Patrick Francis Carroll (born 17 August 1961) is an Australian former long-distance runner. A Brisbane-based runner, Carroll won the Australian cross country championships in 1991, was a four-time winner of the

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and twice won the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon. Carroll claimed a silver medal at the 1993 World Half Marathon Championships for the team competition. In 1995, Carroll ran a personal best time of 2:09:39 to win the Beppu-Ōita Marathon, becoming the fourth Australian to register a sub 2:10 time. He beat a field which included reigning Olympic bronze medalist Stephan Freigang. Carroll competed in three editions of the

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, placing eighth in the 5,000 metres in 1990, fifth in the marathon in 1994 and seventh in the marathon in 1998.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Pat 1961 births Living people Athletes from Brisbane Australian male marathon runners Australian male long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Queensland