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More Rudisha 800 WR

Aug 22nd, 2010
4:26 pm PDT
David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya poses next to the electronic time board after setting a new world record following the men's 800m competition at the ISTAF Berlin Grand Prix athletics, August 22, 2010. Rudushia clocked at time of one minute 41.09 secoonds. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

While the details on Rudisha’s WR run are still filtering in, I’ve found video of the race (below) and taken my own rough splits. This run saw Rudisha pass through 400 in 48.9, 600 in 1:14.5, and of course the 800 mark in 1:41.09. I’ve gone through my archives and found the splits for Rudisha’s 1:41.51 as well as Wilson Kipketer’s three WR runs in 1997 and Seb Coe’s 1:41.73.

1:41.73 Coe 24.4 / 49.7 1:15.0 1:41.73
         
1:41.73 Kipketer 24.0 / 49.6 1:16.3 1:41.73
1:41.24 Kipketer 23.0 / 48.3 1:14.5 1:41.24
1:41.11 Kipketer 23.8 / 49.3 1:14.6 1:41.11
         
1:41.51 Rudisha ??? / 49.5 1:14.4 1:41.51
1:41.09 Rudisha ??? / 48.9 1:14.5 1:41.09

Watching this video, as scary as it sounds, Rudisha is capable of better and sub 1:41 could be on the horizon.

Below is Wilson Kipketer’s 1:41.11 followed by Rudisha’s new mark of 1:41.09.

 

 

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