Abel Kiviat
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Gold | 1912 Stockholm | 3000 m team race | |
Silver | 1912 Stockholm | 1500 metres |
Abel Richard Kiviat (June 23, 1892–August 24, 1991) was an American middle distance runner who set a 1500 m world record of 3:55.8 min in Cambridge, Massachusetts in June 1912. He also won a silver medal over 1500 m at the Olympic Games in Stockholm 1912 and competed for USA in exhibition baseball tourtament in Stockholm. (The gold was won by Arnold Jackson).