Kusukela ekudalweni kweMidlalo yama-Olympic, abagijimi bebelokhu benesimo esiphakeme kanye nenhlonipho ekhethekile. Kodwa laba bagijimi bawumnandi kakhulu.
UBrian Clay
Omunye wama-decathlonist aseMelika owaziwa kakhulu wazalwa ngoJanuwari 3, 1980. Ungumdlali wamanje ku-decathlon, kanti futhi unamandla emhlabeni wonke 2005.
2. I-Daytan Ritzenhein
U-Dayan Ritzenhain, umgijimi ode kakhulu waseMelika, wazalwa ngoDisemba 30, 1982. Wanqoba i-Cross Country Championships e-United States ngo-2005, 2008 no-2010, futhi wabamba irekhodi le-5000m ngonyaka.
3. UPaul Radcliffe
Umgijimi waseBrithani uPaul Radcliffe wazalelwa ngoDisemba 17, 1973 futhi usengowesifazane oyedwa oye wathola irekhodi lomhlaba lokugibela umncintiswano we-2:15:25. Ungumdlali onesithathu wonyaka weLondon Marathon, okwenziwe kabili eNew York Marathon, nomdlali oyedwa owodwa we-Chicago Chicago Marathon.
4. Geoffrey Mutai
UJeffrey wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 7, 1981. Ungumgijimi ode kakhulu onguchwepheshe wemigwaqo yomgwaqo, umqhudelwano waseMonaco nomqhudelwano waseBoston (2011), lapho wabeka irekhodi lomhlaba ngokuligijima ngo-2:03:02. Kodwa leli rekhodi aliqinisekisiwe, i-tk. Ithrekhi ye-marathon ineziphakamiso ezingamukeleki futhi azihlangabezani nazo zonke izindlela ezidingekayo.
5. Haile Gebrselassie
Wazalwa ngo-Ephreli 18, 1973 e-Ethiopia futhi ungumgijimi ode kakhulu, owaziwa kakhulu ngokuxhaphazwa kwakhe emabhokisini omgwaqo. Ungomunye wabagijimi abanobuchwepheshe obukhulu kakhulu, wanqoba iMarathon yaseBerlin izikhathi ezine ngokulandelana, wanqoba ukunqoba okulandelana kathathu eMarathon e-Dubai, futhi wathola izindondo ezimbili zegolide ze-Olympic ngokugijima kwamamitha angaphezu kuka-10 000, futhi unezihloko ezine zezwe zomhlaba.
6. U-Allison Felix
Wazalwa ngoNovemba 18, 1985 futhi waqala ukugijima kusukela ebangeni lesishiyagalolunye. Ezikhethekile emadolobheni amancane. Unqobe izindondo ezimbili zesiliva ze-Olimpi esiteshini samamitha angu-200 kanti futhi uyena kuphela umdali wegolide wesithathu ngesikhathi se-World Athletics Championships. U-Allison uphinde wabamba indondo yegolide emidlalweni yama-Olympic ka-2008 eBeijing ngo-4 × 400 m eqenjini labesifazane.
7. Dean Carnaces
Wazalwa ngo-Agasti 23, 1962 futhi usengumdlali omkhulu kakhulu waseMelika. Ngemva kokugijima ama-marathon angu-50 kuwo wonke ama-50 ase-United States ngonyaka ka-2006, waziwa ngokuthi "i-ultramarathon emhlabeni edume kakhulu."
8. ULaura Flechman
Umdlali waseMelika u-Laura Flechman wazalelwa ngo-September 26, 1981. Ngo-2006 no-2010, wayengumdlali wamamitha angu-5 000 e-US, kanye ne-2011 World Athletics Federation (MALF) International Athletics Federation, egijima yesikhombisa ophakeme kakhulu phakathi kwezemidlalo zaseMelika.
9. Chris Solinski
UChris wazalwa ngoDisemba 5, 1984 futhi ungumgijimi ode kakhulu waseMelika. Ngokushesha wathola ukunakwa lapho ephumelela izinkinobho eziyisishiyagalombili esifundazweni sakhe, ngenxa yokuthi ngaleso sikhathi wayesesesikoleni esiphakeme. Ngaphambilini, wagcina irekhodi laseMelika elide ibanga elingu-10 000 m kanti ungowokuqala ongewona u-Afrika owephula amarekhodi angu-27 ebangeni elingu-10 000 m.
10. I-Ashton Eaton
U-Ashton ungumncintiswano omncane kunalolu hlu. Wazalwa ngoJanuwari 21, 1988. U-Ashton ungumdabu waseMelika, okwamanje obambe irekhodi lomhlaba e-heptathlon ngamanqaku angama-6 499. Kumele uqaphele ukuthi irekhodi langaphambilini akekho owayengashaya iminyaka engu-17. Wabuye wathatha indondo yesiliva ngo-2011 World Athletics Championships.