Subject Analysis
United States
Career
1904 – 2026
Best year
1912
Total points
865
Best results
3× 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#3
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
Categories
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Olympic Games | 4 miles team | Men | 1 | 72 | – |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | 3 km team | Men | 1 | 72 | – |
| 1920 | Olympic Games | 3 km team | Men | 1 | 72 | – |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 3 miles team | Men | 2 | 36 | – |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 24 | Billy Mills |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 24 | Bob Schul |
| 1924 | Olympic Games | 3 km team | Men | 3 | 18 | – |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 10000m | Women | 2 | 12 | Shalane Flanagan |
| 2007 | World Championship | 5000m | Men | 1 | 12 | Bernard Lagat |
| 1912 | Olympic Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 12 | Lewis Tewanima |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 12 | Paul Chelimo |
| 1983 | World Championship | 3000m | Women | 1 | 12 | Mary Decker |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 12 | Ralph Hill |
| 2025 | World Championship | 5000m | Men | 1 | 12 | Cole Hocker |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 12 | Galen Rupp |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Elle St. Pierre |
| 1975 | World record - improvement | 10000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Julie Brown |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 3000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Mary Knisely |
| 1979 | World record - improvement | 5000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Janice Merrill |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Bruce Bickford |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Steve Prefontaine |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Ed Moran |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | 3000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Janice Merrill |
| 1971 | World record - improvement | 3000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Doris Brown |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Matt Centrowitz |
| 2023 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Isai Rodriguez |
| 1971 | World record - improvement | 10000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Kathy Gibbons |
| 1951 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Curt Stone |
| 1978 | World record - improvement | 5000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Kathy Mills |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Bernard Lagat |
| 1982 | World record - improvement | 10000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Mary Decker-Slaney |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | 3000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Sabrina Dornhoefer |
| 1982 | World record - improvement | 5000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Mary Tabb |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Van Nelson |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Bill Dellinger |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | 3000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Joan Benoit |
| 1977 | World record - improvement | 5000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Janice Merrill |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Bernard Lagat |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Van Nelson |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Sara Slattery |
| 1977 | World record - improvement | 10000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Peg Neppel |
| 2023 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Kasey Knevelbaard |
| 1963 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Pete McArdle |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Women | 1 | 8 | Marty Cooksey |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Frank Shorter |
| 2011 | World Championship | 5000m | Men | 2 | 6 | Bernard Lagat |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 5000m | Men | 3 | 6 | Grant Fisher |
| 2007 | World Championship | 10000m | Women | 2 | 6 | Kara Goucher |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 10000m | Men | 3 | 6 | Grant Fisher |
| 2009 | World Championship | 5000m | Men | 2 | 6 | Bernard Lagat |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 5000m | Men | 3 | 6 | Paul Chelimo |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | 10000m | Women | 3 | 6 | Lynn Jennings |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | 5000m | Men | 3 | 6 | Bill Dellinger |
| 1985 | IAAF Grand Prix | 5000m | Men | 1 | 5 | Doug Padilla |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Herb Lindsay |
| 2023 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Samuel Chelanga |
| 1951 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 4 | John Twomey |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Bernard Lagat |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Women | 2 | 4 | Desiree Davila |
| 2026 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Cole Hocker |
| 1963 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Charley Clark |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Women | 2 | 4 | Elinor Purrier St. Pierre |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | 3000m | Women | 2 | 4 | Brenda Webb |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Lou Scott |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Aron Rono |
| 2025 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Women | 2 | 4 | Shelby Houlihan |
| 2023 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Women | 2 | 4 | Taylor Werner |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Theodore Castaneda |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 4 | David Torrence |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Yared Nuguse |
| 1980 | Own WR improvement | 5000m | Women | 1 | 4 | Janice Merrill |
| 1995 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Women | 2 | 4 | Lynn Jennings |
| 1955 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Horace Ashenfelter |
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryan Hill |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Steve Stageberg |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Reid Buchanan |
| 2026 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Women | 2 | 4 | Emily Mackay |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Women | 2 | 4 | Catherine Ferrell |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | 3000m | Women | 2 | 4 | Julie Brown |
| 1985 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Don Clary |
| 2017 | World Championship | 5000m | Men | 3 | 3 | Paul Chelimo |
| 2015 | World Championship | 10000m | Women | 3 | 3 | Emily Infeld |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Kim Conley |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 3 | 2 | Bob Soth |
| 1993 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Lynn Jennings |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 3 | 2 | Tom Laris |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Regina Jacobs |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 3 | 2 | Pete Julian |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Kellyn Taylor |
| 1987 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 3 | 2 | Terry Brahm |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 3 | 2 | Mark Nenow |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Nicole Jefferson |
| 1995 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Joan Nesbit |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Patty Murray |
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Shannon Rowbury |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 3 | 2 | Lawi Lalang |
| 1985 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Women | 3 | 2 | PattiSue Plumer |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 3 | 2 | Frank Shorter |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Blake Phillips |
| 2023 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Ednah Kurgat |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 3000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Leslie Seymour |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Women | 3 | 2 | Shayne Culpepper |
| 1963 | Pan American Games | 5000m | Men | 3 | 2 | Bob Schul |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | 10000m | Men | 3 | 2 | Dan Browne |
| 1974 | World record - annual holding | 10000m | Women | 1 | 1 | Kathy Gibbons |
| 1973 | World record - annual holding | 10000m | Women | 1 | 1 | Kathy Gibbons |
| 1983 | World record - annual holding | 5000m | Women | 1 | 1 | Mary Tabb |
| 1972 | World record - annual holding | 10000m | Women | 1 | 1 | Kathy Gibbons |