Hannes Kolehmainen

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Also Known As	Johannes Kolehmainen
Born	December 9, 1889 • Kuopio • Finland
Died	January 11, 1966 (aged 76) • Helsinki • Finland
Awards And Honors	Olympic Games

Paavo Nurmi

Finnish runner

Emil Zátopek

Czech runner

Ville Ritola

Finnish athlete

Lasse Virén

Finnish distance runner

Kip Keino

Kenyan distance runner

Meseret Defar

Ethiopian athlete

Vladimir Kuts

Soviet athlete

Noureddine Morceli

Algerian athlete

Kenenisa Bekele

Ethiopian athlete

Gunder Hägg

Swedish athlete

Frank Shorter

American athlete

Joan Benoit Samuelson

American runner

Abebe Bikila

Ethiopian athlete

Billy Mills

American athlete

Wang Junxia

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Mo Farah

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Paula Radcliffe

British distance runner

Tirunesh Dibaba

Ethiopian athlete

Grete Waitz

Norwegian athlete

Spyridon Louis

Greek marathon runner

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