Men's 800 qualifying
Randy Treadway
8 heats, top 2 in each move on, PLUS 8 fastest beyond those two
It looks like the cutoff for fastest 8 will be the fastest 1:47 time- a 1:47.21 in heat 8.
Krumannacker is certainly in- he was lucky enough to get in the fast heat and finished in 1:45.84 in a five-way blanket finish.
Khadevis Robinson was on the bubble with a 1:47.85 and didn't make it.
Sam Burley and Fred Thegu (SOL) both got DQ'd in heat 5. Somebody who saw it will have to fill us in what hapopened.
Re: Men's 800 qualifying
Anybody notice that Kipketer was 0.01 seconds ahead of not qualifying???? WHOAH NELLY!
Burley was all over the line on the first turn.
Robinson *may* get through on an appeal. Chehibi, who fouled him, was DQed.
Good then there will be two Americans in the finals.
I have a feeling Krummenacker is going to fly.
He may post a 1:42 in the finals.
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Robinson did get through on appeal, and justifiably so... the Moroccan gave him a huge shove...
Little Alien
what happened to Borzakovkiy?
Really! Dang, I'd forgotten about him!
Wait, he was 2nd in heat 7.
<<Good then there will be two Americans in the finals.
He may post a 1:42 in the finals.>>
Boy was I wrong!
miler manque
Is 800 qualifying a little goofy? It just doesn't seem fair that only two move on in each heat. If you're unfortunate to get in a slow heat with lots of good guys, and then you're out-leaned, you're gone --
Other events don't have such strict rules on moving out of heats, do they?
>Is 800 qualifying a little goofy? It just
>doesn't seem fair that only two move on in each
>heat. If you're unfortunate to get in a slow
>heat with lots of good guys, and then you're
>out-leaned, you're gone --
Other events don't
>have such strict rules on moving out of heats, do
>they?
I've always felt that the way they've run the 800 heats the last few years is a shame. Part of it is actually due to Kip Keino complaining after the 84 Games, saying the way they were set up worked against Kenya. Seems they work against a lot of people. They should go back to running heats with the top 4 in, and then maybe a few qualifiers on time. So what if there is an extra round? GIve them an extra day's rest.
What was really goofy was qualifyin in the Women's 800 and other events in which 5 trial heats advanced to a three-heat semi. Better to take top 3 from each heat plus one time qualifier to a two-heat semi.