Eamonn Coghlan

Eamonn Coghlan (* November 24, 1952 in Drimnagh ) is a retired Irish middle and long distance runner and former world champion in the 5000 -meter run.

Despite its 5000 -meter world title glory Coghlans based primarily on its dominance in Halle race. In the 1980s, he was in the hall as almost unbeatable and earned the honorary title of Chairman of the boards. Coghlan won seven times the traditional Wannamaker - mile run at the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden and set four indoor world records at this track on. In 1979, he impressed with times of 3:55 min and 3:52,6 min.

On February 20, 1981, he was in San Diego 3:50,6 min. On 27 February 1983 he was undercutting in East Rutherford became the first man in the hall the magic limit of 3:50 min with a time of 3:49,78 min. This record had existed until 1997, when Hicham El Guerrouj ran 3:48,45 min. Coghlan now holds the second-best ever spilled into the hall until today (February 2009). Also in the 2000 -meter run turned Coghlan 1987 in 4:54,07 min a world indoor record, which was improved by Haile Gebrselassie in 1998.

The dominance of the hall race could Coghlan rarely transferred to the outdoor race. A fourth place finish in the 1500 meter race of the 1976 Olympics in Montreal was his best Olympic result, and at the European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague, he finished second. It was only when he moved to the 5000 m, he could ummünzen his basic speed in championship success, winning the title at the first World Athletics Championships 1983 in Helsinki.

Coghlan had an unusually long career. He was also beyond the 40 still on the boards, which meant the world to him, on the road and reached the 1994 Hall Meeting in Boston was the first over 40 years in 3:58,15 minutes a four-minute mile.