Christopher ("Chris") Francis Black (born 1 January 1950 in

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) is a retired Scottish

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er, who represented Great Britain at two consecutive

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, starting in 1976 (

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). His best Olympic result was finishing in seventh place at the

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, throwing 73.18 metres. He held the Scottish record for the hammer throw from 1983 to 2015.

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* * 1950 births Living people Sportspeople from Edinburgh Scottish male hammer throwers British male hammer throwers British masters athletes Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games {{Scotland-athletics-bio-stub