Great Doublers

History's Best Doublers. In my opinion, with many left blank:

100/200 1. Lewis 2. Owens 3. Borzov 4. Morrow

200/400 1. MJ 2. Tommie Smith

400/800 1. Juantorena 2. Harbig

800/1500 1. Coe 2. Snell 3. Ryun 4. Ovett

1500/3000 1. Aouita 2. Morceli 3. Herb Elliott (theoretical, in Elliott's case, but he was that kind of runner.) 4. Keino

3000/5000

5000/10000

10000/marathon

110H/400H

Shot/Discus

LJ/TJ

Other:

100/110H 1. Harrison Dillard!

400/400H

[trackstar]

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Well, obviously, Geb 5/10.

And of course the great tripler: Zatopek, 5/10/marathon

[hammer forever]

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hat's the weirdest double you can imagine? Marathon/shot put?
50k walk/hammer throw

[hammer forever]

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Is the "all around championship" still being contested?
In the seventies it was 10 events in 1 day....
included 1500m racewalk, 16 lb. hammer throw, then some ordinary events. Usually hosted in Maine in August or so.

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How about TJ/HJ?

Olsson 17.64m & 2.22m (I think)

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How about the NC girl Donohue? Didn't she go mile/javelin at the hs outdoor nationals. Or Gail Olsen approx. 7'7" off one leg, blew out a knee and came back with a 7'3 or 7'4" off the other leg.

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Great question Rich.
How about 800/5000, Said Aouita.

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THE ONLY TRUE GREAT DOUBLE.THE DOUBLE-DOUBLE!!! VIREN 5000/10000 '72 AND '76

[JRM]

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100/200m: Ato Boldon and Frank Fredericks!

How could you leave these two off the list? Both have great distinction: Fredericks has the fastest all-time double (9.86,19.68), and Boldon has the fastest one-day double (9.90/19.77). He has also marked the most one-day sub-10/sub-20 doubles in history (at last count, I believe it was 7).

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Aouita is a good one. How about Geb in the 5k and marathon? Not too shabby.

Rod dixon, 3:33.9 1500, and I belive around 2:09 in the marathon. Not bad for a "big guy".

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Great argument for Boldon and Fredericks. Still, they never dominated their competition as did Lewis and Owens or even Borzov and Morrow. These four guys had double Olympic golds.

[tracknut]

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Ato Boldon one day double 9.90, 19.77

and how about 6'2" and 2:19 by a high schooler

Sharon Day in Costa Mesa, CA.

[Jim Rorick]

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I saw a high school dual meet in 1973 where Lonnie Shelton (Foothill, Bakersfield CA - later Oregon State BB & Supersonics of NBA) went 47-9 in triple, 63-4 in shot, and 185 + change in the discus (plus 9.9y and 14.2y). He woulda/coulda been a great one in decathlon. Actually, basketball was probably his 3rd best sport in HS.
Jim Rorick

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For the shot and discus, Sen Plucknets 233-7 (then a WR), 67-7 from 1981 still ranks as the best one day double

[1.97hjsteve]

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Parry O'Brien did very well in the Discus, I believe he was world-ranked a few times in the 50's.

As an aside.... I heard once that Parry O'Brien finished third in the 100 yard dash in the California State High School meet ! Is this true ? Anybody know ?

Finally, Randy Matson threw over 200' .