Monday, September 12, 2011

1972 Munich - Men's 400 Meters Finals

Vince Matthews           USA  43.89   GOLD
Wayne Collett            USA  44.20   SILVER
Julius Sang              KEN  44.24   BRONZE
Charles Asati            KEN  44.61
John Smith               USA  44.78
Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske   FRG  45.05
Markku Kukkoaho          FIN  45.20
Karl Honz                FRG  46.19

This was a very fast race. Matthews' real life time was 44.66, but here the top four finishers all bettered that.

Matthews' time of 43.89 was just a hair behind the Olympic and World Record of 43.86 set by Lee Evans at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

Before the race I rolled to see if John Smith would finish and what his rating would be. Here were the possibilities: 1-4 he does not finish, 5 he finishes using his original C rating, 6 he finishes using a B rating. He rolled a 6 - the best possible outcome for him. Unfortunately, he got off to a slow start from which he could not recover.

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