Running-Related Contests

2000 Olympics (official site, for informational purposes) - Sydney, Australia - September 13th - October 1st

September 2000 Run-Down Contest Results:

Top prize is one month of coaching from TrackCoach.com, under the Gold Medal Program.
Second place will receive a month's supply of Ultima Replenisher.
Third place receives The 4 year Running Planner, a complete calendar and training log, from RunWalkJog.com.
The next 5 win a Suzy Favor Hamilton T-shirt from SuzyFavorHamilton.com.
The next 12 win a copy of Mel Watman's Who's Who Olympic Track & Field book, courtesy of American Track & Field magazine.

Note: The Tie-Breaker is how many people would participate in this month's contest. The answer was 59.

(250 points possible - up to 100 points for each 1500m question, 1 point deducted for each 0.01 seconds off, and 50 points for the number of golds):

Correct answers:

  • Winning Men's 1500m time: 3:32.07 (Noah Ngeny, Kenya)
  • Winning Women's 1500m time: 4:05.10 (Nouria Merah-Benida, Algeria)
  • Number of Gold Medals Marion Jones won: 3 (plus 2 bronze)

    Place Name Score Tie M 1500 Min M 1500 Sec W 1500 Min W 1500 Sec Marion Golds
    1 Harold Or 246.97 50 3 35.00 4 5.00 3
    2 Drew Armiger 245.83 51 3 32.00 4 1.00 3
    3 Steve Isham 244.02 68 3 28.76 4 2.43 3
    4 Hans Nilsson 243.93 65 3 31.23 3 59.87 3
    5 Dan Kaplan 243.93 52 3 29.87 4 1.23 3
    6 Peter Larsson 243.59 79 3 34.71 4 1.33 3
    7 J Holowka 243.39 125 3 29.78 4 0.78 3
    8 Paul Nisius 242.71 44 3 30.64 3 59.24 3
    9 Julie Trapp 241.98 41 3 37.24 4 2.25 3
    10 Stephen Underwood 241.94 136 3 30.25 3 58.86 3
    11 Ross Barnett 241.34 8569 3 30.25 3 58.26 3
    12 Gordon Fisher 241.33 65 3 28.15 4 0.35 3
    13 Bill Bahnfleth 240.83 97 3 30.00 3 58.00 3
    14 Dan Hostager 240.30 98 3 33.44 3 56.77 3
    15 Christoph Thurner 240.00 41 3 28.85 3 58.32 3
    16 Thorsteinn R Thorsson 239.89 99 3 28.48 3 58.58 3
    17 Rebecca Buchheit 238.22 98 3 28.15 3 57.24 3
    18 Andre Sammartino 237.97 79 3 28.02 3 57.12 3
    19 Kelli Renee 237.03 48 3 26.89 3 57.31 3
    20 Eula Norman 233.73 60 3 25.40 3 55.50 3
    21 Ed Hickey 196.86 79 3 31.26 4 2.77 4
    22 Chris Day 196.67 50 3 32.32 4 2.02 5
    23 Pete H. 195.83 47 3 31.50 4 1.50 4
    24 Camiel Verweij 194.19 56 3 30.18 4 1.18 2
    25 Adam Gaines 194.14 68 3 32.08 3 59.25 4
    26 Jon Alquist 193.59 666 3 32.23 3 58.85 2
    27 Austin Nurse 193.40 45 3 31.45 3 59.12 5
    28 Mitchell Clair 193.18 77 3 32.56 3 58.77 4
    29 Matthew Stohl 192.96 89 3 31.22 3 58.91 4
    30 Ludvig Edman 192.83 56 3 32.01 3 57.99 4
    31 Jason Rexing 192.15 76 3 30.38 3 58.94 4
    32 Pete Hayward 192.05 45 3 30.67 3 58.55 4
    33 Paul Jacob Lang 191.92 47 3 30.69 3 58.40 4
    34 John Murrihy 191.78 183 3 29.63 3 59.32 4
    35 Michael Porter 191.34 41 3 33.03 3 57.40 4
    36 Kent Kurfman 191.33 200 3 31.50 3 57.00 4
    37 Steve Brower 190.52 81 3 34.60 3 58.15 4
    38 Jason Perscheid 190.36 56 3 28.86 3 58.67 4
    39 steve kearney 190.31 99 3 30.81 3 56.67 5
    40 Manuel Mangani 190.13 246 3 28.37 3 58.93 4
    41 Heath Coats 189.86 43 3 29.65 3 57.38 4
    42 Tommy Karlsson 189.83 60 3 28.00 3 59.00 4
    43 Nathan Browne 189.83 200 3 28.50 3 58.50 4
    44 Robert Renman 189.70 61 3 27.66 3 59.21 2
    45 Richard Rapine 189.42 56 3 28.57 3 58.02 4
    46 Bill Benedict 189.32 54 3 28.32 3 58.17 4
    47 Pat Crandall 189.13 77 3 28.85 3 57.45 4
    48 Joel Tetreault 188.93 70 3 27.32 3 58.78 4
    49 Luke Puckett 188.74 52 3 38.69 4 0.46 5
    50 Rob Ruff 188.43 66 3 28.05 3 57.55 4
    51 Jeff Ford 187.97 1500 3 35.00 3 56.00 4
    52 Paul Tucknott 187.44 78 3 27.21 3 57.40 4
    53 Joan Firman 187.23 70 3 27.20 3 57.20 4
    54 Jim Boughter 186.89 41 3 27.11 3 56.95 4
    55 James Adams 186.83 46 3 26.00 3 58.00 4
    56 Dennis Healy 186.26 107 3 29.16 3 54.27 4
    57 Glenn McCarthy 184.63 45 3 26.80 3 55.00 4
    58 Mark Krueger 184.15 45 3 27.11 3 54.21 4
    59 John Michael Bristow 157.62 2300 3 1.45 3 53.34 5