In the last 4 editions of the OG ('88, '92, '96, '00), four U.S. men have made the 1500 final. Name them.
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Re: Olympic 1500 Trivia
I'm amazed! One of the most popular of events and it's all recent-events (in the trivia world) and only one of you even tried to play?!
Nonethless, let me ask a harder one: who are the 5 Americans who have been in two Olympic 1500 finals? Couple of clues: the question spans 88 years and one of the guys didn't do his in consecutive Games.
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James Lightbody--1904 & 1906 (gold both times)
Glenn Cunningham--1932 (4th) & 1936 (silver)
Dyrol Burleson--1960 & 1964
Steve Scott--1984 & 1988
Jim Spivey--1984 & 1992
Lightbody should have been in the final in 1908, but he got shut out when only the winner of each heat was taken to the final. I can't recall whether he was beaten for 1st in his heat or just didn't realize that only the winner moved on.
And I've always thought that, were it not for the injury that relegated him to 4th in the Trials, Spivey could have won the OG in 1988.
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