A quick glance at the world records/bests provides little evidence that the
men versus women gap is significantly closer over the marathon than other
championship distances. In fact, Ndereba's time compares far less favorably
with the men's record than Florence Griffith-Joyner's 100m record stacks up
against Maurice Greene's mark.
Men Women Difference
100 metres 9.79 10.49 7.2%
200 metres 19.32 21.34 10.5%
400 metres 43.18 47.6 10.2%
800 metres 01:41.1 1.53.28 12.6%
1500 metres 03:26.0 3.50.46 11.9%
5000 metres 12.39.36 14.28.09 14.3%
10000 metres 26:22.7 29.31.78 11.9%
Marathon 2:05:42 2.18.47 10.4%
Eamonn Condon
www.RunnersGoal.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin J. Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Track & Field List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Track Canada"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 5:25 PM
Subject: t-and-f: NYT nonsense re marathon record
First SI and now The Paper of Record.
It's not on the site so I'm just quoting an excerpt. One Jere Longman's
weigh in on the women's marathon record:
"...Ndereba...broke the previous mark by 59 seconds, and rekindled
discussions about whether women might eventually run the marathon faster
than men."
Who exactly is having these discussions? Anybody on these lists?
Regards,
Martin
