Claim: Kipchoge Keino and Fermin Cacho have more gold medals for the 1500 metres at the Olympics than Sebastian Coe.
Evidence: At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won the 1500 metres gold medal (defeating American favourite and world record holder Jim Ryun by 20 metres, the largest winning margin in the history of the event) and 5000 m silver medal. Olympic Games 1st 1500 m As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984.