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10,000 m – 27:30.80 (1973) David Colin "Dave" Bedford OBE (born 30 December 1949) is an English former long-distance runner, whose athletic career spanned the early 1970s. Post-retirement, he served as race director of the London Marathon [1] until 2012, and is the Chairman of the IAAF Road Running Commission (since 2012), as well as sitting ...
- AAA Championships 10,000m, Crystal Palace, July 13 1973. 1st 27:30.8 (world record) As he had not publicised any record attempt or shown any form that suggested anything special was likely, only 3500 fans were present on the Friday night for a programme of predominantly heats but clearly he had a target as he powered through 1600m in 4:17.4.
- AAA Championships 5000m and 10,000m (Inc Olympic Trials), Crystal Palace, July 14 & 15, 1972. 1st 13:17.2 (European & UK record & UK all-comers’ record) & 1st 27:52.4.
- GB v France (inc AAA Championships) 10,000m, Portsmouth, July 10, 1971. 27:47.0 (European record) (6M; 26:51.6 (European record) He took an astonishing 17 seconds off Jurgen Haase’s European record despite the temperature being in the 80s and it being on a dusty cinder track and suffering badly from blisters because of the track and the heat.
- International Cross-Country Championships, San Sebastian, Spain, March 20 1971. 1st 38:42.8. After being just an injured 95th the previous year, he proved himself the greatest cross-country in the world with some ease breaking clear after a kilometre and he ran away from the field winning by 22 seconds from Trevor Wright (39:05.2) with Kiwi Eddie Gray in third.
David Colin "Dave" Bedford OBE is an English former long-distance runner, whose athletic career spanned the early 1970s. Post-retirement, he served as race director of the London Marathon until 2012, and is the Chairman of the IAAF Road Running Commission, as well as sitting on the IAAF Cross Country Committee as the UK Athletics elected ...
Dec 8, 2020 · David Bedford is the former 10,000m world record holder, a man who added color and excitement to British athletics, and the man who lovingly built the London marathon elite field into the most imp ressive marathon in history. David Bedford has one of the finest mustaches in the known world.
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English Schools Intermediate Cross-Country Championships, Colchester, March 20 24th 21:53 The young Bedford finished a minute down on the winner David Buckley, who had won the junior race the year before. Future rival John Bednarski was 14th. Back then the races were maybe not taken as seriously as now even though with the absence of major boys rac...
English Schools Intermediate Cross-Country Championships, Derby, March 19 3rd 20:48 Bedford gained almost a minute on Buckley (20:41) but both were beaten by the younger 1965 junior winner Paul Marwood (20:40). Bedford did beat future rival John King to third but by how much is not known as only the three were timed as an English Schools spokesman ...
Southern Youths Cross-Country Championships, Parliament Hill, February 11 1st 16:33 In his first year in the age group, he showed his astonishing talent in that only future International junior winner Bednarski (17:00) could finish within a minute of him on a 5km course. Future top coach Mick Woods was 10th and a future senior champion, who feature...
Southern Youths Cross-Country Championships, Parliament Hill, February 10 1st 16:39 He won by a staggering 40 seconds over a three mile course from Chris Reed (17:19) and future champion Jack Lane (17:19). English Youths Cross-Country Championships, Sutton Coldfield, March 2 1st 15:07 See top 20 list. Inter-Counties Youth Cross-Country Championship...
English National Junior Cross-Country, Parliament Hill, March 1 2nd 33:12 Was closing fast on the older Holden (33:08) on the last lap but beat the rest of a quality field headed by Simmons (33:28), Bednarski (33:43) and Thomas (34:01). International Junior Cross-Country Race, Clydebank, March 22 1st 19:38 See top 20 list. Southern Championships 10...
Inter-Counties Cross-Country Championships, Derby, January 17 4th 37:19 Taylor (36:45) won easily from Trevor Wright (36:59) and Ricky Wilde (37:10) with Bedford, who had led much of the race, just ahead of Tagg (37:23) and Baxter (37:25) who had got the better of him on the track the previous summer. Southern Senior and Junior Cross-Country Champi...
Hillingdon 5, February 20 1st 23:08 Had another brilliant road run as he smashed the course record and again beat Simmons (23:40), his past junior conqueror. GB Olympic 1500m representative Maurice Benn was third in 24:04. National Cross-Country Championships, Norwich, March 6 1st 47:04 See top 20 list. International Cross-Country Championships, Sa...
Braaschaat Cross-Country, Belgium, January 9 1st 23:02 He survived missing an allowed ‘false start’ which saw 150 runners get in front of him and then fighting off the challenge of Grenville Tuck (23:06), who went to win the Inter Counties race a week later against Wright and Holden. Roelants was third in 23:17. Five Windmills Cross-Country, Milan,...
Southern Cross-Country Championships, Parliament Hill, February 10 1st 43:57 Now feeling fully fit, he ran probably the fastest anyone has ever run for nine miles around this famous course winning by 98 seconds from Les Presland (45:35) who surprisingly took second ahead of some better known names. English National Cross-Country Championships, Parl...
Wellington 5000m, New Zealand, January 3 2nd 13:28.8 Just as he ended 1973, there was an almost identical result in the first of 1974 with Quax again proving too fast for him (13:24.4). Commonwealth Games 10,000m & 5000, Christchurch, January 25 4th 28:14.8 and 11th 14:18.8 (13:59.2 heat) See top 20 list. AAA Championships 10,000, Crystal Palace, J...
Nov 8, 2012 · by Larry Eder. November 8, 2012. 0. SHARES. 24. VIEWS. David Bedford, photo courtesy of World Marathon Majors. David Bedford was one of my running heroes. Still is. I have the Runners World from 1971, where he is featured, running 200 miles a week, churning through interval workouts, and even a picture of Bedford vacuuming his small flat!
Dave Bedford – 1972-1974 plus later highlights – AW. Posted by Steve Smythe | Feb 23, 2021 |. Steve Smythe lists Dave Bedford’s most important competitions from 1972 to 1974 plus...
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