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style="background: #CCCC99;">Sport</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Event(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/5000_meters" class="mw-redirect" title="5000 meters">5000 meters</a>, <a href="/wiki/10,000_meters" class="mw-redirect" title="10,000 meters">10,000 meters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marathon" title="Marathon">marathon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">College team</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California_Trojans" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Southern California Trojans">USC Trojans</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #CCCC99;"><div class="mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color:transparent;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medal record</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;">Men's athletics </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <span class="country-name">the <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres">10,000 m</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Max Edwin Truex</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/u/: 'u' in 'influence'">u</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>; November 4, 1935, in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw,_Indiana" title="Warsaw, Indiana">Warsaw, Indiana</a> – March 24, 1991, in <a href="/wiki/Milton,_Massachusetts" title="Milton, Massachusetts">Milton, Massachusetts</a>) was an American long-distance runner. He was a two-time Olympian, running the <a href="/wiki/10,000_metres" title="10,000 metres">10,000 metres</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_10,000_metres" title="Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres">1956</a> and <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_10,000_metres" title="Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres">1960</a> Olympics.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also was a two-time United States champion in the 6 mile run, the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_measurements" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial measurements">imperial</a> equivalent<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and added a 3-mile championship in 1962 (though he actually finished second to New Zealander <a href="/wiki/Murray_Halberg" title="Murray Halberg">Murray Halberg</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lat_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prep">Prep</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Truex&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Prep"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While running for <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Community_High_School" title="Warsaw Community High School">Warsaw High School</a> (class of 1954), Truex came to fame by setting the <a href="/wiki/United_States_high_school_national_records_in_track_and_field" class="mw-redirect" title="United States high school national records in track and field">national high school record</a> in the mile at 4:20.4, the record that had been held by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Zamperini" title="Louis Zamperini">Louis Zamperini</a> for close to 20 years. He went to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a> where he joined the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NCAA">NCAA</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Truex&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: NCAA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He won the 1957 <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Cross_Country_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship">NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship</a> and on the track set the NCAA 2 mile record. While at USC, he won his first <a href="/wiki/Amateur_Athletic_Union" title="Amateur Athletic Union">Amateur Athletic Union</a> (AAU) National Championship and the 1956 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Olympic_Trials_(track_and_field)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Olympic Trials (track and field)">Olympic Trials</a>. But the college sophomore went to the Olympics injured and was unable to finish his race.<sup id="cite_ref-SBR_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SBR-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the Fresno Relays, he added the American record in the 5,000 meters at 14:14.5, setting the 3 mile record at 13:47.6 along the way.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three weeks later in <a href="/wiki/Compton,_California" title="Compton, California">Compton, California</a> he knocked ten seconds off the mark. That mark still ranks him #2 time on the USC all-time list.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time he graduated, he was already in the Air Force as a lieutenant at the <a href="/wiki/Oxnard_Air_Force_Base" title="Oxnard Air Force Base">Oxnard Air Force Base</a>, where Olympian <a href="/wiki/Bob_Schul" title="Bob Schul">Bob Schul</a> and world record holder <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Southern" title="Eddie Southern">Eddie Southern</a> were also training. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olympian">Olympian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Truex&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Olympian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He became part of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_California_Striders" title="Southern California Striders">Southern California Striders</a>, a dominant track team of this period. His second national championship in 1959 qualified him to run in the <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1959_Pan_American_Games" title="Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games">1959 Pan American Games</a>. </p><p>In 1960, he won the Olympic trials, then finished 6th in the Olympics. In the <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, Max Truex set the American record in the <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_10,000_metres" title="Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres">10,000 meters</a>, 28:50:2, in finishing sixth in an event long dominated by Europeans.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1962, Truex won the national championships in the 3 mile run. This qualified him to run in the USA-<a href="/wiki/USSR" class="mw-redirect" title="USSR">USSR</a> dual meet, the biggest meet of the year. During that race, he developed a 2-inch blood blister. He tried to heal it for a year with no success. He finally retired and returned to USC to get his law degree. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal">Personal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Truex&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the age of 40, he was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's disease</a>. The disease deteriorated his quality of life rapidly. 