Jack Heather Newman (July 1903 – 22 August 1976) was an Australian
middle-distance runner
Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...
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He competed in the
men's 800 metres and
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 ...
at the
1924 Summer Olympics.
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1903 births
1976 deaths
Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Australian male middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes for Australia
Athletes from Melbourne
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
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