Mo Farah has a better PB on 1500m than Sebastian Coe.
Mo 3.28.81
Coe 3.29.77
One thing that has changed.
Ironman now has doping tests. Back in the day it was no testing a all.
I stand corrected…I missed Mo at 31st in the all time 1500m list ahead of Coe:
http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_1500ok.htm
So there you have it. Mo kind of sucks at the marathon and is awesome at 1500m. Is he a better or worse runner than Kimetto (2:02.57 marathon at Berlin)? They are just “differently awesome runners”. Is he better or worse than 1500m world record holder El Gherrouj? Well Mo is sitting on 4 olympic golds…El Gherrouj “only” 2 gold, and a silver. But the guy also holds the mile and 1500m world records. I vote for EG. But I think that Kimetto is awesome as is Bekele spanning 5000m to marathon quite nicely holding the world record in 5K, 10K and third all time in the marathon. Bekele also has a 3:32 1500m in his palmares. Bekele almost did the same double double as Mo over Athens and Beijing but ended silver in the 5000m in Athens