Sir Peter George SnellKNZM OBE (17 December 1938 – 12 December 2019) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner.[3] He won three Olympic gold medals, and is the only man since 1920 to have won the 800 and 1500 metres at the same Olympics,[4] in 1964.
Snell had a relatively short career as a world-famous international sportsman, 1960–1965, yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand's "Sports Champion of the (20th) Century"[5] and was one of 24 inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame named in 2012.[6] A protégé of the New Zealand athletics coach Arthur Lydiard, Snell is known for the three Olympic and two Commonwealth Games gold medals he won, and the several world records he set.
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Sir Peter George Snell KNZM OBE (17 December 1938 – 12 December 2019) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He won three Olympic gold medals, and is...
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Australia 6 August 1958 Dublin 3:54.4 PeterSnell New Zealand 27 January 1962 Wanganui 3:54.1 3:54.04 PeterSnell New Zealand 17 November 1964 Auckland...
Olympic titles: Douglas Lowe (1924/1928), Mal Whitfield (1948/1952), PeterSnell (1960/1964), and Rudisha (2012/2016). Only Caster Semenya (2012/2016)...
for Canadian TV in 1985 with Sean Mulcahy in the lead role. Producer PeterSnell succeeded in raising the entire budget from Sam Goldwyn. Originally Franc...
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agreed to work together. Film director Robin Hardy and British Lion head PeterSnell became involved in the project. Shaffer had a series of conversations...
Norway 1960 Rome details PeterSnell New Zealand Roger Moens Belgium George Kerr British West Indies 1964 Tokyo details PeterSnell New Zealand Bill Crothers...
won four medals in women's swimming, three of them gold. New Zealand's PeterSnell became the third person (after British Albert Hill in 1920 and Australian...
and 10000 m. Halberg won the 5000 m gold, on the same day countryman PeterSnell was victorious in the 800 m. Halberg later placed fifth in the 10,000...
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Records Preceded by PeterSnell Men's 800 metres World Record Holder equalled time of PeterSnell and Ralph Doubell 1972-07-01 – 1973-06-27 Succeeded by...
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...
metres details PeterSnell New Zealand 1:45.1 (OR) Bill Crothers Canada 1:45.6 Wilson Kiprugut Kenya 1:45.9 1500 metres details PeterSnell New Zealand...
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