Hicham El Guerrouj is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder of the outdoor 1500 metres, mile, and 2000 metres events. He also held indoor world records for the mile and 1500 metres until 2019, and is the only man since Paavo Nurmi to earn a gold medal in both the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the same Olympic Games. He has also won the world championship in the 1500 meters four consecutive times in 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003.
The men's 10,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20. No preliminary rounds were held at this distance, since the number of competitors allowed a direct final.
The women's 10,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 27. No preliminary rounds were held at this distance, since the number of competitors allowed a direct final.
Roberta Brunet is a former middle distance runner from Italy
The men's long jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 18 October 1964. 37 athletes from 23 nations entered, with 5 not starting in the qualification round. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Lynn Davies of Great Britain, breaking a string of eight straight American victories. It was Great Britain's first gold medal in the men's long jump, and first medal since 1900. It was only the second time the United States had not won the event, with Sweden's William Petersson in 1920 the only non-American to win before Davies. Ralph Boston of the United States and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the Soviet Union became the third and fourth men to win a second medal in the long jump.
José Manuel ("Chema") Martínez Fernández is a Spanish long-distance runner. He is married to Spanish field hockey player Nuria Moreno.
Stefano Mei is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10000 metres. European champion on 10000 m in 1986.
Xolile Yawa is a retired athlete from South Africa - ZA. He specialised in long-distance running, including marathons.
Silvia Weissteiner is an Italian long-distance runner.
Sergio Sánchez is a Spanish long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.
Carlos Amarel Ferreira is a Paralympic track and field athlete from Portugal competing mainly in category T10/T11, visually-impaired, long-distance running events.
The Ancient Olympic pentathlon was an athletic contest at the Ancient Olympic Games, and other Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. The name derives from Greek, combining the words pente (five) and athlon (competition). Five events were contested over one day, starting with the stadion, followed by the javelin throw, discus throw, and long jump, and ending with wrestling. While Pentathletes were considered to be inferior to the specialized athletes in a certain event, they were superior in overall development and were some of the most well balanced of all the athletes. Their training was often part of military service—each of the five events was thought to be useful in battle.
The 2010 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the indoor ice rink of the Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands on 19, 20 and 21 March 2010.
The marathon at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July on a course running from the Helsinki Olympic Stadium to Korso, Helsinki Rural Municipality and back. Sixty-six athletes from 32 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
Giuseppe "Pippo" Cindolo is an Italian former long-distance runner, third at the 1974 European Athletics Championships on 10000 metres. He was born in Avellino.
Cameron Levins is a Canadian long-distance runner from Black Creek and Courtenay, British Columbia. He won the bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 10,000 m. Levins also competed in the 2012 London Olympics.
Giuseppe Lippi is a former Italian long distance runner and steeplechaser.
Tom Ansberry is an American former long-distance runner.
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei is a Ugandan long-distance runner and 2019 world champion in the 10,000 m.
Panagiotis Papoulias is a Greek former track and field athlete who competing middle- and long-distance running events. His greatest achievement was a bronze medal at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He was a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics and also ran at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and 1998 European Athletics Championships.
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