List your favourite athlete for each event of all time

with the exception of the 10,000 you just listed the world record holders

100m: Asafa Powell

200m: Michael Johnson

400m: Jeremy Wariner

800m: Wilson Kipketer

1500m: Hicham El Guerrouj

3000m: Daniel Komen

5000: Kenenisa Bekele

10000m: Kenenisa Bekele

Marathon: Khalid Khannouchi

100m: Carl Lewis- poetry in motion

200m: Michael Johnson- a power that I saw lose a few times

400m: Jeremy Wariner- because he makes me follow the sport

800m: Dave Wottle- he did what a US athlete can't do now

1500m: John Walker- wanted to race Bayi

3000m: Henry Rono- his shortest record made poeople notice

5000: Prefontaine- only one name and LetsRun still debates

10000m: Haile Gebreselassie- his running took on a greater celeb.

Marathon: torn here- too many personal friends/clients

MEN

100: Bob Hayes

200: Dwayne Evans

400: Herman Frazier

800: Jeff West or Seb Coe

1500: Steve Scott

5000: Bob Kennedy

10,000: Ed Eyestone or Haile G

steeple: Horace Ashenfelter of course

HH: Rod Milburn (great hair)

IH: Edwin Moses or Richmond Flowers (great name)

HJ: Nat Page (because he also ran the IH)

LJ: Ralph Boston

TJ: Jaoa de Oliveira

PV: Scott Huffman (cool technique, good guy)

SP: Dallas Long

DT: Al Oerter

JT: Jan Zelezny

HT: Balasz Kiss

Dec: Kip Janvrin (love that longevity)

Mara: Carlos Lopes

WOMEN

100: Wyomia Tyus

200: Allyson Felix

400: Cathy Freeman or Killu Ratas

800: Meredith Rainey

1500: ?

5000: Trina Painter

10,000: Kristy Klinnert ('92 Mt. SAC!)

SC: Lisa Galaviz

HH: Lynda Tolbert Goode

IH: ?

HJ: Heike Henkel (I got through a 3-k by watching her jump)

LJ: ?

TJ: ?

PV: Dana Ellis

throws: ?

Mara: Deena Kastor

100m: Jesse Owens

200m: Michael Johnson

400m: Eric Liddell

800m: Sebastian Coe

1500m: Jim Ryun

3000mSC: Saeed Saif Shaheen(formerly Stephen Cherono)

5000m: Emil Zatopek

10000m: Emil Zatopek

I changed my mind a little bit and left some events out.

100m: Jesse Owens

200m: Eric Liddell

400m: Michael Johnson

800m: Sebastian Coe

1500m: Hicham el Guerrouj

3000m: Daniel Komen

3000mSC: Saeed Saif Shaheen

5000m: Emil Zatopek

10000m: Emil Zatopek

Marathon: Ryan Hall

I changed my mind a little bit and left some events out.

100m: Jesse Owens

200m: Eric Liddell

400m: Michael Johnson

800m: Sebastian Coe

1500m: Hicham el Guerrouj

3000m: Daniel Komen

3000mSC: Saeed Saif Shaheen

5000m: Emil Zatopek

10000m: Emil Zatopek

Marathon: Ryan Hall

100m: Asafa Powell/Ato Boldon

200m: Michael Johnson/Frankie Fredericks

400m: Michael Johnson

800m: Wilson Kipketer/coe

1500m: Hicham el guerouj/cram/Morceli/scott

5000: komen/Kipchoge

10000m: Gebreselassie

Marathon: khalid Khannouchi

100: Houston McTear

200: Don Quarrie

400: Michael Johnson

800: Dave Wottle

1500: Jim Ryun

5000: Billy McChesney

10,000: Henry Rono and Alberto Salazar

steeple: Henry Marsh

HH: Renaldo Nehemiah

IH: Edwin Moses

HJ: Franklin Jacobs

LJ: Mike Powell

TJ: Mike Conley

PV: Tommy Skipper

SP: Brian Oldfield

DT: Mac Wilkins

JT: Tom Petranof

HT: Lance Deal

Dec: Tom Pappas

Mara: Frank Shorter

Walks: Larry Young

100m: Lindy Remigino

200m: Allan Wells

400m: Thomas Schonlebe

800m: Jarmila Kratochvilova

1500m: Jim Spivey

3000m: Patriz Ilg

5000m: Dmitri Dmitriev

10000m: Alberto Cova

Marathon: Gerarg Nijboer

100m: Maurice Green

200m: Michael Johnson

400m: Michael Johnson

800m: Andre Boucher

1500m: Hicham El Gerrouj

5000m: Keninisa Bekele

10000m: Keninisa Bekele

110 HH: Charles Allen

400m Hurdles: Diego Sanchez

3000 SC: Shaheen

That list would be even whiter if you'd picked Armin Hary or Bobby Morrow in the 100 and perhaps Thomas Wessinghage in the 1500. Dmitri Dmitriev in the 5000 was the essence of whiteness. Brilliant choice there. I understand the Jarmila choice but you could have scored even bigger points in the 800 by picking Rob Druppers.

100m - Jesse Owens

200m - Michael Johnson

400m - Michael Johnson

800m - Sebastian Coe

1500m - Hicham El Guerrouj

3000m - Daniel Komen

5000m - Said Aouita

10000m - Emil Zatopek

Marathon - Catherine Ndereba

100m: Maurice Greene

200m: Michael Johnson

400m: Jeremy Wariner

800m: Wilson Kipketer

1500m/mile: Alan Webb

5000m: Craig Mottram

10,000m: Kenny Bekele

Marathon: Paul Tergat

Oh and Liu Xiang in the hurdles

100m: Asafa

200m: MJ

400m: MJ

800m: Coe

1500m: El Guerrouj

3000m: Komen

5000m: Buster

10000m: Geb

Marathon: Hall

100m: Donovan Bailey

200m: Allyson Felix

400m: Michael Johnson

800m: Wilson Kipketer

1500m: El G/Ngeny

3000m: Daniel Komen

5000: Kenesia Bekele

10000m: Geb

100: Tyson Gay

200: Johnson

400: Wariner

800: Wottle

1500: Ryun

5000: Tegenkamp

10000:Geb

Marathon: Hall

400H:Moses

110H: Johnson

LJ: Lewis

100 - Bob Hayes

200 - Livio Berruti

400 - Larry James

800 - Joaquim Cruz

1500 - Hicham El Guerrouj

5000 - Mohammed Gammoudi

10000 - Haile Gebrselassie

Steeple- Moses Kiptanui

Marathon - Abebe Bikila

110 H - Allen Johnson

440 H - Derrick Adkins