Tom Von Ruden

American middle-distance runner

Tom von Ruden

Tom Von Ruden in 1969

Personal information

Born

August 22, 1944
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Died

May 17, 2018(2018-05-17) (aged 73)^[1]

Medal record

Men's Athletics

Representing the United States
Pan American Games
	1967 Winnipeg	1500 metres

Thomas Frederick Von Ruden (August 22, 1944 – May 17, 2018) was a middle distance runner from the United States. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 1500 metres at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Von Ruden set his personal best (3:38.5) in the same event on 26 July 1971 at a meet in Århus. He also competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics.^[2]

1985 Von Ruden won the 1500 m at the Masters West Region Championship.^[3]

References

^ Tom Von Ruden's obituary
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tom Von Ruden Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^ National Masters News, Aug 1985, page 36. [1] Retrieved Jun 7, 2022

External links

trackfield.brinkster

Pan American Champions in men's 1500 metres

v t e US National Championship winners in men's indoor 800-meter dash
1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1906–7: Mel Sheppard 1908–10: Harry Gissing 1911: Abel Kiviat 1912: no meet 1913–4: Abel Kiviat 1915: Dan Caldwell 1916–7: John Overton 1918–20: Joie Ray 1921: Sid Leslie 1922: Harold Cutbill 1923: Ray Watson 1924: George Marsters 1925: Lloyd Hahn 1926: Ray Dodge 1927: Lloyd Hahn 1928–9: Ray Conger 1930: Paul Martin (SUI) * Ray Conger 1931: Ray Conger 1932: Dale Letts 1933: Glen Dawson 1934: Chuck Hornbostel 1935: Glen Dawson 1936: Chuck Hornbostel 1937: Elroy Robinson 1938: Frank Slater 1939–42: John Borican 1943: Jim Rafferty 1944: Les Eisenhart 1945: Don Burnham 1946: Fred Sickinger 1947: Bill McGuire 1948: Phil Thigpen 1949: Bob Mealey 1950–1: Roscoe Browne 1952: Don Gehrmann 1953: Heinz Ulzheimer (FRG) * Don Gehrmann 1954: Mal Whitfield 1955–7: Arnie Sowell 1958: Zbigniew Orywał (POL) * Joe Soprano 1959: Zbigniew Orywał (POL) * (3) Arnie Sowell 1960: Cary Weisiger 1961: Ernie Cunliffe 1962: John Reilly 1963: Bill Crothers (CAN) * Robin Lingle 1964: Ernie Cunliffe 1965–6: Ted Nelson 1967: Preston Davis 1968: Tom Von Ruden 1969: Herb Germann 1970: Juris Luzins 1971: Tom Von Ruden 1972: Jozef Plachý (TCH) * (3) Ron Nehring 1973: Marcel Philippe 1974–6: Rick Wohlhuter 1977: Mike Boit 1978: Gideon Terer 1979: Evans White
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–1: Bill Martin 1982: Don Paige 1983: Mark Belger 1984: Don Paige 1985: Edwin Koech (KEN) 1986: Johnny Gray 1987: Stanley Redwine 1988–91: Ray Brown 1992: Fred Williams (CAN) * (3) Ray Brown
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Stanley Redwine 1994: David Kiptoo (KEN) 1995: Joseph Tengelei (KEN)–Jose Parrilla 1996: Brandon Rock 1997–8: Mark Everett 1999: Khadevis Robinson 2000: Bryan Woodward 2001: Trinity Gray 2002: Derrick Peterson 2003: David Krummenacker 2004: Michael Stember 2005: Kevin Hicks 2006: Khadevis Robinson 2007: Nicholas Symmonds 2008–9: Khadevis Robinson 2010: Nick Symmonds 2011–2: Duane Solomon 2013–4: Erik Sowinski 2015: Robby Andrews 2016: Boris Berian 2017: Clayton Murphy 2018: Donavan Brazier 2019: Clayton Murphy 2020: Bryce Hoppel 2022–3: Bryce Hoppel
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: 1000 yards (1906–1986), 800 meters (1987–date) except 1000 meters (2015, 2017,2019)

v t e 1968 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1968 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Jack Bacheler Wade Bell John Carlos Leon Coleman Willie Davenport Ron Daws Bob Day Tom Dooley Lee Evans Tom Farrell Ron Freeman Boyd Gittins Charles Greene Ervin Hall Rudy Haluza Jim Hines Larry James Goetz Klopfer Ron Kutschinski Ron Laird Tom Laris Marty Liquori Vincent Matthews Kenny Moore Van Nelson Conrad Nightingale Mel Pender Larry Questad Bill Reilly David Romansky Jim Ryun Lou Scott Ronnie Ray Smith Tommie Smith Tracy Smith Geoff Vanderstock Tom Von Ruden Ron Whitney George Young Larry Young
Men's field athletes	Bob Beamon Ralph Boston Reynaldo Brown Ed Burke Gary Carlsen Casey Carrigan Ed Caruthers Hal Connolly Frank Covelli Dick Fosbury Albert Hall Dave Maggard Randy Matson Charles Mays Mark Murro Al Oerter John Pennel Bob Seagren Jay Silvester Rick Sloan David Smith Gary Stenlund Norman Tate Bill Toomey Tom Waddell Art Walker George Woods
Women's track and road athletes	Margaret Bailes Doris Brown Lois Anne Drinkwater Judy Dyer Barbara Ferrell Francie Kraker Madeline Manning Mildrette Netter Mamie Rallins Jarvis Scott Esther Stroy Wyomia Tyus Patty Van Wolvelaere
Women's field athletes	RaNae Bair Estelle Baskerville Sharon Callahan Olga Connolly Barbara Friedrich Cathy Hamblin Eleanor Montgomery Carol Moseke Maren Seidler Martha Watson Willye White Pat Winslow
Coaches	Payton Jordan (men's head coach) Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach) John Oelkers (men's assistant coach) Frank Potts (men's assistant coach) Stan Wright (men's assistant coach) Alex Ferenczy (women's coach) Conrad Ford (women's coach)