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Lead Stories: Sunday, September 7, 2008

Who Is the Greatest Male Runner Of All Time?

Posted April 16th, 2008 at 9:45 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, SoundOFF, Columns

Who is the greatest male runner of all time? If you ask ten different track aficionados, you’ll probably get ten different answers, but I thought I’d take a look at some statistics to try and arrive at my own conclusion. I based my analysis on the fastest 50 performances of all time in every Olympic running event from 100 meters all the way up to the marathon. I tallied the number of times each name appeared in any of the events (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, 10000m, Marathon, 110mH, 400mH, 3000mSC) and then added the totals if any athlete had top 50 performances in more than one event. Most of the athletes who had 10 or more top-50-alltime performances have done so in more than one event.

Of all the runners who had 10 or more top-50 performances, which nations were most represented? Not surprisingly, the United States was represented by the most with 6 athletes, followed by Ethiopia with 2 and then 6 countries with 1 athlete each: Denmark, Jamaica, Kenya, Morocco, Qatar, and Trinidad. Based on that information alone, you can probably guess some of the names on the list.
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Shaheen joins June 27th Ostrava 5000m field

Posted May 17th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Bob Ramsak

Section: News & Results

Saif Saeed Shaheen, the two-time world champion in the 3000m steeplechase, has joined the field for the 5000m at the Golden Spike Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic on June 27, organizers announced today.

In Ostrava’s 2003 edition, Shaheen, then running as Kenyan Stephen Cherono, made waves when he upset Hicham El Guerrouj in the Emil Zatopek Memorial 5000m, clocking a meeting record of 12:48.81, and still a personal best for the 24-year-old who now competes internationally for Qatar.

His appearance this year, the second for Shaheen following an outing over 2 miles at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on June 10, adds to a quality field which already includes Eritrea’s Zersenay Tadesse, the reigning world cross country and road running champion, and Australia’s Craig Mottram, the two-time World Cup winner and reigning world championships bronze medallist over the distance.
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