Peter Joseph McArdle (22 March 1929 – 24 June 1985) was an Irish born long-distance runner who became a U.S. citizen, taking a gold medal for the United States at the

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Ireland

As a resident of

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he trained greyhounds at the greyhound track on Sandy Lane and in athletics he won twelve National titles between 1951 and 1956 before emigrating to the United States in 1956.

United States

McArdle was selected for the United States team for the 1964 Summer Olympics in

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. He completed in the

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in a time of 2.25 finishing in 23rd place.

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* 1929 births 1985 deaths American male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Irish emigrants to the United States Irish male long-distance runners Irish male marathon runners Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States People from Dundalk Sportspeople from County Louth Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Irish greyhound racing trainers Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games {{US-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub