In the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he finished ninth in the 10,000 meters (m) behind gold medalist Billy Mills after having sprained an ankle during training.

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Possibly America’s greatest ever high school distance runner, Gerry Lindgren first achieved international fame when he defeated two Soviets at the 1964 US-USSR meet over 10K.

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Mar 11, 2024 · Lindgren, then 18 years old, beat the favored Russians at 10,000 meters in Los Angeles that year, and Bob Schul did it at 5,000, and, though Lindgren injured his ankle and did not win at Tokyo,...

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While a student at John Rogers High School in Spokane, Lindgren set 11 prep distance marks, and won a spot on the 1964 U.S. Olympic team for the Games at Tokyo. He placed ninth in men's 10,000 meters at 1964 Olympic Games and was the 1967 USA 3,000m champion and the 1964 USA 10,000m champion.

He won this event at the 1963 Pan American Games, but then was beaten by Hayes Jones by a small margin in several competitions, including the 1964 national championships and 1964 Olympics, where Lindgren placed second.

Nov 27, 2005 · It mentions only one of his Olympic shortcomings — the sprained ankle in 1964 — but not the inflamed Achilles tendon in 1968 or the car that hit him while training for the 1972 Olympics in...