John Salisbury

John Salisbury ( John Edward Salisbury ; born January 26, 1934 in Birmingham ) is a former British athlete . In 1956 he won an Olympic bronze medal with the 4-by-400-meter relay .

Salisbury joined the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne in 400 Meters on. Of the three British runners, Peter Higgins and Salisbury reached the semi-finals, both of which were eliminated there as fifth of their respective run. The British relay with Salisbury, Michael Wheeler , Higgins and Derek Johnson finished third in the final in 3: 07.2 minutes behind the relays from the United States and Australia.

In July 1958, he finished fourth over 440 yards at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff . With the English four-by-440-yard relay consisting of Ted Sampson , Johnson, John Wrighton and Salisbury, he won silver behind the relay from South Africa.

A month later, the 1958 European Championships took place in Stockholm . In the 400-meter run, John Wrighton, who finished fifth in Cardiff, won with the British record of 46.3 seconds ahead of Salisbury in a personal best of 46.5 seconds. During the season, the Scot John MacIsaac ran instead of Johnson. In the line-up of Edward Sampson, John MacIsaac, John Wrighton and Salisbury, the British won in 3: 07.9 minutes before the relay from the Federal Republic of Germany and Sweden.

John Salisbury is 1.80 m tall and weighed 70 kg during his playing days.

Web links

• John Salisbury in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )