A case can be made for Million Wolde, winner of the 2000 5000m. He hadn't done much prior (compared to other names bandied about on this thread): 3rd at the WIC in 3000m was his only title prior. He was a 7:32 / 12:59 guy. To be fair, he did follow the gold with a silver at the World Champs 5000m a year later.
It's silly to hear Niyongabo mentioned on this list. He was the #2 1500 runner in 1994 and either #2 or #3 in 1995 and 1996. Part of his entry in the 5000m was also to let his countryman run in the 1500 if I remember the story correctly.
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A Duck wrote:
i live under a bridge wrote:
Waldemar Cierpinski - drugged to the gills in 76 and 80
Absolutely, this man lives a life of lies every moment he continues to breath.
The evidence was uncovered and he doesn't have the class to return his medals.
Unfortunately the IOC and IAAF etc., don't have the balls to clean up the past.
Does anyone believe Juantorena and Bubka were clean?
Please. --And they hold IAAF positions.
I don't understand or support the notion of putting forth Waldemar Cierpinski as the "worst runner with an Olympic gold medal". Yes, he was a doper, as I believe Alberto Juantorena and Sergey Bubka were. And as were/are, certainly, Flo-Jo, Haile Gebrselassie, Michael Johnson, Usain Bolt, Kenenisa Bekele, Kevin Young, Tatyana Kazankina, Marita Koch, Noureddine Morceli, etc.
But 2:09:55, in 1976, in a race that was--IIRC correctly--relatively tactical--was a great performance and a fast time by the standards of the day. Clearly, however he got there, Cierpinski was certainly didn't fall short of the standard of the day.
What evidence is there that Alberto Juantorena was a doper? He's one of my all-time heroes.
It doesn't seem credible that a suspected doper would be appointed as, a member of the IAAF World Council, Athletes' Commission Chairman and Grand Prix Commission Member. -
look, the IAAF just special honored Marita Koch, a clear doper, at the World Athletics Gala - clearly having IAAF honors don't mean anything in implying drug use or not.
Marita Koch. Bloody hell.
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Lindy Remigino. He was 5th at the NCAA a championship. He also "won" his gold in a disputed photo finish. Many years later Herb McKenley still disputed the judges decision.
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sbeefyk1 wrote:
Based on zero historical research and his PRs compared to the current WR, I would say Mo Farah is the worst distance runner with a gold medal. Or perhaps the guy that won the 2004 Olympic marathon.
Why would anyone assume that a distance runner is the "worst runner with an Olympic gold medal"? Do you really think that every shot putter with a gold medal is a better runner than Farah?
