Bill Baillie

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William David "Bill" Baillie (born May 28, 1934 in Nelson ; † December 25, 2018 ) was a New Zealand middle and long distance runner .

Career

At the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver in 1954 , he was fourth over 880 yards and seventh in the mile run. In 1958 in Cardiff he was ninth over three miles and retired over a mile in the lead, in 1962 in Perth he did not reach the goal over six miles.

On August 24, 1963, in Auckland , he broke Emil Zátopek's almost twelve-year-old world records over 20,000 m and in the hour .

In 1964 he was sixth at the Olympic Games in Tokyo over 5000 m and in 1966 at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston ninth over six miles.

He was seven times New Zealand champion over six miles (1959, 1960, 1963-1967), twice over 880 yards (1954, 1955), one mile (1958, 1961) and in cross country (1960, 1963) as well as once over three miles (1956) and in the 10-mile road race (1965). In 1958 and 1959 he set two national records in the marathon in Auckland with 2:23:41 h and 2:20:13 h respectively . In 1963 he was Japanese champion over 5000 m, 1964 Australian champion over three miles.

Bill Baillie was trained by Arthur Lydiard . In 2011 he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame .

Personal best

  • 1 mile: 3: 59.2 min, February 1, 1964, Wanganui
  • 5000 m: 13: 40.0 min, June 5, 1964, Compton
  • 10,000 m : 29: 01.0 min, December 15, 1965, Auckland
  • 20,000 m: 59: 28.6 min, August 24, 1963, Auckland (New Zealand record, former world record)
  • 1 hour: 20,190 m, August 24, 1963, Auckland (New Zealand record, former world record)
  • 25,000 m: 1: 17: 22.4 h, May 15, 1965, Auckland (former New Zealand record)
  • Marathon: 2:20:13 h, August 22, 1959, Auckland (former New Zealand record)

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Murray McKinnon: Celebrating Bill Baillies World Records . In: Owairaka Athletics. August 26, 1963
  2. ^ New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame: Bill Baillie
  3. ↑ Murray McKinnon: Bill Baillie inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.germanroadraces.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: German Road Races . February 11, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Baillie, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baillie, William David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand middle and long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Nelson
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 2018