Bernard William Ford (born 3 August 1952) is a British former long-distance runner who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Biography

Ford was a member of the Aldershot, Farnham & District AC and finished second behind Dave Bedford in the10,000 metres event at the 1974 AAA Championships.^[2][3]

At the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal, he represented Great Britain in the 10,000 metres event.^[4]

He would be on the 10,000 metres podium at the AAA Championships on two more occasions in 1975 and 1980.^[5] Shortly after the last in 1980 he represented Great Britain at the 1980 Olympics Games in Moscow in the marathon but failed to finish.^[4]

He competed at nine consecutive editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 1973 to 1981 and won the Rome marathon in 1984.^{[citation needed]}

He is married to Anne Ford.^{[citation needed]}

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