Pat McMahon (athlete)

Last updated

Pat McMahon
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1942-02-01) 1 February 1942 (age 83)
Liscannor, Ireland
Sport
SportLong-distance running
EventMarathon

Pat McMahon (born 1 February 1942) is an Irish former long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [1]

McMahon ran collegiately for Oklahoma Baptist University, winning the 1965 and 1966 NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship individual titles and setting a record time of 19:53.6 in 1966. McMahon won the NAIA 3,000 meter steeplechase championship in 1967. McMahon finished second in the 1971 Boston Marathon, just five seconds behind winner Álvaro Mejía. [2]

McMahon was inducted into the Oklahoma Baptist University Hall of Fame in 1976. [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pat McMahon Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Craig, Jack (19 April 1971). "Colombian Mejia BAA Winner". The Boston Globe . p. 1. Retrieved 27 April 2025– via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Patrick Joseph McMahon (1976) - OBU Athletics Hall of Fame". Oklahoma Baptist University Athletics.
  4. ↑ "NAIA MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD : CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY" (PDF). Naiahonors.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2022.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.