Moroccan middle-distance man beats Herb Elliott and Seb Coe in AW vote to find the greatest miler in history Hicham El Guerrouj has out-kicked Herb Elliott and Seb Coe in an AW readers' poll to find ...

GHENT, Belgium -- Hicham El Guerrouj, running with effortless grace, just missed the world record in the two miles at the Flanders Indoor meet Friday. At this summer's World Championships, the ...

ATHENS -- During a nap, hours before his 5,000-meter final, Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj had a grand dream. He wanted to make history and be like legendary countryman and distance runner Said Aouita.

A new rule proposed by the International Association of Athletics Federation could result in Paula Radcliffe and Hicham El Guerrouj being stripped of their respective world records in track and field, ...

2004-08-25 04:00:00 PDT Athens-- It was a long day's journey into night that ended in the morning with a world record in the women's pole vault, preceded by a rousing finish to the men's 1,500 meters, ...

Double Olympic champion Hicham El Guerrouj, the greatest middle distance runner of his generation, plans to retire in 2006 after trying to break the 5,000 metres world record next year. The ...

Hicham El Guerrouj (born 14 September 1974 in Berkane, Morocco) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder of the outdoor 1500 metres, mile, and 2000 ...

ATHENS — Six weeks ago, Hicham El Guerrouj wasn’t thinking about running. He wasn’t thinking about the Olympics. He certainly wasn’t thinking about Paavo Nurmi. He was thinking about breathing. The ...