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Peter Snell and Murray Halberg win Olympic gold

Listen to a radio commentary of the gold medal runs by Peter Snell (800 m) and Murray Halberg (5000 m) at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Halberg's victory followed just half an hour after Snell's, completing New Zealand's finest day on the Olympic track.

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    The Olympics
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    Sport, 1940-1960

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peter snell
murray halberg
olympics
Credit

Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Reference no: T4200.

Image: Snell statue at Cook's Gardens, Whanganui

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Biographies

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  • Jack Lovelock
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Articles

  • The Olympics

Community contributions

3 comments have been posted about Peter Snell and Murray Halberg win Olympic gold

What do you know?

marco impiglia

Posted: 01 Dec 2009

I would like to have an e-mail correspondence with some newzeland spectator who visited rome duirng the 1960 O.G. thank you

admin

Posted: 30 Apr 2009

Hans Grodotzki (Germany, silver); Kazimierz Zimny (Poland, bronze)

Crissy Shiels

Posted: 30 Apr 2009

all i want to no is who got second ans third to Murry Halberg in the 1960 5000 olympic race.