Queen Street Golden Mile
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John Walker 'Find Your Field of Dreams' Foundation
C/- 31-33 Manukau Station Road
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Suburb: Manukau
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John Walker 'Find Your Field of Dreams' Foundation
PO Box 76729,
Manukau
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Town / City: Auckland |
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1. 23 Lifestyle+Recreation.
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Keywords:The Queen St Golden Mile was first run in 1972, and then again in 1982 and 1983.
The 1972 event was run in December and won by Tony Polhill, (an Olympic 1500 metre finalist for NZ), in a time of 3 minutes 47.6 seconds. Kevin Ryan (Owairaka) was second with PC Reeves (Onehunga) third. The time was well under the then world record for the track mile of 3.51.1 held by J Ryan (USA).
The two events in the 80’s were televised nationally. They were run in April each year and were completely “Athletic” events, confined to registered IAAF athletes only.
The 1982 Molenberg Mile on Queen Street was won by American Steve Scott in 3.31.25, at the time the fastest mile in the world, 16 seconds faster than Sebastian Coe’s track mile world record of 3.47.33. Mike Hillardt (AUS) was second in 3.32.20, Ray Flynn (IRE) third in 3.32.75, with New Zealand’s John Walker fourth in 3.33.93. In the Women’s division, tiny Christine Hughes from Waikato, in her first run over the mile distance, recorded a 4.03.07 win, 14 seconds inside the official women’s world track mile record. |
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