Mo Farah moved to sixth All Time 1,500m World List and second on the PACE sports management all-time list for 1,500m, from Ricky Simms, PACEsportsmanagement

Mo Farah with his fans, Pre Classic 2011,

photo by PhotoRun.net

Ricky Simms, manager of Pace Sports Management, sent us this piece on Mo Farah and the significance of his 3:28.81 for the 1,500m on Friday, July 19, 2013.

Mo Farah moved to 6th on the World All-Time 1500m list and 2nd on the PACE Sports Management All-Time List for 1500m with his3:28.81 in Monaco. Bethwel Birgen’s 3:30.77 ranks him at number 10 on the PACE list.

Noah Ngeny holds the PACE record with 3:28.12. 3rd is William Chirchir (3:29.29), 4th Daniel Komen (3:29.46), 5th Laban Rotich (3:29.91). The Top 5 are all sub 3:30.

A further 5 PACE athletes have 3:30 PB’s – John Kibowen, Cornelius Chirchir, William Tanui, Paul Korir and Bethwel Birgen. The Top 10 are all sub 3:31.

PACE 1500m Top 10

1) Noah Ngeny 3:28.12 (Zurich 2000)

2) Mo Farah 3:28.81 (Monaco 2013)

3) William Chirchir 3:29.29 (Brussels 2001)

4) Daniel Komen 3:29.46 (Monaco 1997)

5) Laban Rotich 3:29.91 (Zurich 1998)

6) John Kibowen 3:30.18 (Zurich 1998)

7) Cornelius Chirchir 3:30.24 (Monaco 2002)

8) William Tanui 3:30.58 (Monaco 1997)

9) Paul Korir 3:30.72 (Brussels 2003)

10) Bethwel Birgen 3:30.77 (Monaco 2013)

Five of the top 10 times were set in Monaco.

PACE All-Time Lists

http://www.pacesportsmanagement.com/stats.asp

Note – PACE Sports Management was formerly KIM McDonald International Management. The company was founded in the 1980’s by Kim McDonald and rebranded after Kim’s death in 2001.

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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