(1938-02-25) 25 February 1938 (age 86) Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[1]
Weight
150 lb (68 kg)[1]
Sport
Country
Australia
Sport
Middle-distance running
Coached by
Percy Cerutty
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
Rome 1960
Personal bests
800 m: 1:46.7 (1958)
1000 m: 2:19.1 (1960)
1500 m: 3:35.6 (1960, WR)
1 mile: 3:54.5 (1958, WR)
Medal record
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
1960 Rome
1500 metres
Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff
880 yards
1958 Cardiff
1 mile
Herbert James ElliottAC MBE (born 25 February 1938) is a former Australian athlete and arguably the world's greatest middle distance runner of his era. In August 1958 he set the world record in the mile run, clocking 3:54.5, 2.7 seconds under the record held by Derek Ibbotson; later in the month he set the 1500 metres world record, running 3:36.0, 2.1 seconds under the record held by Stanislav Jungwirth. In the 1500 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics, he won the gold medal and bettered his own world record with a time of 3:35.6.
Herb Elliot never lost a mile run and accomplished 36 wins over this distance.[2] During his career, he broke four minutes for the mile on 17 occasions. Only David Richards[citation needed] came close to beating him.
Elliott retired from athletics soon after the 1960 Olympics, at the age of 22.[3] He made a career in business, and at one time was chairman of Fortescue Metals Group. He was also chairman of Global Corporate Challenge health initiative.
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health initiative. Elliott was born on 25 February 1938 at Kensington Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, to Herb and Eileen Elliott, née Carmody. He attended...
training in natural surroundings, and mental stimulation. Cerutty coached HerbElliott to a series of world record performances, culminating in an Olympic gold...
The first recipient of the award was Australian middle distance runner HerbElliott. Since then, the award has been presented to 52 sportspersons. Swiss...
Harvey Elliott (born 2003), English footballer Henry Wood Elliott, American environmentalist Henry Wood Elliott II (1920–1976), American physician Herb Elliott...
Turku 3:57.2 Derek Ibbotson United Kingdom 19 July 1957 London 3:54.5 HerbElliott Australia 6 August 1958 Dublin 3:54.4 Peter Snell New Zealand 27 January...
Edinburgh, he won the 800 m, finishing 15 metres clear of Tom McKean and Peter Elliott in 1:43:22 - still the Commonwealth Games record. He followed this up with...
Diving 1957 Ted Williams Major League Baseball Althea Gibson Tennis 1958 HerbElliott Track and field Althea Gibson (2) Tennis 1959 Ingemar Johansson Boxing...
along Interstate 70, which occurred in the early 1980s to the early 1990s. Herb Baumeister was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 7, 1947, the oldest...
Construction on the 280 kilometre long line from Cloudbreak to the HerbElliott Port at Port Hedland was begun in November 2006. The line was scheduled...
February 1962 – 27 June 1973 Succeeded by Marcello Fiasconaro Preceded by HerbElliott Men's mile world record holder 27 January 1962 – 9 June 1965 Succeeded by...
vehemently rejected by Glen Mills (Bolt's coach) and HerbElliott (the Jamaican athletics team doctor). Elliott, a member of the IAAF anti-doping commission,...
boxing's light-heavyweight gold medal. Ramon "Buddy" Carr was his coach. HerbElliott of Australia won the men's 1500 meters in one of the most dominating...
Construction on a 280-kilometre-long railway from Cloudbreak to the HerbElliott Port at Point Hedland was begun in November 2006. The line was scheduled...
which was brought into the stadium by former Australian Olympic champion HerbElliott. Then, celebrating 100 years of women's participation in the Olympic...
Belgium 1:46.5 George Kerr British West Indies 1:47.1 1500 metres details HerbElliott Australia 3:35.6 (WR) Michel Jazy France 3:38.4 István Rózsavölgyi...
Construction on the 280 km (170 mi) line from the Cloud Break mine to the HerbElliott Port at Port Hedland commenced in November 2006. The current network...
Chris Brasher, England international Bruce Tulloh, the Australian miler HerbElliott, scientist Alan Turing, top 1,500m runner Andrew Baddeley,[citation needed]...
Day Committee. The committee was initially headed by former Olympian HerbElliott. In 1985, it was renamed the National Australia Day Council, with former...
first Australian to take the Commonwealth 1500 m or mile title since HerbElliott in 1958. In February 2023 at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships...
Richtzenhain United Team of Germany John Landy Australia 1960 Rome details HerbElliott Australia Michel Jazy France István Rózsavölgyi Hungary 1964 Tokyo...
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