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Morceli vs Semenya

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
MorceliWinner
89.1

Morceli wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Semenya
87.2

Semenya wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇿 Nourredine Morceli
89.1

Morceli leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three-time world 1500 m champion and Olympic gold medallist in 1996.

1. Nourredine Morceli
89.1
2. Caster Semenya
87.2

Category breakdown

Season form · Major golds per season

Career timeline · Major golds per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Major golds per season
1. 🇿🇦 Caster Semenya5 seasons played · career day 2,191586.5 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇿 Nourredine Morceli5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 major golds
-98.0% vs Semenya at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇿 Morceli00891222
🇿🇦 Semenya000115.45350.87941.46

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricMorceliRetiredSemenyaActive
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship titles3
World records set4
1500 m personal best3.27
Career years11
Olympic golds2
World Championship golds3
Commonwealth golds1
800m best (sec)114.25
Consecutive 800m wins30
Dominance w25%9088
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%7880
Honours w20%9088
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Morceli89.1
Semenya87.2
The people
Morceli
Semenya

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