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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.
The event was won by John Walker of New Zealand, the nation's first 1500 metres title since 1964 and third overall. Ivo Van Damme 's silver was Belgium's first medal in the event. As of 2023, the winning margin of 0.10 seconds remains the narrowest winning margin in the men's 1500 metres at the Olympics since the introduction of fully automatic ...
John Walker (runner) Nick Willis; Neil Wilson (athlete) This page was last edited on 1 August 2016, at 12:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
John Walker or Mr. Wrestling II (1934–2020), masked professional wrestler; John Walker (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s; Sir John Walker (runner) (born 1952), New Zealand runner, Olympic Gold medalist in 1500 metres run in 1976; John R. Walker (horse trainer), Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame horse trainer
John Walker: 17 May 1975 Auckland, New Zealand 14:40.4 h New Zealand Tony Polhill 3:42.9 John Walker 3:40.4 Rod Dixon 3:41.2 Dick Quax 3:35.9 22 August 1973 Bislett Games: Oslo, Norway 4 × mile relay: 15:59.57 Tony Rogers John Bowden Mike Gilchrist John Walker: 2 March 1983 Auckland, New Zealand Ekiden relay: 2:00:56 New Zealand Peter Renner ...
New Zealand's John Walker, who with a 3:49.4 performance in August 1975 became the first man to run the mile under 3:50, ran 135 sub-four-minute miles during his career (during which he was the first person to run over 100 sub-four-minute miles), and American Steve Scott has run the most sub-four-minute miles, with 136.
The Split star Nicola Walker has recalled filming Hannah's "embarrassing" champagne scene in the new special.. Abi Morgan's popular drama returned to screens this weekend with one of two new ...
His greatest moment was arguably the 1500 m final at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, when he won the gold medal ahead of New Zealand runner John Walker and Kenyan Ben Jipcho. Bayi set a new world record of 3 min 32.16 s, ratified by the IAAF as 3:32.2, and Walker went under the old world record set by Jim Ryun as well.