John Allan Farrington (born 2 July 1942) is a former long-distance runner from Australia, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. There he finished in 43rd position, clocking 2:50:16.8. He came in fifth in the same event at the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Farrington claimed four national titles in the marathon (1969, 1970, 1974, and 1975).

His PR in the marathon came at the 1973 New South Wales Championships in which he ran 2:11:12.6, which was the fastest marathon in the world that year. In the 1972 Fukuoka Marathon, he finished in second place behind Frank Shorter with a 2:12:00.4 performance. He placed second behind Derek Clayton at the 1971 Australian Championship, running 2:12:14.

Excluding the 1977 Choysa Marathon in New Zealand which was a short course, Farrington ran 14 marathons in under 2 hours, 20 minutes, the world class standard of that time. He won 11 marathons overall in his career.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Australia
1968 Australian Championship Hobart, Australia 2nd Marathon 2:16:41.4
1970 Australian Championship Werribee, Australia 1st Marathon 2:15:27
Hamilton Marathon Hamilton, New Zealand 1st Marathon 2:18:18
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan 6th Marathon 2:12:58.4
1971 Australian Championship Hobart, Australia 2nd Marathon 2:12:14
Winstone Marathon Hamilton, New Zealand 1st Marathon 2:15:46
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan 6th Marathon 2:17:41
1972 Košice Peace Marathon Košice, Czechoslovakia 1st Marathon 2:17:34
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan 2nd Marathon 2:12:00.4
1973 New South Wales Championships Richmond, South Australia 1st Marathon 2:11:12.6 PR
1974 Commonwealth Games Christchurch, New Zealand 5th Marathon 2:14:04
New South Wales Championship Richmond, South Australia 1st Marathon 2:17:31
Australian Championship Roseworthy, Australia 1st Marathon 2:17:23
1975 Australian Championship Point Cook, Australia 1st Marathon 2:17:20

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