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Lovelock wins 1500-m gold at Berlin

1936 Lovelock wins 1500-m gold at Berlin

Jack Lovelock won New Zealand's first Olympic athletics gold medal before Adolf Hitler and a crowd of 110,000 at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He led the 1500-m field home in a world record time of 3:47.8.

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  • Jack Lovelock: Rhodes Scholar (University of Otago)
  • Speedsters: Come on Jack (NZEdge)
  • Jack Lovelock (NZ Sports Hall of Fame)
  • Organised sports (Te Ara)
  • John Edward Lovelock (DNZB)
  • Jack Lovelock 1910-1949 (Timaru Boys’ High School)
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