Tom O'Hara

For other people named Tom O'Hara, see Tom O'Hara (disambiguation).

Tom O'Hara (born 27 May 1942) is a former middle distance runner from the United States. He was the first native of the state of Illinois to break the four-minute barrier for the mile run when he ran 3:59.4 in 1963. He also held the world record for fastest mile in indoor track, which was set when he ran 3:56.6 on February 13, 1964. He beat that record on March 6 of the same year with a time of 3:56.4, a world record that stood for fourteen years.

At St. Ignatius College Prep High School, in Chicago, Illinois, O'Hara was a star runner on the school's cross country and track and field teams, often running—and winning—the quarter mile, half mile, mile, and mile relay in a single meet. He was a member of the Loyola University Chicago track, cross country, and indoor track teams. He was the individual champion of NCAA Division I men's cross country in 1962, and he participated in the 1500 m at the 1964 Summer Olympics, where he qualified for the semi-finals of the 1500 metres.

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US National Championship winners in men's 1500-meter run or mile

1876–78 New York Athletic Club	1876^M: Harold Lambe (CAN) * Cornelius Vought 1877^M: Richard Morgan 1878^M: Thomas Smith

1879–88 NAAAA	1879^M: Henry Pellatt (CAN) * William Duffy 1880–83^M: Harry Fredericks 1884^M: Percy Madeira 1885^M: George Gilbert 1886–87^M: Edward Carter 1888^M^{Note 1}: Thomas Conneff

1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^M^{Note 1}: G.M. Gibbs (CAN) * Thomas Conneff 1889–90^M: Albert George 1891^M: Thomas Conneff 1892^M: George Orton (CAN) * Ernest Hjertberg 1893-5^M: George Orton (CAN) * A.J. Walsh 1896^M: George Orton (CAN) * Mortimer Remington 1897–98^M: John Cregan 1899^M: Alex Grant 1900^M: George Orton (CAN) Alex Grant 1901–03^M: Alex Grant 1904^M: David Munson 1905^M: James Lightbody 1906^M: Albert Rodgers 1907^M: James Sullivan 1908^M: Herbert Trube 1909^M: Joe Ballard 1910^M: Joe Monument 1911–12^M: Abel Kiviat 1913^M: Norman Taber 1914^M: Abel Kiviat 1915^M: Joie Ray 1916^M: Ivan Meyers 1917–23^M ^OT: Joie Ray 1924–25^M: Ray Buker 1926^M: Lloyd Hahn 1927M-28^OT: Ray Conger 1929^M: Leo Lermond 1930^M: Ray Conger 1931^M: Leo Lermond 1932^OT: Norwood Hallowell 1933: Glenn Cunningham 1934: Bill Bonthron 1935–38: Glenn Cunningham 1939: Blaine Rideout 1940: Walter Mehl 1941: Les MacMitchell 1942–43: Gil Dodds 1944: Bill Hulse 1945: Roland Sink 1946: Lennart Strand (SWE) Les MacMitchell 1947: Gerry Karver 1948: Gil Dodds 1949–50: John Twomey 1951: Len Truex 1952–53^M: Wes Santee 1954^M: Fred Dwyer 1955^M: Wes Santee 1956: Jerome Walters 1957^M: Merv Lincoln (AUS) * Bob Seaman 1958^M: Herb Elliott (AUS) * Ed Moran 1959: Dyrol Burleson 1960: Jim Grelle 1961^M: Dyrol Burleson 1962^M: Jim Beatty 1963^M: Dyrol Burleson 1964: Tom O'Hara 1965–67^M: Jim Ryun 1968: John Mason 1969^M: Marty Liquori 1970^M: Howell Michael 1971^M: Marty Liquori 1972: Jerome Howe 1973^M: Len Hilton 1974: Rod Dixon (NZL) * Tom Byers 1975: Len Hilton 1976: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL) *Michael Manke 1977–79: Steve Scott

1980–92 The Athletics Congress	1980: Steve Lacy 1981: Sydney Maree (SAF) * Steve Scott 1982–83: Steve Scott 1984–85: Jim Spivey 1986: Steve Scott 1987: Jim Spivey 1988: Mark Deady 1989: Terrence Herrington 1990: Joe Falcon 1991: Terrence Herrington 1992^OT: Jim Spivey

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Bill Burke 1994: Terrence Herrington 1995–96^OT: Paul McMullen 1997: Seneca Lassiter 1998: Jamey Harris 1999: Steve Holman 2000^OT: Gabe Jennings 2001: Andy Downin 2002: Seneca Lassiter 2003: Jason Lunn 2004–05: Alan Webb 2006: Bernard Lagat 2007: Alan Webb 2008: Bernard Lagat 2009–10: Lopez Lomong 2011: Matthew Centrowitz 2012: Leonel Manzano 2013: Matthew Centrowitz 2014: Leonel Manzano 2015–16: Matthew Centrowitz

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996 & 2000 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. "M": Where this follows the year it denotes that the race was run over a mile rather than 1500 m

1964 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Men's track & road athletes	Gerry Ashworth Mike Brodie Dyrol Burleson Henry Carr Ollan Cassell Rex Cawley Willie Davenport Bill Dellinger Paul Drayton Buddy Edelen Tom Farrell Jeff Fishback Morgan Groth Billy Hardin Bob Hayes Trent Jackson Hayes Jones Ron Laird Mike Larrabee Ron Larrieu Gerry Lindgren Jay Luck Bruce MacDonald Pete McArdle Chris McCarthy Billy Mills Oscar Moore Jack Mortland Tom O'Hara Mel Pender Jim Ryun Bob Schul Jerry Siebert Dick Stebbins Ulis Williams George Young Ron Zinn Vic Zwolak

Men's field athletes	Ralph Boston Ed Burke Ed Caruthers Hal Connolly Frank Covelli Ira Davis Dick Emberger Kent Floerke Al Hall Fred Hansen Paul Herman Russ Hodge Gayle Hopkins Dallas Long Randy Matson Parry O'Brien Al Oerter Billy Pemelton John Pennel John Rambo Ed Red Bill Sharpe Phil Shinnick Jay Silvester John Thomas Les Tipton Dave Weill

Women's track athletes	Rosie Bonds Vivian Brown Sandy Knott Edith McGuire Lacey O'Neal Cherrie Sherrard Janell Smith Debbie Thompson Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Willye White

Women's field athletes	RaNae Bair Estelle Baskerville Earlene Brown Terri Brown Olga Connolly Jo Ann Grissom Eleanor Montgomery Martha Watson Willye White Pat Winslow

Coaches	Bob Giegengack (men's head coach) Edward P. Hurt (men's assistant coach) Payton Jordan (men's assistant coach) Charles Walter (men's assistant coach) Ed Temple (women's head coach) Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach)

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