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Born | 8 October 1947 (1947-10-08) (age 76) Vossem, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500 m – 10000 m, steeplechase | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | White Star AC/DC Leuven | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 3000 m – 7:39.2(1973) 3000 mS – 8:27.8 (1972)[1] 5000 m – 13:13.0 (1972) 10000 m – 27:39.58 (1972)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emiel Adrien "Miel" Puttemans (born 8 October 1947) is a Belgian former middle- and long-distance runner who set world records for 3000 metres (7 minutes 37.6 seconds) in 1972,[3] for 2 miles (8 minutes 17.8 seconds) in 1971,[4] and for 5000 metres (13 minutes 13 seconds) in 1972, and 3 miles in 1972 (12:47.8).[5] He won two European Indoor Championships titles in the 3000 m, in 1973 and 1974, and finished second in 1978.[6]
At the 1972 Summer Olympics, Puttemans won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and finished in fifth place in the 5000 metres.[7] He then set a world record in the 5000 metres six days after the 1972 games. He also competed in these events at the 1968, 1976 and 1980 Games, but with less success.[2]
In 1982, Puttemans won the first edition of the Rome Marathon.
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G-promotors |
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US National Championship winners in men's indoor 3000 meters | |
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1932–1979 Amateur Athletic Union |
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1981–1992 The Athletics Congress |
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1993–present USA Track & Field |
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Notes | *Distances have varied as follows: 2 Miles (1899–1931), 5000 meters (1933–1939), 3 Miles 1932, (1940–1986) and odd numbered years since 2015, and 3000 meters (1987–2014) and even numbered years since 2014 |
Rome Marathon – men's winners | |
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