Which runners have won an Olympic medal 12 years after the first medal?

Living in the Past:

If you are in a nit-picking mood, Carl Lewis was a runner. He won an Olympic medal 12 years after the first medal. It just so happens it was in a jumping event. Jumping events (outside of the standing jumps which are not Olympic events) involve running.

Ulrike Meyfarth won HJ gold in 1972 and 1984. Not sure if that still makes her the youngest and the oldest to win gold in that event.

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.

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My list is far from complete:

Felix Sanchez

Angelo Taylor

Fernando Mamede

There are still more, I'm sure.

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SlowFatMaster wrote:

Living in the Past:

If you are in a nit-picking mood, Carl Lewis was a runner. He won an Olympic medal 12 years after the first medal. It just so happens it was in a jumping event. Jumping events (outside of the standing jumps which are not Olympic events) involve running.

Ulrike Meyfarth won HJ gold in 1972 and 1984. Not sure if that still makes her the youngest and the oldest to win gold in that event.

The long jump is a field event. Field events don't count in this thread. Sorry.

Not all of these people either earned a medal in a running event 12 years after their first medal in a running event or competed in the same event in four Olympics. Willie Davenport is a great name, because he did both.

SlowFatMaster wrote:

Living in the Past:

If you are in a nit-picking mood, Carl Lewis was a runner. He won an Olympic medal 12 years after the first medal. It just so happens it was in a jumping event. Jumping events (outside of the standing jumps which are not Olympic events) involve running.

Ulrike Meyfarth won HJ gold in 1972 and 1984. Not sure if that still makes her the youngest and the oldest to win gold in that event.

Also, this is not a field events website.

Living in the Past wrote:

SlowFatMaster wrote:

Living in the Past:

If you are in a nit-picking mood, Carl Lewis was a runner. He won an Olympic medal 12 years after the first medal. It just so happens it was in a jumping event. Jumping events (outside of the standing jumps which are not Olympic events) involve running.

Ulrike Meyfarth won HJ gold in 1972 and 1984. Not sure if that still makes her the youngest and the oldest to win gold in that event.

The long jump is a field event. Field events don't count in this thread. Sorry.

Boy are you wrong. Very wrong. It's the running that is the predominate factor in take-off velocity and trajectory in the jumps.

Quit vandalizing your own thread.

For sure this list is not made to fit your criteria. As you can see I have made the necessary comments.

Btw there never was talk about winning medals in running events or competing 4 times in the same event.

Davenport does not fit the medal winning criteria.

As you have formulated your question, Carl Lewis could be an answer. Was he an "runner"?

But it probably was not meant like that and it seems we have 3 answers: Szewinska, Moses, Ottey (bronze in 1980 and again in 1992 - but also in 2000)

Wasn't Meb a silver medalist in 2004(marathon)? Though a long shot(due to age?) but with the marathon it is hard to predict what could happen and especially with Meb having established himself as a savvy marathoner over the years.

I still can't believe you didn't think of Gatlin when listing likely runners to add to the list this year.

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Lewis and JJK were both runners who won medals 12 years apart. The original question didn't specify that the medals be in running events.

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Star wrote:

I still can't believe you didn't think of Gatlin when listing likely runners to add to the list this year.

You're right. I should have.

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said88 wrote:

For sure this list is not made to fit your criteria. As you can see I have made the necessary comments.

Btw there never was talk about winning medals in running events or competing 4 times in the same event.

Davenport does not fit the medal winning criteria.

As you have formulated your question, Carl Lewis could be an answer. Was he an "runner"?

But it probably was not meant like that and it seems we have 3 answers: Szewinska, Moses, Ottey (bronze in 1980 and again in 1992 - but also in 2000)

Go back and read the start of the thread. I ask who competed in the same event in four Olympics. It was the second question.

As for the first question, it is clearly implied that "runners" means running events, not other sports. Just because other sports involve some running doesn't make them a running event.

Willie Davenport won a silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles in 1964 and a bronze in 1976. He competed in the same event in 1968 (gold) and 1972 (silver). So he meets both criteria.

malmo wrote:

Living in the Past wrote:

The long jump is a field event. Field events don't count in this thread. Sorry.

Boy are you wrong. Very wrong. It's the running that is the predominate factor in take-off velocity and trajectory in the jumps.

Quit vandalizing your own thread.

Malmo, I state at the beginning that the thread does not apply to field events (and I give my apologies to Al Oerter, who won the discuss four times). What part of that do you not understand?

Btw, page one of this thread has been deleted. You are a forum monitor, so can you please explain what happened to it? Or better yet--can you please restore page one? I won't hold my breath, because page one has information that refutes what you said above.