23-year-old Paavo Nurmi won the 10,000 m and 8,000 m cross country races, took another gold in team cross country, and a silver in 5,000 m run.
Paavo Nurmi of Finland won his ninth and final gold medal in the 10,000 m race.
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Paavo Nurmi | Paavo Siljamäki | Paavo Ruotsalainen | Paavo Lipponen | Paavo Yrjölä | Paavo Nurmi Marathon | Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet | Paavo Cajander | Paavo Aaltonen | Nurmi |
Latynina's nine gold medals makes her second on the list of most Olympic gold medalists together with Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis and Paavo Nurmi, only behind Michael Phelps, who has 18.
In 1929, Conger became the first and only athlete to defeat Paavo Nurmi in the mile, beating the "Flying Finn" to the win in the indoor Wanamaker Mile of the Millrose Games.