Just curious who else besides Rupp has done this
Just curious who else besides Rupp has done this
Frank Shorter in 72? And that was when the marathon was run with the rest of the trials.
Leopardly wrote:
Just curious who else besides Rupp has done this
Frank Shorter. '72
Maybe
Shorter in 76
who cares about trials. Emil Zapotek won both events at the olympics and the 5k to boot. He'd have done it again if the Soviets hadn't screwed Czechoslovakia over.
800 sub 147 wrote:
Leopardly wrote:Just curious who else besides Rupp has done this
Frank Shorter. '72
Maybe
Shorter and Kenny Moore tied in 1972.
I think Shalane Flanagan might have.
Leopardly wrote:
Just curious who else besides Rupp has done this
Shorter in '72 AND '76.
George Young, 68.
Shorter
I hear that Frank Shorter may have done so at some point. I'm not sure what year(s), though.
Frank did it to emulate his countryman Hannes Kohlemainen who did it in 1947.
I suppose, technically, this does not count, but Joan Benoit won the 10,000 m exhibition race at the 1984 trials, and, of course, won the USA trials and Olympic marathon.
letsracer wrote:
Emil Zapotek won both events at the olympics and the 5k to boot. He'd have done it again if the Soviets hadn't screwed Czechoslovakia over.
Huh? EZ won the triple in 1952. In 1956 he was coming off hernia surgery, ran the marathon (only? I think), and finished fifth IIRC. I've seen footage of that race and he was clearly limping.
What "screwing over" of Czechoslovakia by the Soviets are you referring to? They messed with *Hungary* in 1956, of course...
Or are you suggesting that Zatopek could have won all three in 1960? j/k
Ackley wrote:
Shorter in 76
He also had to run heats and finals in the 1976 Trials 10k.
May 22, 1976
1. 2:11:51 Shorter
2. 2:11:58 Rodgers
3. 2:13:54 Kardong
June 19 Heats
1. 28:33 Shorter
2. 28:33 Virgin
3. 28:37 Tuttle
4. 28:40 Wells
1. 28:32 Rodgers
2. 28:44 Bjorklund
3. 29:09 Castaneda
4. 29:10 Mendoza
June 22 Final
1. 27:55 Shorter
2. 27:59 Virgin
3. 28:03 Bjorklund
4. 28:04 Rodgers
5. 28:25 Mendoza
6. 28:43 Castaneda
7. 28:48 Tuttle
Dan Browne made the Olympic team in both the marathon and the 10000m in 2004. He's also the coach of two current 10K Olympians.
Frank Shorter in both 1972 and 1976.
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