Peter Pearless

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Peter Pearless
Personal information
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	(1957-06-04) 4 June 1957 (age 69)
Sport
Sport	Middle-distance running
Event	800 metres

Peter Pearless (born 4 June 1957) is a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Pearless Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

v t e 1984 New Zealand Olympic team
Archery	Neroli Fairhall Dale Lightfoot Ann Shurrock
Athletics	Anne Audain Rod Dixon Derek Froude Lyn Grime Lorraine Moller Mary O'Connor Peter O'Donoghue Mike O'Rourke Peter Pearless Peter Renner Dianne Rodger Tony Rogers John Walker Steve Walsh
Boxing	Kevin Barry Michael Kenny
Canoeing	Grant Bramwell Ian Ferguson Robert Jenkinson Paul MacDonald Edwin Richards Alan Thompson
Cycling	Craig Adair Stephen Cox Anthony Cuff Brian Fowler Graeme Miller Murray Steele Roger Sumich
Diving	Ann Sissons Mark Graham Gary Lamb
Equestrian	Andrew Bennie John Cottle Mary Hamilton Andrew Nicholson Mark Todd
Fencing	Martin Brill David Cocker
Field hockey	Jeff Archibald Christine Arthur Cathy Baker Husmukh Bhikha Robyn Blackman Chris Brown George Carnoutsos Mary Clinton Peter Daji Lesley Elliott Laurie Gallen Jane Goulding Stuart Grimshaw Shirley Haig Harina Kohere Trevor Laurence Sandra Mackie Maurice Marquet Jan Martin Jenny McDonald Sue McLeish Grant McLeod Brent Miskimmin Peter Miskimmin Lesley Murdoch Arthur Parkin Ramesh Patel Graham Sligo Jillian Smith Isobel Thomson Barbara Tilden Robin Wilson
Judo	Shaun O'Leary Graeme Spinks Bill Vincent
Rhythmic gymnastics	Tanya Moss
Rowing	Nigel Atherfold Stephanie Foster Andy Hay Brett Hollister Allan Horan Geoff Horan Greg Johnston George Keys Kevin Lawton Barrie Mabbott Shane O'Brien Les O'Connell Gary Reid Conrad Robertson Dave Rodger Mike Stanley Andrew Stevenson Don Symon Ross Tong Keith Trask Chris White Roger White-Parsons
Sailing	Luke Carter Russell Coutts Simon Daubney Tom Dodson Peter Evans Aran Hansen Bruce Kendall David Mackay Sean Reeves Rex Sellers Chris Timms
Shooting	Tony Clarke Stephen Petterson John Woolley
Swimming	Brett Austin Carmel Clark Mike Davidson Anna Doig Gary Hurring Gail Jonson Paul Kingsman Anthony Mosse
Synchronised swimming	Katie Sadleir Lynette Sadleir
Weightlifting	Michael Bernard Kevin Blake Allister Nalder
Wrestling	Zane Coleman Graeme Hawkins Ken Reinsfield
Chef de Mission: Ron Scott

v t e New Zealand national champions in men's 400 m
Note: 440 yards before 1970
440 yards	1888: A.B. Williams 1889–1890: Hugh Reeves 1891: Billy MacPherson (NSW) 1892: P. Wood 1893: Norman Gurr 1894–1896: W.A. Low 1897: A.H. Holder 1898: Robert Oliphant 1899: William Kingston 1900: William Strickland 1901: Charles Cuff 1902–1903: L.B. Webster 1904: W.H. Pollock 1905: Gus Widmer (AUS) 1906: F.E. Drake 1907: L.B. Webster 1908: W.F. Trembath 1909: J. Wilton 1910: W.G. Harding 1911: Ron Opie 1912: A.W. Dormer 1913–1915: J. Wilton 1916–1919: not held 1920: A.W. Dormer 1921: W. Candy 1922: Charlie Taylor 1923: W. Candy 1924: Charlie Taylor 1925–1926: W. Kyle 1927–1928: J.T. Fleming 1929: A.W. Findlay 1930: George Golding (AUS) 1931: Don Evans 1932–1933: Stuart Black 1934: Geoff Broadway 1935: W.S. Bainbridge 1936: Harold Tyrie 1937: Alan Sayers 1938: M.C. Baker 1939–1940: Harold Tyrie 1941–1944: not held 1945–1947: Doug Harris 1948: Jim Grierson 1949–1950: Dave Batten 1951–1952: Max Golder 1953–1955: Don Jowett 1956: P. Smith 1957: Don Jowett 1958–1960: Barry Robinson 1961: John Taylor 1962: Barry Robinson 1963: Warwick Weaver 1964: John Taylor 1965–1967: Don Mackenzie 1968–1969: Graham Atchison
400 metres	1970: Michael Cull 1971–1974: Phil Kear 1965: Bevan Smith 1976: Phil Kear 1977: Bevan Smith 1978: Warren McCallum 1979: Peter Pearless 1980: Glen Erkkila 1981: Paul Wilson 1982: Howard Atkinson 1983: John Enright 1984–1985: Murray Gutry 1986: Paul Cuff 1987: Andrew Collins 1988–1990: Craig Purdy 1991: Grant Gilbert 1992: Darren Dale 1993: Callum Taylor 1994–1996: Nick Cowan 1997: Rob Hanna 1998–1999: Shaun Farrell 2000: Bjorn Jansen 2001: Mark Rodgers 2002–2005: Tim Hawkes 2006–2007: Cory Innes 2008: Niko Verekauta (FIJ) 2009: Andrew Moore 2010: Tim Jones 2011–2012: Alex Jordan 2013: Andrew Whyte 2014: Alex Jordan 2015: Tama Toki 2016: Andrew Whyte 2017: Quin Hartley 2018: Alex Haye 2019: Oliver Miller 2020: Luke Mercieca 2021: Hamish Gill 2022: John Gerber 2023–2026: Lex Revell-Lewis

