The What Famous US Runner Are You Test

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Bob Schul

Bob was the 1964 Olympic Champion at 5,000 meters in Tokyo. He held five American and one world record. Schul is the only American Distance runner who has won a Gold Medal while being the favorite goi... Read more

Billy Mills

Described as the greatest upset in Olympic history, Billy Mills' victory in the 10,000 meters at the 1964 Olympic Games will remain an indelible memory for anyone who saw his thrilling stretch run as ... Read more

Alberto Salazar

Havana-born Alberto Salazar had his first running success at Wayland (Mass.) High School, before embarking on an outstanding career at the University of Oregon. While running for the Ducks under Hall ... Read more

Gerry Lindgren

The first American ever to win a distance event at a U.S.-Soviet Union dual meet, Gerry Lindgren was the U.S. national champion at 3,000 meters in 1967 and the 1964 national 10,000m champion. One of t... Read more

Greg Meyer

Greg was the best American man to win the Boston Marathon. Meyer ran 2:09.00 in the Boston Marathon in 1983. He held the American record for the10 mile and was a sub 4-minute miler. Last American Male... Read more

Craig Virgin

Virgin was born in Belleville, Illinois on August 2, 1955, and raised on his family’s farm near Lebanon, Illinois. He’s a legend in Illinois High School track and cross-country circles, where he hel... Read more

Todd Williams

Todd Williams was the premier 10,000 meter runner in the United States for nearly a decade. However, Williams was never considered "the next great American runner," and in fact, never won an NCAA titl... Read more

Bill Rodgers

A four-time winner of both the Boston and New York City marathons, Bill Rodgers was one of the prime movers in the American distance running boom of the 1970s. He took up distance running on a serious... Read more

Sydney Maree

Sydney Maree (b. 1956) is a former middle distance runner who competed at the international level in the 1980s. He was born in South Africa but ran for the United States. Maree's greatest success came... Read more

Marty Liquori

One of only four high school runners to break four minutes for the mile, Marty Liquori attended Villanova University where he was coached by Hall of Famer Jumbo Elliott. During his freshman year, he q... Read more

Mebrahtom Keflezighi

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Keflezighi became the first American man since 1976 to win an Olympic medal in the men’s marathon, taking the silver at Panathenaiko Stadium. Keflezighi crossed t... Read more

Steve Prefontaine

Steve Prefontaine was a major reason that Eugene, Oregon, became the unofficial running capital of the U.S. One of the University of Oregon's greatest athletes, Prefontaine was better known as "Pre" t... Read more

Steve Scott

One of the greatest milers in history, Steve Scott won the U.S. men’s 1,500m title six times and the U.S. Indoor mile crown four times. He is perhaps best known for having run 136 sub-4-minute miles ... Read more

Jim Ryun

The first high school runner to break 4 minutes in the one-mile run, Jim Ryun had yet to graduate from East High School in Wichita, Kans., when he made his first Olympic team in 1964. A year later, he... Read more

Frank Shorter

Frank Shorter was a driving force in the distance running boom that started in the U.S. in the late 1970s. He captured the imagination of runners throughout the country and worldwide when he won the 1... Read more

Bob Kennedy

Indiana University graduate Bob Kennedy (born 18 August 1970) is one of the better known cross country and track & field runners in the United States. He specialized in longer distances, and owns the ... Read more