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David Peter Hemery, CBE DL (born 18 July 1944) is a British former track and field athlete, best known as the winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. [1] [2] Early life [ edit ]
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Mar 12, 2024 · David Hemery is an English hurdler who held the 400-metre-hurdles world record of 48.1 sec (1968–72). His father’s work took the family to the United States, where Hemery attended school, graduating from Boston University in 1969.
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Apr 27, 2012 · O n 15 October 1968 in Mexico City’s Estadio Olímpico Universitario, David Hemery inspired the BBC’s incomparable David Coleman to the zenith of his facility for conveying his exhilaration at ...
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David Hemery was one of those rare athletes who, by a single performance, can be said to have revolutionized an event. In the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1968 Olympics he gave a display of power speed and technique that had never been approached in the event and his reward was a new world record of 48.1 seconds.
Jul 31, 1995 · Had there been a World Athletics Championships in his day, David Hemery would almost certainly have been among the medal winners. In 1968, when the nation stayed up into the night to see him ...
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Apr 27, 2012 · David Hemery was born on 18 July 1944 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, but his father's work as an accountant took the family to the United States, As a boy, Hemery spent ten years at the Thayer ...
Hemery returned to Olympic competition four years later, where he took a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles and a silver in the 4x400m relay, to finish his career with a complete set – gold, silver and bronze. Add these to your favourites. Athletics. GBR. Athletes can easily get caught up in the heat of a moment.
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