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Cole Hocker (born June 6, 2001) is an American middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 meters. He won the gold medal in the event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris , setting an Olympic record and an area record of 3:27.65.
The blazing early pace of the men's 1,500-meters final made Hocker uncomfortable and he was unable to stick with the leaders. ... Cole Hocker (L) came out of nowhere to win the men's 1,500-meter ...
The Olympic men’s 1,500-meter final always promised to deliver drama, ... “Cole Hocker you got me screaming my head off,” his countryman and Olympic 100-meter champion Noah Lyles wrote on X.
PARIS (Reuters) -American Cole Hocker delivered one of the all-time Olympic shocks when he won the 1,500 metres gold with a stunning finish to blast past British world champion Josh Kerr as ...
With Hocker's gold and Nuguse's bronze, the 2024 1500 meter final was the first time in 112 years that two Americans made it on the Olympic podium in the event. Another American, Hobbs Kessler, made it into and competed well in the final, finishing 5th in a new personal best.
Her .25-second margin over 100 champ Julien Alfred was .11-second bigger than Hocker's, even though Thomas raced half a lap and Hocker nearly four. Hocker, who recorded his previous personal best of 3:30.59 at Olympic trials this summer, is only the second U.S. man to win the metric mile at the Olympics over the last 112 years.
The 1500 meters was one of four individual events documented exclusively by Olympic documentary filmmaker Bud Greenspan. [1] The Olympic records for the event are 3:27.65 minutes for men, set by Cole Hocker in Paris in 2024, and 3:51.29 minutes for women, set by Faith Kipyegon in 2024.
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — American Cole Hocker pulled the upset of the Olympic track meet Tuesday night, outracing favorites Jakob Ingebrigsten and Josh Kerr to the finish line in the 1,500 meters. Hocker won the race in an Olympic record 3 minutes 27.65 seconds, pulling from fifth to first over the final 300 meters to beat his personal best ...