Anne Audain

Anne Audain

MBE

Audain in 1979
Personal information
Birth name	Anne Frances Garrett
Born	(1955-11-01) 1 November 1955 (age 68) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Track and field
Achievements and titles
National finals	800 m champion (1976, 1979) 1500 m champion (1976, 1979, 1980) 3000 m champion (1982, 1986) 5000 m champion (1987) 10,000 m champion (1990) 4 km road race champion (1972, 1973)[2]
Personal best(s)	800 m – 2:04.4 1500 m – 4:10.68 10,000 m – 31:53.31 Marathon – 2:31:41[1]
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane 3000m 1986 Edinburgh 10000m

Anne Frances Audain MBE (née Garrett, born 1 November 1955) is a New Zealand middle and long-distance runner. She competed in three Olympic Games and four Commonwealth Games,^[3] winning the 1982 Commonwealth Games 3000m title and a silver medal in the 10,000m at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.

Born in Auckland,^[4] Audain finished ninth aged 17 in the 1973 World Cross Country Championships. She ran in the 1500 m at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, finishing sixth, and top New Zealander, in the final with a time of 4:21.1.

In the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Audain competed in both the 800 and 1500 m. Although she failed to get past the heats, she broke the New Zealand record for the 1500 m.

Prior to the start of the 1980s, major track and field athletics meetings had not had any women's events longer than 1500 metres. This started to change early in the new decade, and in March 1982, Audain competed in her first 5000 metres, breaking the world record. In the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane she won Gold in the 3000 metres in 8m 45.53s, a New Zealand record. The record stood for 25 years until it was finally broken by Kim Smith of Auckland, when she ran 8min 35.31sec on 25 July 2007 in Monaco.

At the 1984 Olympic Games Audain competed in the inaugural women's Olympic marathon. In the 1988 Games, her last, she finished 11th in the inaugural women's 10,000 metres.^[5]

In 1993 Audain founded the Idaho Women's Fitness Celebration 5K, now the largest 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) race for women in the USA.^[6]

Audain was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.^[7] In the 1995 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to athletics.^[8]

In February 2008, Audain was inducted into the Running USA Hall of Champions, and on 3 February 2009 she was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. She has the unique distinction of being in three Halls of Fame in two nations as in 2014 she was also inducted into the RRCA Distance Running Hall of Fame.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  New Zealand
1973	World Cross Country Championships	Waregem, Belgium	9th	4.0 km	14:15
1974	British Commonwealth Games	Christchurch, New Zealand	6th	1500 m	4:21.1
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	heats	800 m	2:05.78
			heats	1500 m	4:10.68
1977	World Cup	Düsseldorf, Germany	8th	1500 m	4:31.5
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	1st	3000 m	8:45.53
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	dnf	Marathon	—
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	2nd	10,000 m	31:53.31
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	11th	10,000 m	32:10.47
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	11th	10,000 m	33:40.13

• Anne Audain at World Athletics
• Anne Audain at the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
• Anne Audain at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Anne Audain at Olympics.com
• Anne Audain at Olympedia
• Anne Audain at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)