Gunder Hägg

male, deceased (2004)
Middle distance runner, world record, swedish, athlete, runner, Malmö…Middledistancetrackevent, middle distance
Gunder Hägg was a Swedish runner and multiple world record breaker of the 1940s. Gunder Hägg set over a dozen middle distance world records at ev...
Wilson Kipketer

Wilson Kipketer

male, 37 years old
Athlete at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 800 m, Olympic competitor for Denmark, middle distance, Middledistancetrackevent, kenyan…Middle distance runner
Wilson Kipketer (born December 12, 1970) is a Danish former middle distance runner. He holds the current world records at both indoor and outdoor...
Steve Ovett

Steve Ovett

male, 54 years old
UK record, UK records in athletics, IAAF World Cup in Athletics, 1980 Olympic Games, Track & Field News, iaaf…Middledistancetrackevent, British middle distance runner, Middle distance runner
Stephen Michael James ("Steve") Ovett (born October 9, 1955), is a former middle distance runner from England. He was gold medalist in the 800 m at...
Steve Cram

Steve Cram

male, 49 years old
Sebastian Coe, European Championships in Athletics, Fighting Talk, European record, European records in athletics, 1980 Moscow Olympic Games…middle distance, Middledistancetrackevent, British middle distance runner
Steve Cram MBE (born October 14 1960) is an English former athlete who vied with fellow English athletes Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett during their...
Daniel Komen

Daniel Komen

male, 33 years old
Feb 6, long-distance track event, long distance runner, Middledistancetrackevent, middle, four minute mile…track and field, Middle distance runner
Daniel Kipngetich Komen is a Kenyan middle and long distance runner. He is the first and only man to achieve back-to-back sub-four minute miles, as...
Baron Coe

Baron Coe

male, 53 years old
Nike endorser, Middledistancetrackevent, 1980 Summer Olympics, Middle distance runner, politician, 1984 Summer Olympics…British middle distance runner
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, KBE, (born 29 September 1956 in Chiswick, London) is a politician and former top-level athlete from England. In...
Kelly Holmes

Kelly Holmes

female, 39 years old
Dancing on Ice participant, Laureus World Sports Awards winner, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, British, Jamaican-English, Olympic competitor for Great Britain…Middledistancetrackevent, middle distance, British middle distance runner
Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born April 19, 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. She won gold medals in the 800 metres and the 1500...
Saïd Aouita

Saïd Aouita

male, 50 years old
1983 World Championships in Athletics, Athlete at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles Olympics, Muslim, Olympic competitor for Morocco, 5000 meters…Middledistancetrackevent, Middle distance runner
Saïd Aouita (born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan athlete, winner of 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Born in Kenitra, Morocco, S...
Paavo Nurmi

Paavo Nurmi

male, deceased (1973)
Middle distance runner, Olympic gold medalist, Olympic silver medalist, Multiple Olympic gold medalist, Finnish, long-distance runner…long distance, middle, Middledistancetrackevent, long-distance track event
Paavo Johannes Nurmi (June 13, 1897 Turku - October 2, 1973 Helsinki) was a Finnish runner. He was known as one of the "Flying Finns"; a term given...
Marty Liquori

Marty Liquori

male, 60 years old
Villanova University alumni, Martin "Marty" Liquori, Dream Mile, From Gainesville, Florida, On the RUN, Middledistancetrackevent…middle distance, American middle distance runner
Martin "Marty" Liquori (born 11 September 1949) is an American middle distance athlete. Liquori first rose to fame when he became the third...