Bob Schul
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Robert Keyser Schul was an American long-distance runner. As of 2024, he is the only American to have won an Olympic gold medal in the 5000 m, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Bob Schul (center) at the 1964 Olympics
Gerry Lindgren
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Gerald Paul Lindgren is an American track and field runner who set many long-standing high school and national records in the United States. In 1965, Lindgren and Billy Mills both broke the world reco
Bob Schul
…Ron Clarke of Australia. Schul posted an extremely impressive outdoor season in 1964, not losing a single race and beating among others Bruce Kidd, Gerry Lindgren, Billy Mills, Bill Baillie, and Bill Dellinger. Schul first broke the American record in the 5000m at Compton, running 13:38.0. Schul did not run in…
Lindgren in 1965
Lindgren (left) in 1971