v t e New Zealand national champions in men's 800 m
Note: 880 yards before 1970
880 yards	1888: P. Morrison 1889: P.H. Cox 1890: J.F. Grierson 1891: D. Wood 1892: J.F. Grierson 1893: Norman Gurr 1894–1896: W.A. Low 1897: J. McKean 1898: H.C. Garsia 1899: C.S. St Hill 1900: J.M. Lynskey 1901: Charles Cuff 1902: E.T. Harper 1903–1904: W.H. Pollock 1905: Greg Wheatley (AUS) 1906–1907: Hector Burk 1908: W.F. Trembath 1909: G. Haskins 1910–1911: W.G. Harding 1912–1913: Arthur Dormer 1914: C.S. Thomas 1915: J.F. Byrne 1916–1919: not held 1920: Arthur Dormer 1921–1922: Charlie Taylor 1923: Ken Griffin 1924: Charlie Taylor 1925: C. Campbell 1926: Charlie Taylor 1927: Chris Olsen 1928 C.B. Allan 1929: Lachie McLachlan 1930–1931: Don Evans 1932–1934: Geoff Broadway 1935: Don Evans 1936: Pat Boot 1937: Theo Allen 1938–1940: Pat Boot 1941–1944: not held 1945: Ken Greville 1946–1947: Doug Harris 1948–1949: Jim Grierson 1950: Cliff Simpson 1951: Neil Wilson 1952: Max Golder 1953: George Hoskins 1954–1955: Bill Baillie 1956: Paul Penlington 1957: Crelin Keig 1958: Michael Earwaker 1959–1960: Peter Snell 1961: Gary Philpott 1962: Peter Snell 1963: Michael Wall 1964: Peter Snell 1965: Robert Hamilton 1966: Gary Philpott 1967–1969: Kevin Ross
800 metres	1970–1971: Bruce Hunter 1972–1973: John Walker 1974: Stewart Melville 1975: Bruce Hunter 1976: Rendell McIntosh 1977: John Walker 1978–1979: Dennis Norris 1980–1982: John Walker 1983: Peter Pearless 1984: Chris Rogers 1985: Peter Pearless 1986: Chris Rogers 1987: Colin McDonald 1988: John Walker 1989: Michael Hindmarsh 1990: John Walker 1990: Michael Hindmarsh 1990: Wayne Paul 1990: Michael Calver 1994: Mark Tonks 1995–1996: Mark Turner 1997: Mark Tonks 1998: Simon Harvey 1999: Hamish Christensen 2000–2001: Mark Rodgers 2002: Jason Stewart 2003: Mark Rodgers 2004–2005: Gareth Hyett 2006: Jason Stewart 2007–2008: Aunese Curreen (SAM) 2009: Matthew Hammond (AUS) 2010: Geoff Harris (CAN) 2011: Adrien Kela (NCL) 2012–2014: Brad Mathas 2015: Andrew Wheating (USA) 2016–2019: Brad Mathas 2020: Michael Dawson 2021–2024: James Preston 2025: Ethan Smolej 2026: James Preston

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