Individual Track "Triple Winners" Runner Year Events Emil Zatopek 1952 5,000, 10,000, marathon Fanny Blankers-Koen 1948 100 m, 200 m, 80 m hurdles Paavo Nurmi 1924 5000 m, 10,000 m, cross country Hannes Kolehmainen 1912 5,000 m, 10,000 m, cross-country Archie Kahn 1904 60 m, 100 m, 200 m Alvin Kraemzlein 1900 60 m, 110 m hurdles, 200 m hurdles

In 1952 gymnast Heikki Savolainen of Finland competed in her fifth Olympic Games. Not only does she hold the record for the athlete to compete in the most Olympics, the Games were cancelled twice during her career because of World War II.

Name the winner of the first ever marathon, at the 1896 games. Answer: Spiridion Louis, a Greek shepherd and water hauler.