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American middle-distance runner

Pete Close (28 August 1937 – 14 March 1990) was an American middle-distance runner who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pete Close". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

External links

Pete Close at Olympedia

v t e 1960 USA Olympic track and field team
Men's track and road athletes	John Allen Jim Beatty Alex Breckenridge Frank Budd Dyrol Burleson Lee Calhoun Les Carney Pete Close Phil Coleman Ernie Cunliffe Cliff Cushman Glenn Davis Otis Davis Bill Dellinger Jim Grelle Rudy Haluza Dick Howard Stone Johnson Deacon Jones Hayes Jones John J. Kelley Ron Laird Bruce MacDonald Willie May Gordon McKenzie Bob Mimm Tom Murphy Ray Norton Jerry Siebert Dave Sime Bob Soth Max Truex Jack Yerman Earl Young George Young Ron Zinn
Men's field athletes	Bill Alley Rink Babka Ed Bagdonas Terry Beucher Ralph Boston Don Bragg Al Cantello Dave Clark Dick Cochran Hal Connolly Ira Davis Charles Dumas Dave Edstrom Joe Faust Al Hall Rafer Johnson Dallas Long Ron Morris Phil Mulkey Bill Nieder Parry O'Brien Al Oerter Bo Roberson Bill Sharpe Herman Stokes John Thomas Anthony Watson
Women's track athletes	Shirley Crowder Pat Daniels Martha Hudson Barbara Jones Ernestine Pollards Irene Robertson Wilma Rudolph Jo Ann Terry Lucinda Williams
Women's field athletes	Karen Anderson Barbara Brown Earlene Brown Olga Connolly Jean Gaertner Pamela Kurrell Neomia Rogers Annie Smith Willye White
Coaches	Larry Snyder (head coach) George Eastment (assistant coach) Ralph Higgins (assistant coach) Lloyd "Bud" Winter (assistant coach) Ed Temple (women's head coach) Fran Welch (women's field event coach)

v t e USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's mile (1500 m)
1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1932: Gene Venzke 1933: Gene Venzke 1934: Glenn Cunningham 1935: Glenn Cunningham 1936: Gene Venzke 1937: Archie San Romani 1938: Glenn Cunningham 1939: Glenn Cunningham 1940: Charles Fenske 1941: Walter Mehl 1942: Gil Dodds 1943: Frank Dixon 1944: Gil Dodds 1945: James Rafferty 1946: Leslie MacMitchell 1947: Gil Dodds 1948: Tom Quinn 1949: Willem Slijkhuis (NED), Neil Pratt (3rd) 1950: John Joe Barry (IRL), Fred Wilt (2nd) 1951: Fred Wilt 1952: Bill Mack 1953: Fred Dwyer 1954: Josy Barthel (LUX), Fred Wilt (2nd) 1955: Wes Santee 1956: Ron Delany (IRL), Fred Dwyer (3rd) 1957: Ron Delany (IRL), Fred Dwyer (3rd) 1958: Ron Delany (IRL), James Grelle (3rd) 1959: Ron Delany (IRL), Pete Close (4th) 1960: Phil Coleman 1961: Jim Beatty 1962: Jim Beatty 1963: Jim Beatty 1964: Ergas Leps (CAN), Vic Zwolak (2nd) 1965: Jim Grelle 1966: Jim Grelle 1967: Sam Bair 1968: Preston Davis 1969: Henryk Szordykowski (POL), Marty Liquori (2nd) 1970: Marty Liquori 1971: Henryk Szordykowski (POL), John Mason (2nd) 1972: Byron Dyce (JAM), Bruce Fischer (3rd) 1973: Marty Liquori 1974: John Walker (NZL), Michael Slack (2nd) 1975: Filbert Bayi (TAN), Paul Cummings (2nd) 1976: Filbert Bayi (TAN), Paul Cummings (2nd) 1977: Filbert Bayi (TAN), Joseph Dubina (3rd) 1978: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL), Steve Lacy (3rd) 1979: Steve Scott
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Craig Masback 1981: Steve Scott 1982: Jim Spivey 1983: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL), Steve Scott (2nd) 1984: Steve Scott 1985: Sydney Maree 1986: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL), Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL), Mark Fricker (3rd), Kevin Johnson (3rd) 1987: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL), Jim Spivey (3rd) 1988: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL), Brian Abshire (2nd) 1989: Frank O'Mara (IRL), Jeff Atkinson (3rd) 1990: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL), Steve Scott 1991: Noureddine Morceli (ALG), Eric Henry (3rd) 1992: Noureddine Morceli (ALG), Jeff Atkinson (5th)
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Noureddine Morceli (ALG), Steve Holman (3rd) 1994: William Tanui (KEN), Marcus Dunbar (3rd) 1995: Niall Bruton (IRL), Erik Nedeau (3rd) 1996: Steve Holman 1997: Jason Pyrah 1998: Paul McMullen 1999: Matt Holthaus 2000: Jason Pyrah 2001: Seneca Lassiter 2002: Jason Lunn 2003: Jason Lunn 2004: Rob Myers 2005: Scott McGowan 2006: Chris Lukezic 2007: Alan Webb 2008: Rob Myers 2009: Rob Myers 2010: Leonel Manzano 2011: Jeff See 2012: Leonel Manzano 2013: Will Leer 2014: Lopez Lomong 2015: Matthew Centrowitz Jr. 2016: Matthew Centrowitz Jr. 2017: Ben Blankenship 2018: Paul Chelimo 2019: Craig Engels 2020: Josh Thompson 2022: Cole Hocker 2023: Sam Prakel 2024: Cole Hocker
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: Mile (1940–2002) and 1932, 2007 and odd numbered years since 2011, 1500 meters (1933–1939), (2003–6, 2008–2010) and even numbered years since 2010

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