Rex Maddaford

New Zealand athlete

Rex Maddaford
Personal information
Full nameRex Montague Maddaford
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1947-03-09) 9 March 1947 (age 77)
Sport
SportLong-distance running
Event5000 metres

Rex Montague Maddaford (born 9 March 1947) is a New Zealand long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]

Maddaford ran collegiately for Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico, winning the 1970 NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship individual title, among other accomplishments. Maddaford was inducted into the Eastern New Mexico University Hall of Fame in 1984.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rex Maddaford Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Rex Maddaford (1984) - Hall of Honors". Eastern New Mexico University Athletics.
  3. ^ "Rex Maddaford". www.kidsinc.org.
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1968 New Zealand Olympic team
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New Zealand national champions in men's 5000 m
Note: 3 miles before 1970
3 miles
  • 1890: P. Morrison
  • 1891–1892: D. Wood
  • 1893: William John Burk
  • 1894: Charlton Morpeth
  • 1895: Alfred Bell
  • 1896: W.F. Bennett
  • 1897: E. Reynolds
  • 1898: Sam Pentecost
  • 1899: Percival Malthus
  • 1900: W.F. Simpson
  • 1901: Sam Pentecost
  • 1902–1904: W.F. Simpson
  • 1905: Alfred Shrubb (ENG)
  • 1906–1907: Jack Prendeville
  • 1908: G. Sharpe
  • 1909: Miles Dickson
  • 1910: James Beatson
  • 1911–1912: George Hill
  • 1913: James Beatson
  • 1914: A. Hudson
  • 1915: James Beatson
  • 1916–1919: not held
  • 1920: Archie Wyeth
  • 1921–1922: Reg Webber
  • 1923: Randolph Rose
  • 1924: Bert Dufresne
  • 1925–1926: Randolph Rose
  • 1927–1929: Billy Savidan
  • 1930–1931: Randolph Rose
  • 1932–1934: Billy Savidan
  • 1935: Norman Cooper
  • 1936: Cecil Matthews
  • 1937: Kohei Murakoso (JPN)
  • 1938: Cecil Matthews
  • 1939: Bill Pullar
  • 1940: Len Dickison
  • 1941–1944: not held
  • 1945: W.J. Potter
  • 1946: W.J. Wells
  • 1947–1948: Harold Nelson
  • 1949: Jim Daly
  • 1950–1952: George Hoskins
  • 1953: Kerry Williams
  • 1954: Jim Daly
  • 1955: Ernie Haskell
  • 1956: Bill Baillie
  • 1957: Neville Scott
  • 1958–1962: Murray Halberg
  • 1963: Geoff Pyne
  • 1964–1965: Neville Scott
  • 1966: Ian Studd
  • 1967: Barry Jones
  • 1968: Rex Maddaford
  • 1969: Jim Le Grice
5000 m
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