Interview-Dave Wottle, 1972 Olympic 800 Meter Gold

[marathondude]

For a comprehensive, in-depth interview with Dave Wottle go to www.garycohenrunning.com/Interviews/Wottle.aspx
Dave Wottle won the Gold Medal in the 1972 Olympic 800 meter run in Munich, Germany by 0.03 seconds in a time of 1:45.9. He set the World Record for 800 meters of 1:44.3 at the 1972 AAU Championships. At the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Dave won the 1,500 meters in 1972 and the mile in 1973 in an NCAA record time of 3:57.1. He raced his personal best mile of 3:53.3 in 1973 to beat Steve Prefontaine by 1.3 seconds when Pre ran his PR. Enjoy!

[tb400]

Holy crap, Wottle ran in an all-comers meet in Ontario? Does anyone remember that?

[marathondude]

If you are really interested in more about that all-comers meet that Dave ran in Ontario, I'll see if I can get him to check his training logs. He has transferred several years of his logs to computer and may be able to pin things down a bit. Let me know.

[SI]

I would be interested.

[tb400]

Me too, thanks for the offer dude. Why does it not surprise me that Dave kept his training logs all these years?

[SI]

Doesn't everyone?