Peter Gandy (born 2 September 1961) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, is a former

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n sprinter who competed in the

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and

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. He was Australian Junior Champion in the 100 and 200, then in 1980 still only 18 in the Sun/KB Games at the Sydney Athletics Field he raced against an international field in the 100, including

Allan Wells Allan Wipper Wells (born 3 May 1952) is a Scottish former track and field sprinter who became the 100 metres Olympic champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Within a fortnight of that, he also took on and beat America's best sprinter ...

UK,

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USA, Ernest Obeng, Ghana and Trevor Hoyte UK, Gandy finished 2nd, only beaten by Wells, but got the biggest cheer of the day. 1981 he then competed at the Pacific Conference Games in Christchurch, New Zealand where he won 2 Gold Medals in the 100m and 200m, he also added a Silver medal in the 4 × 100 m for the Australian relay team.Athletics Australia historical results
Gandy still in New Zealand, and again faced Allan Wells in both sprints, finishing 2nd again. Also in 81 he clocked 9.73 in the 100 yards. He then was Australian 100m champion, and also clocked a manual 20.3 in the 200 in Hobart, Tasmania, which is still Tasmanian hand time record to present. In 1982 he won the Australian 200 metres title, and finished 2nd in the 100 metres to Paul Narracott. He then competed at the

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where he reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres, but was a member of the sprint relay team that finished 4th in the final. Peter Gandys pbs 100y 9.73 100m 10.34 200m 20.66

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Australian male sprinters Living people 1961 births Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Sportspeople from Wollongong Athletes from New South Wales Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub