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Frank Bruno

Former WBC heavyweight boxing champion (1995)

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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.

Frank Bruno marathon

Frank Bruno's recorded marathon is 4:16:32. Performance date: 2001-04-22. Age at the time: 39. This was a competition result. The source at theguardian.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.

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London Marathon 2001 · Retired heavyweight boxer

Source quote and limits
“After finishing in 4:16.32 the ex-boxer was whisked away in a golf cart.”

London Marathon: Redgrave spends time with the also-rans (The Guardian, 2001-04-23)

Guardian race report of Monday 23 April 2001; the race was on Sunday 22 April 2001. The report writes the time as 4:16.32 (4 h 16 min 32 s). MarathonView lists 4:16:32 for a Frank Bruno at London 2001 (page not checkable by the fetcher; its other Frank Bruno marathons include a US namesake). Found through a Gemini Deep Research report (batch of 2026-10-30).

  1. 2001

    • Marathon4:16:32

      CompetitionRetired heavyweight boxer

      News report, theguardian.com2001-04-22 · age 39medium confidence

      Quote and details
      “After finishing in 4:16.32 the ex-boxer was whisked away in a golf cart.”

      London Marathon: Redgrave spends time with the also-rans (The Guardian, 2001-04-23)London Marathon 2001

Frank Bruno half marathon

Frank Bruno's recorded half marathon is 2:47:01. Performance date: 2020-03-01. Age at the time: 58. This was a competition result. The source at runabc.co.uk gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.

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The Vitality Big Half, London

Source quote and limits
“2:47:01”

Frank Bruno was among those #MovedbyLondon

The report identifies the former WBC heavyweight champion. He finished despite hip pain.

  1. 2020

    • Half marathon2:47:01

      Competition

      News report, runabc.co.uk2020-03-01 · age 58medium confidence

      Quote and details
      “2:47:01”

      Frank Bruno was among those #MovedbyLondonThe Vitality Big Half, London

Frank Bruno Lab punch peak impact force: 4,096 N (about 920 lb)

The source records Frank Bruno's Lab punch peak impact force: 4,096 N (about 920 lb). Source date: 1985. This was an official test. The source at pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov gives this mark. Source type: book.

Biomechanics lab test (ballistic pendulum target) · World-ranked British professional heavyweight, age 23-24, before his first world title fight (1986)

Source quote and limits
“The peak force on impact of 4096N (0.4 ton), attained within 14 ms of contact”

The damaging punch (J Atha, M R Yeadon, J Sandover, K C Parsons; British Medical Journal 1985;291:1756-1757)

Peer-reviewed lab study: Bruno punched an instrumented, padded target mass hung as a ballistic pendulum. Dated by the paper (published 1985-12-21); the test date is not given. Washington City Paper's Straight Dope column converts the force to 920 lb and says the authors extrapolated a real blow to 1,420 lb.

  1. 1985

    • Lab punch peak impact force: 4,096 N (about 920 lb)

      Official testWorld-ranked British professional heavyweight, age 23-24, before his first world title fight (1986)

      Book, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov1985

      Quote and details
      “The peak force on impact of 4096N (0.4 ton), attained within 14 ms of contact”

      The damaging punch (J Atha, M R Yeadon, J Sandover, K C Parsons; British Medical Journal 1985;291:1756-1757)Biomechanics lab test (ballistic pendulum target)

Frank Bruno Lab punch speed at impact

Frank Bruno's recorded Lab punch speed at impact is 8.9 m/s. Source date: 1985. This was an official test. The source at pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov gives this mark. Source type: book.

Biomechanics lab test (ballistic pendulum target) · World-ranked British professional heavyweight, age 23-24, before his first world title fight (1986)

Source quote and limits
“Within 0.1 s of the start the punch had travelled 0.49 m and attained a velocity on impact of 8.9 m/s.”

The damaging punch (J Atha, M R Yeadon, J Sandover, K C Parsons; British Medical Journal 1985;291:1756-1757)

Peer-reviewed lab study: Bruno punched an instrumented, padded target mass hung as a ballistic pendulum. Dated by the paper (published 1985-12-21); the test date is not given. Washington City Paper's Straight Dope column converts the force to 920 lb and says the authors extrapolated a real blow to 1,420 lb. The punch travelled 0.49 m in 0.1 s.

Lab punch speed at impact history. Methods and conditions can differ between records.
DateCompetition / season and methodValueUnitSource
1985Biomechanics lab test (ballistic pendulum target)Lab punch speed at impact8.9m/spmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Evidence

Book; Official test; source date 1985.

The damaging punch (J Atha, M R Yeadon, J Sandover, K C Parsons; British Medical Journal 1985;291:1756-1757)

World-ranked British professional heavyweight, age 23-24, before his first world title fight (1986)

“Within 0.1 s of the start the punch had travelled 0.49 m and attained a velocity on impact of 8.9 m/s.”

Peer-reviewed lab study: Bruno punched an instrumented, padded target mass hung as a ballistic pendulum. Dated by the paper (published 1985-12-21); the test date is not given. Washington City Paper's Straight Dope column converts the force to 920 lb and says the authors extrapolated a real blow to 1,420 lb. The punch travelled 0.49 m in 0.1 s.

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