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18:Ernest Harper
1687:Donald Slack
1605:Dunky Wright
1585:Gordon Watts
1510:Sidney Newey
1495:Albert Mills
1490:Jack McKenna
1475:Douglas Lowe
1470:Eric Liddell
1440:Ernie Harper
1439:
1400:Ernest Clark
1395:Arthur Clark
1232:Jean Fayolle
1151:Alain Mimoun
1133:Alain Mimoun
1115:Alain Mimoun
1097:Lucien Theys
1088:Alain Mimoun
1061:
954:Ernie Harper
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945:Jack Webster
900:James Wilson
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801:Short course
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34:Ernie Harper
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1723:1902 births
1692:Percy Spark
1580:Edward Toms
1570:Ralph Starr
1415:Cyril Ellis
1370:John Benham
1160:Frank Sando
1142:Frank Sando
1053:Jack Holden
1017:Jack Holden
1008:Tom Evenson
990:Tom Evenson
963:Lewis Payne
927:Joe Blewitt
752:(archived)
545:1928 β 14th
485:10000 metre
366:Individual
323:1925 Dublin
309:Individual
209:1936 Berlin
82:, Australia
76:Tullamarine
1717:Categories
1425:Sam Ferris
1390:Guy Butler
1214:Roy Fowler
1169:Stan Eldon
1044:Jack Emery
1026:Bill Eaton
999:Tim Smythe
874:Jean Bouin
582:References
551:1930 β 2nd
548:1929 β 1st
542:1927 β 1st
539:1926 β 2nd
536:1925 β 2nd
533:1924 β 2nd
530:1923 β 3rd
122:5,000 m β
1702:Rex Woods
1682:John Odde
1430:Fred Gaby
1277:Mike Tagg
1079:John Doms
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736:Olympedia
650:Olympedia
564:The Times
497:The Times
143:Personal
112:Athletics
80:Melbourne
63:, England
1062:Not held
892:Not held
399:1928 Ayr
262:6 miles
215:Marathon
124:marathon
748:at the
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232:England
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1055:(ENG)
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290:Team
118:Event
109:Sport
104:Sport
709:ISBN
657:2021
476:and
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