1988 Olympic 5k Final

1988 Olympic 5k final in Seoul. John Ngugi destroys the field.

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• track
• and
• field
• running
• john
• ngugi
• 5k
• olympic
• final
• 1988

[Zndwls]

Ngugi ran his 59 to 60-second laps early

enough to make the other runners feel that

he would fade later. Either they lacked the

fitness or the courage needed to win.

I'm sorry for Castro who lost his "certain"

silver medal in the final 10 to 20 metres

and even lost the bronze medal. Baumann showed his fierce final kick

that helped him to win this distance in

1992. Kunze rarely ran well after this race.

Maree and Buckner ran mediocrely.

[Offspring1337]

Hhaahhaa, Castro got owned!

[spyu]

@Zndwls Just like Pre-Fontaine 12 yrs earlier.

[prporter1]

@kozmon0t Shoot me your E-mail, I'll send you a couple of recent pics...

[kozmon0t]

@prporter1 ok, fine, you're Pat Porter... I'm tired of egging you on about it lol

[prporter1]

@kozmon0t Nope, born there, but left about a week after. Let me know if you find the other two WR's.....! If Wikipedia is the source of your information, well..... you know Wikipedia. WOuld you like a current pic of me and Hansjoerg Kunze..?

[prporter1]

@kozmon0t Nope, born there, but left about a week after. Let me know if you find the other two WR's.....! If Wikipedia is the source of your information, well..... you know Wikipedia.

[kozmon0t]

@prporter1 I'm not claiming to be someone from your immediate family or to know all your world records.

I didn't know whether Pat Porter grew up in Wadena or not, which is too bad, because if he had you could have proven you were him by identifying the statue of St Urho not far from there.

[prporter1]

@kozmon0t Ok, but that's only one out of three :) Only born there- my mom went into labor passing through MN! Ok, and why did my mom go onto labor early...? Now, very, very few people will know this- only my immediate family, and me-

[kozmon0t]

@prporter1 the road 10k record.

How long did you live in Wadena?

[prporter1]

@kozmon0t Good call- the announcer had it wrong. He said Bick was 10th. Lol.. I don't know anything about an insect. I must have been in race mode, or too exhausted at the end to really care...Anyway, do you what WR's I (Pat Porter) held..?

[kozmon0t]

@prporter1 You were in 6th and John Easker was 10th. There's a wikipedia page all about it.

You'd be more likely to be Pat Porter if you've seen a man wielding a giant insect at least occasionally. I think the real Pat Porter would know this. And it would be hard for an impostor to cheat.