Leo Lermond

American long-distance runner

Leo Lermond
Personal information
Leo Lermond shaking hands with Australian athlete Clarice Kennedy, New South Wales, Australia, January 11, 1930
Nationality	American
Born	(1906-04-15)April 15, 1906
Died	July 4, 1986(1986-07-04) (aged 80)
Sport
Sport	Long-distance running
Event	5000 metres

Leo Lermond (April 15, 1906 – July 4, 1986) was an American long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[1]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leo Lermond Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

1928 USA Olympic track and field team

Qualification

1928 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

Men's track
and road athletes

David Abbott
Bill Agee
Fred Alderman (r)
Steve Anderson
George Baird (r)
Ray Barbuti
Charley Borah
Claude Bracey
Nick Carter
John Collier
Ray Conger
Frank Cuhel
Henry Cumming
Melvin Dalton
Clarence DeMar
Leighton Dye
Harvey Frick
Earl Fuller
Walter Gegan
Johnny Gibson
Lloyd Hahn
Charles Haworth
James Henigan
Leo Lermond
Robert Maxwell
Bob McAllister
Albert Michelsen
Jesse Montgomery
Charley Paddock
Hermon Phillips
Jimmy Quinn (r)
Joie Ray
Carl Ring
Sid Robinson
John Romig
Henry Russell
Jackson Scholz
John Sittig
Macauley Smith
Euil Snider
Emerson Spencer (r)
William Spencer
Morgan Taylor
Joe Tierney
Ray Watson
Frank Wykoff

Men's field athletes

Women's track athletes

Women's field athletes

Coaches

Lawson Robertson (men's head coach)
Johnny Behr (men's assistant coach)
Dean Cromwell (men's assistant coach)
Eddie Farrell (men's assistant coach)
Harry Hillman (men's assistant coach)
Wilbur Hutsell (men's assistant coach)
Tom Keane (men's assistant coach)
Jack Magee (men's assistant coach)
Jack Ryder (men's assistant coach)
Henry Schulte (men's assistant coach)
Dink Templeton (men's assistant coach)
Mel Sheppard (women's coach)

v t e US National Championship winners in men's 1500-meter run or mile
1876–78 New York Athletic Club	1876^M: Harold Lambe (CAN) * Cornelius Vought 1877^M: Richard Morgan 1878^M: Thomas Smith
1879–88 NAAAA	1879^M: Henry Pellatt (CAN) * William Duffy 1880–83^M: Harry Fredericks 1884^M: Percy Madeira 1885^M: George Gilbert 1886–87^M: Edward Carter 1888^M^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^M^{Note 1}: G.M. Gibbs (CAN) * Thomas Conneff 1889–90^M: Albert George 1891^M: Thomas Conneff 1892^M: George Orton (CAN) * Ernest Hjertberg 1893-5^M: George Orton (CAN) * A.J. Walsh 1896^M: George Orton (CAN) * Mortimer Remington 1897–98^M: John Cregan 1899^M: Alex Grant 1900^M: George Orton (CAN) Alex Grant 1901–03^M: Alex Grant 1904^M: David Munson 1905^M: Jim Lightbody 1906^M: Albert Rodgers 1907^M: James Sullivan 1908^M: Herbert Trube 1909^M: Joe Ballard 1910^M: Joe Monument 1911–12^M: Abel Kiviat 1913^M: Norman Taber 1914^M: Abel Kiviat 1915^M: Joie Ray 1916^M: Ivan Meyers 1917–23^M ^OT: Joie Ray 1924–25^M: Ray Buker 1926^M: Lloyd Hahn 1927M-28^OT: Ray Conger 1929^M: Leo Lermond 1930^M: Ray Conger 1931^M: Leo Lermond 1932^OT: Norwood Hallowell 1933: Glenn Cunningham 1934: Bill Bonthron 1935–38: Glenn Cunningham 1939: Blaine Rideout 1940: Walter Mehl 1941: Leslie MacMitchell 1942–43: Gil Dodds 1944: William Hulse 1945: Roland Sink 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) Leslie MacMitchell 1947: Gerry Karver 1948: Gil Dodds 1949–50: John Twomey 1951: Len Truex 1952–53^M: Wes Santee 1954^M: Fred Dwyer 1955^M: Wes Santee 1956: Jerome Walters 1957^M: Merv Lincoln (AUS) * Bob Seaman 1958^M: Herb Elliott (AUS) * Ed Moran 1959: Dyrol Burleson 1960: Jim Grelle 1961^M: Dyrol Burleson 1962^M: Jim Beatty 1963^M: Dyrol Burleson 1964: Tom O'Hara 1965–67^M: Jim Ryun 1968: John Mason 1969^M: Marty Liquori 1970^M: Howell Michael 1971^M: Marty Liquori 1972: Jerome Howe 1973^M: Leonard Hilton 1974: Rod Dixon (NZL) * Tom Byers 1975: Leonard Hilton 1976: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) *Michael Manke 1977–79: Steve Scott
1980–92 The Athletics Congress	1980: Steve Lacy 1981: Sydney Maree (SAF) * Steve Scott 1982–83: Steve Scott 1984–85: Jim Spivey 1986: Steve Scott 1987: Jim Spivey 1988: Mark Deady 1989: Terrance Herrington 1990: Joe Falcon 1991: Terrance Herrington 1992^OT: Jim Spivey
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Bill Burke 1994: Terrance Herrington 1995–96^OT: Paul McMullen 1997: Seneca Lassiter 1998: Jamey Harris 1999: Steve Holman 2000^OT: Gabe Jennings 2001: Andy Downin 2002: Seneca Lassiter 2003: Jason Lunn 2004–05: Alan Webb 2006: Bernard Lagat 2007: Alan Webb 2008: Bernard Lagat 2009–10: Lopez Lomong 2011: Matthew Centrowitz 2012: Leonel Manzano 2013: Matthew Centrowitz 2014: Leonel Manzano 2015–16: Matthew Centrowitz 2017: Robby Andrews 2018: Matthew Centrowitz 2019: Craig Engels 2021^{2020 OT}: Cole Hocker 2022: Cooper Teare 2023: Yared Nuguse
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships M: Denotes that the race was run over a mile rather than 1500 m OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996 & 2000 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

