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{{short description|American track and field athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name           = Mark Croghan
|image          =
|caption        = 
|imagesize      =  
|country        = United States
|event          = [[Steeplechase (athletics)|Steeplechase]], [[1500 m]], [[3000 m]], [[5000 m]]
|birth_name     = Mark Duane Croghan
|club           = 
|residence      = 
|coach          = 
|collegeteam    = [[Ohio State Buckeyes]]
|birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1968|1|8}}
|birth_place    = [[Akron, Ohio]], U.S.
|height         = {{convert|5|ft|8.5|in|m}}
|weight         = {{convert|132|lb|kg}}
|turnedpro      = 1991
|retired        = 2001
|pb             = 
'''1500&nbsp;m''': 3:39.34<br />
'''Steeplechase''': 8:09.76
|highestranking =  
|coaching       =
|updated        =  
|medaltemplates =
}}

'''Mark Duane Croghan''' (born January 8, 1968) is a former [[track and field|track and field athlete]], who mainly competed in the men's [[3000 metres steeplechase]]. He is a three-time Olympian and five-time US national champion in the steeplechase (1991, 1994–97).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/mark-croghan-4239#progression| title = Mark CROGHAN {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics}}</ref>

==Career==
Born in [[Green, Ohio]], Croghan attended [[Ohio State University]]. His first major competition was the 1991 World Championships. With 15 to qualify for the final, he narrowly missed out by just 0.64 of a second. At his first Olympics in 1992, with 12 qualifying for the final, he again narrowly missed out as he was the 13th fastest overall in the semifinals. His best international results were 5th-place finishes at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart (in a PB of 8:09.76), and at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. He also finished 6th at the 1997 World Championships. At his third Olympics in 2000, he again failed to reach the final by just one place, missing out by 0.53 of second.

Croghan served as an assistant coach at [[University School]], a High school in Hunting Valley, Ohio from 2001-06.<ref>[http://www.kentstatesports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=272&path=cross Kent State University Profile]</ref> He also served as the distance coach for the Ohio State men's and women's track programs from 1991-93. Under his guidance, [[Robert Gary]] earned All-America status three times and qualified for the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics in Atlanta]]. In 2007, he was appointed head cross-country coach and assistant track coach at [[Kent State University]].

==Honors==
*1999 [[Ohio State University]] Hall of Fame inductee.
*2007 Ohio Association of Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame inductee.
*2009 Summit County Hall of Fame inductee.<ref>[http://www.kentstatetrackcamps.com/coaching-staff.cfm?&print=1 Kent State University announces coaching honors]</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
| 1990
| [[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
| [[Seattle]], [[United States]]
| 4th
| 8:35.60
|-
| 1991
|  [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Tokyo, Japan]]
| 16th (h)
| 8:29.20
|-
| 1992
| [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| [[Barcelona, Spain]]
| 13th (s)
| 8:30.15
|-
| 1993
| [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Stuttgart, Germany]]
| 5th
| 8:09.76
|-
| 1994
| [[Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
| [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
| 8:21.85
|-
| 1995
| [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Gothenburg, Sweden]]
| DNF (s)
|8:26.02 (h)
|-
| 1996
| [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
| 5th
| 8:17.84
|-
| 1997
| [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Athens, Greece]]
| 6th
| 8:14.09
|-
| 2000
| [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| [[Sydney, Australia]]
| 16th (h)
| 8:25.88
|}
<small>'''Notes:'''</small>
* <small>(#) Indicates overall position achieved in the semis (s) or heats (h).</small>
* <small>Croghan did not finish (DNF) his semifinal (s) at the 1995 World Championships after falling twice.</small>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.legacy.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2002/Croghan_Mark.asp Mark Croghan] profile at [[USATF]]

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