T&FN Favourite Athletes THE RESULTS No1 Haile Gebrselassie

[mump boy]

Gaz i don't have your list, did you PM me ??

e-mail

you haven't emailed me Gaz i can't wait any longer i'm literally beside myself with excitement at your choices

[gh]

to your hotmail address, but I'll PM them

[Flumpy]

And perhaps most important of all, when I look at my list, I realize that overwhelmingly the people on it are people that I wanted to be.

Me too. Mine's going to be mostly women!!!

[dj]

I hope dj is doing this. I am very curious on his selection if he so chose.

Rats!

Called out when time is tight.

I've toyed with this but get hung up on how to construct my list: Greatest I've known of, greatest I've seen, greatest I've met, or just plain favorites, but with what linking?

What to do, what to do. I keep coming back to multiple lists, but that's time . . .

Maybe it comes down to a list of the people who I most wanted to watch or read about, in some way the most influential.

Has Flumpy set any deadlines?

[Daisy]

What to do, what to do. I keep coming back to multiple lists, but that's time . . .

To much thinking. Just get drunk and you'll have it done in no time.

[Conor Dary]

What to do, what to do. I keep coming back to multiple lists, but that's time . . .

To much thinking. Just get drunk and you'll have it done in no time.

I agree. Sit down with a dry martini and go!

[Vault-emort]

Took me all of five minutes to come up with a list last week. Probably took me longer to look through it and provide this summary:

13 Males, 7 Females representing every continent on the planet (and 10 different countries).

(Roughly) 7 sprint/hurdlers, 5 distance, 4 throwers, 3 multis, 1 jumper (should probably have had a walker in..)

And the eras span from the 1930s to today, with about half the list competing before I was born.

And I reckon about five of my names won't get one vote from anyone else on the board..

[DecFan]

13 Males, 7 Females representing every continent on the planet. . . .

And I reckon about five of my names won't get one vote from anyone else on the board..

I'm quite confident your Antarctican was on no one else's list . . .

[Per Andersen]

What to do, what to do. I keep coming back to multiple lists, but that's time . . .

To much thinking. Just get drunk and you'll have it done in no time.

That's what I should have done. I pretty much shared dj's problem. The more thinking I did the more I realized I needed a top 40 list at least.
I was never a greater fan than I was in my early and middle teens and that's clear from my list. But still I had to leave out athletes I absolutely idolized.
The more I think about it the less happy I am with my list but I'm just going to let it go.

[26mi235]

14 Distance Runners (including mid-distance)
7 Women
3-4 Field Events
Mostly Americans, but partly because some of them are personal.

[gh]

oh crap.... i can't believe i left Dwight Stones off my list!

[Per Andersen]

oh crap.... i can't believe i left Dwight Stones off my list!

What the hell. I forgot Nehemiah!

[LopenUupunut]

19 men, 1 woman, 1 Canadian
5 Finns, 5 Americans, 3 Soviets, 2 Brits, 1 from a number of other countries
11 track, 8 field, 1 walker
3 current athletes
7 from before WW2

[mump boy]

No deadline at the moment, i haven't done my list yet. I'll give everyone warning when it's going to close but i want to get as many entrants as possible to make it work, or we'll just get loads of athletes with one vote and the winner will only have recieved 4 !! which isn't much of a mandate to b e T&FN Favourite Athlete of All TIme

[pakillo]

My list goes back about 20 years, names I was watching.
Most people on here are from US and UK and seems that has a big role in choosing the names.I don`t think many names from my list will make the top(except few) but I hope you received it Mumpy

[Daisy]

1 woman, 1 Canadian

Another vote for mojo!

[mump boy]

My list goes back about 20 years, names I was watching.
Most people on here are from US and UK and seems that has a big role in choosing the names.I don`t think many names from my list will make the top(except few) but I hope you received it Mumpy

Got it

[bushop]

oh crap.... i can't believe i left Dwight Stones off my list!

What the hell. I forgot Nehemiah!

