@AwsiDoogerin r/trackandfield • Recommends
…est performer all time
This race was in Paris on Saturday afternoon. It hasn't received as much publicity as last week's 500 world record in Boston, but this result was actually superior. It translates to 1240 points on the IAAF points calculator compared to 1234 in Boston. Bol would have needed .22 faster in Boston to earn the same 1240 points.
link to this video
Everyone ahead of Bol on the all-time list is a Russian or Czech with questions attached, to put it mildly. Four of the five results faster than the 49.96 happened in 1981 through 1984, before any drug testing at all.
Here is that updated all-time list:
http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_400ok.htm#2
Bol races again on Wednesday in Liev…