Reply To: Ingebrigtsen – The Machine

[Anonymous]

Four men have won consecutive 800m Olympic titles:

Douglas Lowe GB (1924 & 1928)
Mal Whitfield USA (1948 & 1952)
Peter Snell NZ (1960 & 1964)
David Rudisha Kenya (2012 & 2016)

Only one man has ever defended the 1500m title:

Sebastian Coe GB (1980 & 1984)

Only two athletes have won multiple Olympic steeplechase titles:

Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland (1932 & 1936)
Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya (2004 & 2012).

Only two men have defended their 5000m Olympic crown:

Lasse Virén Finland (1972 & 1976)
Mo Farah GB (2012 & 2016).

Six men have won the Olympic 10,000m title twice:

Paavo Nurmi Finland (1920 & 1928)
Emil Zátopek Czech (1948 & 1952)
Lasse Virén Finland (1972 & 1976)
Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia (1996 & 2000)
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia (2004 & 2008)
Mo Farah GB (2012 & 2016)

World Championships

Only one man has won three titles at 800m:

Wilson Kipketer Denmark (1995 / 97 / 99)

2 titles:
Billy Konchellah Kenya (1987 & 91)
David Rudisha Kenya (2011 & 15)

1500m
4 titles:
Hicham El Guerrouj – Morocco (1997 99 01 & 03)

3 titles:
Noureddine Morceli – Algeria (1991 93 & 95)
Asbel Kiprop – Kenya (2011 13 & 15)

3000m Steeplechase

4 titles:Ezekiel Kemboi – Kenya (2009 11 13 & 15).

3 titles:
Moses Kiptanui – Kenya (1991 93 & 95)

5,000m

3 titles

Mo Farah – GB (2011 13 & 15)

2 titles:

Ismael Karui – Kenya (1993 & 95)
Mukhtar Edris – Ethiopia (2017 & 19)
Jakob Ingebrigtsen – Finland (2022 & 23)

10,000m

4 titles:
Haile Gebrselassie – Ethiopia (1993 95 97 & 99)
Kenenisa Bekele – Ethiopia (2003 05 07 & 09)

3 titles:
Mo Farrar – GB (2013 15 & 17)
Joshua Cheptegei – Uganda (2019 22 & 23).

5,000m / 10,000m double:

Only Mo Farah has achieved the feat twice, in 2013 and 2015 – either side of which he performed the same feat in consecutive Olympic Games.

So, who is / are currently the greatest of all time?

I think we’ll find that Ingebrigtsen is come the day he retires