Noureddine Morceli

Noureddine Morceli of Algeria dominated the 1500 m in the early 1990s by making races fast and hard, so that nobody could stay with him at the bell. He won three consecutive world titles, in 1991, 1993 and 1995, set world records at 1500 m and the mile, and won Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996 after a disappointing 1992 Games.