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Posts Tagged ‘800m’


The Best Olympic 800m Run in History » Dave Wottle in 1972

By on Friday, August 20th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Dave Wottle was born in 1950 in Canton, Ohio and took up running in childhood on the advice of his family physician because he was so feeble. At Bowling Green State University, he finished in second place in the mile to Marty Liquori in 1970, and still holds the NCAA outdoor track 1 mile record [...]

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A Great Show in the Olympic Trials 800m

By on Monday, July 7th, 2008 | No Comments

Were you watching the 800 meter race in the Olympic Trials the other day? If not, you missed a great show. I’ve included a video after the break of the race. The first 2 and a half minutes are athlete introductions, and the gun goes off right at the 2:30 mark. The race lasts less [...]

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What do you do when you fall during a race?

By on Thursday, March 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Imagine yourself in a 600 meter dash, you are coming up to the second to last turn with 200 meters to go, you get cut off, and you fall on the track. Hard. What would you do? If you are Heather Dorniden, you get mad, you get up, and you find another gear. Despite her [...]

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Olympic Silver Medalist Maryvonne Dupureur has died

By on Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 | No Comments

Olympic Silver Medalist Maryvonne Dupureur of France passed away yesterday at the age of 70. She ran 2:01.9 in the 800 meter at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, losing the race by 0.8 seconds in a world record setting performance by Ann Packer of Britain. She also competed in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, where she [...]

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Morning News » 800 Records, Doping, Smoking and Obesity

By on Thursday, July 26th, 2007 | 2 Comments

I was checking the news wire this morning and saw quite a few articles of interest that I thought that I would share with you: Two national records were broken yesterday at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships, both in the 4×800. The (15-16 year old) intermediate boy’s time was brought down [...]

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