Hari Chand

Hari Chand

Hari Chand is one of the few great distance runners that India has produced. In the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he came 8th in the 10,000 metre run with a time of 28:48.72, this however was a national record for an Indian athlete and was only beaten 32 years later by Surendra Singh [ [http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/16/stories/2008061655811700.htm Surendra betters record - The Hindu] ] . In the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow he came 10th in the 10,000 metre run. He also came 22th in the 1980 Olympic Men's Marathon. [ [http://www.indianathletics.org/results/olympics.html Olympic results for India including Hari Chand in the listings] ]

Hari Chand and his contemporary Shivnath Singh were rivals, the rivalry had begun in national events in India, Chand went on to beat Singh in several races of the Asian Championships in 1973 and 1975. [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11983.cms Shivnath Singh was a brave runner with a heart of gold - Times of India] ]

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