Anilus Joseph (born January 21, 1945) was a

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athlete who competed at the 1972 Olympic Games in

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. Joseph was running his first ever

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at the Olympics and started off with a quick pace, covering the first lap in 59.6 secs. By the eighth lap he was passed by all the others and by the 12th he was passed for a second time. When the bell rang for the leaders, Joseph broke into a sprint again, but when he was told by a track official that he still had a mile to go, he retired from the race.And the losers are...
/ref> Joseph was one of the first representatives from the notorious squad of Haitian long distance track and field athletes delegated to the Olympic Games by the

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regime during the 1970s and 1980s, who gained fame by setting all-time worst times on the Olympics, many of which are still standing today. Later notable performers included Wilnor Joseph who covered the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

with a time of 2:15.26 in 1976, Charles Olemus who blocked the complete track and field schedule in 1976 for 15 minutes until he covered the last six laps of his 10000 metres race, and

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who finished last at both the

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in 1976 and at the

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race in 1984.

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Anilus Joseph Biography and Statistics
Haitian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Haiti Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics 1945 births Living people {{Haiti-athletics-bio-stub