Middle and Long Distance Running Facts and Stats
Who is the only man to repeat as Olympic 1500 meter champion?
Noureddine Morceli
Hicham El Guerrouj
Sebastian Coe
Peter Snell
Who won the first women’s Olympic marathon?
Joan Benoit
Kathrine Switzer
Ingrid Kristiansen
Grete Waitz
Who is the second fastest miler in history?
Bernard Lagat
Steve Cram
Noureddine Morceli
Noah Ngeny
Which of these famously grueling long distance events did Alberto Salazar win?
Western States 100
Comrades Marathon
Pikes Peak Marathon
Badwater Ultramarathon
Which of these international athletes never competed in the NCAA?
Henrik Ingebrigtsen
Lasse Viren
Joaquim Cruz
Ian Stewart
Who won the 5000 meters at the inaugural World Championships in Athletics?
Eamonn Coghlan
Said Aouita
Tim Hutchings
Miruts Yifter
Which of these athletes has never beaten Sifan Hassan at 1500 meters?
Gudaf Tsegay
Shannon Rowbury
Hellen Obiri
Gabriela Debues-Stafford
Which of these distance greats never won an Olympic gold medal?
Alain Mimoun
Ron Clarke
Mohammed Gammoudi
Murray Halberg
Which of these athletes is a former London Marathon champion?
Brigid Kosgei
Haile Gebrselassie
Paul Tergat
Tirunesh Dibaba
Who are the 3 women to have won gold in both the 800 and 1500 at the same Olympics?
Mary Decker, Hassiba Boulmerka, Kelly Holmes
Tatyana Kazankina, Svetlana Masterkova, Kelly Holmes
Tatyana Kazankina, Hassiba Boulmerka, Janeth Jepkosgei
Doina Melinte, Hassiba Boulmerka, Caster Semenya
Which of these future marathon legends never won the junior race at the World XC Championships?
Kenenisa Bekele
Paula Radcliffe
Eliud Kipchoge
Samuel Wanjiru
Who was the first man to break 8:00 in the steeplechase?
Patrick Sang
Henry Rono
Moses Kiptanui
Saif Saaeed Shaheen
What is the North and Central American (NACAC) record in the marathon?
2:04:51
2:04:58
2:05:36
2:05:42
Who was the first woman to break 9:00 in the steeplechase?
Marta Dominguez
Mariya Savinova
Gulnara Galkina
Ruth Jebet
Who has the largest winning margin in the men’s 1500 in the history of the modern Olympics?
Paavo Nurmi
Herb Elliott
Kip Keino
Taoufik Makhloufi
Who holds the women’s 2 mile world record?
Tirunesh Dibaba
Sifan Hassan
Meseret Defar
Genzebe Dibaba
Who holds the Irish national record in the 1500?
Andrew Coscoran
Eamonn Coghlan
Ray Flynn
Marcus O’Sullivan
Paul Tergat’s 5000 meter PB is:
12:49.87
12:53.28
12:54.95
12:55.16
Marathon world records have been set in all but which of these races?
Fukuoka
London
Rotterdam
Frankfurt
Who holds the women’s 1,000 meter world record?
Svetlana Masterkova
Yunxia Qu
Genzebe Dibaba
Caster Semenya
Who won the 1984 Olympic 10,000 meters?
Salvatore Antibo
Alberto Cova
Carlos Lopes
Fernando Mamede
The approximate English meaning of “Kipchoge” is:
Denotes a family that raises mules
An especially smiley baby
Born in a period of heavy rains
Born near a grain storage shed
Who was the first woman to break 4:00 for 1500 meters?
Lyudmila Bragina
Zola Budd
Tatyana Kazankina
Mary Decker
Hellen Obiri can claim all but which of these titles?
Commonwealth Games champion
World Indoor champion
World Cross Country champion
World half marathon champion
As of July 4th 2023, who owns the second fastest women’s half marathon time?
Ruth Chepng’etich
Yalemzerf Yehualaw
Mary Keitany
Brigid Kosgei
Steve Cram and Said Aouita broke the 3:30 barrier in the same race - who was the 3rd man to break 3:30?
Sydney Maree
Sebastian Coe
Abdi Bile
Noureddine Morceli
Which of these athletes was not a member of UTEP’s dominant NCAA XC teams of the 70s and 80s?
Zakarie Barie
Suleiman Nyambui
Matthews Motshwarateu
Yobes Ondieki
Since it became an IAAF sanctioned event, four men have won World XC 3 or more times - who was the first?
John Treacy
Craig Virgin
Carlos Lopes
John Ngugi
Who has never held the men’s 1,000 meter world record?
Steve Cram
Rick Wohlhuter
Mal Whitfield
Peter Snell
What year was the women’s 5000 meters first contested in the Olympics?
1972
1984
1992
1996
Which athlete had their half marathon world record annulled due to doping violations?
Rhonex Kipruto
Abraham Kiptum
Liliya Shobukhova
Rita Jeptoo
This Olympic champion was ranked top-3 in the world in his specialty for 7 straight seasons before dying in a car accident the following year:
Steve Prefontaine
Samuel Wanjiru
Bronislaw Malinowski
Ivo Van Damme
Who won the silver medal in the 2021 Olympic women’s 10,000 meters?
Hellen Obiri
Beatrice Chebet
Kalkidan Gezahegne
Letesenbet Gidey
Who won the 1992 Olympic women’s 800?
Maria Mutola
Ellen van Langen
Ana Fidelia Quirot
Hassiba Boulmerka
As of July 4th 2023, how many men have run under 26:30 for 10,000m on the track?
4
5
7
8
Which of these athletes has the fastest 5000 meter PB?
Paula Radcliffe
Junxia Wang
Konstanze Klosterhalfen
Karissa Schweizer
Who holds the Oceanic record in the men’s marathon?
Rob de Castella
Zane Robertson
Brett Robinson
Steve Moneghetti
Who holds the world record for the indoor 2,000 meters?
Kenenisa Bekele
Daniel Komen
Hicham El Guerrouj
Mo Farah
Which of these athletes never broke 1:43 for 800 meters?
Duane Solomon
Amel Tuka
Adam Kszczot
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse
Which of these American women never broke 4:00 for 1500?
Morgan Uceny
Anna Willard
Christin Wurth-Thomas
Suzy Favor Hamilton
What is the Djiboutian national record for the mile?
3:47.32
3:49.07
3:52.11
3:53.00
Who was the first man to break 8 minutes for 3000 meters?
Emil Zatopek
Vladimir Kuts
Gunder Hagg
Gaston Reiff
What is Paula Radcliffe’s 3000 meter PB?
8:20.68
8:22.20
8:26.50
8:31.19
What year was the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships first held?
1988
1992
1995
1998
Which of the following is not a Burundian national record?
1:42.81 800
3:46.70 mile
7:25.93 3000
26:49.74 10,000
Who holds the Japanese national record in the women’s marathon?
Mao Ichiyama
Hitomi Niiya
Naoko Takahashi
Mizuki Noguchi
Who won the women’s 800 at the 1964 Olympics?
Ann Packer
Sin Kim-dan
Madeline Manning
Hildegard Falck
Which athlete won 3 consecutive World Indoor 3,000 meter titles from 1995 to 1999?
Sonia O’Sullivan
Gabriela Szabo
Fernanda Ribeiro
Lynn Jennings
Which of these athletes has never beaten Kenenisa Bekele at 5,000 meters?
Galen Rupp
Ibrahim Jeilan
Bernard Lagat
Tariku Bekele
Which of these countries has never won the men’s team title at the World XC Championships?
New Zealand
Morocco
Belgium
Uganda
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