| Tim Johnston | |
| Birth Name: | Timothy Frederick Kembal Johnston |
| Nationality: | British |
| Sport: | Long-distance running |
| Event: | Marathon |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Oxford, England |
| Death Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
Tim Johnston (11 March 1941 - 9 October 2021) was a British long-distance runner.[1] He competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] In 1968, Johnston was the British national champion in the six mile event and the marathon.[3] [4] He also won the silver medal in the men's event at the 1967 International Cross Country Championships. During the 1960s, Johnston set a British and World record in distance running.[5]
Johnston was born in Oxford, England in 1941.[1] In the 1950s, he attended Bedales School in Hampshire,[6] before going to Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] At Bedales, Johnston became a two-time Hampshire Schools mile champion.[1] While at Trinity College, he became a cross-country runner.[1] In 1968, he was a two-time national champion, including setting a British record in the six mile event.[7] Also during the 1960s, Johnston won two Inter-Counties crowns and three Southern titles.[5]
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Johnston competed in the men's marathon,[8] where he finished in eighth place.[9] Johnston also tried to compete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, but suffered from an Achilles tendon injury.[1]
Outside of sport, Johnston was also a solicitor and worked at the European Economic Community as a lawyer-linguist.[5] He later went to work at the International Court of Justice in The Hague as a legal translator.[1]
In 2016, Johnston wrote a biography on Otto Peltzer, a German middle distance runner,[10] which was illustrated by fellow Olympian Donald Macgregor.[11]