List your favourite athlete for each event of all time

100- James Francis Thorpe

200- James Francis Thorpe

400- Jeremy Wariner

800- Alan Webb

1500/mile- Alan Webb

3k- Paul Tergat

5k- Paul Tergat

10k- Paul Tergat

half-marathon- Paul Tergat

marathon- Paul Tergat.

just for information purposes, James Francis Thorpe was also a sub-4 miler, and we are from the same tribal nation. (Sac&foX Nation)

5000m - Bob FREAKIN' Schul. What he did that year in the 5000m was pretty impressive. He was the favorite and the conditions did not trigger his allergies allowing him to shine.

steeple - malmo!! Former AR and board bias - Gotta be George!

Men:

100: Bob Hayes

200: Tommy Smith

400: Michael Johnson

800: Wilson Kipketer

1500/mile: Seb Coe

3000s: Henry Rono for lack of form

5000: Daniel Komen

10000: Haile G

Marathon: Abebe Bikila

110H: Skeets Nehemiah

400H: Edwin Moses

LJ: Mike Powell

TJ: Jonathan Edwards

HJ: Franklin Jacobs

PV: Bubka

SP: Al Feuerbach

DT: Mack Wilkins

JT: Jan Zelezny

HT: ???

Dec: Dan O'Brian

Women:

100: Evelyn Ashford

200: FloJo despite the rumors

400: Cathy Freeman

800: Meredith Rainey (talent, brains, looks, wow!)

1500/mile: Suzy Favor (yummy)

3000s: too early, but Dorkus Inzikiru

5000: Gaby Szabo

10000: Tiru Dibaba

Marathon: Grete Waitz

110H: Jenny Adams for cutes

400H: Sally Gunnell

LJ: Lebedeva

TJ: Lebedeva

HJ: Vlasic

PV: Isinbayeva

SP: Vili for last year's WC victory

DT: ???

JT: ???

HT: ???

Hept: Kluft

I think the reasoning behind the men was different than the reasoning behind the women.

mcgato wrote:

3000s: Henry Rono for lack of form

After your Lasik surgery, I can send you a DVD, about 90 minutes of Henry's races, so you could appreciate your new perfect vision.

100-Mo Greene

200-Michael Johnson

400-Michael Johnson

800-Joaqim Cruz

1500-Noah Ngeny

5000-Mottram

10000-Bekele

Marathon-Geb

Steeple chase-Fam

For the women:

100 - Wilma Rudolph

200 - Merlene Ottey

400 - Cathy Freeman

800 - Meredith Rainey

1500- Sarah Schwald

Steeple- Lisa Galaviz

5000 - Lauren Fleshman

10000 - Elana Meyer

Marathon - Loraine Moller

110 H - Joanna Hayes

400 H- Brenda Taylor

100: Jesse Owens

200: John Carlos

400: Juantorena

800: Wottle/Wohlhuter

1500: Ovett

3000s: Rono/Brian Diemer

5000: McChesney

10,000: Brendan Foster

Marathon: Garry Bjorklund

HH: Nehemiah

400H: Moses

Shot: Brian Oldfield

Disc: Oerter

Hammer: Jud Logan

Pole Vault: Dave Voltz

Spear Chucker: Tom Petranoff

Decathalon: Daley Thompson

Women

HJ: Amy Acuff

And after that, I lose interest.

Squid wrote:

Women

HJ: Amy Acuff

And after that, I lose interest.

Hey, I got her autograph after Millrose a couple of years ago. I got four others from quite attractive ladies, too. Good fun.

And malmo, I wouldn't mind that DVD of Rono. I was under the impression he had questionable hurdling ability. I'm not even sure that I've ever seen him run.

100m - Bob Hayes

200m - Michael Johnson

400m - Michael Johnson

800m - Sebastian Coe

1500m - Sebastian Coe

3000m - don't really care about this event

5000m - Emil Zatopek

10000m - Billy Mills

Marathon - Steve Jones

malmo wrote:

After your Lasik surgery, I can send you a DVD, about 90 minutes of Henry's races, so you could appreciate your new perfect vision.

I assume your are not selling this thing on ebay or anything but if you ever decide to, I hope you let people here know.

It kills me that with all the vintage running videos I own (and I own many), I have never in my life even seen motion video of one of the greatest runners who ever lived. Particularly when he lived and raced so (relatively) recently.

mcgato wrote:

Squid wrote:

Women

HJ: Amy Acuff

And after that, I lose interest.

Hey, I got her autograph after Millrose a couple of years ago. I got four others from quite attractive ladies, too. Good fun.

Was she wearing the furry top?

James Francis Thopre is the greatest athlete ever.

and

Paul Tergat is the greatest runner ever.

Thorpe*

the430miler wrote:

Paul Tergat is the greatest runner ever.

How many world records does Tergat hold?

How many Olympic Gold Medals does he own?

How many World Championship titles does he have?

Sorry kid. Even his marathon record is gone. You need to give it up already. He's great and he has a bunch of World Cross titles. That should be enough for you without overinflating his accomplishments.

Squid wrote:

Was she wearing the furry top?

As the others at the table were signing my program, I was chatting with her. I asked why she wasn't wearing the fun outfits any more. She said that her sponsor didn't want her to do that. Too sad.

Im shocked no one has mentioned either of the Kelleys, Kelley was one of first true american marathoners

100- Gatlin

200- MJ

400- Wariner

800- Cruz

Mile- Coe

Steeple- I disrespect this event unless a horse is in it

5k-Thon Probably Zatopek but I'm 27 so who the hell knows?

100:Tyson Gay

200:Micheal Johnson

400:Jeremy Wariner

800:Khadevis Robinson

1500/Mile:Benard Lagat

3000:Craig Mottram

5000:Tim Broe

10000:tie-Bekele:Gebreselasse

Marathon:Ryan Hall

Ultras:Tony Krupicka

Decathlon:Bryan Clay

Long Jump:Carl Lewis

Shot: Reese Hoffa

Favorite - not the best:

100: McTear

200: Mennea

400: Evans

800: Kipketer

1500:Kip Keino

St: Matthew Birir

5000:Komen

10,000: Viren

Marathon: Rodgers