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Go on then - tell me it isn't this guy:

(http://cp91279.biography.com/BRAND_BIO_BSFC_157955_SF_2997_005-20140327_V1_HD_768x432-16x9.jpg)

(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02129/edwin-moses-getty_2129850b.jpg)

(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMGqIRRWo3hH_XeQ7QuyR6a5WraXCmapIXtEHv4-BvKMzIJmIA_g)


either of those two in the discussion with Bolt please

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/11/article-0-00DAFC2A00000190-286_468x491.jpg)

What a fabulous picture that is.



This guy has to be in the reckoning doesn't he? 107 consecutive wins, improved his own WR more than once.

(http://s3.amazonaws.com/media.wbur.org/wordpress/11/files/2013/08/0820_edwin-moses.jpg)

Mo farah

Carl Lewis not mentioned?

Bubka as well right up there for me. 

drugs.

(http://www.allxiiso.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mo-farah-drug.jpg)

please nobody mention jonathan edwards.

best ever imo. 3 events and longevity. 4 golds in a row in long jump.

Bolt needs a longer career to match.

because its sunday?

(http://www.extravaganzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Jesse-Owens%E2%80%99-Gold-Medals2.jpg)

Greatest long jumper of all time without a doubt. But like Tighty said - was almost certainly on drugs. Lance Armstrong of his time imho.

Moses is a fantastic shout. No women yet......

Maria Mutola? Jackie Joyner-Kersee?

Gold.

Agreed, David, it's a photo that says so much. He ran them all into the ground, time and time again.

There have, of course, been some wonderful athletes in our time, and only a fool would say any particular one was the best. But they all worked hard, and devoted huge chunks of their lives to achieving supremacy, so I always think it sad when armchair critics, in between quaffing lager and smoking ciggies, dismiss them so rudely. Barely anyone gets total respect these days, but those who are so critical of so many need to look in the mirror now and then.

Picture is false representation. Thompson used to trott round 1500m not caring as he was so far ahead, course he wasnt tired, they were still competing he was on a victory run.
 at his own pace.

Seems like you've missed the point.

The funny thing is that Edwards is now an atheist. When he gave up athletics he started presenting Songs of Praise but he subsequently lost all his faith.

Someone who is a big god-botherer is Dan Walker, who presents Football Focus - he won't work on Sundays.

Just caught up with this.

He might not win the nomination as the single greatest athlete of all time, but this guy deserves a place on this thread as a contender:

(http://media.aws.iaaf.org/media/Medium/c9af5364-d7d2-4791-acdb-5eedc4ac3035.jpg?v=-643773323)


Possibly also this guy:

(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRHsmktjUYmtS9MbV3TKtdQUm7pDWpQN_gZPF7xweAxBNT9kWy3_Q)

Good shout.  He stopped Steve Backley from totally dominating the event for 12 straight years and being right up there as GB's greatest ever athlete if it wasn't for the Zelezny.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Backley

Backley's record was insane.  Amazing how he never won a global title in his career but won 4 straight euro titles when effectively in that era the euro title was the same as any global title.

Nice bit of trivia this for a quiz if you are ever writing one.  Pretty certain no one would get that right in a pub quiz who thinks they are a real sports judge.

Backley was a firm fixture in the British national athletics team for over fifteen years and is the only British track and field competitor to win medals at three different Olympic Games.

Would Michael Johnson not be considered? Dominated two events and broke the world record in both. Pretty much unbeatable for quite a while there...