Talk:John Walker (athlete)

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Note that a much better disambiguating title would use a middle name. A web search didn't turn one up. — Toby Bartels, Wednesday, July 17, 2002

What I didn't put in the bit about Parkinson's disease is that Walker said that he heard that it can be brought on by athletic activity, according to http://www.coolrunning.com.au/editorials/1997e007.shtml. I figured that I'd let somebody who knows that this isn't just a crock of BS (even if it might be controversial) put that in. — Toby Bartels, Wednesday, July 17, 2002

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"Walker had also defeated Bayi in a number of races over 1 mile & 1500 m leading up prior to the 76' Olympics."


I'm not sure this is true - as far as I am aware, Walker and Bayi had not met over the mile or 1500 meters since the 1974 commonwealth games. I'll see if I can verify this...Canada Jack 21:53, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I've checked this and as far as I can determine, Bayi and Walker met three times over the mile and 1500 between Bayi's 1974 Commonwealth Games world record and the 1976 Olympic Games: June 27 1974, Walker 3:33.89 to Bayis's 3:37.20; February 7, 1975, Bayi 3:59.6 to Walker's 3:59.9; February 15, 1975 Bayi 3:56.6 to Walker's 3:59.9. That makes it Bayi 2 victories to Walker's 1. Accordingly, I will alter the assertion. Canada Jack 04:22, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Walker Bet Bayi in the 1975 World Games in Helsinki.