You are the Rules Dictator

I totally agree with #1 Leonard......The fact that women don't swim the 1500 in the Olympics is similar to other previous (and current) rules in women's sports like not playing more than 3 games in a WNBA finals??.....Women are tough enough to handle the same rules and events as men.....Try and keep up with Janet Evans or Katie Ziegler in a 1500! This has been one of the enduring mysteries of my athletic life: Why do men and women often have different events. When I first started running (1969), you'd often hear stuff like "A woman can't run the marathon because her uterus will be damaged." (I swear I heard this.) Even as a kid, it made no sense to me. I remember thinking "If you can push something the size of a bowling ball out of there, how is a running going to do more damage?" Has anyone ever seen a reason/rationale why there is no 1500 for women in the Olys? It doesn't even have to make sense, I just wonder if anyone ever tried to rationalize it publicly. -LBJ

I totally agree with #1 Leonard......The fact that women don't swim the 1500 in the Olympics is similar to other previous (and current) rules in women's sports like not playing more than 3 games in a WNBA finals??.....Women are tough enough to handle the same rules and events as men.....Try and keep up with Janet Evans or Katie Ziegler in a 1500! This has been one of the enduring mysteries of my athletic life: Why do men and women often have different events. When I first started running (1969), you'd often hear stuff like "A woman can't run the marathon because her uterus will be damaged." (I swear I heard this.) Even as a kid, it made no sense to me. I remember thinking "If you can push something the size of a bowling ball out of there, how is a running going to do more damage?" Has anyone ever seen a reason/rationale why there is no 1500 for women in the Olys? It doesn't even have to make sense, I just wonder if anyone ever tried to rationalize it publicly. -LBJ