Politician
Chris Chataway
Runner (5000 m world record, Bannister's pacer), later UK Conservative MP and minister
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4 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
Chris Chataway half marathon
Chris Chataway's recorded half marathon is 1:38:50. Performance date: 2006. Age at the time: 74–75. This was a competition result. The source at web.archive.org gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.
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2006 Great North Run · Age 75; Great North Run
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“1:38:50”
The article states the race year. It calls the event Great Northern Run; the intended event is the Great North Run. The unrelated Olympic location error is not used. Source is the 2016 web.archive.org copy of the ITV page, because the live page does not load. Only one outlet gives this time.
2006
- Half marathon1:38:50
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“1:38:50”
Chris Chataway mile
Chris Chataway's recorded mile is 3:59.8. Performance date: 1955-05-28. Age at the time: 24. This was a competition result. The source at d1laub10p5ibfa.cloudfront.net gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.
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International meet, White City Stadium, London · Track running
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“3:59.8”
White City result. Exact date is also confirmed by the contemporary Medford Mail Tribune report linked in evidence. Medford Mail Tribune, 29 May 1955: race on Saturday at White City; Tabori won in 3:59.0, Chataway second in 3:59.8.
1955
- Mile3:59.8
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“3:59.8”
Chris Chataway Three-mile track race
Chris Chataway's recorded Three-mile track race is 13:23.2. Performance date: 1955. Age at the time: 23–24. This was a competition result. The source at d1laub10p5ibfa.cloudfront.net gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.
World record for 3 miles
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“13:23.2”
The association biography states the record and year.
1955
- Three-mile track race13:23.2
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“13:23.2”
Chris Chataway 5000 m (track)
Chris Chataway's recorded 5000 m (track) is 13:51.6. Performance date: 1954-10-13. Age at the time: 23. This was a competition result. The source at en.wikipedia.org gives this mark. Source type: official result.
London v Moscow athletics match, White City · Age 23, beat Vladimir Kuts
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“Moscow athletics competition at White City , setting a world record time of 13 minutes 51.6 seconds.”
Race date 13 October 1954 (London v Moscow match at White City), from the 5000 m world record progression; the article gives no day.
1954
- 5000 m (track)13:51.6
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“Moscow athletics competition at White City , setting a world record time of 13 minutes 51.6 seconds.”
Photo: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.