Dave Power (athlete)

David William " Dave " Power (* July 14, 1928 in Maitland, † February 1, 2014 ) was an Australian athlete. The long-distance runner won the 1960 an Olympic bronze medal in the 10,000 meter race.

At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 Power took the 10,000 meters seventh place in 29:49,2 minutes. He had so nearly a minute behind his third-placed compatriot Allan Lawrence. 1957 Power won his first Australian title in Six Mile Run, the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of the 10,000 -meter run. In 1958, he successfully defended the title. In July he won the six- mile run in a sprint against the Welshman John Merriman at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff. In the three - mile run took power in seventh place. Two days after the three-mile - finals came to power also to the marathon and won by 2:22:45,6 hours with about ten seconds ahead of the South Africans January Barnard.

1959 Power won the Australian championship titles over three and six miles, was in 1960 but only defend the title on the shorter distance. At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 Power finished third in 5000 -meter run in 13:51,8 minutes to fifth place. Over 10,000 meters he stayed until the very end in the top group and won bronze in 28:38,2 minutes behind Pyotr Bolotnikov from the USSR and Hans Grodotzki from the GDR. 1961 won power on both long-range his last Australian title. In the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1962 in late November in his hometown of Perth Power won again two silver medals. About six miles he lost to the Canadians Bruce Kidd, in the marathon he had to after hours 2:22:15,4 only beaten the Englishman Brian Kilby. In 1963 he was third in the präolympischen Asahi International Marathon.

In 1999 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.