Andy Carter (athlete)
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| Full name | Andrew William Carter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 1949 Exeter, Devon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew William Carter (born 29 January 1949) is a male British retired track and field athlete.
Athletics career
Carter participated in the men's 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Carter finished sixth in a time of 1:46.55.[1]
Carter won the bronze medal at the 1971 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland in the men's 800 metres, behind Yevgeniy Arzhanov (Soviet Union) and Dieter Fromm (East Germany) in a time of 1:46.16. He won the AAA title in 1970, 1972 and 1973. Carter won the European Cup in 1973 in Edinburgh defeating the Olympic silver medalist Arzhanov in 1:46.44. In 1974 he won a silver medal representing England in the 4×400 metre relay event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. He finished fifth in the 800 metres in a time of 1:45.97.[2][3][4]
Carter recorded his fastest time of 1:45.12 in 1973, winning the AAA Championship at London’s Crystal Palace. He improved the British record for 800 metres on three occasions. His other personal bests included: 400 metres – 48.0; 1,000 metres – 2:18.5 (1974); 1 mile – 3:59.3 (1972).
The U.S. magazine Track & Field News' annual world rankings ranked Carter third at 800 metres in 1971. They ranked him eighth in 1972 and sixth in 1973.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andy Carter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results: Andrew William Carter". Commonwealth Games Federation.[dead link]
- Quercetani, Roberto and Kok, Nejat (1992): Wizards of the Middle Distances: A History of the 800 metres
- Phillips, Bob (2000): A History of Athletics at the Commonwealth Games
- Watman, Mel (1981): Encyclopedia of Track and Field Athletics
- Track & Field News rankings
- Personal Bests
- British All-Time Lists: 800 metres
External links
- British male middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Exeter
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games