Sebastian Newbold Coe,Baron Coe,,often referred to as Seb Coe,is a British sports administrator,former politician and retired track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner,Coe won four Olympic medals,including 1500 metres gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set nine outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events –including,in 1979,setting three world records in the space of 41 days –and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.
Abdi Bile is a former middle distance runner. He holds the highest number of national records in athletics in Somalia across various disciplines. He is currently Somalia's national record holder in nine athletic disciplines,and is thus far Somalia's most decorated athlete in history.
Nicholas Boone Symmonds is an American YouTube personality and retired middle-distance track athlete,from Boise,Idaho,who specialized in the 800 meters and 1500 meters distances. Symmonds signed with Brooks Running in January 2014 after a 7-year sponsorship with Nike. In college at Willamette University he won seven NCAA Division III titles in outdoor track. Symmonds is a 6-time US National 800 meters champion. He has competed in the 800m at two Olympic Games,reaching the semi-finals in Beijing 2008;in London 2012,he finished fifth in the final,running a personal best of 1:42.95 behind David Rudisha's world record. He won a silver medal in the 800 meters at the 2013 World Championships,having previously finished sixth in the 2009 final and fifth in the 2011 final.
Lopez Lomong is a South Sudanese-born American track and field athlete. Lomong,one of the Lost Boys of Sudan,came to the United States at the age of 16 and became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
Andrew "Andy" Wheating is a retired American middle distance runner. Wheating competed for the United States in the men's 800 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,China,and in the 1500 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was a professional runner for Nike.
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. is an American middle-distance runner,who specializes in the 1500 metres. He won a gold medal in the event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He also achieved a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships and a silver medal at the 2013 World Championships. Centrowitz is a five-time national champion in the 1500 m at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Taoufik Makhloufi is an Algerian athlete who specialises in middle-distance running. He became the 1500 metres Olympic champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,England. In 2016,Makhloufi took the silver medal in the 800m and 1500 m at the Summer Olympics in Rio,Brazil.
Jeffrey "Jeff" Riseley is an Australian middle-distance athlete. Riseley competed in the 2008,2012,2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Matt Scherer was an American track and field athlete and a top professional pacemaker.
Craig Engels is an American middle-distance runner. He competed for the United States at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships,where he won the men's 1500 meters. In the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Engels was focused on making the semi-finals of the 800m and was listed as an alternate for the 1500m. He finished 4th in the 800m final and 5th in the 1500m final,missing out on the Olympics in both events.
Eric Jenkins is a retired long-distance runner. In college,he ran for Northeastern University,before transferring to the University of Oregon after his junior year. At the University of Oregon,Jenkins was a two-time NCAA Champion,with victories in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres at the 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. He began competing professionally for Nike in 2015 as part of the Nike Oregon Project. Jenkins retired from competition in 2023.
Clayton Murphy is an American middle-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 800-meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games. He was the gold medalist in the 800-meter run at the 2015 Pan American Games. He ran collegiately for the University of Akron,before signing with Nike in June 2016 and joining the Nike Oregon Project.
Boris Berian is an American middle distance runner. He was the 2016 National Champion and represented the United States at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 800 meters where he won the gold medal. He set his indoor best winning the world championships at 1:45.87,boldly front running a sub-50 first 400. Outdoors he set his personal best 1:43.34 at the 2015 Herculis meet. In his collegiate career,Berian ran for Adams State University,where he was coached by Damon Martin. Barely a year before the Herculis meet,Berian was working in a Colorado Springs McDonald's as a college dropout,still trying to train after working the morning shift.
Francis Xavier Gagliano,often referred to as Gags,is a longtime professional track and field coach. He currently coaches the New Jersey-New York Track Club.
Mason Ferlic is an American long-distance runner. He competed in the steeplechase during the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Charlie Hunter is an Australian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.
Cole Hocker is an American middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 meters. He won the gold medal in the event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,setting an Olympic record and an area record of 3:27.65.
Samuel Prakel is an American middle- and long-distance runner,who competes for Adidas. His personal best time in the indoor mile is 3:50.94,tied for 13th all-time. He competed collegiately for the Oregon Ducks,where he was a five-time All American and won the 1500m at the 2018 Pac-12 Championships.
Hobbs Kessler is an American middle-distance runner. He competes professionally for Adidas,having turned professional directly after high school. He holds the North American U20 record in the 1500 meters,having run 3:34.36 in 2021 during his senior year in high school. He briefly held the world record in the road mile set at the 2023 World Road Running Championships until it was broken by Emmanuel Wanyonyi on April 27,2024.
Rebecca Cheptegei was a Ugandan cross country,long-distance and marathon runner,who was the national record holder in the latter discipline and a former world champion in mountain running.
