Votes cast April 30th to August 29th 2004
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| Fanny Blankers-Koen (69) |
 2%
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| Sebastian Coe (132) |
5%
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| Ray Ewry (27) |
1%
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| Michael Johnson (480) |
18%
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| Jackie Joyner-Kersee (35) |
1%
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| Alberto Juantorena (26) |
1%
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| Carl Lewis (503) |
19%
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| Paavo Nurmi (110) |
4%
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| Al Oerter (92) |
3%
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| Jesse Owens (212) |
8%
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| Viktor Sanyeyev (28) |
1%
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| Peter Snell (41) |
1%
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| Lasse Virén (60) |
2%
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| Emil Zátopek (548) |
 21%
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| Jan elezný (184) |
7%
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Votes: 2547.
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