v t e US National Championship winners in men's indoor 3000 meters
1932–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1899–1901: Alec Grant 1902: not held 1903: Alec Grant 1904–7: George Bonhag 1908–9: Mike Driscoll 1910: Joseph Monument 1911: George Bonhag 1912: not held 1913: Wm. Kramer 1914: Harry Smith 1915: Mike Devaney 1916: Joie Ray 1917: John Ryan (IRL) 1918: Ed Garvey 1919: Gordon Nightingale 1920: Harry Helm 1921: Max Bohland 1922: John Romig 1923–4: Joie Ray 1925: Paavo Nurmi * (2) Harold Kennedy 1926–7: Bill Goodwin 1928: Leo Lermond 1929: Edvin Wide 1930: Joe McCluskey 1931: Leo Lermond 1932–3: George Lermond 1934–5: John Follows 1936–7: Norm Bright 1938–9: Don Lash 1940–3: Greg Rice 1944: Ollie Hunter 1945–6: Forrest Efaw 1947–8: Curt Stone 1949: Gaston Reiff (BEL) * (3) Fred Wilt 1950–1: Curt Stone 1952–6: Horace Ashenfelter 1957: John Macy 1958: Veliša Mugoša (YUG) * (2) John Macy 1959: Bill Dellinger 1960: Al Lawrence (AUS) 1961: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * (3) John Macy 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * (4) Jerry Nourse 1963: Michel Bernard (FRA) * (2) Bob Schul 1964: Ron Clarke (AUS) * (2) Pete McArdle 1965: Billy Mills 1966: Lajos Mescer (HUN) * (2) Tracy Smith 1967: Tracy Smith 1968–9: George Young 1970: Art DuLong 1971: Frank Shorter 1972: Emiel Puttemans (BEL) * (2) Leonard Hilton 1973: Tracy Smith 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) * (2) Frank Shorter 1975: Miruts Yifter (ETH) * (3) Pat Mandera 1976–8: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN) 1979: Marty Liquori
1981–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) 1982: Paul Cummings 1983–7: Doug Padilla 1988: Jim Spivey 1989: Steve Scott 1990: Doug Padilla 1991: Terry Brahm 1992: Doug Padilla
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Joe Falcon 1994: Moses Kiptanui (KEN) * (2) Matt Giusto 1995: Bob Kennedy 1996: Khalid Kairouani (MAR) * (2) Bob Kennedy 1997: Todd Williams 1998: Dan Browne 1999: Adam Goucher 2000: Ray Appenheimer 2001–2: Tim Broe 2003–5: Jonathon Riley 2006: Adam Goucher 2007–8: Matt Tegenkamp 2009: David Torrence 2010–2: Bernard Lagat 2013: Will Leer 2014: Bernard Lagat 2015–6: Ryan Hill 2017–8: Paul Chelimo 2019: Drew Hunter 2020: Paul Chelimo
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: 2 Miles (1899–1931), 5000 meters (1933–1939), 3 Miles 1932, (1940–1986) and odd numbered years since 2015, and 3000 meters (1987–2014) and even numbered years since 2014