New Zealand athlete and philanthropist (1933–2022)
Sir Murray Halberg
ONZ MBE
Halberg in 2008
Personal information
Birth name
Murray Gordon Halberg
Born
(1933-07-07)7 July 1933 Eketāhuna, New Zealand
Died
30 November 2022(2022-11-30) (aged 89) Auckland, New Zealand
Sport
Country
New Zealand
Sport
Track and field
Coached by
Bert Payne Arthur Lydiard
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
1 mile: 3:57.5 (1958) 2 miles: 8:30.0 WR (1961) 3 miles: 13.10.0 WR (1961) 5000 m: 13:35.2 (1961) 10,000 m: 28:33.0 (1964) 4 x 1 mile relay: 16.23.8 WR (1961) (with Gary Philpott, Barry Magee & Peter Snell)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing New Zealand
Olympic Games
1960 Rome
5000 metres
Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff
3 miles
1962 Perth
3 miles
Sir Murray Gordon HalbergONZ MBE (7 July 1933 – 30 November 2022) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner who won the gold medal in the 5000 metres event at the 1960 Olympics. He also won gold medals in the 3 miles events at the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games. He worked for the welfare of children with disabilities since he founded the Halberg Trust in 1963.
Sir Murray Gordon Halberg ONZ MBE (7 July 1933 – 30 November 2022) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner who won the gold medal in the 5000 metres...
Zealand former middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist Sir MurrayHalberg. The initial award was handed out in 1949, and continued until 1960...
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Soosemea scored twice for the Sea Eagles. Otahuhu beat Marist 40-18 at MurrayHalberg Park. At halftime the score was 16-6 to the Leopards who then added...
end, beating the main favourites Hans Grodotzki from East Germany and MurrayHalberg from New Zealand by five seconds. On 5 October that year, in Kiev, Bolotnikov...
Zealand's golden era in world track and field during the 1960s sending MurrayHalberg, Peter Snell and Barry Magee to the podium at the 1960 Summer Olympics...
Blumhardt ONZ DNZM CBE 30 December 2006 17 October 2009 Ceramicist 31 Sir MurrayHalberg ONZ MBE 2 June 2008 30 November 2022 Olympic runner 32 Ralph Hotere...
him were defending champion Pyotr Bolotnikov of the Soviet Union, and MurrayHalberg of New Zealand, who had won the 5,000 m in 1960. Mills was largely unknown...
over the dead ball line in an effort to score closer to the posts. At MurrayHalberg Park the Marist Saints scored 5 tries as did the Glenora Bears but the...
competition for the first time in several seasons. They were well beaten at MurrayHalberg Park by Marist by 82 points to 26. Section 1 Section 2 Round 2 saw 6...
Gus Hall (born Arvo Kustaa Halberg; October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and a perennial candidate...
Williams Alan MacDiarmid David Lange Jonathan Hunt Doreen Blumhardt MurrayHalberg Ralph Hotere Additional members Guy Powles Allen Curnow Queen Elizabeth...
Daniell Masterton-born professional tennis player Katie Gold, potter MurrayHalberg, middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist, at Eketāhuna Keith...
Commonwealth Games team Athletics Bill Baillie Marise Chamberlain Malcolm Hahn MurrayHalberg Mary Donaghy Barry Magee Les Mills Dave Norris Ray Puckett Maurice Rae...
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