:Running Records

Approach: Independent Level: Year 8 Focus: Comparing times (minutes, seconds and decimals). Resources: None. 664KB
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Questions/instructions: This table shows times for the men’s Olympic 1500-metre race. They were recorded between 1960 and 2000. Use the table to answer the questions.
Olympic men’s 1500-metre times 1960 Herb Elliott 3:35.6 1964 Peter Snell 3:38.1 1968 Kip Keino 3:34.9 1972 Pekka Vasala 3:36.3 1976 John Walker 3:39.17 1980 Sebastian Coe 3:38.4 1984 Sebastian Coe 3:32.53 1988 Peter Rono 3:35.96 1992 Fermin Cacho 3:40.12 1996 Noureddine Morceli 3:35.78 2000 Noah Ngeny 3:32.07	1. What was the fastest time?
	3:32.07 / Noah Ngeny	83
	2. What was the second fastest time?
	3:32.53 / Seb Coe	79
	3. What was the slowest time?
	3:40.12 / Fermin Cacho	71
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