Bill Baillie

William David "Bill" Baillie (born 28 May 1934 in Nelson, New Zealand) was a runner, who represented New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he placed 6th in the 5000 m. He also competed at the 1954, 1958, 1962, and 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. He is the current national record holder over 20000 m and 1 hour.

Personal bests

Distance	Time	Place	Date
5000 m	13:40.0	Compton	1964
20000 m	59:28.6 NR	Auckland	1963
1 hour	20190m NR	Auckland	1963

Awards
Preceded by Peter Snell	Lonsdale Cup of the New Zealand Olympic Committee 1963	Succeeded by Peter Snell

Australian National Champions in Men's 5000 m

1930–1965: 3 miles 1966–2008: 5000 metres

1930: George Hyde 1932: Alex Hillhouse 1934: Fred Colman 1936: Jack Sheaves 1937: Walter Weightman 1947: George Campbell 1948–1949: Neville McDonald 1950–1953: Les Perry 1954: Geoff Warren 1955: Dave Stephens 1956: John Landy 1957–1959: Albie Thomas 1960–1962: Dave Power 1963: Trevor Vincent 1964: Bill Baillie (NZL) 1965–1969: Ron Clarke 1970: Tony Manning 1971: Kerry O'Brien 1972: Tony Benson 1973: Tony Williams 1974: David Fitzsimons 1975: Andrew Hill 1976: Graham Crouch 1977–1979: David Fitzsimons 1980–1982: Steve Austin 1983–1984: Zephaniah Ncube (ZIM) 1985: Andrew Lloyd 1986: Malcolm Norwood 1987: Gerard Barrett 1988: Andrew Lloyd 1989: Phil Clode (NZL) 1990: Simon Doyle 1991: Rod Higgins 1992: Andrew Lloyd 1993: Peter O'Donoghue 1994: Julian Paynter 1995: Daniel Komen (KEN) 1996: David Kibet (KEN) 1997: Paul Bitok (KEN) 1998: Shaun Creighton 1999: Benjamin Maiyo (KEN) 2000: Michael Power 2001: James Getanda (KEN) 2002: Stephen Cherono (KEN) 2003: Daniel Komen (KEN) 2004–2008: Craig Mottram 2009: Collis Birmingham

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