Francis "Frank" Murphy (21 May 1947 – 5 January 2017) was an Irish athlete, who specialised in middle-distance running. He earned a silver medal by finishing in second place in the
1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...
event at the
1969 European Athletics Championships
The 9th European Athletics Championships were held from 16–21 September 1969 in the Karaiskaki Stadium of Athens, the capital of Greece. New at these championships were the women's 1500 metres and the women's 4×400 metres relay event. Moreover, ...
. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1968 and 1972. He was also a 1500 m runner-up to
Henryk Szordykowski
Henryk Jan Szordykowski (3 June 1944 – 25 December 2022) was a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.
He was born in Iłowo-Osada and represented the club Wawel Kraków.1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He died on 5 January 2017 at the age of 69.