David Heath and Anselm LeBourne will meet in the IAAF Beijing 800 exhibition in two weeks, but it looks like David is a front-runner for gold. Friday in Lyon, the brilliant Brit clocked 4:01.54 in the metric mile at age 50. That crushed one of the oldest world records on the books — the 4:05.2 by Australia’s Tom Roberts in 1984. In the M55 final, Anselm edged fellow American Ray Knerr, 4:22.21 to 4:22.49. So that makes two golds for Anselm, who also won the 800 in 2:04.79 (with Ray getting silver there, too, in 2:05.29. David won M50 in 2:01.93.) Would love to see them in a 4-by-800, but WMA doesn’t contest this event. Perhaps even more amazing than David and Anselm was Germany’s Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel, a W85 superstar who ran WRs in both the 8 and 15, clocking 4:15.99 and 8:50.42 (the listed WRs are 4:56.10 and 8:51.67). She also won the 10K in 33:35.62. Melitta also holds the W80 WRs for 1500 and 3000 and the W75 WR for 10K. Notable in M35 was a rare tie. Artur Kern of Poland and Alberto Sabado of Spain were both timed in 4:02:652. But back to David’s 4:01.54. That’s equivalent to a sub-4:20 mile. The listed M50 WR is Nolan Shaheed’s 4:25.04. So get this gent to the Iffley Road track!

Here are some men’s 1500s

M55 1500 Meter Run
========================
WMA: # 4:12.35
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
========================
Section 1 Finals
1 7921 LeBourne, Anslem M56 United State 4:32.77 4:22.21
2 7911 Knerr, Ray M55 United State 4:31.63 4:22.49
3 7170 Morales, Antonio M55 Spain 4:32.95 4:25.17
4 5302 Bonetti, Alfredo M57 Italy 4:34.19 4:27.91
5 6559 Ankudinov, Vadim M55 Russia 4:44.09 4:28.13
6 2109 Delbe, Dominique M55 France 4:32.52 4:29.98
7 3456 Traore, Didier M55 France 4:32.77 4:30.15
8 875 Deighan, Chris M55 Canada 4:34.52 4:30.52
9 2110 Delefortrie, Berna M55 France 4:34.29 4:33.37
10 4775 Smith, Stephen M56 Great Britai 4:34.87 4:34.39
11 6098 Haast, Corné M55 Netherlands 4:34.41 4:34.94
12 7906 King, Daniel M56 United State 4:35.35 4:37.04
13 6740 Martinicky, Rastis M55 Slovak Republic 4:36.40 4:59.61
— 6700 Zagitov, Zhavdat M58 Russia 4:35.14 DNF

M50 1500 Meter Run
========================
WMA: # 4:05.02
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
========================
Section 1 Finals
1 4535 Heath, David M50 Great Britai 4:17.18 4:01.54#
2 6852 Anton, Carmelo M50 Spain 4:24.03 4:15.86
3 4816 Trees, Mike M52 Great Britai 4:26.56 4:17.00
4 939 Muldrew, Shawn M50 Canada 4:23.68 4:17.34
5 4297 Anderson, Simon M51 Great Britai 4:20.83 4:18.16
6 1473 Kaukola, Jukka M51 Finland 4:24.72 4:18.88
7 1316 Serafin, Milan M50 Czech Republic 4:28.58 4:19.36
8 4298 Andrew, Rob M52 Great Britai 4:24.27 4:19.52
9 643 Neefs, Marc M50 Belgium 4:34.00 4:19.63
10 4344 Bracken, Guy M53 Great Britai 4:22.64 4:22.27
11 3435 Thollon, Didier M50 France 4:26.07 4:24.08
12 2574 Jayet, Yves M52 France 4:22.22 4:24.28
13 7970 Murdoch, Douglas M50 United State 4:26.35 4:24.72
14 1804 Blanchot, Marc M52 France 4:25.79 4:31.36
15 5519 Moracas, Marco M53 Italy 4:28.90 4:36.68

M45 1500 Meter Run
========================
WMA: # 3:52.43
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
========================
Section 1 Finals
1 623 Hellinx, David M46 Belgium 4:15.50 4:08.36
2 3939 Leineweber, Hubert M46 Germany 4:17.40 4:10.09
3 4403 Cowlishaw, David M47 Great Britai 4:19.94 4:13.11
4 905 Hackshaw, Derek M46 Canada 4:20.28 4:16.21
5 122 Djemadi, Abderahma M45 Algeria 4:21.62 4:17.28
6 4795 Symes, Darren M46 Great Britai 4:21.43 4:18.31
7 2100 Deguitre, Jean-Mar M45 France 4:20.91 4:18.39
8 182 Berra, Hugo Dante M46 Argentina 4:23.70 4:20.37
9 5333 Carpinteri, Franco M46 Italy 4:20.77 4:20.56
10 7253 Rey Bakaikoa, Alfo M47 Spain 4:23.59 4:21.03
11 1776 Berujon, Didier M46 France 4:21.33 4:21.15
12 2701 Le Luron, Stephane M46 France 4:21.40 4:22.39
13 4524 Haines, Adrian M48 Great Britai 4:21.04 4:24.22
14 2216 Dupont, Eric M47 France 4:22.65 4:25.13
15 1477 Kivelä, Kim M46 Finland 4:26.34 4:30.54
— 6112 Joosse, Koen M48 Netherlands 4:24.90 DNF

M40 1500 Meter Run
========================
WMA: # 3:41.87
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
========================
Finals
1 4848 Whiteman, Anthony M43 Great Britai 4:00.46 4:00.97
2 7105 Lorenzo Marcos, Fe M42 Spain 4:05.35 4:06.90
3 4726 Richardson, Dean M42 Great Britai 4:07.50 4:06.94
4 6383 Celinski, Robert M42 Poland 4:22.61 4:07.14
5 6870 Bardavio Atienza, M44 Spain 4:06.86 4:08.80
6 4661 Newell, Leslie M40 Great Britai 4:06.51 4:09.17
7 6181 van Dijk, Arthur M44 Netherlands 4:06.33 4:09.27
8 2224 Dupuy, David M44 France 4:06.39 4:09.48
9 8108 Williams, Mark M42 United State 4:10.52 4:10.32
10 4930 Boross, Gabor M40 Hungary 4:10.03 4:10.77
11 1603 Adli, Kais M40 France 4:09.64 4:11.79
12 5180 Arthur, Laurence M40 Ireland 4:10.37 4:12.77
13 6865 Avila, Ulises M40 Spain 4:11.60 4:13.28
14 5202 Fleming, Paul M40 Ireland 4:10.28 4:21.31
— 7172 Moro Cabrera, Migu M40 Spain 4:08.09 DNF