Mohammed Gammoudi
Born in Sidi Aïch, in Tunisia, Mohammed Gammoudi was one of the pioneers of the African long-distance running revolution that changed the face of the sport in the final decades of the 20th century.Naftali Temu from Kenya, who won in 29:27.4 and Mamo Wolde from Ethiopia 29:28, sprinted the last lap, outrunning Gammoudi, leaving him at 29:34, with the bronze medal.The last lap was fast pace, and although the two Kenyans gave charge, Gammoudi held on to the lead, winning the gold medal.In the 10 000 m final, a tightly bunched group of nine runners were traveling at sub-world record pace just before the 4600 m mark, when Lasse Virén from Finland suddenly stumbled and fell over, causing Gammoudi to tumble over the top of him.Virén recovered quickly and went on to win the race, but Gammoudi took much longer getting to his feet, and after running for a lap and a half to close the 100 m gap that had opened between himself and the leaders, he dropped out.
TunisianSidi Aïch800 meters1500 meters3000 meters5000 meters10,000 metersTunisiaOlympic Games1968 Mexico City5000 metres1964 Tokyo10000 metres1972 MunichMediterranean Games1963 Naples1967 TunisArabiclong-distance runnertrack and fieldMexico CityMunich10,000 metreslong-distance running1963 Mediterranean GamesNaplesTokyo Olympic GamesRon ClarkeBilly MillsMexicoNaftali TemuMamo WoldeEthiopiaKip KeinoİzmirMunich OlympicsLasse VirénFinlandSteve Prefontainecross country running1965 International Cross Country ChampionshipsInternational Cross Country ChampionshipsSheffield, United KingdomSan Sebastián, SpainNaples, ItalyTokyo, Japan14:10.228:24.8Ostend, BelgiumTunis, TunisiaMexico City, Mexico14:05.029:34.2ClydebankUnited KingdomMaghreb ChampionshipsTripoli, LibyaCasablanca, MoroccoIzmir, TurkeyMunich, West Germany13:27.427:54.69Wayback MachineOlympic champions in men's 5000 metresHannes KolehmainenJoseph GuillemotPaavo NurmiVille RitolaLauri LehtinenGunnar HöckertGaston ReiffEmil ZátopekVladimir KutsMurray HalbergBob SchulMiruts YifterSaïd AouitaJohn NgugiDieter BaumannVénuste NiyongaboMillion WoldeHicham El GuerroujKenenisa BekeleMo FarahJoshua CheptegeiJakob IngebrigtsenAlain MimounRobert BogeyJavier ÁlvarezFernando CerradaLuigi ZarconeAlberto CovaBrahim BoutayebThierry PantelAlberto GarcíaMohamed KhaldiAli Saïdi-SiefAnis SelmouniRabah AboudYounès EssalhiSoufiyan BouqantarHamoud AmeurAbdelkader ZaddemAbdelmadjid MadaFéthi BaccoucheHammou BoutayebKhalid SkahIsmaïl SghyrJaouad GharibMohammed AmynHicham BellaniPolat Kemboi ArıkanSid RobinsonAlfred ShrubbArthur RobertsonJean BouinAlfred NicholsJames WilsonWally FreemanJoe BlewittJack WebsterErnie HarperTom EvensonJack HoldenRaphaël PujazonJohn Doms