Flo JO indoors?

[fasttrack85]

I can't find any indoor times for Flo JO. Anyone think she would have the world records in the 60 and 200 if she had ran it in 1988?

[26mi235]

Look for some stuff on the Historical Board.

[Jacksf]

I don't think anyone cares ......

[dj]

I can't find any indoor times for Flo JO. Anyone think she would have the world records in the 60 and 200 if she had ran it in 1988?

No. Very few meets (any?) meets in the U.S. were running 60m at the pro level back then. Indoor track was collegiate and high school meets, and those meets that had switched to metrics were running 55m. Very few meets were running 200m, and there were only three 220y tracks that were banked: Harvard, Boston University, and Pocatello. That's in the U.S., and at that time the minuscule Euro indoor circuit wasn't attracting American athletes.

[Master Po]

I'm absolutely not a Flo Jo expert, and don't have all data sets at hand in any case, but all-athletics does list these indoor times for her:

50m ind. 6.32 Rosemont (USA) 16.02.1986

200m ind. 23.13 New York (USA) 22.02.1985

I have no other information on these meets (actual venues, results, etc.), but perhaps some dedicated Historical forum reader with access to lots of historical data (I know you're out there! ) can post something to add to to this.

[BusterZanga]

Some basic FloJo inside:

23.86i 2) 220y TAC 27.2.1981
24.49i 3) 220y TAC 26.2.1982
23.38i 2) 220y TAC 22.2.1985
23.57i 3) 220y TAC 28.2.1986

[Per Andersen]

Some basic FloJo inside:

23.86i 2) 220y TAC 27.2.1981
24.49i 3) 220y TAC 26.2.1982
23.38i 2) 220y TAC 22.2.1985
23.57i 3) 220y TAC 28.2.1986

But she wasn't FloJo until 1988.

[dj]

Some basic FloJo inside:

23.86i 2) 220y TAC 27.2.1981
24.49i 3) 220y TAC 26.2.1982
23.38i 2) 220y TAC 22.2.1985
23.57i 3) 220y TAC 28.2.1986

But she wasn't FloJo until 1988.

All those TAC meets were in Madison Square Garden on a 160y banked track, not conducive to setting a WR when the Europeans were running on 200m banked tracks.

[tandfman]

But she wasn't FloJo until 1988.

Wiki says they were married in 1987.

[Per Andersen]

But she wasn't FloJo until 1988.

Wiki says they were married in 1987.

Well, I meant the unbeatable FloJo of '88. Prior to that she was beatable and thus not FloJo!