Ronnie Delany, who has died aged 91, won the 1500 metres at the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956; it was the last Olympic gold medal secured by an Irish athlete, and when he dropped to his knees to ...

Ireland’s Melbourne 1956 Olympics hero Ron Delany has died, just five days after his 91st birthday, following a brief illness. The middle-distance runner etched his name in history when he claimed a ...

As Ron Delany runs, the spike-scarred boards of Madison Square Garden’s track curl out eleven uneventful laps to the mile. Other athletes strain to feel the thin snap of the finish tape; Delany beats ...

“Did you hear? Ron Delany ran the mile in 3:57.5.” “You don’t say.” “Yes—he finished third.” —Conversation in a Dublin bar Last week all Dublin was talking of the most incredible mile race ever run, ...