Melissa Duncan (born 30 January 1990) is 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 ...

who competes primarily 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 Athletic ...

. She competed at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 World Indoor Championships.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

– 2:08.1 (Melbourne 2013) *

– 4:05.56 (Oslo 2015) *

One Mile The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to ...

– 4:26.90 (Dublin 2014) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 8:58.14 (Cork 2014) Indoor *

– 4:06.93 (Boston 2016)

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* 1990 births Living people Australian female middle-distance runners Australian Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes from Melbourne World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia LGBT track and field athletes 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub