皮特-斯内尔 （peter snell） （田径 新西兰）
tokyo, 16 october 1964, games of the xviii olympiad. men's athletics, competitors at the final of the 800m: william crothers of canada 2nd, george e. kerr of jamaica 5th and peter snell of new zealand 1st in 1'45''1.
born: 17 december 1938
birthplace: opunake (new zealand)
nationality: new zealand
sport: athletics
attendance at the olympic games
rome 1960
tokyo 1964
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 3
other results:
commonwealth games
gold: 2 (62)
winning a rare 800/1500 double
peter snell arrived at the 1960 rome olympics as a relatively little known middle-distance runner. he attracted attention by defeating 800m world record holder roger moens of belgium in the semifinals. however, moens had not extended himself, so he remained the favourite. in the final, moens took the lead 100m from the finish and appeared headed for victory. but in the homestretch, snell charged ahead on the inside and crossed the finish line with his eyes closed. when he discovered that he had won, snell was so stunned that he did not take a victory lap. in one week in 1962, snell set world records in both the mile and the 800m. he arrived at the next olympics, in 1964, as the favourite. in the 800m final, snell moved to the outside after 550m, stormed around the leaders and pulled away to win by four metres. five days later, he raced in the final of the 1,500m. he was boxed in when the bell rang to signal the beginning of the last lap. john whetton of great britain stepped aside and allowed snell to pass on the inside. snell ran away from the field on the backstretch and won by 11 metres. peter snell is the only man since 1920 to win the 800m and the 1,500m at the same olympics.
生日：1938年12月17日
出生地：奥普纳基，新西兰
国籍: 新西兰
项目: 田径
参加奥运会时间：
1960年意大利罗马夏季奥运会
1964年日本东京夏季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌 3枚
其他成绩:
联邦运动会
金牌2 枚 1962
两项长跑冠军
皮特-斯内尔是新西兰田径运动员，他每月的训练总量要高达500-600公里。刻苦的训练成就了这位伟大的中距离田径明星。斯内尔参加1960年意大利罗马夏季奥运会时，他还是个默默无闻的中距离跑运动员，大家的目光都集中到当时的世界纪录保持者比利时运动员莫恩斯身上。800米决赛进行到最后一圈时，莫恩斯在最后100米时加速，跑到领先位置，他还几次回头看看其他选手，但根本没有注意到他身边的斯内尔。最后20米，斯内尔看到莫恩斯身旁出现空隙，就趁机加速，从内侧超越莫恩斯，闭著眼睛冲刺，直到通过终点线，但他还不知道自己已经夺冠，直到莫恩斯来到身旁，向他恭贺，他才知道自己成了奥运冠军。胜利来得太突然，斯内尔也不知道赢了之后该怎样做，他还是和平常一样，走到跑道旁休息，没有任何兴奋的表情，也没有绕场满跑庆贺。1962年斯内尔打破了1英里和800米的世界纪录，随后他参加了1964年东京奥运会，在东京 ，他已经成为800米项目的夺金热门选手，在比赛进行了550米后，皮特就领先了所有的运动员，并将优势保持到终点，轻松夺冠。五天后，他又参加了1500米比赛，并以11米的优势夺冠，成为1920年以来第一位在一届奥运会上同时夺得800米和1500米金牌的田径运动员。