Mine would probably be:
100m: Asafa Powell
200m: Michael Johnson
400m: Michael Johnson
800m: Wilson Kipkter
1500m: Hicham el guerouj
3000m: Daniel Komen
5000: Kenesia Bekele
10000m: Haile Gebreselassie
Marathon: Haile Gebreselassie
Mine would probably be:
100m: Asafa Powell
200m: Michael Johnson
400m: Michael Johnson
800m: Wilson Kipkter
1500m: Hicham el guerouj
3000m: Daniel Komen
5000: Kenesia Bekele
10000m: Haile Gebreselassie
Marathon: Haile Gebreselassie
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
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