John Farrington (athlete) explained

John Allan Farrington (born 2 July 1942) is a former long-distance runner from Australia, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. There he finished in 43rd position, clocking 2:50:16.8. He came in fifth in the same event at the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Farrington claimed four national titles in the marathon (1969, 1970, 1974, and 1975).

His PR in the marathon came at the 1973 New South Wales Championships in which he ran 2:11:12.6, which was the fastest marathon in the world that year. In the 1972 Fukuoka Marathon, he finished in second place behind Frank Shorter with a 2:12:00.4 performance. He placed second behind Derek Clayton at the 1971 Australian Championship, running 2:12:14.

Excluding the 1977 Choysa Marathon in New Zealand which was a short course, Farrington ran 14 marathons in under 2 hours, 20 minutes, the world class standard of that time. He won 11 marathons overall in his career.

Achievements

Representing
1968	Australian Championship	Hobart, Australia	2nd	Marathon	2:16:41.4
1970	Australian Championship	Werribee, Australia	1st	Marathon	2:15:27
	Hamilton Marathon	Hamilton, New Zealand	1st	Marathon	2:18:18
	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	6th	Marathon	2:12:58.4
1971	Australian Championship	Hobart, Australia	2nd	Marathon	2:12:14
	Winstone Marathon	Hamilton, New Zealand	1st	Marathon	2:15:46
	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	6th	Marathon	2:17:41
1972		Košice, Czechoslovakia	1st	Marathon	2:17:34
1972	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	2nd	Marathon	2:12:00.4
1973	New South Wales Championships	Richmond, South Australia	1st	Marathon	2:11:12.6 PR
1974	Commonwealth Games	Christchurch, New Zealand	5th	Marathon	2:14:04
	New South Wales Championship	Richmond, South Australia	1st	Marathon	2:17:31
	Australian Championship	Roseworthy, Australia	1st	Marathon	2:17:23
1975	Australian Championship	Point Cook, Australia	1st	Marathon	2:17:20

References

- John Farrington . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104094712/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/john-farrington-1.html . 2012-11-04 . dead.