Prefontaine famously took the lead in the 5,000 meters at the 1972 Olympics with four laps to go, hoping he could break the field and win the race with a hard last mile.

Steve Prefontaine signs autographs while wearing a Stop Pre T-shirt at the 1972 Olympic trials in Eugene. Photo courtesy Steve Sutton To be sure, Prefontaine’s brash charisma and competitiveness ...

Steve Prefontaine was a major reason that Eugene, Oregon, became the unofficial running capital of the U.S. ... One of the most memorable of them was the 5000m final at the 1972 Olympics, where ...

Decades after Steve Prefontaine’s death, Eugene routinely hosts high-profile track and field events, including the U.S. Olympic Trials and even the World Athletics Championships in 2022.

It’s been 50 years since legendary Oregon track and field athlete Steve Prefontaine died in a car crash on May 30, 1975. June ... How important were the 1972 Munich Olympics to Steve Prefontaine?

Steve Prefontaine, a renowned American runner and Oregon Duck legend, tragically died 50 years ago. Pre's Rock, the site of Prefontaine's fatal car crash, has become a memorial for fans and runners.

Steve Prefontaine was only 24 when he died in a car accident in Eugene, ... “Those are the kinds of shoes we ran in back then,” said 1972 Olympic marathon gold medalist Frank Shorter, ...

Author D. Todd Coffin at Bowdoin’s Historic Whittier Field stadium and site of the legendary 1972 Olympic team training camp. ... Steve Prefontaine, Dave Wottle, ...

The night of Prefontaine’s fourth-place finish in Munich in 1972, he’d vowed to Newnham he’d return even stronger at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. But Prefontaine never got there, killed in ...

Steve Prefontaine leading the men’s 5,000-meter final at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Photo: Getty Images Track and field shimmers with names that transcend the sport—Jesse Owens, Florence ...

Prefontaine famously took the lead in the 5,000 meters at the 1972 Olympics with four laps to go, hoping he could break the field and win the race with a hard last mile.