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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Benjamin Basil Heatley (born 25 December 1933) was a British athlete, who mainly competed in the marathon. He was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. On 13 July 1964 Heatley broke the world record for the marathon at the Polytechnic Marathon in England, running a 2:13:56 to surpass Leonard Edelen's world best from the previous year's race by 32 seconds. Three months later, on 21 October 1964, Heatley competed in the men's marathon in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Defending Olympic marathon champion Abebe Bikila won another Olympic gold medal in another world record time. Heatley managed to stay close to Japan's Kokichi Tsuburaya and passed Tsuburaya shortly before the finish line to win the silver medal.

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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Sports & outdoor recreation

• Full title: Basil Heatley
• Subtitle: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon, 1964 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games
• Author: Adam Cornelius Bert
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92
• EAN: 9786138346005
• ISBN: 6138346009
• ID: 06893571
• Publisher: Chromo Publishing
• Weight: 145 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 6 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. November 2011

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