Gary Minihan (born 24 January 1962) is an Australian retired sprinter who specialized in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. At the 1982 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in 400 metres and a silver medal in 4 × 400 metres relay. He finished fourth with the Australian relay team at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. The team, consisting of

Bruce Frayne Bruce Frayne (born 24 January 1958) is a retired Australian sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. He was Australian Champion in the 200 metres 1980, 81, and 1983. He also won the 400 metres in 1984. In 1981 he won Gold in the 4 × 4 ...

Darren Clark Darren Edward Clark (born 6 September 1965 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian retired sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. His personal best time of 44.38 seconds, achieved at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, is the current Oceanian ...

, Gary Minihan and Rick Mitchell, ran in a new Oceanian record time of 2:59.70 minutes. The record still stands.Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men)
– GBR Athletics He is the son of former St Kilda player Graham "Snowy" Minihan.

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* 1962 births Living people Australian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Australia Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub