Through the 2008 Games - 1) Jack Lovelock - 1936
2) Peter Snell - 1964
3) John Walker - 1976
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1904 Games in St. Louis in men's marathon. He did not finish the race.
Men: 3:32.07 by Noah Ngeny of Kenya at the 2000 Games in Sydney. Women: 3:53.96 by Paula Ilie-Ivan of Romania at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
Kieren Perkins
the reason that there are different events for men and women is because men sports its much more brutal. for instance in hockey they split men and women because in mens hockey you can body check( nocking the other person down).
Australia's Kieren John Perkins won gold medals in men's 1500m freestyle at both Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996).