Marcel Philippe (athlete)
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Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||
Born | New York City | 16 September 1951|||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters, mile | |||||||||||||||||
University team | Fordham University | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Stade Français | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:45.79 (Nice, 1973)
1000m: 2:17.0h (Paris, 1973) 1500m: 3:37.90 (Stockholm, 1974) 4x1500m relay: 14:48.2h (NR) (Bourges, 1979) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marcel Philippe (born 16 September 1951) is a French
NCAA Indoor Track and Field Champion. He still holds the Fordham record for indoor mile, 1000 yards, and outdoor 800m. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he competed in the men's 800 metres. Philippe set multiple french records in the 800m, 1000m and 4x1500m relay distances. He won both the 1973 and 1974 French Athletics Championships
in the 800m.
Philippe participated in the 1973 European Cup, placing second to
Yevgeniy Arzhanov, the Munich 1972
Olympics silver medalist. That same year he beat Arzhanov to the line in the U.S 1973 Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing first in the 1000 yds with a time of 2:08.8.
External links
- Marcel Philippe at World Athletics
- Marcel Philippe at the French Athletics Federation (in French)
- Marcel Philippe at Olympics.com
- Marcel Philippe at Olympedia