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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | Sir John George Walker KNZM CBE (born 12 January 1952 in Papakura) is a former middle distance runner from New Zealand. Walker was the first person to run the mile in under 3:50. He won the Olympic Games 1500m in Montreal in 1976. Walker broke the World Record in the mile run with a time of 3:49.4 minutes set at Göteborg, Sweden, on 12 August 1975, bettering the previous time of 3:51.0 set earlier that year by Filbert Bayi. It was the first time that the Three minutes and 50 seconds time had been broken, and it was a full 10 seconds faster than Roger Bannister's historic sub-Four-Minute Mile of 3:59.4 that was run twenty-one years previous. He was named Athlete of the Year by Track and Field News the same year. Walker's new record lasted until 17 July 1979, when it was lowered by the Briton Sebastian Coe. The following year Walker broke the world record for the 2000 metres, running 4:51.4 in Oslo, Norway, on 30 June 1976. He smashed the existing ten-year-old record held by Michel Jazy by nearly five seconds; Walker regarded this run as the best he ever ran. Steve Cram broke the record on 4 August 1985, running 4:51.39 at Budapest, Hungary. Indoors, Walker broke the 1500 metre world record with a time of 3:37.4 in 1979. |
| Face value | 0,52 Euro |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 3568 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 2144a |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 3501 Belgium BE 3520 WADP Numbering System - WNS BE036.06 Unificato BE 3512 |
| Stamp colour | multicolour |
| Stamp use | Mini-sheet stamp |
| Issue date | 24/04/2006 |
| Designer | Myriam Voz / Thierry Martin |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 40.20 mm |
| Width | 27.66 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
