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  2. 10,000 metres at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Kenya has won eleven medals, although Naftali Temu is the only Kenyan to have won Olympic gold. It was not the first long-distance track event to feature at an Olympic competition: 5-mile (8 km) races featured at the 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 Summer Olympics before the metric 5000 metres and 10,000 m events were initiated.

  3. List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men) - Wikipedia

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    The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics. In other years, the distances have been: 1896: 40,000 m (approximately) 1900: 40,260 m (25.02 mi) 1904: 40,000 m (24.85 mi) 1912: 40,200 m (24.98 mi) 1920: 40,750 m (25.32 mi)

  4. Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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    A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's 10,000 metres event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 27:28.00.

  5. What happened to Megan Keith? Why the runner finished her ...

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    One person shared on X, "Best bit of the Olympics so far, Megan Keith finishing the 10,000m Never give up What a flippen amazing thing to get to run in an Olympic final In the time I can do it ...

  6. Billy Mills - Wikipedia

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    William Mervin Mills (born June 30, 1938), also known by his Oglala Lakota name Tamakhóčhe Theȟíla, is an American Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 metre run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His 1964 victory is considered one of the greatest Olympic upsets because he was a virtual unknown ...

  7. 10,000 metres - Wikipedia

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    10,000 metres is the slightly longer metric derivative of the 6-mile (9,656.1-metre) run, an event common in countries when they were using the imperial measurement system. 6 miles was used in the Commonwealth Games until 1966 and was a championship in the United States in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973.

  8. Joshua Cheptegei - Wikipedia

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    Later that year, he made his marathon debut at the Valencia Marathon, running 2:08:59 to place 37th. [30] At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Cheptegei won gold in the 10,000 metres final, in a new Olympic record of 26:43.14. [31] The former Olympic record was Kenenisa Bekele's 27:01.17 set at the 2008 Games in Beijing. [32]

  9. Elite runners and coaches explain what it takes to run a sub ...

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    Video of Manzano’s races from his running career, including his silver-medal effort at the 2012 Olympics, showcase his powerful kick. Running a sub-four mile requires speed. It requires endurance.