New Zealand Herald
6th Jan 2018
What a difference a metre makes.
It is not only the difference between Olympic silver and gold but the gulf between a knight and a commoner.
The three Kiwi runners to have won Olympic gold medals and returned to live in New Zealand are Sir John Walker, Sir Peter Snell and Sir Murray Halberg. A fourth, Jack Lovelock, did not live in New Zealand after he won at the 1936 Olympics.
