Brian Hewson
British middle-distance runner (1933–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brian Stanford Hewson (4 April 1933 – 13 September 2022) was a middle-distance runner who represented Great Britain at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. He won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1958 European Championships.[1]
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Full name | Brian Stanford Hewson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1933-04-04)4 April 1933 Croydon, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 September 2022(2022-09-13) (aged 89) South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 m, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Mitcham AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 800 m – 1:47.0 (1958) 1500 m – 3:41.1 (1958)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hewson was one of the first men to run a four-minute mile, clocking 3:59.8 at the White City Stadium in London on 28 May 1955. As he placed third to László Tábori and Chris Chataway, he became the first to run a mile in less than four minutes and not finish in the top two; before that race, only Roger Bannister and John Landy had run a four-minute mile.[3][4][5]