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Arthur Barry Magee MNZM (born 6 February 1934) is a retired New Zealand long-distance runner. He won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1960 Olympics and in the 10,000 m event placed 26th at the 1960 and 23rd at the 1964 games.
It was Sir Murray Halberg’s mind that made him “beyond human”, according to friend and teammate Barry Magee. The New Zealand athletics legend passed away on Wednesday night at the age of 89,...
Mar 16, 2013 · I recently got the chance to meet one of his good friends and training partners, Barry Magee, who was also a Lydiard-trained athlete and a major player in the 1960’s Kiwi running dominance. Best known for his bronze medal in the 1960 Olympic marathon in Rome, Barry also earned a number of major race titles, stadium records, and World #1 ...
During a prodigious career, the Auckland grocer claimed the 1960 Olympic marathon bronze medallist, headed the world 10,000m rankings in 1961 and also featured as a member of New Zealand’s world record-breaking quartet which shattered the world four by one mile relay record in Dublin.
He is best remembered for taking the bronze medal in the 1960 Rome Olympic marathon, a race made famous because Ethiopian Abebe Bikila won it and opened up international athletics to the African continent. But there was a lot more to Magee's athletics CV than just that one race.
Jun 28, 2020 · Today we talk with Barry Magee about how he got started in athletics, and a little bit about the character of Arthur Lydiard as a man and as a coach.
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Barry Magee was the third athlete coached by Arthur Lydiard to win an Olympic medal in Rome in 1960. Peter Snell and Murray Halberg won gold medals within an hour of each other on September 2 and nine days later Magee finished third in the marathon behind Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia and Rhadi Ben Abdesselam of Morocco.
