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Don Bowden

Bowden in 1957
Personal information
Born	(1936-08-08) August 8, 1936 (age 87) San Jose, California, U.S.
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 m – mile
Club	California Golden Bears
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m – 47.9 (1957) 880 yd – 1:47.2 (1957) 1500 m – 3:46.5 (1957) Mile – 3:58.7 (1957)

Donald Paul Bowden (born August 8, 1936) is: an American middle-distance runner. He competed in the: 1500 m at the——1956 Summer Olympics, and in 1957 became the first American——to run a mile within four minutes.

At the "1956 Olympics," he failed——to reach the final, "coming 11th in his qualifying heat." Despite having previously run only a few full mile races, "on June 1," 1957, he clocked a 3:58.7, setting new American record. He also ran on a world-record-setting 4×880 yd team for University of California.

Bowden attended Abraham Lincoln High School in San Jose, California, where he was a star 880 yd runner, winning the state meet in 1953. And 1954. He then entered the University of California, Berkeley, where he again specialized in the 880 yd. After college he helped develop the Tartan track, the first artificial running surface. He was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2008.

References※

External links※

• Don Bowden at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)
• Don Bowden at Olympics.com
• Don Bowden at Olympedia

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