American Long-distance Runner
1. Shalane Flanagan (1981)
American Long-distance Runner
Sprinter from Colorado who took home the bronze medal in the 1000m event at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. She is also a multiple-time bronze medalist at the World...
2. Joan Benoit (1957)
American Long-distance Runner
Marathon runner who won a gold medal in the inaugural women's marathon event at the 1984 Olympics.
3. Kara Goucher (1978)
American Long-distance Runner
American long-distance runner who medalled in the 10,000 meters at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and has represented the U.S. at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games. She was...
4. Jennifer Rhines (1974)
American Long-distance Runner
Jennifer Rhines is an American long-distance runner who competes in track cross country and road running events. She has competed in three different Summer Olympics. Rhines attended Villanova University as...
5. Caroline Walker (1953)
American Long-distance Runner
Caroline Walker is a former American long-distance runner from Oregon who is recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations as having set a world best in the marathon on...
6. Gerry Lindgren (1946)
American Long-distance Runner
Gerald Paul Lindgren is an American track and field runner who is widely recognized as having been the best high school long distance runner in the United States at the...
7. Julie Brown (athlete) (1955)
American Long-distance Runner
Julie Ann Brown is a retired American distance runner. She won the World Cross Country Championship in 1975 and represented the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics in the...
8. James Connolly (athlete born 1901) (1900)
American Long-distance Runner
James Joseph Connolly is a former American athlete. Larrivee won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
9. Lynn Jennings (1960)
American Long-distance Runner
Lynn Jennings is a retired American long-distance runner. She is one of the best female American runners of all time with a range from 1500 meters to the marathon. She...
10. Anne Marie Letko (1969)
American Long-distance Runner
Anne Marie Letko is an American long-distance runner who competed in the Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000. Anne Marie Letko is the daughter of Jim and Sandy Letko. She...
11. Sara Hall (1983)
American Long-distance Runner
Sara Hall is a professional American middle distance runner. She won the 3000 meter steeplechase in 10:03 at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara Mexico representing the United States....
12. Tim Broe (1977)
American Long-distance Runner
Tim Broe is a retired American long-distance runner. He reached the 5000 meters final at the 2004 Summer Olympics finishing eleventh.
13. Bobby Curtis (runner) (1984)
American Long-distance Runner
Robert Bobby M. Curtis is an American long-distance runner formerly of Villanova University. He is a multiple-time Big East Champion and NCAA All-American in both cross country and track and...
14. Scott Bauhs (1986)
American Long-distance Runner
Scott Bauhs is an American professional distance runner sponsored by Adidas and runs for Mammoth Track Club. He is a former Chico State runner for NCAA Division II athletics. He...
15. Todd Williams (athlete) (1969)
American Long-distance Runner
Todd Dwayne Williams is a retired long-distance runner from the United States who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1992. In High School He was...
16. Alan Culpepper (1972)
American Long-distance Runner
Alan Culpepper is an American distance runner and two time United States Olympian. Along with competing on four World Championship teams his accomplishments include finishing fourth in the Boston Marathon...
17. Amy Rudolph (1973)
American Long-distance Runner
Amy Rudolph is a retired American middle- and long-distance runner who competed mostly in the 5000 meters. She represented her country at two consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1996 as...
18. Melody Fairchild (1973)
American Long-distance Runner
Melody Fairchild is an American long distance runner. She is primarily known for an exceptional high school career. She has been called the Best American High School distance runner of...
19. Sara Slattery (1981)
American Long-distance Runner
Sara Elizabeth Slattery is an American middle- and long-distance runner who mainly competes in track races. Slattery has represented the United States at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at...
20. Shadrack Kiptoo Biwott (1985)
American Long-distance Runner
Shadrack Kiptoo Biwott is a famous American long-distance runner, who was born on February 15, 1985 in Kenya. Biwott was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Shadrack attended La Cueva High...
