Top 5 Studs in Olympic History

Hey, my post was a counter post to pretty much the same post you are re-posting, as a counter post. Does that mean you are counterposting my counterpost? And why don't you just find that thread and keep it going rather than start a whole new line of it, so we can all read the same thing again?

ZatOpek,

I'm shocked that you didn't mention your namesake.

Jimmy Carter. Was upset at the lack of integration in the primate house of the Moscow Zoo in 1980. Boycotted the 1980 Olympics. Jimmy Carter never backed down!

oldguy wrote:ZatOpek, I'm shocked that you didn't mention your namesake.

I too am stunned at my oversight. Please remove Joanie and insert Emil in her place. Sorry Joanie.

And I guess I missed the other counter thread to my counter of that counter threads counter thread, dude. My bad.

Not having a good night, am I?

Paavo Nurmi: 9 Golds, 3 silvers, 25 wr from 1500-20,000...

Coe had gold in 1500 and silver in 800 at one Olympics, then silver 1500 and gold 800 at another Olympics.

I don't think of a stud from how many medals he's won, rather how how hard he's worked to only come up short...

#1 Bob Kennedy(mid-late 90s)...when you saw a bunch of africans frolickin' away from the main pack and a sole white man tagged along, all too happy to pounce, you knew it could be none other than Bob. The fearless leader, the 12:58 man.

#2 Pre in 72 (5000) no need for explanation...

#3 Tergat in the 96 (10,000) sorry, no way to beat Geb, but A for effort.

#4 Hicham in 2000 (1500)...for those of you who saw this race, you'll know he decided to kick early despite the fact that ngeny and company were ready to pounce.

#5 Todd Williams in worlds 95?(10,000)...balls of ste

Close only counts in horseshoes. If we wanna go down that path, I'd include that African dude in the 1968 Olympic marathon who came in last with his legs bandaged and hobbling. That was gutsy!

Wrong.

Viren takes the cake in the 10k department. Didn't he set a WR to boot after falling down and jumping back in the race?

Billy Mills ran a badass 10k in Tokyo, WR I think. The fact that he's American (and native at that) elevates his status considerably on my list.

Geb and Tergat take the "clash of the olympic titans" award for mano a mano combat.

mljt...coe got the silver in the 800 at Moscow in 80 and then came back and won the 1500 over Ovett...then he won the gold again in LA after the British press had said he would never do it...two golds in the 1500...

Zatopek: the triple, oh yeah and he won the 10k in 48.

Viren: 4 golds, a world record. Yeah he was good.

Bikila: two marathons in a row, world records in both, barefoot in one, hes on this list for sure.

Geb: two 10k's against the best fields ever, clutch competitor.

Tulu: two 10k's, do any other women have more than one gold period, and won in grand fashion. Of any woman she's the most worthy.

Honorable mention:

Coe: won those two 1500s, but lost two 800s, he didn't always put up like the others.

Keino: was awesome, great range, but once again just not dominant like the rest.

Benoit: she gets props because shes an american for the most part, ran tough though.

Yifter: the 10k, 5k double at 36 years can't be forgotten, too bad ethiopia didn't go in 76, he may have won something there. Strange career.

Nurmi: for his day he was the man, but track and field wasn't even close to global back then.

Szabo: her chapter is still being written, but thus far she's got the cycle, 1 gold (5k), 1 silver (1500, 96), 1 bronze (1500,00), if she were to win another gold she'd have to be considered, and at 27 there is lots of time.

When I hear the word studs, I think of people who kick ass and take names, not those who just give it a go, because lots of people go for it, some people just have a way of getting it done.

Juantorena. 4/8 double. Never been done beofre or since.

Peter Snell won the 800 in 1960, then came back and won the 800/1500 in '64 - coasting a 1:45 in the 800 final to save himself for the 1500 heats that started the next day. (Snell ran 1:44.3 in 1962 - shows how far ahead of the rest of the world he was at the time) I'd say Snell ranks up there. He had six rounds of running in 8 days.

Juantorena of course, with Viren. Yifter pulled the double in the boycott Olympics of 1980. He would probably have won anyway.

Said Auotia gets honorable mention - he won the 5k in '84 - and then in an ill advised attempt at a double, won the bronze in the 800 in '88 (injuring himself, which kept him out of the 1500) when he would have easily won the 5k, and probably the 10k if he had wanted. I say honorable mention, because no other 5k runner/record holder could ever have medaled in the 800. None.

1. Zatopek

2. Viren

3. Bikela

4. M. Johnson

5. B. Bills

Soup Nazi, Too much credit to Kennedy in Atlanta. Baumann was the first white guy home. He tagged along too. Didn't you see him? He doesn't have a tan or anything. Of course he'd already beaten them in Barcelona.

Studs? hmmmm...

Al Oerter

Karoly Takacs

Gabriele Andersen-Schiess

Astylos of Kroton

Ray Ewry

On second thought take out Ray Ewry and put in Salamo Arouch