The Tallest elite DISTANCE runners of all time.

From that link it looks like he ran his mile pb en route to his 3km PB. THose hights are self reported but I've heard he's over 6 feet. I've seen the official listed as horter. I hope he rips it up in London.

What does Vainio have to do with Kardong?Vainio was busted in '84, Montreal was '76. Finally, Vainio did not run the marathon in '76.

XCTC wrote:

Kardong (6'2-3"?) takes it with his Montreal bronze (ipso facto)

Vainio was a convicted doper.

paul macmullin is a truck

Who is the shortest of all time?

hebkarp wrote:

Wilt Chamberlain ran some marathons- Anyone know what his times were?

Uh, no...Wilt didn't run any marathons, but he was a legitimate track man at KU in the late 50's He was the Big 7 Indoor high jump champion and he ran a 48 second 440.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

Who is the shortest of all time?

boaz mayhaps?

John Henwood must be up there - surely 6'6" +

They aren't directly related, just related in consideration of overall eligibility for this thread topic.

dcdomd wrote:

What does Vainio have to do with Kardong?

Vainio was busted in '84, Montreal was '76.

Finally, Vainio did not run the marathon in '76.

XCTC wrote:

Kardong (6'2-3"?) takes it with his Montreal bronze (ipso facto)

Vainio was a convicted doper.

oh this one's easy. that would be Antonio Prieto. I wonder if he was over 5'0". There was a Kenyan roadie that was under 5 ft.

knut kavalheim was pretty tall, 6.5? Rod Dixon was pretty big too 6.3?

uh yes, wilt ran the honolulu marathon as well as a 50 mile race. Do your research laddie

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/news/1999/10/12/wilt_dead/

uh yes, wilt ran the honolulu marathon as well as a 50 mile race. Do your research laddie

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/news/1999/10/12/wilt_dead/

Karel Lismont got the Bronze in Montreal, Kardong was 4th.

That Cack Farrell chick that just finished top ten at the women's national cross meet is pretty tall. She seemed like she was about 6'3". I was surprised to see such a tall woman run so well. She's pretty cute too.

Wow, she is tall.

http://www.alumniathlete.com/Group_Lounge/images/Cack%20Ferrell%20_%20Anne%20Ferrell%20and%20Head%20Womens%20Track%20Coach%20Peter%20Farrell.jpg

Dieter Bowman was pretty tall and he has an olympic gold.

It was Maher or Bacheler.

I deliberately "pro-rated the medal distribution in light of subsequent revelations concerning doping. And no I'm not Frank.

broken arrow wrote:

Karel Lismont got the Bronze in Montreal, Kardong was 4th.