TOM DOOLERY

Birthday: December 9th, 1945
Current Residence : San Carlos, California
Hometown: San Fransico, California
College: Santa Clara University, California

PRS

Outdoors
20 km - 1:30:39
50 km - 4:26:26

Tom Dooley was an average high school and college runner when first introduced to race walking. An instant success, Dooley mastered the heel-toe form immediately and reached international competition within a year. His elite career spanned from 1966 to 1980 and amassed two 20K Olympic Teams, two Pan American Games—including a silver medal—and three World Cup Team berths.

Along the way, Dooley broke 11 National records at distances ranging from 1K to 25K.

Dooley, like many walking greats, continues to give back to the sport. He is the head walking coach for the Leukemia Society’s Team in Training program—a program that has coached more people to complete marathons than any other in the world.

20K US Ranking by Track and Field News
1978
        9th - 1:37:08
1977
        6th - 1:34:10
1976
        8th - 1:35:19
1975
        3rd - 1:35:52
1972 
        2nd - 1:31:52
1971 
        1st - 1:30:39
50K US Ranking by Track and Field News
1980
        7th - 4:26:15
1978
        5th - 4:31:36 
1977
        4th - 4:26:26
Major U.S. Championships (Indoors)
None
Major U.S. Championships (Outdoors)
1975
         20K - 1:35:52
1971
         20K - 1:32:18 
1970
         2 mile - 13:44.0 
1967
         40K - 3:30:10

20K World Cup
2004 - 50th - 1:26:19 - Namberg, Germany
2002 - DNF - Torino, Italy

20K Pan Am Cup
2001 - 8th - 1:36:35 - Cuenca, Ecuador

20K World University Games
1999 - 12 th - 1:32:20

20K Olympic Games
1972 - 15th - 1:34:58.8 - Munich, Germany
1968 - 17th – 1:40:08.0 - Mexico City, Mexico

20K World Cup
1970 - 9th - 1:30:50.0 - Eschorn, West Germany
1967 - 16th - 1:37:21.4 - Bad Sarrow, East Germany

50K World Cup
1977 - DNF - Milton Keynes, Great Brittan

20K Pan Am Games
1967 - 4th - 1:36:49.8 – Winnipeg, Canada

50K Pan Am Games
1971 - 2nd - 1:38:10.0 – Cali

 

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