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British runner
Peter Snell
Peter Snell
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Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner
Steve Ovett
British runner
Hicham El Guerrouj
Moroccan athlete
Kip Keino
Kip Keino
Kenyan distance runner
Tatyana Kazankina clinching the gold medal in the 1,500-metre race at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
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Gunder Hägg
Swedish athlete
Wang Junxia
Chinese athlete
Dave Wottle
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Alberto Juantorena
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Jim Lightbody
American athlete
Glenn Cunningham, who won the silver medal in the 1,500-metre event at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
Glenn Cunningham
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Mary Decker
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Roger Bannister
Roger Bannister
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Mel Sheppard
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