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Dick Buerkle
Richard "Dick" Thomas Buerkle (; born September 3, 1947 in Rochester, New York) is a former Olympic athlete and once held the world record for the indoor one-mile run. He is known as one of the most successful Buerkle walk-ons in the history of American collegiate running, due to his athletic successes while at Villanova.
==Running career==
Buerkle graduated from Aquinas Institute high school in 1966 with a personal best of 4:28 for the one-mile run. He graduated from Villanova University in 1970 with a degree in Spanish studies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.villanova.com/sports/c-otrack/spec-rel/012099aaa.html )〕 At Villanova, he learned under the tutelage of head coach, Jumbo Elliott and assistant coach Jim Tuppeny. He finally received a track scholarship in April of his junior year after running a two-mile race in less than nine minutes, with a final time of 8:57. Two weeks later, Buerkle lowered Villanova's two-mile record to 8:46.2.
Buerkle qualified for the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. The 1976 Montreal Games were a disappointment for Buerkle, who competed in the Olympic 5000 metre competition and finished 9th in what was, at that point, the fastest 5000 metre heat in history. He did not, however, compete in 1980 Olympic Games because US President Jimmy Carter chose to boycott them.
He ran the mile in less than four minutes on six occasions in his career with a personal best on Friday January 13, 1978, when he ran 3:54.9 to break the world indoor mile record. This world record put his image on the covers of Sports Illustrated〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/archive/past_issues/1978covers.html )〕 and Track & Field News.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/archive/past_issues/1978covers.html )〕
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