Picture Quiz: Famous Olympic Long-distance Runners

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Picture Quiz: Famous Olympic Long-distance Runners - Quiz

Identify 15 runners by their photos and accomplishments.

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1.

Munich: gold, marathon. Montreal: silver, marathon.

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Frank Shorter, U.S., born 1947.

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Rome: gold, marathon. Tokyo: gold, marathon.

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The bare feet should have been a tipoff in the picture from Rome: It's Abebe Bikila, Ethiopia, 1932-1973.

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No medals. Competed in Los Angeles and Seoul; disqualified in Atlanta.

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Mary Decker Slaney, U.S., born 1958.

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Antwerp: gold, 10000m; gold, individual cross-country; gold, team cross-country; silver, 5000m. Paris: gold, 1500m; gold, 5000m; gold, individual cross-country; gold, team cross-country; gold, team 3000m. Amsterdam: gold, 10000m; silver, 5000m; silver, 3000m steeplechase.

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Paavo Nurmi, Finland, 1897-1973.

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Atlanta: gold, 10000m. Sydney: gold, 10000m.

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Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia, born 1973.

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Los Angeles: silver, marathon.

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Grete Waitz, Norway, 1953-2011.

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Munich: gold, 10000m; gold, 5000m. Montreal: gold, 10000m; gold, 5000m.

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Lasse Viren, Finland, born 1949.

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London 1948: gold, 10000m; silver, 5000m. Helsinki: gold, 5000m; gold, 10000m, gold, marathon.

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Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakia, 1922-2000

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Athens: gold, 10000m; silver, 5000m. Beijing: gold, 5000m; gold, 10000m.

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Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia, b. 1982. In London, he finished fourth in the 10000 meters, one second behind his younger brother Tariku.

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No medals. Competed in Los Angeles and Barcelona.

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Another barefooter: Zola Budd, South Africa, born 1966. Involved in controversial collision that knocked Mary Decker out of the 3,000 meters in Los Angeles.

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Tokyo: gold, 10000m.

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Billy Mills, U.S., born 1938.

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No medals. Competed in Munich.

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Steve Prefontaine, U.S., 1951-1975. Though he finished fourth in his sole Olympic outing, the 5000 meters, his popularity only grew after his untimely death.

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Los Angeles: gold, marathon.

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Joan Benoit Samuelson, U.S., born 1957.

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Mexico City: gold, 1500m; silver, 5000m. Munich: gold, 3000m steeplechase; silver, 1500m.

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Kip Keino, Kenya, born 1940.

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Tokyo: silver, 10000m. Mexico City: gold, 5000m; bronze, 10000m. Munich: silver, 5000m.

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Mohammed Gammoudi, Tunisia, born 1938.

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