q13: which personality?

[dubdobdee]

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[anatol_merklich]

ii: Is this a plausible time for the 5000 m run?

[jeff_worrell]

no, it's Jonathan Edwards' triple jump world record (in metres)

[anatol_merklich]

by ii I meant the first one, the triple jump is fittingly iii

[katstevens]

Mo Farah's winning time in London was 4sec quicker than that!

None of these are plausible swimming time/place combos - I think they're all Sports Personality of the Year winners.

[jeff_worrell]

iv. could be cricket (individual scores)
v. could be golf (result in a team matchplay event)
x. could be an Olympic racquet sport?

[jeff_worrell]

iv. confirmed (w/Google) - David Steele, who won SPOTY in 1975, scored these runs in his first three matches for England (vs. Australia)

[katstevens]

You're right on iv) - those numbers have been literally copied from David Steele's wikipedia page. Also on there:

Making his debut against Australia at Lord's in 1975, he got lost in the pavilion as he went out to bat. Steele went down one too many flights of stairs and found himself in the basement toilets. He managed to make the field of play without becoming the first Test batsman to be timed out. Once he did arrive at the crease, fast bowler Jeff Thomson gave him a typically Australian welcome. Eyeing Steele's prematurely greying hair at 33, Thomson asked: "Bloody hell, who've we got here, Groucho Marx?"

[dubdobdee]

From Michael Jones on Facebook:

It's all BBC Sports Personalities of the Year, obv --

ii. Chris Chataway, 1954 (5000m WR set in that October)
iii. Jonathan Edwards, 1995 (Triple Jump WR)
v. Dai Rees, Ryder Cup captain, 1957 (winning score GB vs US)
iii. David Hemery, 1968 (400m H Olympic final)
ix. Paula Radcliffe, 2002 (Marathon WR)
x. Jonny Wilkinson, 2003 (Rugby WC final, ENG vs AUS)

also why it's only nine question has been solved, it's not (don't know if this was me c/ping incompetently or a grauniad cock-up): question i now inserted and open for solution

[jeff_worrell]

Mary Rand, 1964? (for the newly added i.)