1440 to go wrote:
Brono:
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That's how I see it too.
1. 8:09.1 (76) Malinowski Silver (76) traded wins with Garderud and beat Rono headsup in 1978. Ranked 4, 6, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1 (72-79)
2. 8:08.0 (76) Garderud, WR and Gold (76) traded wins with Malinowski. Ranked 9, 4, 2, 2, 1, 1 (71-76)
3. 8:05.4 (78) Rono, WR that stood for 12 years. One great year, lost to Malinowski. Ranked 1, 2 (78 -79)
4. 8:13.9 (73) Jipcho WR in 1973 ranked 6, 2, 1, 6 (70,72-74)
5. 8:14.1 (77) Karst. Ranked 3, 3, 6, 1, 5, 8 (74-79)
6. 8:10.3 (76) Baumgartl Bronze in 76. Ranked 4,3 (75, 76)
7. 8:12.6 (76) Kantanen. Ranked 3,3,4,5,4 (72-76) consistent but can’t beat Baumgartl
8. 8:23.6 (72) Keino Olympic Gold (72) wins the big one
9. 8:22.0 (70) O’Brien WR in 70 ranked 1, 5, 10 (70-72)
10. 8:15.3 (76) Glans ranked 5, 4 (76,77)
11. 8:16.1 (76) Cefan. Ranked 10, 6, 7,9 (74-77)
12. 8:18.8 (74) Fava ranked 5, 10 (74-75)
13. 8:20.4 (78) Copu ranked 7, 5 (78-79)
14. 8:21.6 (77) Munyala ranked 5, 6 (77-78)
15. 8:21.6 (76) Marsh ranked 7, 8, 6 (77-79)