Bob Lay

Bob Lay (actually Robert William Lay; born March 20, 1944 ) is a former Australian sprinter .

At the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth in 1962 , he was eliminated over 220 yards in the semi-finals and over 100 yards in the quarter-finals. With the Australian 4-by-110-yard relay, he came in fifth.

In 1964 he reached at the Olympic Games in Tokyo over 100 m and in the 4-by-100-meter relay the semi-finals and over 200 m the quarter-finals.

From 1963 to 1965 he was three times in a row Australian champion over 100 yards.

Personal bests

• 100 yards: 9.2 s, March 10, 1965, Sydney
• 100 m : 10.42 s, October 14, 1964, Tokyo (hand-stopped: 10.2 s, February 16, 1967, Melbourne )
• 200 m : 20.8 s, March 7, 1964, Adelaide

Web links

• Bob Lay in the database of Athletics Australia (English)
• Bob Lay in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
• Bob Lay in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )