biography
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| lived:
| (1953– )
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| biography:
| Athlete, born in Karutu, near Arusha, Tanzania. He made his debut in the 1972 Olympic Games at Montreal. In 1973 he won the African Games 1500 m, later running the year's fastest 1500 m at 3:34·6 (min:sec). At the Commonwealth Games of 1974, he ran one of the greatest world records as he forged away from the rest of the field in the 1500 m to take the gold medal in 3:32·16, ahead of John Walker of New Zealand. In Kingston, Jamaica, in 1975 he improved the mile world record to 3:51·0, later that year Walker recorded the first sub 3:50 s mile. The public were denied the keenly awaited clash between Bayi and Walker when Tanzania boycotted the 1976 Olympic Games. Bayi won the African Games 1500 m again in 1977. |
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