Neville Ian Scott (25 February 1935 – 21 January 2005) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner from Ashburton.
At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Scott won the bronze medal in the men's 3 miles. He also competed in the mile where he placed 9th.
Scott competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where he finished 7th in the 1500 metres. He made his second Olympic appearance at the 1964 Summer Olympics where he came 11th in the 5000 metres.[1] Over his running career he set New Zealand records over 1500 metres, 2 miles and 3 miles.[2]
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New Zealand national champions in men's 5000 m |
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Note: 3 miles before 1970 |
3 miles |
- 1890: P. Morrison
- 1891–1892: D. Wood
- 1893: William John Burk
- 1894: Charlton Morpeth
- 1895: Alfred Bell
- 1896: W.F. Bennett
- 1897: E. Reynolds
- 1898: Sam Pentecost
- 1899: Percival Malthus
- 1900: William Farey Simpson
- 1901: Sam Pentecost
- 1902–1904: William Farey Simpson
- 1905: Alfred Shrubb (ENG)
- 1906–1907: Jack Prendeville
- 1908: G. Sharpe
- 1909: Miles Dickson
- 1910: James Beatson
- 1911–1912: George Hill
- 1913: James Beatson
- 1914: A. Hudson
- 1915: James Beatson
- 1916–1919: not held
- 1920: Archie Wyeth
- 1921–1922: Reg Webber
- 1923: Randolph Rose
- 1924: Bert Dufresne
- 1925–1926: Randolph Rose
- 1927–1929: Billy Savidan
- 1930–1931: Randolph Rose
- 1932–1934: Billy Savidan
- 1935: Norman Cooper
- 1936: Cecil Matthews
- 1937: Kohei Murakoso (JPN)
- 1938: Cecil Matthews
- 1939: Bill Pullar
- 1940: Len Dickison
- 1941–1944: not held
- 1945: W.J. Potter
- 1946: W.J. Wells
- 1947–1948: Harold Nelson
- 1949: Jim Daly
- 1950–1952: George Hoskins
- 1953: Kerry Williams
- 1954: Jim Daly
- 1955: Ernie Haskell
- 1956: Bill Baillie
- 1957:
- 1958–1962: Murray Halberg
- 1963: Geoff Pyne
- 1964–1965:
- 1966: Ian Studd
- 1967: Barry Jones
- 1968: Rex Maddaford
- 1969: Jim Le Grice
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