Does anyone know of any males in the US who qualified for the 5k/10k/and
Mar. for one Olympic Trials?
I had a friend who did so in 1984. We all thought it was good, but not
earth-shaking, because he went about 13:40/28:40/2:17:16 that year, and
there were plenty of sub-28:00/sub-2:10 guys at the time.
The qualifying standards in 1984 were about 13:42/28:46/2:19:50 ... they
have relaxed somewhat since then.
Clearly many guys had the ability to score this "hat-trick" (Shorter,
Bjorklund, Virgin, Salazar, Meyer, Eyestone, on and on) ...
But do you know any who have actually qualified for these three races within
the qualifying window allowed for a single Olympic Trials?
-Brian McEwen
P.S. What is the time window allowed for qualifying for these races at the
Trials?
