Hyde park Relays

Weds 12.00 Go Betweens 12/13K 50m39sec

Jim Beisty's comment about the 1;44.49 800m performance of Michael Rimmer of the Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton club from his former club reminded me of 1981 when Seb Coe set three World Records in 41 days. Somehow it passed me by that Seb's record (1;41.73) had been broken by Wilson Kipketer with 1:41.11 on

8/24/97. However, Seb's time was some performance to have lasted for 16 years!!!

The photo above is the Loughborough teams that competed at the Hyde Park Relays in 1981 (I think) , I remember running in the 'B' team, with Lord Coe handing over to me!!!

Besides Seb , there are 4 other Sub 4 Minute milers in the photo.(Steve, Tim, Jack and Omer).Here is the current All Time Top 800m performance list.

Result	Name	Country	Venue	Date
1.	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	DEN	Köln	1997-08-24
2.	1:41.51	David Rudisha	KEN	Heusden-Zolder	2010-07-10
3.	1:41.73	Sebastian Coe	GBR	Firenze	1981-06-10
4.	1:41.77	Joaquim Carvalho Cruz	BRA	Köln	1984-08-26
5.	1:42.23	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	SUD	Oslo	2010-06-04
6.	1:42.28	Sammy Koskei	KEN	Köln	1984-08-26
7.	1:42.34	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	Rieti	2002-09-08
8.	1:42.47	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	RUS	Bruxelles	2001-08-24
9.	1:42.55	André Bucher	SUI	Zürich	2001-08-17
10.	1:42.58	Vebjørn Rodal	NOR	Atlanta (OG)	1996-07-31
11.	1:42.60	Johnny Gray	USA	Koblenz	1985-08-28
12.	1:42.62	Patrick Ndururi	KEN	Zürich	1997-08-13
13.	1:42.67	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	Rieti	2009-09-06
14.	1:42.69	Hezekiél Sepeng	RSA	Bruxelles	1999-09-03
		Japheth Kimutai	KEN	Bruxelles	1999-09-03
16.	1:42.79	Frederick Onyancha	KEN	Atlanta (OG)	1996-07-31
		Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	Monaco	2008-07-19
18.	1:42.81	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana	BDI	Zürich	2001-08-17
19.	1:42.85	Norberto Téllez	CUB	Atlanta (OG)	1996-07-31
20.	1:42.86	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	Rieti	2009-09-06
21.	1:42.88	Steve Cram	GBR	Zürich	1985-08-21
22.	1:42.91	William Yiampoy	KEN	Rieti	2002-09-08
23.	1:42.97	Peter Elliott	GBR	Sevilla	1990-05-30