Let's make a list, runners only, and running events only. If someone does high jump and sprints like Jesse Owens, we can only count the sprinting events for this list's purposes.
Key word here is "greatest", so most dominant, longest reign at or near the top, and to a lesser degree, how their marks stand over time.
Norway is not so easy. Grete Waitz won 5 World Cross Country Gold Medals, 9 NYC Marathon Golds, a World Championship Gold, an Olympic Silver, 2 London Marathon Golds, a total of 12 Marathon Majors Golds, broke the marathon world record 4 times, broke track world records and other road world records.
Let's make a list, runners only, and running events only. If someone does high jump and sprints like Jesse Owens, we can only count the sprinting events for this list's purposes.
Key word here is "greatest", so most dominant, longest reign at or near the top, and to a lesser degree, how their marks stand over time.
Let's make a list, runners only, and running events only. If someone does high jump and sprints like Jesse Owens, we can only count the sprinting events for this list's purposes.
Key word here is "greatest", so most dominant, longest reign at or near the top, and to a lesser degree, how their marks stand over time.