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McDonald</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1880–94: <i>Not held</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1895: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bean_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Bean (athlete) (page does not exist)">Charles Bean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1896: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernest_Hjertberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ernest Hjertberg (page does not exist)">Ernest Hjertberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1897–1902: <i>Not held</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1903–04: <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Grant_(athlete)" title="Alexander Grant (athlete)">Alex Grant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1905: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sanford_Lyon_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sanford Lyon (athlete) (page does not exist)">Sanford Lyon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1906–32: <i>Not held</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933: <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Follows&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Follows (page does not exist)">John Follows</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Crowley_(athlete)" title="Frank Crowley (athlete)">Frank Crowley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Joe_McCluskey" title="Joe McCluskey">Joe McCluskey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/Don_Lash" title="Don Lash">Don Lash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/wiki/Joe_McCluskey" title="Joe McCluskey">Joe McCluskey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938–42: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Rice_(athlete)" title="Greg Rice (athlete)">Greg Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Gunder_H%C3%A4gg" title="Gunder Hägg">Gunder Hägg</a> (SWE) * <a href="/wiki/Greg_Rice_(athlete)" title="Greg Rice (athlete)">Greg Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Rafferty_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Rafferty (athlete) (page does not exist)">Jim Rafferty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Kandl&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Kandl (page does not exist)">John Kandl</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Francis_Martin_(athlete)" title="Francis Martin (athlete)">Francis Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947–48: <a href="/wiki/Curt_Stone" title="Curt Stone">Curt Stone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949–51: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Wilt" title="Fred Wilt">Fred Wilt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Curt_Stone" title="Curt Stone">Curt Stone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Capozzoli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Capozzoli (page does not exist)">Charles Capozzoli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954–55: <a href="/wiki/Horace_Ashenfelter" title="Horace Ashenfelter">Horace Ashenfelter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Hart_(athlete)" title="Dick Hart (athlete)">Dick Hart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Macy_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Macy (athlete) (page does not exist)">John Macy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Henderson_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alex Henderson (athlete) (page does not exist)">Alex Henderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959–60: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Dellinger" title="Bill Dellinger">Bill Dellinger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_T%C3%A1bori" title="László Tábori">László Tábori</a> (HUN) * <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Max Truex</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Murray_Halberg" title="Murray Halberg">Murray Halberg</a> (NZL) * <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Max Truex</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Clohessy" title="Pat Clohessy">Pat Clohessy</a> (AUS) * <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Keefe_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Keefe (athlete) (page does not exist)">Jim Keefe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964–65: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Schul" title="Bob Schul">Bob Schul</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/George_Young_(runner)" title="George Young (runner)">George Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Lindgren" title="Gerry Lindgren">Gerry Lindgren</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Day_(athlete)" title="Bob Day (athlete)">Bob Day</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Smith_(runner)" title="Tracy Smith (runner)">Tracy Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Shorter" title="Frank Shorter">Frank Shorter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Prefontaine" title="Steve Prefontaine">Steve Prefontaine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Keogh_(athlete)" title="Michael Keogh (athlete)">Mike Keough</a> (IRL) * <a href="/wiki/Dick_Buerkle" title="Dick Buerkle">Dick Buerkle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Prefontaine" title="Steve Prefontaine">Steve Prefontaine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Buerkle" title="Dick Buerkle">Dick Buerkle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Marty_Liquori" title="Marty Liquori">Marty Liquori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Buerkle" title="Dick Buerkle">Dick Buerkle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Marty_Liquori" title="Marty Liquori">Marty Liquori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Marty_Liquori" title="Marty Liquori">Marty Liquori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979–82: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Centrowitz" title="Matt Centrowitz">Matt Centrowitz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Padilla" title="Doug Padilla">Doug Padilla</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Maree" title="Sydney Maree">Sydney Maree</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985–86: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Padilla" title="Doug Padilla">Doug Padilla</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Maree" title="Sydney Maree">Sydney Maree</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Padilla" title="Doug Padilla">Doug Padilla</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tim_Hacker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tim Hacker (page does not exist)">Tim Hacker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Padilla" title="Doug Padilla">Doug Padilla</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991–92: <a href="/wiki/John_Trautmann" title="John Trautmann">John Trautmann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993–94: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Giusto" title="Matt Giusto">Matt Giusto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995–97: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kennedy_(runner)" title="Bob Kennedy (runner)">Bob Kennedy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Marc_Davis_(athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marc Davis (athlete)">Marc Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999–2000: <a href="/wiki/Adam_Goucher" title="Adam Goucher">Adam Goucher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kennedy_(runner)" title="Bob Kennedy (runner)">Bob Kennedy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Culpepper" title="Alan Culpepper">Alan Culpepper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003–05: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Broe" title="Tim Broe">Tim Broe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006–08: <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lagat" title="Bernard Lagat">Bernard Lagat</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Tegenkamp" title="Matt Tegenkamp">Matt Tegenkamp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010–11: <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lagat" title="Bernard Lagat">Bernard Lagat</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Galen_Rupp" title="Galen Rupp">Galen Rupp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013–14: <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lagat" title="Bernard Lagat">Bernard Lagat</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Hill" title="Ryan Hill">Ryan Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lagat" title="Bernard Lagat">Bernard Lagat</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017-8: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Chelimo" title="Paul Chelimo">Paul Chelimo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Lopez_Lomong" title="Lopez Lomong">Lopez Lomong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021<sup>2020 OT</sup>: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Chelimo" title="Paul Chelimo">Paul Chelimo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Grant_Fisher" title="Grant Fisher">Grant Fisher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023 <a href="/wiki/Abdihamid_Nur" title="Abdihamid Nur">Abdihamid Nur</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background: #F0DC82">Notes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="wrap"><i>2020 OT</i>: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.</span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;background: #F0DC82">1879–1888<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">NAAAA</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1880: <a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Gifford_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Gifford (athlete) (page does not exist)">James Gifford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1881: <a href="/w/index.php?title=W._C._Davies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="W. C. Davies (page does not exist)">W. C. Davies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1882–83: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Delaney_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Delaney (athlete) (page does not exist)">Tom Delaney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1884: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Geo._Stonebridge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geo. Stonebridge (page does not exist)">Geo. Stonebridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1885: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Skillman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Skillman (page does not exist)">Peter Skillman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1886–87: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Carter_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edward Carter (athlete) (page does not exist)">Edward Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1888<sup>Note 1</sup>: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Conneff" title="Thomas Conneff">Thomas Conneff</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;background: #F0DC82">1888–1979<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Amateur Athletic Union</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1888–91<sup>Note 1</sup>: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Conneff" title="Thomas Conneff">Thomas Conneff</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1892–93: <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Day_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Day (athlete) (page does not exist)">William Day</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1894: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bean_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Bean (athlete) (page does not exist)">Charles Bean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1899: <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Grant_(athlete)" title="Alexander Grant (athlete)">Alex Grant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1900: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_L._Newton" title="Arthur L. Newton">Arthur Newton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1901: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Kanahy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Kanahy (page does not exist)">Frank Kanahy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1902: <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Grant_(athlete)" title="Alexander Grant (athlete)">Alex Grant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1903: <i>Not held</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1904: <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Joyce_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Joyce (athlete) (page does not exist)">John Joyce</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1905: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Verner" title="Frank Verner">Frank Verner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1906: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wm._Nelson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wm. Nelson (page does not exist)">Wm. Nelson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1907: <a href="/wiki/John_Daly_(runner)" title="John Daly (runner)">John Daly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1908: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Bellars&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fred Bellars (page does not exist)">Fred Bellars</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1909: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_McLean_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harry