Rick Wohlhuter is an American

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 athlete who competed mainly in the 800 meters.

He graduated from Notre Dame and qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games, held in Munich

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, Germany

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. He also competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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 held in Montreal

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, Canada

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 in the 800 and 1500 meters. He finished 6th in the 1500 meter final and in the 800 meters he won the bronze medal in a race in which Alberto Juantorena

Alberto Juantorena

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 broke the world record. In domestic competition, Wohlhuter was the U.S. national champion for 800 meters in 1973 and 1974 and was ranked #1 in the world both years by Track & Field News

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 magazine. In 1974, Wohlhuter won the first of three indoor 1000 yard U.S. national titles, set a world record for the 880-yard run in 1:44.10 (=1:43.4 800 meters), and also set a world record in the 1000 meter run of 2:13.9, still a US record—the longest standing current American outdoor record

United States records in track and field

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. For his achievements in 1974, in addition to his world #1 ranking by Track & Field News, he was named as the winner of the Sullivan Award

Sullivan Award

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as the nation's top amateur athlete.

Personal Bests:

800 meters 1:43.9;
880 yards 1:44.1;
1,000 meters 2:13.9;
1,500 meters 3:36.4;
Mile 3:53.3