CREATE TABLE "all_time_top_50_performances" (
  "athlete" text,
  "time" text,
  "country" text,
  "year" real,
  "place" real
);

Question: Which Year is the lowest one that has an Athlete of markus thalmann, and a Time of 23:28:24?
SQL: SELECT MIN("year") FROM "all_time_top_50_performances" WHERE "athlete"='markus thalmann' AND "time"='23:28:24';

Question: Which Year is the lowest one that has a Time of 24:55:58, and a Place larger than 3?
SQL: SELECT MIN("year") FROM "all_time_top_50_performances" WHERE "time"='24:55:58' AND "place">3;

Question: Which Athlete has a Place of 1, and a Year smaller than 1988, and a Country of gre, and a Time of 21:57:00?
SQL: SELECT "athlete" FROM "all_time_top_50_performances" WHERE "place"=1 AND "year"<1988 AND "country"='gre' AND "time"='21:57:00';

Question: Which Time has a Year larger than 1985, and a Place smaller than 2, and an Athlete of riochy sekiya?
SQL: SELECT "time" FROM "all_time_top_50_performances" WHERE "year">1985 AND "place"<2 AND "athlete"='riochy sekiya';