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Best Early-Season Marks in 2008 (800m - 10000m)
Posted March 26th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Here are the world’s top 10 performances in the middle and long-distance track events so far for 2008, based on the % variance of those marks from the current world record. Six out of ten are in the men’s 800m, led by Cuba’s Yeimer López, who also competes in the 400m, perhaps in emulation of the great Alberto Juantorena (seen here outpacing Rick Wohlhuter and Ivo Van Damme of Belgium in the home stretch of the 1976 Olympic Games 800m final in Montreal).
A quick glance at the times reveals that none of them are bound to hold up as top 10 marks until the end of the season. In the men’s 800m, 23 men ran faster last year, led by Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) who led the world with a time of 1:43.74. In the men’s 5000m, 34 men ran faster in 2007, led by Kenenisa Bekele’s 12:49.53. In the women’s 3000m steeplechase, 18 women ran faster in 2007, led by Russia’s Yekaterina Volkova who ran a time of 9:06.57.
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