Bernard Lagat Runs 7:34.71 in Karlsruhe, Germany (With Video)
by: LetsRun.com
February 2, 2013
Full results at bottom
American Bernard Lagat ran a world leading 7:34.71 for 3000m earlier today in Karlsruhe, Germany to destroy a quality field that include Yenew Alamirew, the 22 year-old Ethiopian who ran 7:27.80 two years ago indoors.
Lagat’s run came up short of his 7:32.43 American record but it was an impressive run and was the fifth fastest by an American at 3000m/2 miles.
According to TFN’s list, this would be the 5th best 3000 mark (or equivalent from 2 miles) in US history.
7:32.43 Bernard Lagat (Nike) 02/17/07
7:33.45+ Galen Rupp (Nike) 02/11/12
7:33.77+ ——Lagat 02/12/11
7:34.65 ——Lagat 02/21/08
7:34.71 ——Lagat 02/02/2013
In the thread “Lagat runs 7:34 to win” coach bigfoot asked for the splits.
Well thanks to youtube we have video of the race below. Lagat did not have a blistering final lap, he just wore down the field the final 800m with a strong pace. His final 4 laps were:
30.18
29.85
29.57
28.54 (58.11 final 400, 1:58.14 final 800).
Other highlights included Genzebe Dibaba destroying the field in the 1500m running 4:02.25 winning by over 9 seconds and country woman Meseret Defar running 8:35.28 to win the 3k by over 15 seconds.
The best finish was the men’s 800m. We’ve embedded it below the Lagat race and won’t tell you the results in case you want to watch it without knowing.
Lagat’s 3k Win in Germany
Best Finish of the Day Men’s 800m:
Results below:
More: Lagat runs 7:34 to win
02/02/2013 Indoor Meeting, Weltklasse in Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, 02/02/2013 Men' results 800 Metres - Men 1 López , Kevin ESP 1:46.72 2 Kszczot , Adam POL 1:46.76 3 Benedetti , Giordano ITA 1:48.01 4 Thomas , Joe GBR 1:48.04 5 Lalang , Boaz Kiplagat KEN 1:48.16 6 Kazi , Tamás HUN 1:48.80 Randazzo , Luca GER DNF 1500 Metres - Men 1 Mekhissi-Benabbad , Mahiedine FRA 3:36.95 2 Dirirsa , Teshome ETH 3:37.64 3 Lewandowski , Marcin POL 3:38.58 4 Nowicki , Bartosz POL 3:39.65 5 Orth , Florian GER 3:39.97 6 Rodríguez , Álvaro ESP 3:40.10 7 Cantero , Bryan FRA 3:40.24 8 Kangogo , James Kelwon KEN 3:44.60 9 Garel , Matthieu FRA 3:45.05 Ndiwa , Cornelius KEN DNF 3000 Metres - Men 1 Lagat , Bernard USA 7:34.71 2 Alamirew , Yenew ETH 7:38.57 3 Ibrahimov , Hayle AZE 7:41.46 4 Kowal , Yoann FRA 7:46.72 5 Choge , Augustine Kiprono KEN 7:48.64 6 Higuero , Juan Carlos ESP 7:49.55 7 Haidane , Abdellah MAR 7:55.86 8 Atnafu , Yitayal ETH 7:57.54 9 Obrubanskyy , Maksym ITA 7:58.21 Mahmoudi , Abdelkader FRA DNF Seurei , Benson KEN DNF 60 Metres Hurdles - Men Final 1 Ortega , Orlando CUB 7.60 2 Osaghae , Omo USA 7.65 3 Balnuweit , Erik GER 7.65 4 Dal Molin , Paolo ITA 7.66 5 Bascou , Dimitri FRA 7.69 6 Nugent , Barrett USA 7.71 7 Bühler , Matthias GER 7.80 8 Martinot-Lagarde , Pascal FRA 7.98 60 Metres Hurdles - Men Heats Race 1 1 Balnuweit , Erik GER 7.60 2 Osaghae , Omo USA 7.68 3 Bascou , Dimitri FRA 7.72 4 Nugent , Barrett USA 7.86 5 Coco-Viloin , Samuel FRA 7.89 6 Schwarzer , Helge GER 7.95 O'Farrill , Yordan L. CUB DNF 60 Metres Hurdles - Men Heats Race 2 1 Ortega , Orlando CUB 7.54 2 Dal Molin , Paolo ITA 7.64 3 Martinot-Lagarde , Pascal FRA 7.66 4 Bühler , Matthias GER 7.83 5 Traber , Gregor GER 7.90 John , Alexander GER DNS Pole Vault - Men 1 Lavillenie , Renaud FRA 5.83 2 Otto , Björn GER 5.73 3 Gruber , Hendrik GER 5.55 3 Holzdeppe , Raphael GER 5.55 5 Lavillenie , Valentin FRA 5.45 6 Joseph , Stanley FRA 5.45 7 Clavier , Jérôme FRA 5.35 7 Mazuryk , Maksym UKR 5.35 Dilla , Karsten GER NM Mohr , Malte GER NM Scherbarth , Tobias GER DNS Long Jump - Men 1 Reif , Christian GER 8.01 2 Tornéus , Michel SWE 7.80 3 Sdiri , Salim FRA 7.66 4 Kral , Mario GER 7.52 5 Taillepierre , Karl FRA 7.38 6 Gomis , Kafétien FRA 7.37 7 Jensen , Morten DEN 7.37 Women' results 60 Metres - Women Final 1 Lalova , Ivet BUL 7.19 2 Sailer , Verena GER 7.19 3 Lawson , LaKeisha USA 7.25 4 Asumnu , Gloria NGR 7.26 5 Schippers , Dafne NED 7.27 6 Soumaré , Myriam FRA 7.28 7 Pinto , Tatjana GER 7.32 8 Mang , Véronique FRA 7.41 60 Metres - Women Heats Race 1 1 Lalova , Ivet BUL 7.22 2 Lawson , LaKeisha USA 7.26 3 Asumnu , Gloria NGR 7.27 4 Pinto , Tatjana GER 7.29 5 Mang , Véronique FRA 7.37 6 Ikuesan , Ayodelé FRA 7.46 7 Hufschmidt , Deborah GER 7.53 60 Metres - Women Heats Race 2 1 Sailer , Verena GER 7.20 2 Soumaré , Myriam FRA 7.25 3 Schippers , Dafne NED 7.34 4 Hastings , Natasha USA 7.38 5 Grincikaité , Lina LTU 7.39 6 Weit , Inna GER 7.46 Okparaebo , Ezinne NOR DNS 1500 Metres - Women 1 Dibaba , Genzebe ETH 4:02.25 2 Cichocka , Angelika POL 4:11.79 3 Macías , Isabel ESP 4:12.06 4 Magnani , Margherita ITA 4:13.17 5 Sujew , Elina GER 4:14.27 6 Horna , Annett GER 4:14.95 7 Schönbeck , Charlotte SWE 4:16.17 Praska , Bethany USA DNF 3000 Metres - Women 1 Defar , Meseret ETH 8:35.28 2 Harrer , Corinna GER 8:51.04 3 Britton , Fionnuala IRL 8:55.22 4 Abdullayeva , Layes AZE 8:57.17 5 Dima , Gete ETH 9:02.48 6 González , Paula ESP 9:06.02 7 Bekele , Mekdes ETH 9:06.99 8 Urbina , Teresa ESP 9:09.50 60 Metres Hurdles - Women Final 1 Škrobáková , Lucie CZE 8.03 2 Cattaneo , Micol ITA 8.09 3 Hildebrand , Nadine GER 8.10 4 Hofmann , Franziska GER 8.19 5 Burghardt , Alexandra GER 8.20 6 Diawara , Aisseta FRA 8.21 7 Roleder , Cindy GER 8.22 8 Okori , Reïna-Flor FRA 8.27 60 Metres Hurdles - Women Heats Race 2 1 Hildebrand , Nadine GER 8.07 2 Okori , Reïna-Flor FRA 8.21 3 Burghardt , Alexandra GER 8.26 4 Pletsch , Jenna GER 8.30 5 Lindenmayer , Sabrina GER 8.57 Lewis , Yvette USA DQ 60 Metres Hurdles - Women Heats Race 1 1 Cattaneo , Micol ITA 8.13 2 Roleder , Cindy GER 8.15 3 Škrobáková , Lucie CZE 8.16 4 Diawara , Aisseta FRA 8.21 5 Hofmann , Franziska GER 8.25 6 Reuse , Clélia SUI 8.37 Long Jump - Women 1 Lesueur , Éloyse FRA 6.81 2 Bauschke , Melanie GER 6.68 3 Sudarava , Volha BLR 6.54 4 Pusterla , Irene SUI 6.39 5 Sandu , Cristina ROU 6.33 6 Mosina , Veronika RUS 6.28 7 Jimoh , Funmi USA 6.21 8 Dobija , Teresa POL 6.18 9 Weitzel , Michelle GER 6.15 10 Atschkinadze , Xenia GER 6.08