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Peter Snell and Murray Halberg win Olympic gold

Listen to a radio commentary of the gold medal runs by Peter Snell (800 m) and Murray Halberg (5000 m) at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Halberg's victory followed just half an hour after Snell's, completing New Zealand's finest day on the Olympic track.

Credit

Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Reference no: T4200.

Image: Snell statue at Cook's Gardens, Whanganui

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Peter Snell and Murray Halberg win Olympic gold, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/sound/peter-snell-and-murray-halberg-get-olympic-gold, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated