Interesting stats of the USA Olympic Marathon Trials

Ken Nakamura compiled some interesting statistics of the USA Olympic Marathon Trials.

Men's race:

* Meb Keflezighi failed to break the Olympic trials record only by 6 seconds.

* Hall and Abdirahman ran fastest 2nd and 3rd place times respectively in the history of the Olympic Trial.

* Dathan Ritzenhein became the fastest runner who failed to make the US Olympic team.

* Previously Dave Gordon in 1984 was the fastest 4th placer in the Olympic Trials.

* Keflezighi became the only runner to make the Olympic Marathon team eight years apart.

* Meb along with the Hall became the seventh and eighth runners to make the Olympic marathon team at least twice.

Women's race:

* The first four runners broke the US Olympic Marathon Trials record.

* Amy Hastings became the fastest runner who failed to make the Olympic team.

* Previously, Blake Russel in 2004 was the fastest 4th placer in the Olympic Trials.

* The difference between first and third (28 seconds) is the second lowest in the history of the USA Olympic Marathon Trials.