John Park (athlete)

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John Park (born September 9, 1915 , † February 9, 1942 ) was an Australian hurdler who had specialized in the 400-meter distance .

At the British Empire Games in Sydney in 1938 , he won silver over the 440 yard hurdles and came fourth with the 4 x 440 yard relay.

He set his personal best of 53.6 s over 440 yard hurdles (equivalent to 53.3 s over 400 m hurdles) on December 4, 1937 in Melbourne .

Web links

  • John Park in the database of Athletics Australia (English)
  • John Park in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
personal data
SURNAME Park, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION australian hurdler
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1915
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1942