Claim: Sebastian Coe has more gold medals for the 1500 metres at the Olympics which was present from 1896 than Kipchoge Keino and Fermin Cacho.
Evidence: The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Keino was among the first in a long line of successful middle and long distance runners to come from the country and has helped and inspired many of his fellow countrymen and women to become the athletics force that they are today.