His 800-meter world record from 1962 would have won gold at the Olympic Games in 2008.
Peter Snell, a three-time Olympic gold medalist for New Zealand who later became a leading sports scientist, died at his home in Dallas on December 12. He was 80.
Snell emerged dramatically, a total unknown at the Rome Olympics in 1960. A 21-year-old who had never before been out of New Zealand and was ranked 25th globally, he charged through the 800-meter field on the final stretch to snatch the win from the world record holder and favorite, Roger Moens of Belgium.
Peter Snell. I don't know what to say really. Just reading his name says greatness to me. He is the greatest ever. Absolute dominance in his era, and 55 years later would still be a medal favorite.December 13, 2019 Their partnership began in 1957, after Snell moved to Auckland for work. Soon came Snell’s first attempt at Lydiard’s weekly 22-mile circuit in the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland, a Sunday run that has become urban legend. It ended, by Snell’s own account, with the future world record-breaker collapsed in tears on Lydiard’s sofa.
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