ATHLETICS–TRACK AND FIELD

VISITING ATHLETES

Many fine athletes from overseas have competed in New Zealand. Among them have been the following Olympic champions or world record holders: W. T. Macpherson, J. P. Metcalfe, J. A. Winter, H. D. Hogan, A. G. Thomas, R. W. Clarke, Misses D. Norman, M. Jackson, S. B. Strickland, B. Cuthbert, and M. J. Mathews (Australia); A. A. Shrubb, R. G. Bannister, E. McD. Bailey, and Mrs. D. B. J. Tyler (Great Britain); A. F. Duffey, G. L. Parker, J. V. Scholz, G. S. Simpson, M. G. Whitfield, W. P. O'Brien, L. V. Spurrier, and B. J. Morrow (United States); H. H. McKenley and A. S. Wint (Jamaica); Dr O. Peltzer (Germany); L. B. LaBeach (Panama); R. Moens (Belgium); and C. K. Yang (Formosa).

• ATHLETICS–TRACK AND FIELD

• Administration

• Professional Athletics

• Early International Competitions

• OLYMPIADS AND EMPIRE GAMES

• VISITING ATHLETES

• WORLD RECORDS

Warning

This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.