Alex Breckenridge

Last updated December 02, 2025

Alex Breckenridge (born 17 April 1932 in Buffalo) is a former American marathon runner.

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, he finished 30th, and at the 1962 Boston Marathon he finished third.

He was a member of the Victoria Park Amateur Athletic Club in Glasgow.^[1]

References

↑ "Alex Breckenridge". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2025.

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Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Breckenridge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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[1] "Alex Breckenridge". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2025.

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v t e USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's 3000 m (5000 m, 2 miles, 3 miles)
1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1899: Alec Grant 1900: Alec Grant 1901: Alec Grant 1903: Alec Grant 1904: George Bonhag 1905: George Bonhag 1906: George Bonhag 1907: George Bonhag 1908: Mike Driscoll 1909: Mike Driscoll 1910: Joseph Monument 1911: George Bonhag 1913: William Kramer 1914: Harry Smith 1915: Michael Devaney 1916: Joie Ray 1917: John Ryan 1918: Edward Garvey 1919: Gordon Nightingale 1920: Harry Helm 1921: Max Bohland 1922: John Romig 1923: Joie Ray 1924: Joie Ray 1925: Paavo Nurmi (FIN), Harold Kennedy (2nd) 1926: William Goodwin 1927: William Goodwin 1928: Leo Lermond 1929: Edvin Wide (SWE), Robert Dalrymple (2nd) 1930: Joe McCluskey 1931: Leo Lermond 1932: George Lermond 1933: George Lermond 1934: John Follows 1935: John Follows 1936: Norm Bright 1937: Norm Bright 1938: Don Lash 1939: Don Lash 1940: Greg Rice 1941: Greg Rice 1942: Greg Rice 1943: Greg Rice 1944: Oliver Hunter 1945: Forest Efaw 1946: Forest Efaw 1947: Curt Stone 1948: Curt Stone 1949: Gaston Reiff (BEL), Fred Wilt (3rd) 1950: Curt Stone 1951: Curt Stone 1952: Horace Ashenfelter 1953: Horace Ashenfelter 1954: Horace Ashenfelter 1955: Horace Ashenfelter 1956: Horace Ashenfelter 1957: John Macy (POL), Alex Breckenridge (2nd) 1958: Veliša Mugoša (YUG), John Macy (2nd) 1959: Bill Dellinger 1960: Al Lawrence (AUS), Lew Stieglitz (2nd) 1961: Bruce Kidd (CAN), John Macy (3rd) 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN), Jared Nourse (4th) 1963: Michel Bernard (FRA), Bob Schul (2nd) 1964: Ron Clarke (AUS), Pete McArdle (2nd) 1965: Billy Mills 1966: Lajos Mecser (HUN), Tracy Smith (2nd) 1967: Tracy Smith 1968: George Young 1969: George Young 1970: Art DuLong 1971: Frank Shorter 1972: Emiel Puttemans (BEL), Leonard Hilton (2nd) 1973: Tracy Smith 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL), Frank Shorter (2nd) 1975: Miruts Yifter (ETH), Pat Manders (3rd) 1976: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN), Greg Fredericks (2nd) 1977: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN), Garry Bjorklund (3rd) 1978: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN), Marty Liquori (2nd) 1979: Marty Liquori
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL), Bruce Bickford (3rd) 1981: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL), Dick Buerkle (2nd) 1982: Paul Cummings 1983: Doug Padilla 1984: Doug Padilla 1985: Doug Padilla 1986: Doug Padilla 1987: Doug Padilla 1988: Jim Spivey 1989: Steve Scott 1990: Doug Padilla 1991: Terry Brahm 1992: Doug Padilla
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Joe Falcon 1994: Moses Kiptanui (KEN), Matt Giusto (2nd) 1995: Bob Kennedy 1996: Bob Kennedy 1997: Todd Williams 1998: Dan Browne 1999: Adam Goucher 2000: Ray Appenheimer 2001: Tim Broe 2002: Tim Broe 2003: Jonathon Riley 2004: Jonathon Riley 2005: Jonathon Riley 2006: Adam Goucher 2007: Matt Tegenkamp 2008: Matt Tegenkamp 2009: David Torrence 2010: Bernard Lagat 2011: Bernard Lagat 2012: Bernard Lagat 2013: Will Leer 2014: Bernard Lagat 2015: Ryan Hill 2016: Ryan Hill 2017: Paul Chelimo 2018: Paul Chelimo 2019: Drew Hunter 2020: Paul Chelimo 2022: Cole Hocker 2023: Sam Prakel 2024: Yared Nuguse 2025: Hobbs Kessler
Notes	* Events before 1906 are considered unofficial. Distances have varied as follows: 2 Miles (1899–1931) and odd numbered years since 2015, 5000 meters (1933–1939), 3 Miles 1932, (1940–1986), and 3000 meters (1987–2014) and even numbered years since 2014

v t e 1960 USA Olympic track and field team
Men's track and road athletes	John Allen Jim Beatty Alex Breckenridge Frank Budd Dyrol Burleson Lee Calhoun Les Carney Pete Close Phil Coleman Ernie Cunliffe Cliff Cushman Glenn Davis Otis Davis Bill Dellinger Jim Grelle Rudy Haluza Dick Howard Stone Johnson Deacon Jones Hayes Jones John J. Kelley Ron Laird Bruce MacDonald Willie May Gordon McKenzie Bob Mimm Tom Murphy Ray Norton Jerry Siebert Dave Sime Bob Soth Max Truex Jack Yerman Earl Young George Young Ron Zinn
Men's field athletes	William Alley Rink Babka Ed Bagdonas Terry Beucher Ralph Boston Don Bragg Al Cantello Dave Clark Dick Cochran Hal Connolly Ira Davis Charles Dumas Dave Edstrom Joe Faust Al Hall Rafer Johnson Dallas Long Ron Morris Phil Mulkey Bill Nieder Parry O'Brien Al Oerter Bo Roberson Bill Sharpe Herman Stokes John Thomas Anthony Watson
Women's track athletes	Shirley Crowder Pat Daniels Martha Hudson Barbara Jones Ernestine Pollards Irene Robertson Wilma Rudolph Jo Ann Terry Lucinda Williams
Women's field athletes	Karen Anderson Barbara Brown Earlene Brown Olga Connolly Jean Gaertner Pamela Kurrell Neomia Rogers Annie Smith Willye White
Coaches	Larry Snyder (head coach) George Eastment (assistant coach) Ralph Higgins (assistant coach) Lloyd "Bud" Winter (assistant coach) Ed Temple (women's head coach) Fran Welch (women's field event coach)