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Also Known As Peter George Snell
Born December 17, 1938 • New Zealand
Died December 12, 2019 (aged 80) • Dallas • Texas
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics, smiling and wearing a dark suit with an open-collared shirt, with a blurred purple background.
Sebastian Coe
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Mal Whitfield smiles and holds his medal in its box after winning the 800-metre race at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, with a stadium crowd in the background.
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Steve Ovett
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Tatyana Kazankina clinching the gold medal in the 1,500-metre race at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
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Ted Meredith
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Noureddine Morceli
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Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
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Elliott, Herb
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Jack Lovelock
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Jim Lightbody
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Lina Radke
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Kip Keino
Kip Keino
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Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
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Iolanda Balas
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Hicham El Guerrouj
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Gunder Hägg
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Alberto Juantorena
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