Birthday: 06/06/01 Mile PR: 3:48.08 – 2023
Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:27.65 – 2024
High School: Cathedral HS (IN) ‘19
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
College: University of Oregon
Current Residence: Blacksburg, VA
Cole Hocker won the 2024 USA 1500 indoor title in 3:37.51, a meet record, indoor PR and fastest indoor 1500 at altitude (Albuquerque, NM), earning a Team USA berth for the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, where he earned the 1500m silver medal in 3:36.69. In April at the LA Grand Prix, Hocker ran a 5000m PR and Olympic standard time of 12:58.82, placing 11th.
At the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Hocker defended his 1500m title, shattering the Trials record in 3:30.59, also a PR, and earning a trip to the Paris Olympics.
At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in the greatest 1500 ever, Cole impressively won the gold medal in an Olympic record of 3:27.65, and #7 all-time.
In 2023, he finished third at the USA 1500m Championships, clocking 3:35.46 to earn a Team USA berth to the World Championships in Budapest this August (where he finished 7th in a personal record of 3:30.70). At the Bowerman Mile, he placed 6th, setting a PR of 3:48.08, #4 American all-time.
In 2022, Cole finished second in the Windy City Invitational Magnificent Mile in Chicago, setting a personal record of 3:50.35, #4 U.S. indvidual all-time indoors, and in February, he won USA Indoor titles in the 1500m (3:39.09, meet record) and 3000m (7:47.50). Returning from injury, in December, he won the USATF Club Cross Country Championship crown. On April 23, 2022 at the Oregon Relays, Hocker ran the third leg on the 4x1 Mile Relay (3:57.31) and the Duck Track Club produced the second fastest time ever in 15:52.05.
The rising U.S. star won a thrilling 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials 1500 meters, setting a personal record of 3:35.28 and beating reigning Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz to qualify for his first Olympic team. In Tokyo, he finished 6th in the 1500m, clocking a PR of 3:31.40. In September 2021, Hocker signed with Nike, becoming a professional runner.
Also in 2021, the University of Oregon freshman captured three NCAA titles: Mile & 3000m (indoors, a rare double) and 1500m (outdoors). In February, he clocked a Mile in 3:50.55, the second fastest collegian, #8 individual indoors all-time and PR at the time; his teammate Cooper Teare won the race in 3:50.39.
The 2018 Foot Locker Nationals cross country champion also won Indiana state titles in cross country, 800m and 1600m.
FUN FACT: Cole Hocker is the first Foot Locker Cross Country champion (2018) ever to win an Olympic gold medal (Paris 2024)!
"I think most people in the race knew I was a competitor, same with Yared, but it was another thing to not have all that noise. I feel like I took advantage of it.”
By Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics
It’s the kind of race that will be spoken about by enthusiasts of men’s middle-distance...
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Top eight surpassed old Trials record in exciting race
In the greatest U.S. 1500 meter race, Cole Hocker impressively defended his Olympic Trials title, crushing the meet record in 3:30.59, also a PR. Yared Nuguse followed closely on Hocker’s heels in 3:30.86, and 21-year-old Hobbs Kessler took...
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“I was fortunate it wasn't a 3:29 race. I don't think that would have been on the cards for me then. But I feel like I can run people down in that last lap. It's incredible.”
By Mike Rowbottom for World Athletics
New Zealand’s Geordie Beamish produced an extraordinary finish to win the men’s...
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A record 11 men sub-3:50 in the same race as well as five national and one world junior records set!
By Maddie Lang
Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Yared Nuguse gave the fans an exciting show in the Bowerman Mile to fittingly cap off the first day of The Prefontaine Classic on Saturday afternoon.
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Commonwealth Games champion to face formidable international field on Saturday, February 11 at the 115th Millrose Games; NBC live broadcast from 4:00pm to 6:00pm EST
From Millrose Games
The 115th Millrose Games will take place on Saturday, February 11th, exactly one month from today, at the...
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Talented field includes Olympic & World Championships medalists, British stars Laura Muir & Josh Kerr and American contenders Cole Hocker, Emma Coburn & Sinclaire Johnson; live NBC broadcast 12:00-1:00pm ET
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NEW YORK – Defending champions and Olympic, World Championships, European...
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Past race champions, Olympic medalists, world champions and rising stars to toe the line at Hayward Field
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The Prefontaine Classic has churned out more sub-4 minute Mile performances than any other American meet, and the storied Bowerman Mile has played a pivotal role...
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"So, we had a little bit of a race strategy with our two pacers in front and then Morgan. He definitely threw in an extra element of adding that race feeling, which is just so awesome and made for a fast race.”
By Don Kopriva, Track & Field News
CHICAGO — On Friday night, February 11th when a...
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Nick Willis’ record 19th consecutive year sub-4, Hobbs Kessler – 12th U.S. high schooler sub-4 – sets prep indoor Mile record, two more father-son sub-4 combo club members and NCAA Indoor champion Cole Hocker leads youth charge highlight another pandemic year
By Ryan Lamppa, Bring Back the Mile...
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Marquee event of the 114th Millrose Games set for Saturday, January 29, 2022 at The Armory.
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NEW YORK - The Armory Foundation has announced that WHOOP, the human performance company, will be the title sponsor of the 2022 WHOOP Wanamaker Mile in the upcoming 114th...
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Breakout year for Oregon Duck includes 3 NCAA titles, Olympic Trials crown, Tokyo Olympic finalist and 3:50 Mile
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EUGENE, Ore. – Cole Hocker has signed with Nike and will forego the remainder of his collegiate career at Oregon to start his professional career. He made...
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"I’ve never been to the Olympics, but I’ve been able to execute on stages I’ve never been to before and I think this should be the same way.”
By Chris Chavez, Sports Illustrated
After a four hour delay due to extreme temperatures from a rare Pacific Northwest heat wave, the fans at Hayward...
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"I really want to make the final. That’s a big goal. And then once I’m in the final, I think I just have just as good a shot as anyone."
By Sieg Lindstrom, Track & Field News
Headed to Tokyo as the youngest U.S. men’s 1500 Olympian since Villanova’s Marty Liquori in ’68, Cole Hocker, 20,...
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The youngest outdoor national champion in the 1500 or Mile since 1911: “This whole year, I felt like I was proving myself to the world, but also proving my talent to myself."
By David Woods, Indianapolis Star
Over the course of three minutes, Cole Hocker was far from the desired destination,...
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Whoever shows up on the starting line at Hayward Field, rest assured the guys will put on a great show at the U.S. Olympic Trials
By Jeff Hollobaugh, Track & Field News
It's not outlandish to project that one of the most-anticipated events at June’s U.S. Olympic Trials will be the men’s 1500....
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Sophomore sets meet record in the Mile: “I definitely feel like I’m in the best shape of my life."
By David Woods, Indianapolis Star
Cole Hocker did everything he could have done except set a world record. If he had gone for it, you never know.
“I definitely feel like I’m in the best shape...
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The secret behind this winter’s Duck Mile breakout, if there is one, is coach Ben Thomas, according to his athletes.
By Sieg Lindstrom, Track & Field News
Miling is breaking out in Duck Town. Again. With head-scratching times and depth. Many aspects of life have come without precedent in the...
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Indiana high school senior, University of Oregon bound, produces high achievement on low mileage
By David Woods, Indianapolis Star
INDIANAPOLIS – With shoulder-length blond hair and piercing blue eyes, Cole Hocker resembles a teen rock star. He is something of a musician, teaching himself to...
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