Dick Tayler

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Dick Tayler
Medal record

Men's Athletics
Competitor for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Gold	1974 Christchurch	10000m

Richard ("Dick") Tayler, MNZM (born 12 August 1948)^[1] is a former New Zealand runner who mostly competed in distances from 1500m to 10000m.

Tayler was born in Timaru, New Zealand. He is best known for winning the 10,000 metres at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. In the race he won in a time of 27:46.4 minutes, beating Dave Black of England by 2 seconds.

Tayler competed at the 1970 and 1974 Commonwealth Games, as well as the 1972 Summer Olympics.

He finished 12th at the 1st IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Waregem, Belgium, 1973.^[2]

Arthritis cut short Tayler's running career.

Tayler currently resides in Christchurch.

References

v t e Commonwealth Champions in Men's 10000 m

1930–1966: 6 miles 1970–present: 10000 metres

1930: Billy Savidan (NZL) 1934: Arthur Penny (ENG) 1938: Cecil Matthews (NZL) 1950: Harold Nelson (NZL) 1954: Peter Driver (ENG) 1958: Dave Power (AUS) 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) 1966: Naftali Temu (KEN) 1970: Lachie Stewart (SCO) 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) 1978: Brendan Foster (ENG) 1982: Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) 1986: Jon Solly (ENG) 1990: Eamonn Martin (ENG) 1994: Lameck Aguta (KEN) 1998: Simon Maina (KEN) 2002: Wilberforce Talel (KEN) 2006: Boniface Kiprop (UGA) 2010: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA)

Persondata
Name	Tayler, Dick
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand distance runner
Date of birth	12 August 1948
Place of birth
Date of death
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