McLean (athlete) (page does not exist)">Harry McLean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1910: <a href="/wiki/William_Kramer_(runner)" title="William Kramer (runner)">William Kramer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1911: <a href="/wiki/George_Bonhag" title="George Bonhag">George Bonhag</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1912: <a href="/wiki/Hannes_Kolehmainen" title="Hannes Kolehmainen">Hannes Kolehmainen</a> (FIN) * <a href="/wiki/Harry_Smith_(runner)" title="Harry Smith (runner)">Harry Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1913: <a href="/wiki/Hannes_Kolehmainen" title="Hannes Kolehmainen">Hannes Kolehmainen</a> (FIN) * <a href="/wiki/Joie_Ray_(runner)" title="Joie Ray (runner)">Joie Ray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1914: <a href="/wiki/Ville_Kyr%C3%B6nen" title="Ville Kyrönen">Ville Kyrönen</a> (FIN) * <a href="/w/index.php?title=H._E._Weeks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. E. Weeks (page does not exist)">H. E. Weeks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1915: <a href="/wiki/Hannes_Kolehmainen" title="Hannes Kolehmainen">Hannes Kolehmainen</a> (FIN) * <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_Millard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oliver Millard (page does not exist)">Oliver Millard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1916: <a href="/wiki/Joie_Ray_(runner)" title="Joie Ray (runner)">Joie Ray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1917–19: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Pores&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Pores (page does not exist)">Charles Pores</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1920<sup>OT</sup>: <i>Not held</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1921–23: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Johnson_(runner)" title="Earl Johnson (runner)">Earle Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1924: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ilmar_Prim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ilmar Prim (page does not exist)">Ilmar Prim</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1925: <a href="/wiki/George_Lermond" title="George Lermond">George Lermond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1926: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Phillip_Osif&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phillip Osif (page does not exist)">Phillip Osif</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1927: <a href="/wiki/Ville_Ritola" title="Ville Ritola">Willie Ritola</a> (FIN) * <a href="/wiki/Russell_Payne_(athlete)" title="Russell Payne (athlete)">Russell Payne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1928<sup>OT</sup>: <a href="/wiki/Joie_Ray_(runner)" title="Joie Ray (runner)">Joie Ray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929-31: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gregory" title="Lou Gregory">Lou Gregory</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932<sup>OT</sup>: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ottey" title="Tom Ottey">Tom Ottey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gregory" title="Lou Gregory">Lou Gregory</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Eino_Pentti" title="Eino Pentti">Eino Pentti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ottey" title="Tom Ottey">Tom Ottey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/Don_Lash" title="Don Lash">Don Lash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937–38: <a href="/wiki/Eino_Pentti" title="Eino Pentti">Eino Pentti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gregory" title="Lou Gregory">Lou Gregory</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Don_Lash" title="Don Lash">Don Lash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gregory" title="Lou Gregory">Lou Gregory</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Joe_McCluskey" title="Joe McCluskey">Joe McCluskey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gregory" title="Lou Gregory">Lou Gregory</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Bright" title="Norm Bright">Norm Bright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Vogel" title="Ted Vogel">Ted Vogel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946–48: <a href="/wiki/Edward_O%27Toole" title="Edward O'Toole">Edward O'Toole</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Wilt" title="Fred Wilt">Fred Wilt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Horace_Ashenfelter" title="Horace Ashenfelter">Horace Ashenfelter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951–54: <a href="/wiki/Curt_Stone" title="Curt Stone">Curt Stone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Hart_(athlete)" title="Dick Hart (athlete)">Dick Hart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Max Truex</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Kyle" title="Doug Kyle">Doug Kyle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Macy_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Macy (athlete) (page does not exist)">John Macy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Al_Lawrence_(distance_runner)" title="Al Lawrence (distance runner)">Al Lawrence</a> (AUS) * <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Max Truex</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Gutknecht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Gutknecht (page does not exist)">John Gutknecht</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Kidd" title="Bruce Kidd">Bruce Kidd</a> (CAN) * <a href="/wiki/Pete_McArdle" title="Pete McArdle">Peter McArdle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963–64: <a href="/wiki/Pete_McArdle" title="Pete McArdle">Peter McArdle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Mills" title="Billy Mills">Billy Mills</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Smith_(runner)" title="Tracy Smith (runner)">Tracy Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Van_Nelson" title="Van Nelson">Van Nelson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Smith_(runner)" title="Tracy Smith (runner)">Tracy Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969–70: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Bacheler" title="Jack Bacheler">Jack Bacheler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Shorter" title="Frank Shorter">Frank Shorter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Fredericks" title="Greg Fredericks">Greg Fredericks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gordon_Minty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gordon Minty (page does not exist)">Gordon Minty</a> (GBR) * <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_Castaneda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ted Castaneda (page does not exist)">Ted Castaneda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974–75: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Shorter" title="Frank Shorter">Frank