John George Walker (born
January 12,
1952) is a
middle distance runner from
New Zealand.
Walker is best known as the winner of the
Olympic Games 1500 metres in
1976.
He also held the record for the fastest mile, with a time of 3:49.4 minutes set at
Göteborg on
August 12,
1975, bettering the previous time set by
Filbert Bayi[?].
The record lasted until
July 17,
1979, when it was beaten by
Sebastian Coe[?]. Walker later became the first to run one hundred
4 minute miles during his career. In
1996, Walker announced that he has
Parkinson's disease.