Pick your GOAT. Race for gold.

Four world 1500 titles, Olympic gold and sustained record-level dominance.

Three world 1500 titles, Olympic gold and a commanding record-setting peak.

Two Olympic 1500 titles and record-breaking mile speed.

Unbeaten senior 1500/mile career, capped by Olympic gold in world-record time.

An exceptional winning streak and repeated 1500/mile records.

World and European titles, Olympic silver and a transformative 1985 record summer.

Extraordinary longevity, world 1500 gold and two Olympic medals.

Olympic gold and silver; a defining demonstration of sustained pressure in Mexico City.

Olympic 1500 gold and repeated mile records, with exceptional finishing speed.

Olympic champion, repeated European titles and sustained elite 1500/mile performances.

A huge record-setting peak and Olympic silver, achieved largely on cinders.

Olympic champion, first sub-3:50 miler and long-lasting international excellence.

Olympic 1500 champion and simultaneous 1500/mile record holder in a dominant era.

World 1500 champion, two Olympic medals and the July 2026 world mile record.

Repeated 1500/mile records and wartime dominance without an Olympic opportunity.

Olympic gold and silver, two world silvers and a deep championship record.

Olympic champion who beat El Guerrouj and pushed the mile record to the line.

Olympic gold in a 1500 world record, plus a mile world record.

Multiple mile world records and an exceptional head-to-head rivalry with Hägg.

World champion, Olympic silver and sustained circuit dominance from the front.

1500 world record and world bronze, alongside exceptional mile performances.

Front-running 1500 and mile records; the 1974 Commonwealth final is his defining result.

A leading 1950s miler whose career was cut short by an amateurism ban.

Olympic champion and a dominant indoor miler with a devastating finish.

First sub-four mile, Commonwealth head-to-head victory and European 1500 gold.

1500/mile world records and Olympic bronze, built on relentless pacing.

World silver and a decade of elite mile consistency against an exceptional generation.

World 1500 gold and bronze, with one of the great sustained championship finishes.

Olympic 1500 gold in 3:27.65 and world indoor silver, with exceptional late acceleration.

Olympic champion and multiple world medals; outstanding control of tactical finals.

Two Olympic medals and extraordinary longevity among the world's leading milers.

World No. 1 at 1500/mile in 1969 and 1971; a great head-to-head racer and Pan American champion.

World silver, Commonwealth gold and repeated world-leading 1500 performances.

World 1500 record holder, a 3:29.77 best and sustained excellence in the 1980s.

A defining indoor miler, world indoor mile records and two Olympic fourth places.

World silver, Olympic bronze and two European 1500 titles.

Olympic silver, European 1500 gold and a world mile record.

World mile record, Olympic silver and sustained 1930s excellence.

World mile record and European 1500 title in a career interrupted by war.

World 1500 champion in 2022 and world silver in 2025.

Olympic and world bronze plus world indoor 1500 gold.

World bronze and a long run of high-level championship and circuit performances.

A 3:46.38 mile and outstanding 1500 speed; ranked for his miling, not his 3000 record.

Olympic bronze, a 3:43.97 outdoor mile and an indoor mile world record.

Olympic silver and 1500/mile world records before an amateurism ban.

Olympic gold and bronze, European gold and world-record-level 1500 performances.

Olympic champion who outkicked Keino in a fast Munich final.

Olympic and world bronze plus world indoor gold and silver.

Three world indoor 1500 titles and sustained elite mile racing.

Olympic 1500 silver and Commonwealth gold, with high-level mile consistency.

World 1500 champion in 2025, world indoor silver in 2026 and a sub-3:30 best.

World indoor 1500 champion and prolific international circuit winner.

Olympic bronze and sustained top-level racing through the 1990s.

Olympic and world bronze plus European 1500 gold.

Olympic fifth and a durable career at the sharp end of international miling.

World outdoor bronze and repeated indoor 1500 championship success.

Two Olympic top-six finishes, repeated US and NCAA titles, and American records across the early 1960s.

A 3:46.91 mile and world-leading 1500 season; less championship success than his speed suggests.

Olympic silver and a strong record of producing his kick in championship racing.