From GOLD to 14th - has any Olympic 1500 winner placed lower than Centro in a follow-up games?

If Centro is a never-was, then what is your criteria for being a has-been?

Centro has nothing to be ashamed of he's an olympic champ deal with it. Doorbell Mo the reigning gold medalist didn't even qualify for the games. Turnover in athletics is rapid.

None that I can remember that were this young and still in great shape. He's also been injury free for the first time in a long time.

“Excluding all the athletes that were so bad they didn’t even compete” is an insane take. Lmao.

5 years was just too much for a guy his age.

Kiprop won gold in 2008 and finished DFL in the 2012 final.

Noah Ngeny won 2000 and failed to qualify for the Kenyan team in 2004 (albeit he suffered some pretty serious injuries…although he still ran 3:34 that year).

Morceli won 1996 and finished DFL in the 2000 semifinal (when he was 31 — same age as Centro now).

Thread’s a joke. 1500’s one of the most difficult events to repeat in.

He finished in 14th place?

has-been, or never-was? wrote:

Fact: Most legit gold medalists don't bomb out this badly in their next games.

Of course, many runners retire after a gold (often because they recognize their own decline).

But has any former gold medalist in the 1500m placed this poorly in the next games? Or ANY event?

A 13-place drop seems like a useful indicator of validity vs fluke-factor of the original gold.

Please, no fanboy promotional whining on this thread. Just answer if you know of a 1500 winner who did worse in their follow-up. Hell, name any winners who crashed so badly. (Or name name those who did better, which is a much longer list!)

Centrowitz just narrowly finished 4th in 2012 and won in 2016. The order is irrelevant, that and his two world medals indicate he is a worthy champion. /Thread

In 1956 Josy Barthel came in as the defending champ and finished second last in his semi-final. There were only two rounds that Olympiad.

Other notes. The runner in last in the semi was Mamo Wolde.

has-been, or never-was? wrote:

Fact: Most legit gold medalists don't bomb out this badly in their next games.

Of course, many runners retire after a gold (often because they recognize their own decline).

But has any former gold medalist in the 1500m placed this poorly in the next games? Or ANY event?

A 13-place drop seems like a useful indicator of validity vs fluke-factor of the original gold.

Please, no fanboy promotional whining on this thread. Just answer if you know of a 1500 winner who did worse in their follow-up. Hell, name any winners who crashed so badly. (Or name name those who did better, which is a much longer list!)

I truly don’t understand Americans. You seem gleeful that your OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST has failed. In my country, they are heroes.

It seems like Centro is above average for defending champions - if you don't randomly exclude the retirees.

OP is getting owned.

Centro is top 5-10 1500m runner EVER

bad premise wrote:

Morceli won 1996 and finished DFL in the 2000 semifinal (when he was 31 — same age as Centro now).

That's right. Morceli was last in his semi and ran 4:00.78.

Morceli was actually 30, not 31 in 2000 (born in 1970).

That proves Morceli's 1996 Olympic Gold was a fluke!

Also a fluke, his 1991, 1993 and 1995 World Championship Golds plus the 1500m world records and one mile world record.

the obvious counter is - given centro ,likely too, recently did his best mile time, and given he just ran slightly faster than some of the people who made the finals, can you name some 1500 runners who didnt get it done in the olympics and went on to get it done in a meet other than the olympics. for example the obvious bannister? or, how many weeks should centro wait, i'm guessing at least 5, before he runs another race to grin about?

Obviously the environment down here is all salt. The ceiling is salt, the floor is salt, the walls are salt. And to an extent, the air is salt. And you breathe that in and you can constantly taste the salt.

STEVE THE ADDICT ^^^^^^^------- wrote:

Doorbell Mo the reigning gold medalist didn't even qualify for the games. Turnover in athletics is rapid.

Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah CBE OLY (Arabic: محمد فرح‎; born 23 March 1983) is a British long-distance runner and the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history. He is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m.

Wrong answer.

bad premise wrote:

Kiprop won gold in 2008 and finished DFL in the 2012 final.

Thank you for providing an example of a gold medalist who MADE A FINAL in their return to the games.

Too bad Centro couldn't have done this.

chickiboom wrote:

He finished in 14th place?

Yes.

Second-fastest of those who didn't make the weak 12-person final.

Hey Siri wrote:

In 1956 Josy Barthel came in as the defending champ and finished second last in his semi-final.

LOL DUDE GOES BACK TO 1956!!!!!

myrskyla wrote:

has-been, or never-was? wrote:

Fact: Most legit gold medalists don't bomb out this badly in their next games.

Of course, many runners retire after a gold (often because they recognize their own decline).

But has any former gold medalist in the 1500m placed this poorly in the next games? Or ANY event?

A 13-place drop seems like a useful indicator of validity vs fluke-factor of the original gold.

Please, no fanboy promotional whining on this thread. Just answer if you know of a 1500 winner who did worse in their follow-up. Hell, name any winners who crashed so badly. (Or name name those who did better, which is a much longer list!)

I truly don’t understand Americans. You seem gleeful that your OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST has failed. In my country, they are heroes.

Not all Americans, but many on letsrun. You must be new around here to not recognize that there are a lot of a-holes here.