| Peter Ward | |
| Nationality: | British (English) |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Berlin, German Empire |
| Death Place: | Norfolk, England |
| Occupation: | Business owner |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Club: | Achilles Club (Oxbridge alumni) |
Peter Hans Dudley Ward (7 February 1913 - 13 January 2009) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Berlin, German Empire to an English father and German mother.[1]
He studied Economics at the University of Cambridge and won a blue for athletics and a half-blue for cross-country. He was selected for the 1936 Olympics after setting a new 5,000 metres games record at the 1935 International Universities Games in Budapest and a new 3 miles record at the 1936 AAA championship.[1]
In 1936, he finished eleventh the 1500 metres event at the 1936 Olympics, narrowly beating out fellow English runner Mike O'Donnell.[2]
Ward won two 3 miles titles (1936 and 1937) at the prestigious AAA Championships.[3]
At the 1938 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the 3 miles competition. He also participated in the 6 miles contest but did not finish the race.[4]
He was a stockbroker by trade before serving in the Second World War as a major in the Royal Artillery.[5] After the war he made wooden toys at a workshop in London where he met his future wife Lona Fradeletto. Later in 1951 he and a friend, Cecil Chapman, set up Grant Instruments which made thermostatically controlled baths.[1]