Gerald McIntyre (22 May 1929 – 27 January 2008) was a long distance and cross country runner. He represented both

Clonliffe Harriers Clonliffe Harriers is an athletics club based in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1886, and is one of the oldest athletics clubs in Ireland. It has been based in Morton Stadium since the 1950s but was originally based in Clonliffe. The Santry ...

and Ponders End AC, London. He ran the

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at the

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, finishing 22nd with a time of 2:26:03. He competed at both the 1960 International Cross Country and 1961 International Cross Country championships.

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Clonliffe Harriers AC Olympians
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"50 years ago in Rome"
{{DEFAULTSORT:McIntyre, Gerry 1929 births 2008 deaths Irish male long-distance runners Irish male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Ireland Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes from Birmingham, West Midlands 20th-century Irish sportsmen