Shorter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Leddy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ed Leddy (page does not exist)">Ed Leddy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Shorter" title="Frank Shorter">Frank Shorter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978–79: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Virgin" title="Craig Virgin">Craig Virgin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Rodolfo_G%C3%B3mez" title="Rodolfo Gómez">Rodolfo Gómez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Garry_Bjorklund" title="Garry Bjorklund">Garry Bjorklund</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;background: #F0DC82">1980–1992<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The Athletics Congress</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Salazar" title="Alberto Salazar">Alberto Salazar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Virgin" title="Craig Virgin">Craig Virgin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Salazar" title="Alberto Salazar">Alberto Salazar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jon_Sinclair_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jon Sinclair (athlete) (page does not exist)">Jon Sinclair</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Bickford_(athlete)" title="Bruce Bickford (athlete)">Bruce Bickford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986–87: <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Donakowski" title="Gerard Donakowski">Gerard Donakowski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Taylor_(runner)" title="Steve Taylor (runner)">Steve Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Porter" title="Pat Porter">Pat Porter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Plasencia" title="Steve Plasencia">Steve Plasencia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shannon_Butler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shannon Butler (page does not exist)">Shannon Butler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992<sup>OT</sup>: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Williams_(runner)" title="Todd Williams (runner)">Todd Williams</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;background: #F0DC82">1993–onwards<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">USA Track & Field</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Williams_(runner)" title="Todd Williams (runner)">Todd Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ansberry" title="Tom Ansberry">Tom Ansberry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995–96: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Williams_(runner)" title="Todd Williams (runner)">Todd Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Mykytok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Mykytok (page does not exist)">Michael Mykytok</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Browne" title="Dan Browne">Dan Browne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Culpepper" title="Alan Culpepper">Alan Culpepper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000<sup>OT</sup>: <a href="/wiki/Meb_Keflezighi" title="Meb Keflezighi">Meb Keflezighi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Abdihakem_Abdirahman" title="Abdihakem Abdirahman">Abdi Abdirahman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Meb_Keflezighi" title="Meb Keflezighi">Meb Keflezighi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Culpepper" title="Alan Culpepper">Alan Culpepper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Meb_Keflezighi" title="Meb Keflezighi">Meb Keflezighi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Abdihakem_Abdirahman" title="Abdihakem Abdirahman">Abdi Abdirahman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Torres_(runner)" title="Jorge Torres (runner)">Jorge Torres</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007–08: <a href="/wiki/Abdihakem_Abdirahman" title="Abdihakem Abdirahman">Abdi Abdirahman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009–16: <a href="/wiki/Galen_Rupp" title="Galen Rupp">Galen Rupp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Mead" title="Hassan Mead">Hassan Mead</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018–19: <a href="/wiki/Lopez_Lomong" title="Lopez Lomong">Lopez Lomong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021<sup>2020 OT</sup>: <a href="/wiki/Woody_Kincaid" title="Woody Kincaid">Woody Kincaid</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Galen_Rupp" title="Galen Rupp">Galen Rupp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Woody_Kincaid" title="Woody Kincaid">Woody Kincaid</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;background: #F0DC82">Notes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="wrap"><i>Note 1</i>: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships</span></span></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="wrap"><i>OT</i>: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.</span></span></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="wrap"><i>2020 OT</i>: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.</span></span></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="wrap"><i>Distance</i>: Until 1924 the event was 5 miles; from 1925–27 and from 1929–31 it was over 6 miles.</span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="1956_USA_Olympic_track_and_field_team" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Culbreath">Josh Culbreath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Davis_(athlete)" title="Glenn Davis (athlete)">Glenn Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Davis_(hurdler)" title="Jack Davis (hurdler)">Jack Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dellinger" title="Bill Dellinger">Bill Dellinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Denman" title="Elliott Denman">Elliott Denman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Hart_(athlete)" title="Dick Hart (athlete)">Dick Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hewson" title="James Hewson">James Hewson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Jenkins_Sr." title="Charles Jenkins Sr.">Charles Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones_(athlete)" title="Deacon Jones (athlete)">Deacon Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Jones_(athlete)" title="Lou Jones (athlete)">Lou Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Kelley" title="John J. Kelley">Johnny Kelley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leamon_King" title="Leamon King">Leamon King</a> (r)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Laskau" title="Henry Laskau">Henry Laskau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lea_(athlete)" title="Jim Lea (athlete)">Jim Lea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_MacDonald_(athlete)" title="Bruce MacDonald (athlete)">Bruce MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Mashburn" title="Jesse Mashburn">Jesse