| Year | Location | Nation of Athlete | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Paris | United States | Cole Hocker | 60%
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| 1984 | Los Angeles | Great Britain | Sebastian Coe | 60%
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| 1980 | Moscow | Great Britain | Sebastian Coe | 60%
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| 2004 | Athens | Morocco | Hicham El Guerrouj | 40%
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| 2020 | Tokyo | Norway | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 40%
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| 1976 | Montreal | New Zealand | John Walker | 40%
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| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | United States | Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. | 40%
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| 2008 | Beijing | Kenya | Asbel Kiprop | 20%
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| 1904 | St. Louis | United States | Jim Lightbody | 20%
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| 1924 | Paris | Finland | Paavo Nurmi | 20%
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| 1920 | Antwerp | Great Britain | Albert Hill | 0%
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| 1912 | Stockholm | Great Britain | Arnold Jackson | 0%
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| 1900 | Paris | Great Britain | Charles Bennett | 0%
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| 1896 | Athens | Australia | Edwin Flack | 0%
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| 1992 | Barcelona | Spain | Fermín Cacho | 0%
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| 1928 | Amsterdam | Finland | Harri Larva | 0%
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| 1948 | London | Sweden | Henry Eriksson | 0%
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| 1960 | Rome | Australia | Herb Elliott | 0%
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| 1936 | Berlin | New Zealand | Jack Lovelock | 0%
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| 1952 | Helsinki | Luxembourg | Josy Barthel | 0%
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| 1968 | Mexico City | Kenya | Kipchoge Keino | 0%
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| 1932 | Los Angeles | Italy | Luigi Beccali | 0%
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| 1908 | London | United States | Mel Sheppard | 0%
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| 2000 | Sydney | Kenya | Noah Ngeny | 0%
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| 1996 | Atlanta | Algeria | Noureddine Morceli | 0%
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| 1972 | Munich | Finland | Pekka Vasala | 0%
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| 1988 | Seoul | Kenya | Peter Rono | 0%
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| 1964 | Tokyo | New Zealand | Peter Snell | 0%
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| 1956 | Melbourne | Ireland | Ron Delany | 0%
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| 2012 | London | Algeria | Taoufik Makhloufi | 0%
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