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| | Carlos Lopes |
 | | Carlos did not better 28 minutes for 10000m again until 1981, but then in 1982, he reduced his best time to 27min 24.39sec at the Bislett Games in Oslo, narrowly missing the world record. |
 | | Lopes attempted his first marathon later that year in New York, in which he did not finish, but in Rotterdam the following April, he finished a close second to Rob De Castella (Australia) with a time of 2hr 08min 39sec. |
 | | At the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Lopes chose the 10000m rather than the marathon, but did not have a happy race, allowing the pace to dawdle, and he was outkicked by the sprinters in the last lap, finishing a disappointing 6th. |
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