Peters, James

Peters, James
▪ 2000
“Jim” 
      British athlete who set new marathon records four times during the 1950s; he captured the most public attention, however, when he entered the Vancouver, B.C., stadium near the end of the 1954 Commonwealth Games marathon with a five-kilometre (three-mile) lead but, severely dehydrated, staggered and collapsed several times and could not finish the final lap (b. Oct. 24, 1918, London, Eng.—d. Jan. 9, 1999, Thorpe Bay, Eng.).

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