Ron Clarke

Ron Clarke AO, MBE (actually Ronald William Clarke, born February 21, 1937 in Melbourne, Australia ) is a former Australian long-distance runner. He is best known for his 17 world records, but also ensures that it never managed to achieve a gold medal at a major championship.

Life

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, he won the bronze medal in the 10,000 m and was ninth respectively over 5000 meters and the marathon. In the 1968 Olympics he finished fifth in the 5000m and sixth in the 10,000 m.

At the Commonwealth Games in 1962, he was over 3 miles second behind Murray Halberg. In 1966 he was second over 6 miles behind Naftali Temu. In 1970, he won his third silver medal when he was beaten by the Scots Lachie Stewart in the 10,000 -meter run.

His problem was perhaps the lack of tactical flexibility. He always denied his race with a high initial speed. With this bull by the horns, he went though all the complications at the start of a race out of the way to the end it was enough but then no longer be an increase. The audience loved him for it, but in major championships it was not enough for a victory.

1956 Clarke was allowed to wear as a promising young athlete, the Olympic flame in the stadium of Melbourne during the opening ceremony for the Olympic Summer Games.

Clarke Mayor of the Gold Coast in Queensland.

Bests

  • 3000 m: 7:47,2 minutes ( 1967)
  • 5000 m: 13:16,6 minutes ( 1966), undercutting as a world record in 1972 by Lasse Viren
  • 10,000 m: 27:39,4 minutes ( 1965), undercutting as a world record in 1972 by Lasse Viren

Interesting

  • He won by a total of 43 competitions over 10,000 m or 6 miles in the years 1961 to 1970 30
  • He made a total of 35 national records on
  • His first 10,000 m world record ( 28:15,6 in December 1963) he was undercutting even 8 times
  • He was eight times the world's annual Best over 5000 m (1966, 1967, 1968) or 10,000 m (1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969) - he is herein surpassed only by Paavo Nurmi ( 13 times ) and Emil Zatopek ( 12 times ). Zatopek led in 1948 to 1954, the 10,000 m world year best list seven times in a row
  • He played in the years 1964 to 1968 inclusive heats at least 254 (!) Competitions.
Ronald J. Clarke Long-distance running 5000 metres 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 3000 metres Lasse Virén Emil Zátopek
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