Emiel Puttemans
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Emiel Adrien "Miel" Puttemans (born 8 October 1947) is a Belgian former middle- and long-distance runner who set world records for 3000 metres (7 minutes 37.6 seconds) in 1972,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> for 2 miles (8 minutes 17.8 seconds) in 1971,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> for 5000 metres (13 minutes 13 seconds) in 1972, and 3 miles in 1972 (12:47.8).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He won two European Indoor Championships titles in the 3000 m, in 1973 and 1974, and finished second in 1978.<ref>Emiel PUTTEMANS. the-sports.org</ref>
At the 1972 Summer Olympics, Puttemans won a silver medal in the 10,000 metres and finished in fifth place in the 5000 metres.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He then set a world record in the 5000 metres six days after the 1972 games. He also competed in these events at the 1968, 1976 and 1980 Games, but with less success.<ref name=sr>Miel Puttemans Template:Webarchive. sports-reference.com</ref>
In 1982, Puttemans won the first edition of the Rome Marathon.
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- Belgian men long-distance runners
- Belgian men middle-distance runners
- Belgian men marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for Belgium
- Olympic silver medalists for Belgium
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- World record setters in the sport of athletics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics
- Belgian men steeplechase runners
- Belgian men cross country runners
- Belgian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Belgian sportsmen