• George Derek Ibbotson MBE (17 June 1932 – 23 February 2017) was an English runner who excelled in athletics in the 1950s. His most famous achievement was...
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  • Journalist, Radio Host and TV Presenter David Ibbotson, pilot in the 2019 Piper PA-46 Malibu crash Derek Ibbotson MBE (1932–2017), English runner who excelled...
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  • player Derek Howes, rugby league footballer Derek Ibbotson (1932–2017), English track athlete Derek Jeter (born 1974), American baseball player Derek Johnson...
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    the mile run, clocking 3:54.5, 2.7 seconds under the record held by Derek Ibbotson; later in the month he set the 1500 metres world record, running 3:36...
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  • (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 14. "World mile record for Ibbotson". Glasgow Herald. July 20, 1957. p. 5. "World wondering how fast a man...
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  • the business, but J W Foster & Sons picked up their business, with Derek Ibbotson breaking the Mile world record. Foster was also supplying most First...
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    Shakespearean scholar. Nina Hossain, journalist and ITN television presenter Derek Ibbotson, Olympic athlete. Francis Ernest Jackson, painter, draughtsman, poster...
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    Kuts  Soviet Union 13:39.6 (OR) Gordon Pirie  Great Britain 13:50.6 Derek Ibbotson  Great Britain 13:54.4 10,000 metres details Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union...
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    record — 4th 1957  Dai Rees (WAL) Golf  Stirling Moss (ENG) Formula One  Derek Ibbotson (ENG) Athletics 5th 1958  Ian Black (SCO) Swimming  Bobby Charlton (ENG)...
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    against Vladimir Kuts. The one mile world record was broken there by Derek Ibbotson in 1957. In 1934, the second British Empire Games and the fourth Women's...
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    Melbourne details Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union Gordon Pirie  Great Britain Derek Ibbotson  Great Britain 1960 Rome details Murray Halberg  New Zealand Hans Grodotzki...
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  • a time of 3:59.3 on 19 July 1957. He in fact finished fourth behind Derek Ibbotson, who set a new British record, Ron Delany and Stanislav Jungwirth. On...
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  • Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ciudad Victoria (1974–1985). Derek Ibbotson, 84, British runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1956). David Keightley...
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  • John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator (d. 2020) 1932 – Derek Ibbotson, English runner (d. 2017) 1932 – John Murtha, American colonel and politician...
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  • – Ben Jipcho KEN – Dan Waern SWE – Danie Malan SA – David Mack US – Derek Ibbotson GBR – Dieter Fromm EG – Don Gehrmann USA – Doug Harris NZ – Dyrol Burleson...
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    Melbourne details Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union Gordon Pirie  Great Britain Derek Ibbotson  Great Britain 1960 Rome details Murray Halberg  New Zealand Hans Grodotzki...
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  • Melbourne details Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union Gordon Pirie  Great Britain Derek Ibbotson  Great Britain 1960 Rome details Murray Halberg  New Zealand Hans Grodotzki...
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  • Garel Rhys, 76, economist and motor industry academic. 23 February Derek Ibbotson, 84, runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1956). David Waddington, Baron...
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  • Ken Wood 4:06.2 Brian Jackson 4:08.6 3 miles Chris Chataway 13:33.6 Derek Ibbotson 13:37.0 Tony Barrett 13:46.6 6 miles Ken Norris 29:00.6 Frank Sando...
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    runner lays the wreath: 1958 – Tom Richards 1959 – Ken Norris 1960 – Derek Ibbotson 1961 – John Merriman 1962 – Martin Hyman 1963 – Bruce Tulloh 1964 –...
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    Men's Mile World Record Holder 21 June 1954 – 19 July 1957 Succeeded by Derek Ibbotson Government offices Preceded by Sir James Gobbo Governor of Victoria...
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  • Ken Smith 4:05.2 3 miles Bruce Tulloh 13:16.0 Bruce Kidd CAN 13:17.0 Derek Ibbotson 13:23.4 6 miles Roy Fowler 27:49.8 NR Mike Bullivant 27:49.8 =NR Martin...
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  • Kuts  Soviet Union 13:39.6 (OR) Gordon Pirie  Great Britain 13:50.6 Derek Ibbotson  Great Britain 13:54.4 10,000 metres details Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union...
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    more than a year as he was pursuing a media career. With Pirie and Derek Ibbotson, the third British runner, he was tracking Kuts and had moved ahead...
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    record for the mile: Walker, Ovett, Coe, El Guerrouj, Filbert Bayi, Derek Ibbotson and Jim Ryun. Ken Wood, a former Sheffield athlete, won the Emsley Carr...
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    book identical to the Bible used in Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. Derek Ibbotson achieved the first sub-4-minute run at the race in 1956, and many of...
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  • 2011 Kathy Cook Tom Hampson Dorothy Hyman Derek Ibbotson Denise Lewis Bruce Longden Ken Matthews Sam Mussabini Jean Pickering Harold Whitlock Mike Smith...
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    mile run at Santry Stadium in Dublin. Elliott beat the record set by Derek Ibbotson of the UK (3:57.2 in London on July 19, 1957) with a time of 3 minutes...
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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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  • was held in Watford and the decathlon event was held in Loughborough. "Ibbotson has shock - fails to qualify". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 July 1957...
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