Peter O'Donoghue (athlete)

Peter O'Donoghue

Personal information
Full name	Peter Gerard O'Donoghue
Born	(1961-10-01) 1 October 1961 (age 63)
Sport
Country	New Zealand Australia
Sport	Track and field
Events	800 m 1500 m 5000 m
Achievements and titles
National finals	New Zealand 1500 m champion (1984, 1987, 1990) Australian 5000 m champion (1993)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland 1500m

Peter Gerard O'Donoghue (born 1 October 1961) is a former New Zealand and Australian athlete specialising in middle distance running.

Biography

O'Donoghue was selected for the 1982 Commonwealth Games, but withdrew due to injury. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he ran in the 1500m, coming 8th in his semifinal with a time of 3:38.71. Earlier in 1984 he beat Steve Ovett on the line in a 1500m race in Melbourne. He competed for New Zealand in the 1990 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze in the 1500m with 3:35.14, and that year was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. ^[1] His personal best time for 1500m was 3:34.9. After transferring his allegiance to Australia, he ran an Australian Resident Record over 5000m of 13:23.6, with the last 800m covered in 1:56.0, but withdrew from the 1994 Commonwealth Games due to injury.

He finished second behind Kenyan Joseph Keter in the 3,000 metres event at the British 1993 AAA Championships. ^{[2] [3]}

References

• Athletes at the Games by John Clark, page 94 (1998, Athletics New Zealand) ISBN   0473-05498-1

1. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 285. ISBN   0-908578-34-2.
2. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
3. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

External links

• Profile at NZOGC website