Mike Manley (athlete)
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | February 14, 1942 Wausau, Wisconsin, United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | October 28, 2025 (aged 83)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||
Peter Michael Manley (February 14, 1942 – October 28, 2025) was a middle and long-distance runner from the United States. He won the gold medal twice in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase event at the Pan American Games 1971 and 1975.
Manley represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.[2] He was the 1969 AAU steeplechase champion while competing for the Southern California Striders,[3] and competed for the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Oregon Track Club. In 1987 Manley competed in the Legends Mile at Hayward Field.[4]
Personal Bests
[edit]- Mile – 4:01.4 (1974)
- 2 miles – 8:34.8 (1972)
- Steeplechase – 8:27.6 (1971)
- 5,000 metres – 13:42.4 (1976).
- 10,000 metres – 29:10.0 (1976).
- Marathon – 2:14:43 (1980)
References
[edit]- ^ Mike Manley's obituary
- ^ Mike Manley at Sports Reference
- ^ "USATF - Statistics - USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ^ National Masters News June 1987 Page 1 of 44. [1] Retrieved Mar 30, 2023
|
 | This biographical article about an American middle distance runner is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| This biographical article about an American long-distance runner is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1942 births
- 2025 deaths
- American men middle-distance runners
- American men long-distance runners
- American men steeplechase runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Sportspeople from Wausau, Wisconsin
- Track and field athletes from Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- American masters athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American middle-distance runner stubs
- American long-distance runner stubs