Les Perry

Les Perry (Leslie John Perry; 29 January 1923 – 17 September 2005) was an Australian long-distance runner who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.

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Australian National Champions in Men's 5000 m

1930–1965: 3 miles 1966–2008: 5000 metres

1930: George Hyde 1932: Alex Hillhouse 1934: Fred Colman 1936: Jack Sheaves 1937: Walter Weightman 1947: George Campbell 1948–1949: Neville McDonald 1950–1953: Les Perry 1954: Geoff Warren 1955: Dave Stephens 1956: John Landy 1957–1959: Albie Thomas 1960–1962: Dave Power 1963: Trevor Vincent 1964: Bill Baillie (NZL) 1965–1969: Ron Clarke 1970: Tony Manning 1971: Kerry O'Brien 1972: Tony Benson 1973: Tony Williams 1974: David Fitzsimons 1975: Andrew Hill 1976: Graham Crouch 1977–1979: David Fitzsimons 1980–1982: Steve Austin 1983–1984: Zephaniah Ncube (ZIM) 1985: Andrew Lloyd 1986: Malcolm Norwood 1987: Gerard Barrett 1988: Andrew Lloyd 1989: Phil Clode (NZL) 1990: Simon Doyle 1991: Rod Higgins 1992: Andrew Lloyd 1993: Peter O'Donoghue 1994: Julian Paynter 1995: Daniel Komen (KEN) 1996: David Kibet (KEN) 1997: Paul Bitok (KEN) 1998: Shaun Creighton 1999: Benjamin Maiyo (KEN) 2000: Michael Power 2001: James Getanda (KEN) 2002: Stephen Cherono (KEN) 2003: Daniel Komen (KEN) 2004–2008: Craig Mottram 2009: Collis Birmingham