Is Edwin Moses the only runner to do it? (400 meter hurdles gold in 1976; bronze in the same event in 1988).
It looks like Edwin Moses is about to have company:
Eliud Kipchoge: bronze in the 5,000 in Athens in 2004. He's likely to win a medal in the marathon in Rio.
Ezekial Kemboi: gold in 2004 in the steeplechase. He's likely to win a medal in the steeplechase in Rio.
Is there anyone else in this club or about to join this club? (Bernard Lagat is a long shot.)
That brings me to another question. Which runners have competed in the same event over four Olympics? To my knowledge, it is only:
Emiel Puttemans: 5,000 meters (1968-1980).
Johnny Gray, 800 meters (1984-1996).
Haile Gebrselaisse: 10,000 meters (1996-2008).
Edwin Moses would be in this group were it not for the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
But also worth noting are:
Gaston Roelants: 1960, 4th in steeplechase; 1964, 1st in steeplechase; 1968, 7th in steeplechase, 11th in marathon; 1972, dnf in marathon.
Francie Larrieu-Smith: 1972, 1,500 meters (8th in semifinal heat); 1976, 1500 meters (9th in semifinal heat); 1980, made US team in the 10,000 meters; 1988, 5th in 10,000 meters; 1992, 12th in the marathon.
Al Oerter won a gold medal in the discus four times. But he's not a "runner."
Which runners have won an Olympic medal 12 years after the first medal?
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Gatlin - won 100m in 2004; likely to medal in 2016
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The weirdest 12-span is by Fernando Mamede:
1972: Ran anchor leg for Portuguese 4 X 400 meter relay team (7th in the final).
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Derartu Tulu
Merlene Ottey
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Jackie Joyner Kersee in the Heptathlon and LJ
Carl Lewis in the LJ -
The LJ is not a running event. So strike Kersee and Lewis. Can you provide the data for the other three? Or is that my responsibility?
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Use trackbot
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Living in the Past wrote:
The LJ is not a running event. So strike Kersee and Lewis. Can you provide the data for the other three? Or is that my responsibility?
Yes, it is your responsibility. Nevertheless, here is Tulu's information, to encourage you:
Derartu Tulu
1992 10k gold
1996 10k 4th
2000 10k gold
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I'll do your work for you.
Derartu Tulu won gold in the 10,000 meters in 1992. She won bronze in the 10,000 meters in 2004.
Merlene Ottey won bronze in the 100 meters in 1980. Bronze in the 100 and 200 in 1984. Nothing in 1988. Bronze in the 200 meters in 1992. Silver in the 200 meters in 1996. Silver in the 4x100m relay in 2000.
Veronica Campbell-Brown won silver in the 4x100 meter relay in 2000. She won bronze in the 100 meters and gold in the 200 meters and 4x100 meter relay in 2004. In 2008, she won gold in the 200 meters. In 2012, she was 3rd in the 100 meters, 4th in the 200 meters, and second in the 4x100. -
The question wasn't addressed to you. But since you answered the question, it's your responsibility to explain why it's my responsibility. So tell me, if someone is asserting a name, why is it not their responsibility to provide the data for that name?
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Why don't you use trackbot?
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Grete Waitz:
1972: 1500m eliminated in heats
1976: 1500m eliminated in semis
1980: Norwegian boykott
1984: Marathon silver
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Pauline Davis-Thompson competed from 1984 until 2000 in all sprint events
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And Maria Mutola from 1988 until 2008 over 800m
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Fanny Blankers-Koen competed in 1936 in the relay and in 1952 over 100m and the hurdles
But another athlete who really matches the criterion of the OP is Irena Szewinska with relay Gold and 200m silver in 1964 and 400m Gold in 1976. She competed also in 68, 72 and 80. -
Lots of people have run in 4 Olympics or more. Merlene Ottey ran in 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_athletes_with_the_most_appearances_at_Olympic_Games -
Barring disaster Felix will do it. Silver in 2004 in the 200.
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Also, Angelo Taylor has not been mentioned. A gold in the 400m hurdles in 2000 and a gold in the 4x400m in 2012.
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Lagat is going for 16 years. He won bronze in 2000.
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Won't Lagat be 16 years?
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HardLoper wrote:
Also, Angelo Taylor has not been mentioned. A gold in the 400m hurdles in 2000 and a gold in the 4x400m in 2012.
silver in 4x400.
