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1834:expanding it
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1765:
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1699:Cameron Page
1624:Mizan Mehari
1576:Andrew Lloyd
1552:John Andrews
1544:Andrew Lloyd
1520:Andrew Lloyd
1504:Steve Austin
1440:Tony Manning
1421:Bill Baillie
1397:Albie Thomas
1373:Geoff Warren
1333:Jack Sheaves
1088:Ryan Gregson
1080:Jeff Riseley
1064:Jeff Riseley
1056:Ryan Gregson
1048:Jeff Riseley
962:Martin Keino
950:
943:Darren Lynch
927:Pat Scammell
911:Andrew Lloyd
847:Peter Fuller
823:Peter Watson
815:Chris Fisher
799:Peter Watson
772:Albie Thomas
756:Herb Elliott
748:Merv Lincoln
740:Herb Elliott
455:
428:Daniel Komen
386:James Songok
330:Wodajo Bulti
302:Wodajo Bulti
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102:1996 Atlanta
25:
1879:1970 births
1723:Sam McEntee
1560:Simon Doyle
1512:Steve Foley
1480:Andrew Hill
1456:Tony Benson
1325:Fred Colman
1309:George Hyde
1290:George Hyde
1238:George Hill
1159:Alfred Bell
1016:Youcef Abdi
973:Paul Cleary
935:Simon Doyle
919:Simon Doyle
903:Dean Paulin
887:Steve Foley
871:Steve Foley
676:Fred Colman
540:Caleb Ndiku
526:Mark Kiptoo
268:5000 metres
140:5000 metres
108:5000 metres
87:5000 metres
1873:Categories
1432:Ron Clarke
1405:Dave Power
1389:John Landy
1268:Reg Webber
1072:James Kaan
951:Paul Bitok
780:Jim Grelle
732:John Landy
716:John Landy
700:John Marks
456:Paul Bitok
414:Paul Koech
358:John Ngugi
219:Paul Bitok
190:References
116:Paul Bitok
29:Paul Bitok
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682:1936–37:
512:Edwin Soi
266:in men's
120:Kilibwoni
41:athletics
855:Ken Hall
839:Ken Hall
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1737:2018:
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925:1992:
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909:1990:
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730:1956:
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690:1947:
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391:1993:
377:1992:
363:1990:
349:1989:
335:1988:
321:1985:
307:1984:
293:1982:
279:1979:
54:
39:Men's
1683:(USA)
1424:(NZL)
1301:(NZL)
1282:(NZL)
1271:(NZL)
1252:(NZL)
1241:(NZL)
1230:(NZL)
1219:(NZL)
1192:(NZL)
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1162:(NZL)
984:(KEN)
965:(KEN)
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783:(USA)
598:(DJI)
584:(ETH)
570:(KEN)
556:(KEN)
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346:(MAR)
332:(ETH)
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304:(ETH)
290:(ETH)
124:Nandi
57:Kenya
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165:1997
146:Life
136:1996
132:1992
221:at
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1123:e
1116:t
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632:e
625:t
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