John Salisbury (athlete)

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John Salisbury
Medal record
Men's
athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Melbourne 4 × 400 metres relay
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1958 Stockholm 400 metres
Gold medal – first place 1958 Stockholm 4 × 400 metres relay

John Edward Salisbury (born 26 January 1934 in Birmingham) is a British former athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.[1][2]

Salisbury competed for Great Britain at the

Derek Johnson
.

At the 1958 European Athletics Championships in Stockholm, Salisbury won the silver medal after completing the 400 metres in 46.5 seconds, as well as a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay having recorded a time of 3 minutes 7.9 seconds.[3] In the same year he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff and won silver in the 4 × 440 yards relay with team members Derek Johnson, Edward Sampson, and John Wrighton. They recorded a time of 3 minutes 9.6 seconds.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "John Edward Salisbury". British Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Salisbury". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Athletics photographic encyclopedia, athlete, olympic games, world championship, european championship & hero images by sporting-heroes.net".
  4. ^ http://www.thecgf.com/games/team_results.asp[permanent dead link]