Noureddine Morceli is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner. He was the winner of the 1500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won three straight gold medals at that distance at the World Championships in Athletics. He set world records in the 1500 m, mile run and the 3000 metres.
Norway competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 46 competitors, 38 men and 8 women, took part in 36 events in 11 sports.
Isaac Kiprono Songok is a Kenyan long-distance runner.
Juan Carlos Higuero Mate is a Spanish middle distance runner, who mostly concentrates on the 1500 metres. He was born in Aranda de Duero, Burgos.
Bouchra Chaabi is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Andrey Valeryevich Zadorozhniy is a Russian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. His sole major international medal was a bronze at the 1998 European Indoor Championships. He won five national titles in the 1500 m at the Russian Athletics Championships, between 1997 and 2002, and four national titles indoors, including had a 1500 m/3000 metres double at the 2003 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships.
Korene Hinds is a Jamaican long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.
Silvia Weissteiner is an Italian long-distance runner.
Abubaker Ali Kamal is a Qatari runner who has specialized mostly in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase.
Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi is a Libyan long-distance runner. He competed at four editions of the Olympic Games.
Margaret Wangari Muriuki is a Kenyan professional long and middle distance runner. She shared in the team gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Individually, she won medals at the African Cross Country Championships and the African Championships in Athletics (1500 m) in 2012.
Arne Kvalheim is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He is the brother of Knut Kvalheim.
Sergio Sánchez is a Spanish long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.
Abdalla Abdelgadir El-Sheikh, also known as Abdalla Abdel Gadir, is a Sudanese middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.
Mohammed Othman Shaween is a Saudi Arabian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He received a three-year ban from the sport for doping.
Juan Luis Barrios Nieves is a Mexican runner. He competed in the 5000 m at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and finished seventh-eighth. He placed 14th in the same event at the 2007 and came 18th in the 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships.
Eduar Antonio Villanueva is a Venezuelan middle-distance runner. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics and has participated in the World Championships in Athletics on three consecutive occasions. In 2011 he had the best ever performance by a Venezuelan runner at the World Championships, coming eighth in the 1500 metres. He set a Venezuelan record of 3:36.96 minutes in the semi-final.
Dawit Wolde is an Ethiopian middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. A medallist at the World Youth Championships and the African Junior Athletics Championships, he has represented Ethiopia at the African Championships in Athletics and the All-Africa Games. He was chosen to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Olympics. His 1500 m personal best is 3:33.82 minutes.
Yasunori Uchitomi, is a Japanese former long-distance runner who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase. His personal best for the event is 8:26.48 minutes, set in 1997.
Isireli Naikelekelevesi is a Fijian former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. He is the Fijian national record holder in that event.
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