Hocker is the best US 1500 runner of all time

Sorry Ryun.

Olympic record holder too...

Put him on the 1500 Mount Rushmore for sure

He probably needs 1 or 2 more global medals for it to be undisputed.

Give Kessler a few years and he might get there. But for now yeah I'd say Hocker is the king.

Premature. But if you wanted to sync that was the greatest day ever for a US 1500 meter runner, I would not object.

Im not sure he’s led all of his races in his career combined for 1500m total. Not my goat

That's ridiculous, he's the best 1500m runner of all time.

Why undersell him? Cole Hocker is the best distance runner of all time. Of any country. He is the GOAT.

all of this is almost negated by the man bun... dude's it's 2024 not 2018

Slightly disrespectful. Everyone success on the backs of the greats before them. All of the surpassed greats have paved the way for our future generations.

Eventually there will even be Americans faster than Hocker, probably some 10 year old out there makin tiktok videos. But, there's no doubt that all of the legends you listed as well as Hocker did something inspirational to pave the way for future greats.

Does Hocker run 3:27 on a cinder track ? Check out Jim Ryan. First high school runner to break 4 minutes. His high school record 3:55 mile stood for 36 years. At 19 he set records in the half(1:44.9) and the mile (3:51:3). His mile record of 3:51.1 set at age 20 stood for 8 years. He also set an indoor record in the half (1:48.3). His 1500 meter world record (3:33.1)run in 1967 stood for 7 years. At the 1968 Olympic 1500 in Mexico City, he lost to Kip Keino, who ran an Olympic record(3:34.91) the lasted until 1984. All these records run on a cinder track. His American junior record 1500 (3:36.1) was broken by Hobbs Kessler. His American junior record in the 800 meters lasted 50 years. Greatness is not just winning Olympic medals. Congrats to Cole Hocker. But, he is not Jim Ryan

My mistake Jim Ryun

Did he look relaxed while doing it?

Yea Jim Ryun still GOAT. Give that dude today's tracks, today's shoes, and today's coaching staff support and goodnight.

This is true Cole Hocker is by far the best 1500m runner of all time he doesn’t need to do anything else. If he stays healthy and continues to believe in himself he will break the world record and add a few more gold medals to his case.

Hobbs has the ability to be better, my guess is Hobbs will have great longevity but never really hit his ceiling. A Willis like career. He may get frustrated if Cole stays on top for many more years.

We will see where it goes.

Not the US record. Legat still has it. Stop being a xenophobic racist POS.

Greatest US 1500 race of all time, not runner, yet.

Doesn’t Lagat still have the US citizen record at 3:27.40?

Why shortchange the man? Cole Hocker is the greatest Track and Field athlete ever.