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Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events
This list includes track events other than the hurdles, 100m sprint, and 800m run.
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Abdon Pamich
Italian athlete.
- 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 50km Walk
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Abebe Bikila
Ethiopian athlete.
- 1960 and 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the Marathon
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Albert Hill
British athlete.
- 1920 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 1500m run
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Alberto Juantorena
Cuban athlete.
- 1976 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 400m run
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Alberto Cova
Italian athlete.
- 1984 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 10,000m run
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Albin Stenroos
Finnish athlete.
- 1924 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the Marathon
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Allen Woodring
American athlete.
- 1920 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 200m run
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Alonzo Babers
American athlete.
- 1984 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 400m run
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Amos Biwott
Kenyan athlete.
- 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Anders Gérderud
Swedish athlete.
- 1976 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Andrei Perlov
Soviet athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 50km Walk
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Andy Stanfield
American athlete.
- 1952 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Archie Hahn
American athlete.
- 1904 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Archie Williams
American athlete.
- 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Arnold Jackson
British athlete.
- 1912 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Arthur Russel
British athlete.
- 1908 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Arthur Wint
Jamaican athlete.
- 1948 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Bernd Kannenberg
German athlete.
- 1972 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 50km Walk
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Bevil Rudd
South African athlete.
- 1920 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Bobby Morrow
American track and field athlete.
- 1956 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Brahim Boutaib
Moroccan athlete.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m
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Bronislaw Malinowski
Polish athlete.
- 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Carl Lewis (born 1961)
American track and field star.
- 1984 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Carlos Lopes
Portuguese athlete.
- 1984 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Charles Bennett
British athlete.
- 1900 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Charles Reidpath
American athlete.
- 1912 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Charles Jenkins
American athlete.
- 1956 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Christoph Hohne
German athlete.
- 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 50km Walk
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Christopher Brasher
British athlete.
- 1956 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Daniel Bautista
Mexican athlete.
- 1976 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 20km Walk
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Daniel Plaza
Spanish athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 20km Walk
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Delfo Cabrera
Argentine athlete.
- 1948 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Dieter Baumann
German athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m
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Donald Thompson
British athlete.
- 1960 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 50km Walk
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Donald Quarrie
Jamaican athlete.
- 1976 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Eddie Tolan
American athlete.
- 1932 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Emil Zátopek
Czechoslovakian athlete.
- 1948-52 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10000m
- 1952 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m
- 1952 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Eric Liddell
British athlete.
- 1924 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Ernesto Canto
Mexican athlete.
- 1984 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 20km Walk
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Fermin Cacho Ruiz
Spanish athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Frank Shorter
American athlete.
- 1972 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Gaston Reiff
Belgian athlete.
- 1948 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m
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Gaston Roelants
Belgian athlete.
- 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Gelindo Bordin
Italian runner.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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George Orton
American athlete.
- 1900 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Giuseppe Dordoni
Italian athlete.
- 1952 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 50km Walk
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Gunnar Höckert
Finnish athlete.
- 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m
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Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish athlete.
- 1912 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m and 10,000m; 1920 gold medal winner for the Marathon
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Harold Whitlock
British athlete.
- 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 50km Walk
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Harry Hillman
American athlete.
- 1904 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Harry Larva
Finnish athlete.
- 1928 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Hartwig Gauder
German athlete.
- 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 50km Walk
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Henry Eriksson
Swedish athlete.
- 1948 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Henry Carr
American athlete.
- 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Herbert Elliott
Australian athlete.
- 1960 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Hezakieh Keino
Kenyan athlete.
- 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Horace Ashenfelter
American athlete.
- 1952 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Hwang Young Cho
Korean athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Ilmari Salminen
Finnish athlete.
- 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m
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Jackson Scholz
American athlete.
- 1924 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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James Lightbody
American athlete.
- 1904 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase and 1500m
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Janusz Kusocinski
Polish athlete.
- 1932 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m
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Joe Deloach
American athlete.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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John Hayes
American athlete.
- 1908 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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John Lovelock
New Zealand athlete.
- 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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John Ljunggren
Swedish athlete.
- 1948 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 50km Walk
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John Walker
New Zealand athlete.
- 1976 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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John Ngugi
Kenyan athlete.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m
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Joseph Guillemot
French athlete.
- 1920 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m
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Joseph Barthel
Luxembourgian athlete.
- 1952 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Jozef Pribilinec
Czechoslovakian athlete.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 20km Walk
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Juan Carlos Zabala
Argentinian athlete.
- 1932 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Julius Korir
Kenyan athlete.
- 1984 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Julius Kariuki
Kenyan athlete.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Kenneth McArthur
South African athlete.
- 1912 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Kenneth Matthews
British athlete.
- 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 20km Walk
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Khalid Skah
Moroccon athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m
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Kipchoge ''Kip'' Keino
Kenyan runner.
- 1972 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Lasse Viren
Finnish athlete.
- 1972, 1976 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m and 10,000m
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Lee Evans
American athlete.
- 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Leonid Spirine
Soviet athlete.
- 1956 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 20km Walk
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Livio Berruti
Italian athlete.
- 1960 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Luigi Beccali
Italian athlete.
- 1932 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Mamo Wolde
Ethiopian athlete.
- 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Mathew Birir
Kenyan athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Maurizio Damilano
Italian athlete.
- 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 20km Walk
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Maxwell Long
American athlete.
- 1900 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Melvin Sheppard
American athlete.
- 1908 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Melvin Patton
American athlete.
- 1948 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Michael Larrabee
American athlete.