Mashburn</a> (r)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_McKenzie_(athlete)" title="Gordon McKenzie (athlete)">Gordon McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Morrow" title="Bobby Morrow">Bobby Morrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Murchison" title="Ira Murchison">Ira Murchison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Shankle" title="Joel Shankle">Joel Shankle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Sjogren" title="Leo Sjogren">Leo Sjogren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Southern" title="Eddie Southern">Eddie Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Sowell" title="Arnie Sowell">Arnie Sowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Spurrier" title="Lonnie Spurrier">Lonnie Spurrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Stanfield" title="Andy Stanfield">Andy Stanfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Stone" title="Curt Stone">Curt Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Thackwray" title="Dean Thackwray">Dean Thackwray</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Max Truex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Walters" title="Jerome Walters">Jerome Walters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Weinacker" title="Adolf Weinacker">Adolf Weinacker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Wheeler_(athlete)" title="Ted Wheeler (athlete)">Ted Wheeler</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Athletics_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/50px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/75px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/100px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men's field athletes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Bantum" title="Ken Bantum">Ken Bantum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Bell_(long_jumper)" title="Greg Bell (long jumper)">Greg Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bennett_(athlete)" title="John Bennett (athlete)">John Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milt_Campbell" title="Milt Campbell">Milt Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Conley" title="Phil Conley">Phil Conley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Connolly" title="Hal Connolly">Hal Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Davis_(athlete)" title="Ira Davis (athlete)">Ira Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Dumas" title="Charles Dumas">Charles Dumas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Garcia_(athlete)" title="Benjamin Garcia (athlete)">Benjamin Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortune_Gordien" title="Fortune Gordien">Fortune Gordien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Gutowski" title="Bob Gutowski">Bob Gutowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Hall_(athlete)" title="Albert Hall (athlete)">Al Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafer_Johnson" title="Rafer Johnson">Rafer Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Koch" title="Des Koch">Des Koch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mattos" title="George Mattos">George Mattos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nieder" title="Bill Nieder">Bill Nieder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parry_O%27Brien" title="Parry O'Brien">Parry O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Oerter" title="Al Oerter">Al Oerter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Reavis" title="Phil Reavis">Phil Reavis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Richards" title="Bob Richards">Bob Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharpe_(athlete)" title="Bill Sharpe (athlete)">Bill Sharpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Shaw_(triple_jumper)" title="George Shaw (triple jumper)">George Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Wilson_(high_jumper)" title="Vern Wilson (high jumper)">Vern Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_(athlete)" title="Cy Young (athlete)">Cy Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women's track athletes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isabelle_Daniels" title="Isabelle Daniels">Isabelle Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constance_Darnowski" title="Constance Darnowski">Constance Darnowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meredith_Ellis" title="Meredith Ellis">Meredith Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mae_Faggs" title="Mae Faggs">Mae Faggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Matthews" title="Margaret Matthews">Margaret Matthews</a> (r)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mueller_(athlete)" title="Barbara Mueller (athlete)">Barbara Mueller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Robertson" title="Irene Robertson">Irene Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilma_Rudolph" title="Wilma Rudolph">Wilma Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucinda_Williams_(athlete)" title="Lucinda Williams (athlete)">Lucinda Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women's field athletes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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(athlete)">John Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Beatty" title="Jim Beatty">Jim Beatty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Breckenridge" title="Alex Breckenridge">Alex Breckenridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Budd" title="Frank Budd">Frank Budd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyrol_Burleson" title="Dyrol Burleson">Dyrol Burleson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Calhoun" title="Lee Calhoun">Lee Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lester_Carney" title="Lester Carney">Les Carney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Close" title="Pete Close">Pete Close</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Coleman_(athlete)" title="Phil Coleman (athlete)">Phil Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Cunliffe" title="Ernie Cunliffe">Ernie Cunliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton_Cushman" title="Clifton Cushman">Cliff Cushman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Davis_(athlete)" title="Glenn Davis (athlete)">Glenn Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_Davis" title="Otis Davis">Otis Davis</a></li> <li><a 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Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Young_(runner)" title="George Young (runner)">George Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Zinn" title="Ronald Zinn">Ron Zinn</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Athletics_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/50px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/75px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Athletics_pictogram.svg/100px-Athletics_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men's field 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