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David Colin "Dave" Bedford OBE (born 30 December 1949) is an English former long-distance runner, whose athletic career spanned the early 1970s.
David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music.
Nov 8, 2012 · By ELLIOTT DENMAN. NEW YORK – David Bedford‘s been there, done that, everything there is to be and doin the world of distance running. His storied portfolio includes the world record for the track 10,000 meters (27:30.80 in 1973); two Olympic starts (with a 12th-place finish at 5,000 meters and a 6th-place in the 10,000 meters at Munich in ...
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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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- 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 ...
Jan 17, 2024 · 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 until 2012, and is the Chairman of the IAAF Road Running Commission (since 2012), as well.
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