# John Bicourt

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{{short description|British middle-distance runner (1945–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = John Bicourt
| image       = 150px
| caption     = Bicourt in 1974
| nationality = British
| sport       = Middle-distance running
| event       = [Steeplechase](/source/Steeplechase_(athletics))
| club        = [Belgrave Harriers](/source/Belgrave_Harriers)
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1945|10|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Wandsworth](/source/Wandsworth), London, England
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2023|01|16|1945|10|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = 
| height      =176 cm
| weight      = 68 kg
}}

'''John Peter Bicourt''' (25 October 1945 – 16 January 2023) was a British [middle-distance runner](/source/middle-distance_running) who competed at the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics) and the [1976 Summer Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/john-bicourt-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190954/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/john-bicourt-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=John Bicourt Olympic Results |accessdate=23 November 2017}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Bicourt competed in the [3000 metres steeplechase](/source/3000_metres_steeplechase) and finished second behind [Steve Hollings](/source/Steve_Hollings) in the 3,000m steeplechase event at the [1972 AAA Championships](/source/1972_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19720716/031/0031 |title=AAA Championships full results |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=16 July 1972 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards  he represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics) at the 1972 Olympics Games in [Munich](/source/Munich).<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68882 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>

He finished second again behind Hollings at the [1973 AAA Championships](/source/1973_AAA_Championships)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> before travelling to [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand and representing [England](/source/England_at_the_1974_British_Commonwealth_Games) at the [1974 British Commonwealth Games](/source/1974_British_Commonwealth_Games).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974|title=1974 Games|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974/athletes|title=Athletes, 1974 England team|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37187|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923163328/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/37187|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 September 2019|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

Bicourt would podium again at the AAA Championships but this time third behind [Tony Staynings](/source/Tony_Staynings) at the [1975 AAA Championships](/source/1975_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> At the 1976 Olympics Games in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), he represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics) for a second time at the Olympics.<ref name=oly/>

Bicourt died on 16 January 2023, at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite news |title=Belgrave double Olympian John Bicourt 1945–2023 |url=https://www.belgraveharriers.com/news/belgrave-double-olympian-john-bicourt-1945-2023 |access-date=16 January 2023 |publisher=Belgrave Harriers |date=16 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=John Bicourt, athlete who excelled at 3,000m steeplechase before becoming an agent and critic of the sport's leadership – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/01/25/john-bicourt-athlete-who-excelled-3000m-steeplechase-becoming/ |access-date=26 January 2023 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=25 January 2023}}</ref>

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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
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Category:British men middle-distance runners
Category:British men steeplechase runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:People from Wandsworth
Category:Athletes from the London Borough of Wandsworth
Category:English men middle-distance runners

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