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38.7 Seconds! Bob Schul is only American ever to win an Olympic gold medal for 5,000 meters, by David Prokop for UJENA FIT CLUB

Larry EderbyLarry Eder
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One of the treasures for distance runners on the web is the UJENA Fit Club site. Bob Anderson, the founder of Runners World magazine and my first boss, continues to love running and has developed this site to support his double-double race series-running a 10k, then a 5k, on same day after a short break. 


This feature in on Bob Schul, the only American to win the 5,000 meters in the Olympics. In that race, in 1964, remember, Bob Schul took the gold and Bill Dellinger took the bronze! Enjoy the piece by David Prokop and thanks to Bob Anderson for developing this site! 

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Bob Schul winning gold, 
photo courtesy of UJENA Fit Club

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38.7 SECONDS!


Bob Schul is the only American to ever win an Olympic Gold Medal for the 5000

That’s how long it took Bob Schul to sprint the last 300 meters on a muddy track to overtake Michel Jazy and win the gold medal for the 5000 meters in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It remains the only time an American has won the Olympic gold medal in the 5000.  Bob is going to be the guest of honor at the Indy Double Road Race in August 11.

by David Prokop (Editorial Director for Best Road Races)

The 5000 meters in the Tokyo Olympics was run under miserable weather conditions – it was cold and dreary (51 degrees) with a steady rain falling. 

As the 12½-lap race unfolded, an American woman in her 50s sat in the stands, shivering and suffering through the inclement weather.

A man sitting next to her, himself an experienced runner, said to her in a gentle voice soft with compassion. “It’s too cold for you to be out here. You should go back to your hotel.”

“I can’t,” she replied. “My son is running in this race.”

Her son was Bob Schul, who that day would make history by winning the gold medal in that race with an electrifying finishing kick – the first and last time an American had taken the gold in the Olympic 5000 meters!

To read the entire story on the UJENA Fit Club site, please go to: http://www.ujenafitclub.com/ninter.php/43#nana

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  • Larry Eder
    Larry Eder

    Larry Eder has had a 51-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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