| 词条 | Jim Peters (athlete) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Jim Peters | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = James Henry Peters | nicknames = | nationality = {{flagcountry|ENG}} | sport = Running | event = Marathon | club = Essex Beagles | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|10|24}} | birth_place = Hackney, London, England | residence = | death_date = {{death date and age|1999|01|09|1918|10|24}} | death_place = Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England | height = | weight = | medaltemplates = }} James Henry "Jim" Peters (24 October 1918 in Hackney, London – 9 January 1999 in Thorpe Bay, Essex) was a long-distance runner from England. He broke the world record for the men's marathon four times in the 1950s. He was the first runner to complete a marathon under 2 hours 20 minutes – an achievement which was equated to the breaking of the four-minute mile. He achieved this at the Polytechnic Marathon of 1953, a point-to-point race from Windsor to Chiswick, West-London. Later that same year Peters set the first sub-2:20 clocking on an out-and-back course, at the Enschede Marathon in the Netherlands. At the 1954 Vancouver Commonwealth Games he reached the stadium in first place, 17 minutes ahead of the next runner and 10 minutes ahead of the record, but collapsed repeatedly and failed to finish. After covering just 200 metres in 11 minutes, he was stretchered away and never raced again. "I was lucky not to have died that day", he later said. His games kit, including plimsolls and the special medal which following the games the Duke of Edinburgh sent to Jim inscribed "To a most gallant marathon runner." were given to the Sports Hall of Fame, Vancouver in 1967 for exhibition. He served as president of the then recently formed Road Runners Club from 1955 - 1956. After retiring from competitive athletics, Peters worked as an optician in Mitcham, Surrey and Chadwell Heath, Essex. Achievements
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15 : 1918 births|1999 deaths|People from Hackney Central|Sportspeople from London|British male long-distance runners|English male long-distance runners|British male marathon runners|English male marathon runners|Olympic athletes of Great Britain|Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)|Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics|Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England |
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