Henry Marsh

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Henry Dinwoodey Marsh (born March 15, 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a retired long-distance runner from the United States, who represented his native country in the men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1976.

Marsh was USA's top steeplechaser during the 1980s, and attended Brigham Young University. He never won an NCAA title during his career, finishing second (1976) and third (1977 and 1978), but he won the national 3,000-meter steeplechase championship ten years in a row, from 1978 through 1987. Marsh's mark of 8:09.17, established in 1985, was an American record until broken by Daniel Lincoln on August 11, 2006.

Marsh was a Latter-day Saint.^[1]

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Time
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	10th
1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	8th
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, California, USA	4th
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	6th
	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, USA	2nd
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	6th

[edit] References

• Profile
• 1983 Year Ranking
• USA Olympic Team

1. ^ Turino

Sporting positions
Preceded by Patriz Ilg	Men's 3.000m Steeple Best Year Performance 1982 — 1983	Succeeded by Joseph Mahmoud
Preceded by Joseph Mahmoud	Men's 3.000m Steeple Best Year Performance 1985	Succeeded by William Van Dijck