Murray Halberg won Gold at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. He was 27 years old.
1960 - Rome
The 1960 Summer Games in Rome.
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Murray Halberg's first Olympics was the 1956 Games in Melbourne. He finished 11th in the 1500 meter run. He won gold at the 1960 Games in Rome in the 5000 meter run and finished 5th in the 10000 meter run. In the 1964 Games in Tokyo, he would up 7th in the 10000 meter run.
Sven Kramer from the Netherlands won the gold medal in Men's 5000 metres Speed Skating at the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
Jan Blokhuijsen from the Netherlands won the silver medal in Men's 5000 metres Speed Skating at the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
Jorrit Bergsma from the Netherlands won the bronze medal in Men's 5000 metres Speed Skating at the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
He only competed in the 1972 Olympics, where he narrowly missed a Silver medal in the 5000 meters. He died in 1975, so he never made the 1976 Summer Olympics.
There are 5000 meters in 5 kilometers.
5000 meters is equivalent to 3.10 miles
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