- Norman Read
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For variant spelling, see Norman Reid (disambiguation).
Medal record Men's Athletics Competitor for 
New ZealandOlympic Games Gold 1956 Melbourne 50 kilometre walk Commonwealth Games Bronze 1966 Kingston 20 mile walk Norman Richard Read (13 August 1931 – 22 May 1994) was a New Zealand racewalker.
Born in England, Read emigrated to New Zealand in 1953. The self-proclaimed "Pommie-Kiwi" competed for New Zealand in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 50 kilometre walk where he won the gold medal. He was not originally selected, but (with Bill Bailey) went to Australia. Reed won the Australian 50 km championship, and was then selected.
Read also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, finishing fifth in the 20 kilometre walk but not finishing the 50 kilometre walk, and also at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, winning a Bronze medal in the 20 mile road walk.
Read died of a heart attack during a veteran's bike race in Pirongia, Waikato.
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Olympic Champions in Men's 50 kilometers Walk - 1932: Tommy Green (GBR)
- 1936: Harold Whitlock (GBR)
- 1948: John Ljunggren (SWE)
- 1952: Giuseppe Dordoni (ITA)
- 1956: Norman Read (NZL)
- 1960: Don Thompson (GBR)
- 1964: Abdon Pamich (ITA)
- 1968: Christoph Höhne (GDR)
- 1972: Bernd Kannenberg (FRG)
- 1980: Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
- 1984: Raúl González (MEX)
- 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
- 1992: Andrey Perlov (EUN)
- 1996: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 2000: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 2004: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 2008: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
Australian National Champions in Men's 50 km Walk 1952: Len Chadwick • 1954: Les Hellyer • 1956: Norman Read (NZL) • 1958: Ted Allsopp • 1960: Noel Freeman • 1962: Ted Allsopp • 1964 – 1968: Bob Gardiner • 1970: Ted Allsopp • 1971: Bob Gardiner • 1973: Robin Whyte • 1975: Tim Erickson • 1977: Willi Sawall • 1979: Bruce Cook • 1981: Willi Sawall • 1983: Keith Knox • 1984: Andrew Jachno • 1985: Mark Dossetor • 1986: Willi Sawall • 1987: Steve Hausfeld • 1988: Michael Harvey • 1989: Simon Baker • 1990: Michael Harvey • 1991: Dariusz Wojcik • 1992: Willi Sawall • 1993 – 1994: Michael Harvey • 1995: Duane Cousins • 1996: Michael Harvey • 1997 – 1998: Dion Russell • 1999: Dion Russell and Nathan Deakes • 2000: Not Held • 2001 – 2002: Liam Murphy • 2003: Duane Cousins • 2004: Chris Erickson • 2005 – 2006: Nathan Deakes • 2007: Jared Tallent • 2008: Chris Erickson • 2009: Jared Tallent
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