Hari Chand

This article is about the Indian runner. For the town in Pakistan, see Harichand.

Hari Chand (born April 1, 1953) is an Indian former long-distance runner. He is one of the few great distance runners that India has produced. In the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he came eighth in the 10,000 metre run with a time of 28:48.72, this however was a national record for an Indian athlete and was only beaten 32 years later by Surendra Singh. In the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow he came 10th in the 10,000 metre run. He also came 22nd in the 1980 Olympic Men's Marathon. He ran barefoot in Montreal.

Hari Chand and his contemporary Shivnath Singh were rivals, the rivalry had begun in national events in India, Chand went on to beat Singh in several races of the Asian Championships in 1973 and 1975.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing India
1975	Asian Championships	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	5,000 m
			1st	10,000 m
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	-	10,000 m
1978	Asian Games	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	5,000 m
			1st	10,000 m
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	31st	Marathon

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hari Chand". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.