Are we allowed to edit/ resubmit our list?

[mump boy]

oh crap.... i can't believe i left Dwight Stones off my list!

What the hell. I forgot Nehemiah!

Are we allowed to edit/ resubmit our list?

Yes

(as long as i like your 2nd choices better )

[mojo]

1 woman, 1 Canadian

Another vote for mojo!

Hey wait a minute. I am not Canadian I am a woman!..... No I am a Canadian not a woman!

We need the doctors at the IAAF to make a determination.

[Daisy]

We need the doctors at the IAAF to make a determination.

You'll need a lawyer.

[Gabriella]

My list is on it's way. I made my decision mainly based on which athletes I like/d to watch compete; whether that be because they were/are fantastic or for pure entertainment/filth reasons There are also a couple in there that I respect because of their approach to the sport. There are also two lots of 2 in there that I loved watching their head-to-heads, so have included both. There is also one in there that I have included purely because of her hairstyle

My significant stats (you will be pleased, Mump)
15 women
8 Multi eventers
7 Current
6 Brits
5 Germans
3 French

[Powell]

There is also one in there that I have included purely because of her hairstyle

Petra Lobinger?

[Vault-emort]

I'm quite confident your Antarctican was on no one else's list . . .

Antarctica is just another state of Australia

[Gabriella]

so my message is stuck in my outbox..is that because Mump's inbox is full?

[nevetsllim]

so my message is stuck in my outbox..is that because Mump's inbox is full?

I might be wrong but I think all PMs remain in your outbox until they get read.

[72]

did you receive my PM with 20 faves cos "Outbox" or "Sent messages" do not show that you have received my choices. They say " no messages" Strange!!!

[JumboElliott]

My stats:
11 Americans
6 from Villanova
4 Women (2 American women)
4 Ethiopians
3 Irish

[mump boy]

did you receive my PM with 20 faves cos "Outbox" or "Sent messages" do not show that you have received my choices. They say " no messages" Strange!!!

didn't get it but i am recieving others so try again

[72]

this time it has gone into the Outbox and says "sent Dec 06.. 1.29 p.m"(8.29 p.m. gmt) So I assume it will eventuallky go off.
5 Americans, 5 Brits,2 Czechs,Finn,Jamaican, Kenyan,2 Aussies, 1 New Zealander, and 2 other African continent athletes. All but one OG Champions; 16 males, 4 females.

[lapsus]

What decade were my picks from? Let's see...
0 from the 60s or earlier
5 from the 70s
7 from the 80s
8 from the 90s
11 from the 00s
4 from the 10s

plenty of overlap between decades of course

14 men and 6 women

I stuck to favorites that had a significant amount of world level success (I think everyone on the list has at least a world championship medal), and to favorites I have seen and cheered for while they were active.

[DrJay]

How many entries so far?

[dukehjsteve]

It might be a monumental task, but once the deadline ( if there is one) is reached, hopfully our OP will list ALL nominees with their collective votes, in descending order.

I am pretty sure who will be last, or tied for last, as I voted for myself. Or maybe I will make someone else's list ?! Quite doubtful !

[mump boy]

that's the plan

every one will be ranked firstly by number of votes and then by position of votes (total points) You will get 20 poiints for a first place on someone's list and 1 point for 20th BUT having 20 points from 1 person is worse than having 2 points from 2 people

so the ranking will go in reverse order

people with 1 vote from 1 point to 20 points (if there are any)
people with 2 votes etc etc

the winner will be the person with the most votes not necessarily the one with the most points, as it is possible for someone to have more points but less votes. If there are a number of athletes who tie on the same amount of votes in the final then it will be down to points ]

i hope it all makes sense. As soon as i start posting results i'm sure it will all become clear.

I will start off post a few results a day but as we get lower i will probably just do one a day so we can discuss each one.

When the final result has been announced i will then post everone's individual list for discussion and if i ever get round to it i'll work out favourite by event, country etc

i think it may keep us busy well into next year

[DrJay]

You must have a lot of time on your hands.