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Michael Palmer (athlete)
Michael John Palmer (6 November 1935 – 13 February 1998) was a British middle-distance runner who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Biography Palmer finished third behind Eric Shirley in the steeplechase event at the 1960 AAA Championships. Later that year at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he represented Great Britain in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase. Palmer improved to second place behind Maurice Herriott at the 1961 AAA Championships The 1961 AAA Championships was the 1961 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 14 to 15 July 1961 at White City Stadium in London, England. Summary The .... References 1935 births Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics British male middle-distance runners British male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Great Britain {{UK-athletics-bio-stub 1998 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Of Athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, cross-country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steeplechase (athletics)
The steeplechase is an obstacle race in Sport of athletics, athletics which derives its name from the Steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase in horse racing. The foremost version of the event is the 3000 metres steeplechase. The 2000 metres steeplechase is the next most common distance. In youth athletics, a distance of 1000 metres is occasionally used for steeplechase races. History Steeple chasing was originally a horse riding event that grew out of hunting with dogs. A pack of dogs would be set on the trail of the prey while riders on horses chased after the dogs, going over fields, leaping fences, jumping over gates and ditches, bounding over brooks and streams, racing through woods, until finally the prey was caught. By the start of the nineteenth century hunting for foxes, hares and stags like this was quite common all over Britain, and even the king of England kept both a pack of Stag Hounds and a pack of Harriers for hunting hares. Occasionally, the riders would go o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle-distance Running
Middle-distance running events are Track and field#Running, track races longer than Sprint (running), sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1500 m came about as a result of running laps of a 400 m outdoor track or laps of a 200 m indoor track, which were commonplace in continental Europe in the 20th century.1500 m – Introduction IAAF. Retrieved on 5 April 2010. Middle-distance running is unique in that it typically requires attributes found in both Sprint (running), sprinters and Long-distance running, long-distance runners, including combinations of both footspeed ''and'' aerobic endurance. Middle-distance racing is commonly reported to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awarded the administration of the 1908 Summer Olympics. However, following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius#Eruptions in the 20th century, in 1906, the city had no choice but to decline and pass the honour to 1908 Summer Olympics, London. The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals at the 1960 Games. The 1960 Summer Paralympics, 1st Paralympic Games were held in Rome in conjunction with the 1960 Summer Olympics, marking the first time such events coincided. Host city selection On 15 June 1955, at the 50th List of IOC meetings#IOC Sessions, IOC Session in Paris, France, Rome won the right to host the 1960 Games, having beaten Brussels, Mexico City, Tokyo, Detroit, Budapest and finally Lausanne. Tokyo and Mexico City woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Shirley
Eric Shirley (born 3 April 1929) is a former steeplechase athlete who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics. Biography Shirley finished third behind Ken Johnson in the 3,000 metres steeplechase event at the 1954 AAA Championships. Shirley became the British 3,000 metres steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1956 AAA Championships. Later that year he ran the 3,000 metres steeplechase final at the 1956 Olympics Games in Melbourne, Australia for Great Britain, with team mates Chris Brasher and John Disley, coming in 8th with a time of 8.57. He also competed in the 1960 Olympics in Rome Italy. Shirley was a member of Finchley Harriers and won a third AAA title at the 1960 AAA Championships. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he represented Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 AAA Championships
The 1960 AAA Championships was the 1960 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 15 to 16 July 1960 at White City Stadium White City Stadium in London, England, was built for the 1908 Summer Olympics. It hosted the finish of the first modern marathon and swimming, speedway, boxing, show jumping, athletics, stock car racing, concerts and a match at the 1966 FIFA W ... in London, England. Summary The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon and the decathlon events were held in Welwyn Garden City. Results See also * 1960 WAAA Championships References {{British championships in athletics AAA Championships Athletics Outdoor International sports competitions in London Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham July 1960 sports events in the United Kingdom 1960 in athletics (track and field) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain At The 1960 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 253 competitors, 206 men and 47 women, took part in 130 events in 17 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. The Rome Games continued Great Britain and Northern Ireland's disappointing run in the Olympics, with British athletes picking up only two gold medals (down from six in 1956). Overall, they won twenty medals, finishing twelfth. Shortly after the games, rumours circulated from several teams that the British team had fielded competitors in their women's Athletics team who had male characteristics. The allegations were instantly dismissed by the British team. However, a report was issued the following year by British professor, Thomas Jeffcote, who claimed that two of the British team were intersex. Neither was named but he stated one was twenty years old while the other was a teenage 100 yard sprinter. He further claimed he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 Metres Steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 3. Results Heats The fastest three steeplechasers in each of the three heats advanced to the final round. Heat one Heat two Heat three Final Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics, M Steeplechase at the Olympics Men's events at the 1960 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Herriott
Maurice Herriott (born 8 October 1939) is a British former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase and competed at two Olympic Games. Biography Herriott was born in Great Wyrley, South Staffordshire. Herriott became the British 3000 metres steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1959 AAA Championships and claimed two more AAA titles at both the 1961 AAA Championships and 1962 AAA Championships. He also represented England at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, taking the silver medal in the steeplechase for England. Herriott won his fourth and fifth AAA titles in 1963 and 1964, before he was selected to represent Great Britain in the 1964 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, in the 3000 metre steeplechase, where he won the silver medal. Herriott would go on to win a remarkable eight AAA steeplechase titles with further wins in 1965, 1966 and 1967 and at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 AAA Championships
The 1961 AAA Championships was the 1961 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 14 to 15 July 1961 at White City Stadium in London, England. Summary The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Enfield and the decathlon event was held in Loughborough. Results See also *1961 WAAA Championships References AAA Championships 1961 in sport in London, Athletics Outdoor International sports competitions in London Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham July 1961 sports events in the United Kingdom 1961 in athletics (track and field) {{London-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Births
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's Colonial empire, colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of . * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletes (track And Field) At The 1960 Summer Olympics
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track and field and marathon runners but excluding e.g. swimmers, footballers or basketball players. However, in other contexts (mainly in the United States) it is used to refer to all athletics (physical culture) participants of any sport. For the latter definition, the word sportsperson or the gendered sportsman or sportswoman are also used. A third definition is also sometimes used, meaning anyone who is physically fit regardless of whether they compete in a sport. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise, accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
