Tom Ottey

American long-distance runner

Tom Ottey
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Charles Ottey
Nationality	American
Born	(1910-06-08)June 8, 1910
Died	April 10, 1984(1984-04-10) (aged 73)
Sport
Sport	Long-distance running
Event	10,000 metres

Thomas Charles Ottey (June 8, 1910 – April 10, 1984) was an American long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics.^[1]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tom Ottey Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2017.

External links

Tom Ottey at Olympedia

1932 USA Olympic track and field team

Qualification

1932 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

Men's track
and road athletes

Ed Ablowich (r)
Percy Beard
Bill Carr
Bill Chisholm
Ernest Crosbie
Frank Crowley
Glenn Cunningham
Glen Dawson
Daniel Dean
Hector Dyer (r)
Ben Eastman
Ivan Fuqua (r)
Edwin Genung
James Gordon
Lou Gregory
Norwood Hallowell
Glenn Hardin
Joe Healey
James Henigan
Ralph Hill
Harry Hinkel
Chuck Hornbostel
Jack Keller
Bob Kiesel (r)
Joe McCluskey
Ralph Metcalfe
Albert Michelsen
Hans Oldag
Tom Ottey
Eino Pentti
Walter Pritchard
Paul Rekers
George Saling
George Simpson
Morgan Taylor
Eddie Tolan
Emmett Toppino (r)
Edwin Turner
Karl Warner (r)
Frank Wykoff (r)

Men's field athletes

Women's track athletes

Women's field athletes

Non-competing relay pool members

Coaches

Lawson Robertson (men's head coach)
Eddie Farrell (men's assistant coach)
Harry Hillman (men's assistant coach)
Jack Magee (men's assistant coach)
George Vreeland (women's coach)

v t e US National Championship winners in men's 10,000-meter run
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876–79: Not held
1879–1888 NAAAA	1880: James Gifford 1881: W. C. Davies 1882–83: Tom Delaney 1884: Geo. Stonebridge 1885: Peter Skillman 1886–87: Edward Carter 1888^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888–91^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff 1892–93: William Day 1894: Charles Bean 1899: Alex Grant 1900: Arthur Newton 1901: Frank Kanahy 1902: Alex Grant 1903: Not held 1904: John Joyce 1905: Frank Verner 1906: Wm. Nelson 1907: John Daly 1908: Fred Bellars 1909: Harry McLean 1910: William Kramer 1911: George Bonhag 1912: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Harry Smith 1913: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Joie Ray 1914: Ville Kyrönen (FIN) * H. E. Weeks 1915: Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) * Oliver Millard 1916: Joie Ray 1917–19: Charles Pores 1920^OT: Not held 1921–23: Earle Johnson 1924: Ilmar Prim 1925: George Lermond 1926: Phillip Osif 1927: Willie Ritola (FIN) * Russell Payne 1928^OT: Joie Ray 1929-31: Lou Gregory 1932^OT: Tom Ottey 1933: Lou Gregory 1934: Eino Pentti 1935: Tom Ottey 1936: Don Lash 1937–38: Eino Pentti 1939: Lou Gregory 1940: Don Lash 1941: Lou Gregory 1942: Joe McCluskey 1943: Lou Gregory 1944: Norm Bright 1945: Ted Vogel 1946–48: Edward O'Toole 1949: Fred Wilt 1950: Horace Ashenfelter 1951–54: Curt Stone 1955: Dick Hart 1956: Max Truex 1957: Doug Kyle 1958: John Macy 1959: 1960: Al Lawrence (AUS) * Max Truex 1961: John Gutknecht 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * Peter McArdle 1963–64: Peter McArdle 1965: Billy Mills 1966: Tracy Smith 1967: Van Nelson 1968: Tracy Smith 1969–70: Jack Bacheler 1971: Frank Shorter 1972: Greg Fredericks 1973: Gordon Minty (GBR) * Ted Castaneda 1974–75: Frank Shorter 1976: Ed Leddy 1977: Frank Shorter 1978–79: Craig Virgin 1980: Rodolfo Gómez Garry Bjorklund
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1981: Alberto Salazar 1982: Craig Virgin 1983: Alberto Salazar 1984: Jon Sinclair 1985: Bruce Bickford 1986–87: Gerard Donakowski 1988: Steve Taylor 1989: Pat Porter 1990: Steve Plasencia 1991: Shannon Butler 1992^OT: Todd Williams
1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Todd Williams 1994: Tom Ansberry 1995–96: Todd Williams 1997: Michael Mykytok 1998: Dan Browne 1999: Alan Culpepper 2000^OT: Meb Keflezighi 2001: Abdi Abdirahman 2002: Meb Keflezighi 2003: Alan Culpepper 2004: Meb Keflezighi 2005: Abdi Abdirahman 2006: Jorge Torres 2007–08: Abdi Abdirahman 2009–16: Galen Rupp 2017: Hassan Mead 2018–19: Lopez Lomong 2021^{2020 OT}: Woody Kincaid 2022: Galen Rupp 2023: Woody Kincaid
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance: Until 1924 the event was 5 miles; from 1925–27 and from 1929–31 it was over 6 miles.