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Hari Chand

Hari Chand Indian 2-time Olympian
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Championships
	1975 Seoul	10,000 m
	1975 Seoul	5000 m

Hari Chand (1 April 1953 – 13 June 2022) was an Indian long-distance runner. In the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he came eighth in the heats of the 10,000 metre run with a time of 28:48.7. This however was a national record for an Indian athlete and was only beaten 32 years later by Surendra Singh. In the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow he came 10th in the heats of the 10,000 meter run. He also came 22nd in the 1980 Olympic Men's Marathon. He ran barefoot in Montreal.

Hari Chand and his contemporary Shivnath Singh were rivals, the rivalry had begun in national events in India, Chand went on to beat Singh in several races of the Asian Championships in 1973 and 1975. He was awarded the Arjuna award for athletics in 1975.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  India
1975	Asian Championships	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	5,000 m
			1st	10,000 m
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	-	10,000 m
1978	Asian Games	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	5,000 m
			1st	10,000 m
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	31st	Marathon

References

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

1. Hari Chand, India's Long-Distance Running Legend, Dies Aged 69
2. Surendra betters record - The Hindu
3. "Olympic results for India including Hari Chand in the listings". Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2007.
4. Our Special Correspondent. "Hari Chand, two-time Olympian and Asian Games gold medallist, dies". Olympics.com. Retrieved 19 July 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
5. "Shivnath Singh was a brave runner with a heart of gold". The Times of India. 7 June 2003. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
6. "Arjuna awardee". indianathletics.in.

External links

• Hari Chand at World Athletics
• Hari Chand at Olympedia

• 1953 births
• 2022 deaths
• Indian male long-distance runners
• Indian male marathon runners
• Olympic athletes for India
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Recipients of the Arjuna Award
• Asian Games gold medalists for India
• Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
• Asian Athletics Championships winners