[WBB fan]

Pavo Nurmi, won the 5,000 and 10,000 and finished fifth in the marathon guessing 1924 or ‘28.

What Track and Field HOFer and multiple world record holder never finished higher than fourth during his three Olympic years?

Not Nurmi. He never combined the marathon w track races in the Olympics. The answer is Lasse Viren, who won the 5000 and 10000 in Montreal in 1976, then decided to give a try to the marathon. From these posts, appears that several of us were there to see it, including me.

Now I'm trying to figure out what a HOFer is.

[WBB fan]

Pavo Nurmi, won the 5,000 and 10,000 and finished fifth in the marathon guessing 1924 or ‘28.

What Track and Field HOFer and multiple world record holder never finished higher than fourth during his three Olympic years?

Not Nurmi. He never combined the marathon w track races in the Olympics. The answer is Lasse Viren, who won the 5000 and 10000 in Montreal in 1976, then decided to give a try to the marathon. From these posts, appears that several of us were there to see it, including me.

Now I'm trying to figure out what a HOFer is.