John Whetton

John Whetton
	Whetton at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	6 September 1941 (age 82); Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	1500 m
Club	Sutton-in-Ashfield Harriers
Achievements and titles
Personal best	1500 m – 3:39.45 (1969)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Great Britain
European Championships
European Indoor Championships

John Whetton (born 6 September 1941)^[1] is a retired British middle-distance runner. He is best noted for winning gold in the 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships and reaching the 1500 metre final in both the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Athletics career

Whetton ran amateur athletics for local club Sutton-in-Ashfield Harriers.

1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, and was one of three British competitors who ran the 1500 metres; the other two being William McKim and fellow Harriers club-mate Alan Simpson.^[4]

Whetton qualified through the first heat, coming third with a time of 3:44.2. He and Simpson both qualified to the semi-finals and then the finals, with Whetton taking the final slot as the fastest non-qualifying athlete. In the final Whetton finished eighth out of nine, recording a time of 3:42.4, while Simpson ended fourth.

In 1966 Whetton participated in the

Francis Murphy

to take the gold.

He represented England in the 1,500 metres, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b John Whetton Athletics-heroes.net
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Whetton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ John Whetton at Power of 10
^ Alan Simpson profile Rotherham Harriers.org
^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

External links

British Pathe footage of an indoor meet including John Whetton on
YouTube

[sportingheroes-1] John Whetton Athletics-heroes.net

[sr-2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Whetton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

[3] John Whetton at Power of 10

[4] Alan Simpson profile Rotherham Harriers.org

[5] "1970 Athletes". Team England.

[6] "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.

[7] "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

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