John Wesley Harding wrote:
I tried cobbling together a preliminary top-30 (since the 1948 London Olympics only).
1. Hicham El Guerrouj
2. Noureddine Morceli
3. Sebastian Coe
4. Steve Cram
5. John Walker
6. Kip Keino
7. Bernard Lagat
8. Steve Ovett
9. Herb Elliott
10. Peter Snell
11. Said Aouita
12. Timothy Cheruiyot
13. Jakob Ingrebrigtsen
14. Noah Ngeny
15. Jim Ryun
16. Fermín Cacho
17. Taoufik Makhloufi
18. Filbert Bayi
19. Roger Bannister
20. Abdi Bile
21. Silas Kiplagat
22. Steve Scott
23. Nick Willis
24. Matt Centrowitz Jr.
25. Abdelaati Iguider
26. Michel Jazy
27. Mehdi Baala
28. Venuste Niyongabo
29. John Landy
30. Daniel KomenCurrent athletes on watch:
Jake Wightman
Mohamed Katir
Josh Kerr
It took this long for Steve Scott to get a mention? Jeez! Alan Webb should also get a mention since he had the American record at some point.
