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Thanks for the correction. Sorry that I didn't cite my sources, but I was still rather new when I created this article and I didn't use to do referencing back then. Kolehmainen's case is interesting. It's mentioned
here and
here as a world record. One of the sites gets the Bouin date correct and the other one not.
Prolog15:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Yes, that's why I said "the reference I found", since I'm even not sure that one is correct. As for Kolehmainen, it makes sense: had Bouin run 30:58 only in 1919, then Kolehmainen would have been a world record holder in 1912. But the first reference you gave is puzzling: year on Bouin is apparently correct, but Kolehmainen is credited nevertheless.
Thanks. The layout is not actually mine as I went through the other world record progression articles and used the one that seemed best in my table. I found a
ref that seems to discuss this Bouin-Kolehmainen incident, but unfortunately it's in Hungarian. It could be possible that IAAF didn't ratify Bouin's record until after Kolehmainen ran his time at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Thus, Kolehmainen's 31:20.8 became a world record for some time. This is just my guess.
Prolog18:34, 12 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the translation. The current version of the article is pretty correct then, since Kolehmainen's entry on record lists remains a mystery.
Prolog23:24, 12 November 2006 (UTC)reply
I'd put Kohlemainen's mark back, perhaps put the disputed tag on it, say it is mentioned in many record books, and hope that someone who knows the answer will see it.
GregorB08:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Done. I used the {{note}} system. I was unsure whether to put Bouin or Kolehmainen first, as both ways are a bit confusing, but I went by the sources and listed Kolehmainen's time first. Hopefully someone can clear that up later.
Prolog15:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)reply
I just cleared this up. I removed Bouin's time, put it to a footnote. Here, as with the mile progression, there were records set before the formation of track's governing body, the IAAF. Since this page quite specifically states this is the IAAF's record progression, the records are those which were set from 1912 on, the year the IAAF was founded. So while Bouin indeed ran the time stated, he didn't set any record ratified by the IAAF. If he had waited six months...
Canada Jack (
talk)
22:58, 31 January 2008 (UTC)reply
This has come up on other pages as someone has seen fit to label record progressions as "manual timing" if to the tenth, electronic to the 100th. However, this is not based on fact as the IAAF had differing rules on record ratification over the years and numerous times found on this page are in fact electronic times rounded to the nearest tenth of a second. I am therefore removing the arbritray (and factually incorrect) headings.
Canada Jack (
talk)
21:33, 31 January 2008 (UTC)reply
Prose on pre-IAAF records
@
Canada Jack: regarding
this revert of my restoration of prose mentioning that records existed before the IAAF: the lead prose portion of a list should be definition discussing the contents of the subsequent lists. That's why it is one of the requirements on the
Wikipedia:Featured list criteria. It is simply not true that other progression lists do not appear on other lists the
Association of Road Racing Statisticians being a prime example. Our coverage of pre-20th century athletics is very poor – that is the simple reason why other articles neglect to discuss a record history spanning back to the 1850s (and earlier!).
SFB17:13, 20 June 2014 (UTC)reply
"Records" didn't exist per se in the pre-IAAF era because there was no agreed-upon ratifying body and criteria until then, which is why the note is not needed. This is no mere quibble - there are amateur and professional marks, and differing criteria over what could constitute a "record." The mile list is a good example of this as you have professional AND amateur lists pre-1912, and different versions of those lists.
And you misread what I said - I didn't say other pre-IAAF lists don't exist on other pages, I said the need for a redundant note saying "record progression lists existed before the IAAF" do NOT appear on the other record progression pages, so why does the 10,000 m list warrant special attention? And only for the men?
Canada Jack (
talk)
20:51, 20 June 2014 (UTC)reply
Sorry if I misinterpreted your question. Still, absence of such statements on other articles doesn't really say much if there is no underlying reason for that absence. I would suggest pre-IAAF information is missing simply because the prose on those articles is insufficient in that respect (as is the case for virtually all the prose sections in this series). List prose should always discuss and contextualise the proceeding list at a minimum, which was my intention here.
SFB16:37, 22 June 2014 (UTC)reply