Word: sec
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mile intensified last week as Britain's Steve Ovett, 25, and Sebastian Coe, 24, once more took turns shooting down one another's world records. In Zurich on Aug. 19, Coe reclaimed his record (set in 1979 and broken by Ovett in 1980), taking 27/100 sec. off the mark with a time of 3 min. 48.53 sec. Exactly a week later, Ovett announced that he wanted to go after the new record at a meet in Koblenz, West Germany. No mile event had been scheduled-its metric near equivalent, the 1,500-meter run, was on the Koblenz...
...days after Ovett exacted his revenge, Coe returned to the track, this time in Brussels. With his familiar Zurich "rabbit," American Tom Byers, setting the pace, Coe took more than a full second off Ovett's newborn mark, cutting through the balmy night in 3 min. 47.33 sec. As he had done in Zurich, Coe unleashed a terrific closing kick, taking the lead with some 500 meters (547 yds.) left. When it was over, Coe paid tribute to his obliging pacesetter. Said he: "I credit much of my success tonight to Byers...
When the 1981 track season rolled around, it quickly became clear that this was Coe's year to write home. In June he broke his own world record in the 800 meters at a meet in Florence by 61/100 sec. Last week in Zurich, he broke Ovett's mile record, crossing the finish line in 3 min. 48.53 sec., 27/100 sec. off the old mark...
...hoped to make his latest vic tory a chain letter by breaking Ovett's 1,500-meter record as well. But a slow early pace kept him nearly 2 sec. slower than Ovett at the 1,500-meter mark (120 yds. short of a mile). Coe shifted into over drive. With a capacity crowd of 23,000 at Zurich's Letzigrund Stadium stamping in rhythm with his every step, he was able to make up lost seconds in the final 100 yds. to finish the mile in record time. He had worked during the winter on his already...
...shared the limelight in Zurich with American Renaldo Nehemiah, 22, who became the first man in history to run the 110-meter high hurdles in less than 13 sec. His 12.93 performance came after two frustrating years of injuries, a change of coaches and acrimony over his decision to drop out of the University of Maryland. Said Nehemiah: "This means the world to me after having a couple of disappointing years when I doubted my ability and honestly wondered if I was washed up. Now there's no question as to how good...