Jean Wadoux (born 29 January 1942) is a retired French

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 ...

. He competed at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in 1500 m and at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

in 5000 m and finished in ninth place on both occasions. On 23 July 1970 he set a European record in 1500 m, and next year won a European silver medal in 5000 m. Wadoux is a former

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holder in the seldom contested

4 × 1500 metres relay The 4 x 1500 metres relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 1500 metres or 3.75 laps on a standard 400 metre track. While not a World Championship or Olympic event, the IAAF does ratify world recor ...

, with 14:49.0 minutes in June 1965. His teammates were

Michel Jazy Michel Jazy (born 13 June 1936) is a French former middle-distance runner and long-distance runner. He won the 1500 metres silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, as well as two golds (in 1962 and 1966) and one silver (in 1966) at the Europ ...

, Claude Nicolas and Gérard Vervoort.

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1942 births Living people Sportspeople from Pas-de-Calais French male middle-distance runners French male long-distance runners Olympic male middle-distance runners Olympic male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Mediterranean Games European Athletics Championships medalists Japan Championships in Athletics winners World record setters in athletics (track and field) French Athletics Championships winners {{France-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub