Douglas Alistair Gordon Pirie (10 February 1931 – 7 December 1991) was an English long-distance runner. He competed in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at...
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Yugoslavia 13:40.6 Sandor Iharos (HUN) 1955-10-23 Budapest, Hungary 13:36.8 Gordon Pirie (GBR) 1956-06-19 Bergen, Norway 13:35.0 Vladimir Kuts (URS) 1957-10-13...
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in Rhodesian sport when he beat the famous British four minute miler, Gordon Pirie, by 100 yards in a three-mile race at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in...
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(disambiguation) Gordon Pirie (1931-1991), English long-distance runner and orienteerer Harvey Pirie (1878-1965), Scottish bacteriologist Irene Pirie (1914–1998)...
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Only Gordon Pirie was able to maintain contact as Kuts pushed the pace. Then at the conclusion of 12 laps, Kuts swung wide to let Pirie go by. Pirie obliged...
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Herbert Schade Germany 1956 Melbourne details Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union Gordon Pirie Great Britain Derek Ibbotson Great Britain 1960 Rome details Murray...
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1948 Stan Cox 1949 Stan Cox 1950 Frank Aaron 1951 Gordon Pirie 1952 Gordon Pirie 1953 Gordon Pirie 1954 Peter Driver 1955 Ken Norris 1956 Ken Norris 1957...
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Olympics in Melbourne. His chief opponent in the 5000 m was British runner Gordon Pirie, who had broken the world record earlier that year. However, Kuts had...
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Herbert Schade Germany 1956 Melbourne details Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union Gordon Pirie Great Britain Derek Ibbotson Great Britain 1960 Rome details Murray...
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international athletes he had befriended at competitions. His British rival Gordon Pirie described his as "the merriest and gayest home I've been in". Emil and...
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Iharos (HUN) 1955-05-14 Budapest, Hungary 7:55.6 Gordon Pirie (ENG) 1956-06-22 Trondheim, Norway 7:52.8 Gordon Pirie (ENG) 1956-09-04 Malmö, Sweden 7:49.2 Michel...
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Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke Derek Johnson — Athletics, Men's 800m Gordon Pirie — Athletics, Men's 5.000m Jean Scrivens, Heather Armitage, June Foulds...
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Chivers 1950 Alec Olney 1951 Roy Beckett 1952 Christopher Chataway 1953 Gordon Pirie 1954 Freddie Green 1955 Christopher Chataway 1956 Derek Ibbotson 1957...
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(3): 274–277. doi:10.1017/s0373463300048244. S2CID 131050298. Robert Gordon Pirie (1996). Oceanography: Contemporary Readings in Ocean Sciences. Oxford...
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Herbert Schade Germany 1956 Melbourne details Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union Gordon Pirie Great Britain Derek Ibbotson Great Britain 1960 Rome details Murray...
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3:42.0 5000 metres details Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union 13:39.6 (OR) Gordon Pirie Great Britain 13:50.6 Derek Ibbotson Great Britain 13:54.4 10,000 metres...
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time—searching for them in his own British car (the only Austin Maxi in Iran)—and Gordon Pirie—following in the embassy's Land Rover—found the Americans and first sheltered...
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leading milers, including Paavo Nurmi, Sydney Wooderson, John Landy, Gordon Pirie, and Roger Bannister. The race has been won by eleven Olympic champions...
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Almanac". London Councils. Retrieved 4 July 2022. "Group Captain Sir Gordon Pirie". The Telegraph. 14 August 2003. Retrieved 30 April 2024. Power, Lynn...
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soldiered on and in 1960, in a bid to enter the Rome Olympics, he copied Gordon Pirie who, when he was struggling for form, increased his racing and took part...
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Gaston Reiff Belgium 14:23.8 Q 4 Åke Andersson Sweden 14:25.0 Q 5 Gordon Pirie Great Britain 14:26.2 Q 6 Nikifor Popov Soviet Union 14:28.5 7 Charlie...
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Silver Derek Johnson 1956 Melbourne Athletics Men's 800 metres Silver Gordon Pirie 1956 Melbourne Athletics Men's 5000 metres Bronze Derek Ibbotson 1956...
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long, however. The 5000 m record was broken again on 19 June 1956 by Gordon Pirie, and this time he wasn't able to reclaim it. The 1500 m record was first...
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Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union Gordon Pirie Great Britain Derek Ibbotson Great Britain...
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born in Amersham, England. She was coached by Frank Mitchell and Gordon Pirie, Pirie had won silver in the 5000m at the Olympics in Melbourne in 1956...
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Gordon Pirie Lawson (15 September 1899 – 13 September 1985) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was educated at Timaru Main School and then Timaru...
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Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501. Parnell, Susan and Gordon Pirie (1991) Johannesburg. In Anthony Lemon (eds) Homes apart: South Africa’s...
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hope that the first four-minute mile would be achieved on British soil. Gordon Pirie won the first race, but Roger Bannister had run under 4 minutes in Oxford...
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Merriman Great Britain 28:52.89 9 Martin Hyman Great Britain 29:05.11 10 Gordon Pirie Great Britain 29:15.49 11 Sándor Iharos Hungary 29:16.07 12 Gerhard...
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Roger Bannister (ENG) Athletics Pat Smythe (ENG) Show jumping 2nd 1955 Gordon Pirie (ENG) Athletics No record — No record — 3rd 1956 Jim Laker (ENG) Cricket...
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