a world championship , taking a bronze in Salt Lake City in 1967 , and gained a second bronze at the 1972 Munich Olympics .
Richmond Wilcox `` Dick '' Landon ( November 20 , 1898 – June 13 , 1971 ) was an American high jumper who won a gold medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1920 Summer Olympics .
Born in Finland , he competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris , France in the Cross Country Team where he won the silver medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorhis team mates Earl Johnson and Arthur Studenroth .
He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris , France in the Cross Country Team where he won the silver medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorhis team mates Earl Johnson and August Fager .
Javier García Chico ( born July 22 , 1966 in Barcelona ) is a retired Spanish pole vaulter , who won the bronze medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona , Spain .
He competed for Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics in the 3000 metre team event , winning a bronze medalolympics.olympic_medal_honortogether with Eric Backman and Sven Lundgren .
Hendrik ( `` Henk '' ) Numan ( born 13 June 1955 ) is a former judoka from the Netherlands , who won the bronze medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorhalf-heavyweight division ( -95 kg ) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow .
John Henry Kuck ( April 27 , 1905 – September 21 , 1986 ) was an American athlete who won a gold medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics setting a new world record at 15.87 m .
Leo Joseph Sexton ( August 27 , 1909 – September 6 , 1968 ) was an American shot putter who won a gold medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1932 Summer Olympics .
Robert Wade `` Bob '' King ( June 20 , 1906 – July 29 , 1965 ) was an American athlete , who won a gold medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe high jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics with a jump of 1.93 m. His personal best was 1.997 m , achieved earlier that year .
William Waring `` Bill '' Miller ( November 1 , 1912 – November 13 , 2008 ) was an American pole vaulter who won a gold medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1932 Summer Olympics .
He qualified for the Summer Olympics in Rome , where he took the gold medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe long jump , setting the Olympic record at , while narrowly defeating American teammate Bo Roberson by a mere centimeter .
She is the daughter of Jan Johnson , who won three NCAA championships and a bronze medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe pole vault at the 1972 Summer Olympics .
Coincidentally , the last non-Kenyan to do so was a Frenchman - Joseph Mahmoud - who won the silver medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles .
Earlier in the prelims , Pellegrini , Hoff , Jackson , and Adlington broke one of the oldest Olympic records in the book as they each went under the time of 4:03.85 , which had stood since Janet Evans won the gold medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul .
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , he won the 1500 metres gold medalolympics.olympic_medal_honordefeating American favourite and world record holder Jim Ryun by 20 meters , the largest winning margin in the history of the event ) and 5000 m silver medal .
James Ronald ( `` Jim '' ) Ryun ( born April 29 , 1947 ) is an American track and field athlete who won a silver medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1968 Summer Olympics in the 1,500 metre run .
Manzano is the first American to medalolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1500 m since Jim Ryun won silver in Mexico City 1968 breaking a 44-year drought for the U.S. men 's middle distance running .