- 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Michel Theatro
French athlete.
- 1900 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Mike Marsh
American athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Miruts Yifter
Ethiopian athlete.
- 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m and 10,000m
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Mohamed Gammoudi
Tunisian athlete.
- 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m
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Murray Halberg
New Zealand athlete.
- 1960 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m
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Nabiba Temu
Kenyan athlete.
- 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m
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Norman Read
New Zealand athlete.
- 1956 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 50km Walk
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Otis Davis
American athlete.
- 1960 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Paavo Nurmi
Finnish athlete.
- 1924 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m and 5000m; 1920, 1928 gold medal winner for 10,000m
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Pekka Vasala
Finnish athlete.
- 1972 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Percy Williams
Canadian athlete.
- 1928 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Percy Hodge
British athlete.
- 1920 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Peter Snell
New Zealand athlete.
- 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Peter Frenkel
German athlete.
- 1972 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 20km Walk
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Peter Rono
Kenyan athlete.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Pietro Mennea
Italian athlete.
- 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Piotr Bolotnikov
Soviet athlete.
- 1960 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m
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Quincy Watts
American athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Ralph Craig
American athlete.
- 1912 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Raymond Barbuti
American athlete.
- 1928 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Robert Kerr
Canadian athlete.
- 1908 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Robert Keyser Schul
American athlete.
- 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m
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Ronald Delany
Irish athlete.
- 1956 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Said Aouita
Moroccan athlete.
- 1984 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m
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Sebastian Coe
British athlete.
- 1980, 1984 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Son Kitei
Japanese athlete.
- 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Spiridon Louis
Greek athlete.
- 1896 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Steven Lewis
American athlete.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Thomas Burke
American athlete.
- 1896 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Thomas Hicks
American athlete.
- 1904 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Thomas Green
British athlete.
- 1932 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 50km Walk
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Thore Sjoestrand
Swedish athlete.
- 1948 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Toivo Loukola
Finnish athlete.
- 1928 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Tommie Smith
American athlete.
- 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Viktor Markin
Soviet athlete.
- 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Vilho Ritola
Finnish athlete.
- 1924 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase and 10,000m; 1928 gold medal winner for 5000m
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Vincent George Rhoden
Jamaican athlete.
- 1952 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Vincent Matthews
American athlete.
- 1972 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Vlacheslav Ivanenko
Soviet athlete.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 50km Walk
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Vladimir Kouts
Soviet athlete.
- 1956 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m and 10,000m
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Vladimir Golubnichi
Soviet athlete.
- 1960, 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 20km Walk
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Volmari Iso-Hollo
Finnish athlete.
- 1932, 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Waldemar Cierpinski
German athlete.
- 1976, 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Walter Tewksbury
American athlete.
- 1900 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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William Mills
American athlete.
- 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m
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William Carr
American athlete.
- 1932 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Wyndham Halswelle
British athlete.
- 1908 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Zdislaw Kryskowiak
Polish athlete.
- 1960 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 3000m Steeplechase
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Jesse Owens (born 1913, died 1980)
African-American athlete whose outstanding performance at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin gave the lie to Hitler's claims of Aryan supremacy.
- 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopian athlete.
- 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m
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Joseph Keter
Kenyan athlete.
- 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 3000m Steeplechase
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Jefferson Perez
Ecuadorian athlete.
- 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 20km Walk
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Robert Korzeniowski
Polish athlete.
- 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 50km Walk
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Claude Issorat
French athlete.
- 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 1500m Wheelchair
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Gezahgne Abera (born 1978)
Ethiopian athlete
- 2000 Summer Olympics Men''s Olympic marathon gold medalist
Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events
This list includes track events other than the hurdles, 100m sprint, and 800m run.
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Colette Besson
French athlete.
- 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Derartu Tulu (born 1972)
Ethiopian athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m
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Edith Marie McGuire
American athlete.
- 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Elizabeth Cuthbert
Australian athlete.
- 1956 and 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m and 400m
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Gabriella Dorio
Italian athlete.
- 1984 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Gwen Torrence
American athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Hassiba Boulmerka (born 1968)
Algerian athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Irena Kirszenstein
Polish athlete.
- 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Irena Szewinska
Polish athlete.
- 1976 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Joan Benoit
American runner.
- 1984 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Ludmila Bragina
Soviet athlete.
- 1972 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Marie-José Perec
French athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m and 400m; 1996 gold medal winner for 400m
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Marita Koch
German athlete.
- 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Marjorie Jackson
Australian athlete.
- 1952 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Monika Zehrt
German athlete.
- 1972 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Olga Bondarenko
Soviet athlete.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m
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Olga Bryzguina
Soviet athlete.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m
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Paula Ivan
Romanian athlete.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Renate Stecher
German athlete.
- 1972 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Rosa Mota
Portuguese runner.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Tatiana Kazankina
Soviet athlete.
- 1976 and 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m
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Valentina Yegorova
Soviet athlete.
- 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Marathon
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Valerie Brisco-Hooks
American athlete.
- 1984 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m and 400m
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Wilma Rudolph (born 1940, died 1994)
American athlete.
- 1960 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Florence Griffith-Joyner (born 1959, died 1998)
American track star.
- 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m
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Fernanda Ribeiro
Portuguese athlete.
- 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10,000m
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Louise Sauvage
Australian athlete.
- 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 800m Wheelchair
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Yelena Nikolayeva
Russian athlete.
- 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 10km Walk
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Naoko Takahashi (born 1972)
Japanese athlete
- 2000 Summer Olympics Women''s Olympic marathon gold medalist
