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About John Farrington (athlete)
- John Allan Farrington (born 2 July 1942) is a former long-distance runner from Australia, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
- There he finished in 43rd position, clocking 2:50:16.8.
- He came in fifth in the same event at the 1974 Commonwealth Games.
- Farrington claimed four national titles in the marathon (1969, 1970, 1974, and 1975). His PR in the marathon came at the 1973 New South Wales Championships in which he ran 2:11:12.6, which was the fastest marathon in the world that year.
- In the 1972 Fukuoka Marathon, he finished in second place behind Frank Shorter with a 2:12:00.4 performance.
- He placed second behind Derek Clayton at the 1971 Australian Championship, running 2:12:14. Excluding the 1977 Choysa Marathon in New Zealand which was a short course, Farrington ran 14 marathons in under 2 hours, 20 minutes, the world class standard of that time.
- He won 11 marathons overall in his career.
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See Also
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