| BIKILA | Abebe, 1964 Olympic marathon champion (6) |
| GODIVA | Members of Coventry ____ Harriers finished second and fourth in the 1964 Olympic marathon |
| ABEBEBIKILA | 1960 & 1964 Olympic marathon winner (5,6) |
| ABEBE | ..... Bikela, two-time Olympic marathon champion (5) |
| WOLDE | Mamo ....., men's Olympic marathon champion in 1968 (5) |
| JOANBENOIT | The first female Olympic marathon champion, in 1984 |
| SHORTER | Frank, 1972 Olympic marathon champion (7) |
| ROSSMOTA | Portugal's 1988 Olympic marathon champion (4,4) |
| MCCANN | 2002-06 Commonwealth marathon champion, Kerryn ... (6) |
| KERRYN | 2002-06 Commonwealth marathon champion, ... McCann (6) |
| KENYAN | Many a marathon champion |
| VICTOR | A winner like world marathon champion Kiplangat? |
| MIMOUN | Alain ?, 1956 Olympic marathon gold medallist for France (6) |
| PIETRI | Dorando ____ finished first in the 1908 Olympic marathon, but was later disqualified |
| BENOIT | Runner Joan ___ Samuelson, who won gold in the first women's Olympic marathon, in 1984 |
| SHOES | Ethiopian Abebe Bikila won the 1960 marathon, running without ___ |
| RUNNINGBAREFOOT | At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila won gold in the marathon in this unusual way |
| ROBA | Fatuma, 1996 Olympic women's marathon champion (4) |
| NOGUCHI | Mizuki ___, 2004 Olympic women's marathon champion (7) |
| THUGWANE | Josiah, 1996 Olympic men's marathon champion (8) |