Ronald Leslie Blackney (23 April 1933 – 14 June 2008) was an Australian

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than 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-distanc ...

. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

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1933 births 2008 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Australian male middle-distance runners Australian male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Australia Place of birth missing Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Australian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Australian sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub