong to this elite club, including Webb, who ranks 12th. Included in this club are 14 Kenyans, 5 Brits, 4 Americans, 3 Bahrainis, 3 Frenchmen and 2 Sudanese. Here they are, in order:
Rank. Name (Country) Combined 800m/1500m Time
1. Sebastian Coe (GBR) 5:11.50
2. Mehdi Baala (FRA) 5:12.13
3. Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 5:12.16
4. Steve Cram (GBR) 5:12.55
5. Noah Ngeny (KEN) 5:12.61
6. William Chirchir (KEN) 5:12.62
7. Rachid Ramzi (BRN) 5:13.19
8. Saïd Aouita (MAR) 5:13.32
9. Laban Rotich (KEN) 5:13.56
10. William Tanui (KEN) 5:13.88
11. Abdi Bile (SOM) 5:14.15
12. Alan Webb (USA) 5:14.38
13. Timothy Kiptanui (KEN) 5:14.53
14. Steve Ovett (GBR) 5:14.86
15. Paul Korir (KEN) 5:14.93
16. Rui Silva (POR) 5:14.98
17. Cornelius Chirchir (KEN) 5:15.22
18. Benjamin Kipkurui (KEN) 5:15.23
19. Benson Koech (KEN) 5:15.26
20. David Lelei (KEN) 5:15.50
21. Peter Elliott (GBR) 5:15.66
22. Ali Bilal Mansour (BRN) 5:15.83
23. David Krummenacker (USA) 5:15.85
24. Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (BRA) 5:16.40
25. Steve Holman (USA) 5:16.50
26. Japheth Kimutai (KEN) 5:16.83
27. William Yiampoy (KEN) 5:17.03
28. Marko Koers (NED) 5:17.06
29. Mike Boit (KEN) 5:17.24
30. John Walker (NZL) 5:17.32
31. Willi Wülbeck (FRG) 5:17.39
32. Jim Ryun (USA) 5:17.40
33. Joseph Chesire (KEN) 5:17.50
34. Youssef Saad Kamel (BRN) 5:17.56
35. Jens-Peter Herold (GER) 5:17.65
36. Omer Khalifa (SUD) 5:18.03
37. Mohamed Yagoub Babiker (SUD) 5:18.62
38. Tony Morrell (GBR) 5:18.69
39. Philippe Collard (FRA) 5:18.70
40. Andreas Busse (GDR) 5:18.82
41. José Marajo (FRA) 5:18.83
PHOTO: Courtesy of the Washington Post
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