Famous Runners

• Bannister, Roger

  The first person to run a mile in under four minutes

• Bolt, Usain

  The Jamaican sprinter who won 100- and 200-meter gold medals at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics

• Fox, Terry

  The cancer victim who ran over 3000 miles across Canada

• Jones, Lolo

  The Olympic hurdler who turned into an Olympic bobsledder

• Owens, Jesse

  The black sprinter who won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics

• Pistorius, Oscar

  The Olympic amputee sprinter who killed his girlfriend

• Prefontaine, Steve

  Oregon running legend and subject of the film Prefontaine

• Rudolph, Wilma

  The first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympics

• Ruiz, Rosie

  The woman who cheated to "win" the 1980 Boston Marathon

• Semenya, Caster

  The woman South African runner who was accused of being a man

• Thompson, Elaine

  The Jamaican sprinter who won two golds in Rio

• Walsh, Stella

  The female Olympic sprinter who turned out to be a man

See: Index by Occupation