John Walker (runner) - Wikipedia
Sir John George Walker, KNZM, CBE (born 12 January 1952) is a former middle-distance runner from New Zealand who won the gold medal in the men's 1500 m event at the 1976 Olympics. He was also the first person to run the mile in under 3:50.
Sir John Walker - Athletics New Zealand
Breaking the world mile record was special but his greatest running accomplishment arrived the following year when striking 1500m gold at the Montreal Olympics. Earlier in 1976, John wiped five seconds from the world 2000m record with a scintillating 4:51.4 run in Oslo only for his Olympic preparations to then suffer a double blow.
JOHN WALKER AT 70: HERE ARE HIS 5 FINEST PERFORMANCES - Runner…
2022年1月12日 · Sir John had one of the longest and most successful careers of any international middle-distance runner. In a career that spanned 17 years, he won Olympic gold, broke 3 world records, became the first man to run under 3 minutes 50 seconds for the mile and was the first man to run 100 sub-4 minute miles.
Sir John Walker - World Mile Record 1975 & 1500m Gold 1976
2012年2月2日 · Sir John Walker running 3:49.4 to break the World Mile Record in Gothenburg in 1975 and winning the Olympic 1500m in Montreal in 1976. Taken from the superb ITV Documentary - The Supermilers.
John Walker, a giant amongst middle distance runners, faces the …
2023年3月12日 · Sir John George Walker KNZM, CBE was born 1952 in Papakura, South Auckland and attended Manurewa Normal School and Manurewa High School. He ran everywhere including to the local tennis club, school and a shop for his father.
John Walker at 70: His Finest Performances & Legacy
2022年1月14日 · Walker, as the Mile world record holder, went into the Olympic as favorite for the 1500m. He was the dominant middle-distance runner of the previous season and was expected to face his biggest rival – Tanzania’s Filbert Bayi – in what was one of the most eagerly-anticipated clashes of the Summer Games.
John Walker - New Zealand History
Later in 1975 Walker shot to international stardom when he became the first person to run a mile in less than 3 minutes 50 seconds, breaking Bayi's world record. It was a stunning achievement, as middle-distance great Peter Snell explained at the time: Walker's achievement ranks as greater than Roger Bannister's first sub-four minute mile.
John WALKER - Olympics.com
He set a world mile record of 3:49.4 in 1975 to become the first to break 3:50 and in 1976 he won the 1500 metres gold medal at the Montreal Olympics, the third New Zealander to win that blue riband event. He also set a world 2000 metres record in 1976 in Oslo.
John Walker | New Zealand Olympic Team
His international career spanned nearly 20 years - extraordinary durability for a runner - and his string of achievements is mind-boggling. Chief among them: · Won the 1976 Montreal Olympic …
John Walker (runner) - Wikiwand
Sir John George Walker, is a former middle-distance runner from New Zealand who won the gold medal in the men's 1500 m event at the 1976 Olympics. He was also the first person to run the mile in under 3:50. In more recent years, Walker has been active in local government, as an Auckland Councillor and representing the Manurewa-Papakura ward.
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