SEBASTIAN COE

Perhaps the most beautiful running form ever!



On June 10, 1981 Sebastian Coe set the world record for 800 meters in 1:41.73!

His first lap was 49.6 seconds, and the second lap was 52.13 seconds!

This record stood for more than 16 years until broken by Wilson Kipketer's 1:41.24 on August 13, 1997.

On Sunday, August 24,1997 Kipketer lowered the record even more to 1:41.11!

That's an average of 50.55 seconds per 400 meter lap!


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