# Peter Butler (runner)

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{{Short description|Canadian runner (born 1958)}}
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'''Peter Butler''' (born February 15, 1958) is a former Canadian [long-distance](/source/long-distance_track_event) runner who was a national champion in the outdoor [5,000 metres](/source/5%2C000_metres) and [10,000 metres](/source/10%2C000_metres).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/NC_O5KCAN.htm|title=National Outdoor 5000m Championships for Canada|last=|first=|date=|website=www.arrs.run|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115132523/https://www.arrs.run/NC_O5KCAN.htm|archive-date=2019-01-15|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/NC_O10KCAN.htm|title=National Outdoor 10,000m Championships for Canada|last=|first=|date=|website=www.arrs.run|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115132502/https://www.arrs.run/NC_O10KCAN.htm|archive-date=2019-01-15|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref> Butler competed in the [men's 10,000 metres at the 1983 World Championships](/source/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_10%2C000_metres) in [Helsinki, Finland](/source/Helsinki%2C_Finland).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1983/Men_10000m.html |title=Men 10000m Athletics World Championship 1983 Helsinki (FIN) - Tuesday 09.08 |accessdate=2010-03-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607134306/http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/1983/Men_10000m.html |archivedate=2009-06-07 }}</ref> At the 1985 [California International Marathon](/source/California_International_Marathon), Butler set a course record with a time of 2:10:56.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.runcim.org/data/marhistory.html |title=CIM History |accessdate=2009-05-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116234223/http://www.runcim.org/data/marhistory.html |archivedate=2009-01-16 }}</ref> This time remains the fifth fastest marathon run by a Canadian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.athletics.ca/files///2007_ALLTIMEOUTDOOR-MEN%20_UPDATED_.PDF|title=CANADIAN ALL-TIME OUTDOOR RANKINGS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007|last=|first=|date=2007|website=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105175645/http://www.athletics.ca/files///2007_ALLTIMEOUTDOOR-MEN%20_UPDATED_.PDF|archive-date=5 November 2011|access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref>

==Achievements==
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!colspan="6"|Representing {{CAN}}
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|1982
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/1982_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Brisbane, Australia](/source/Brisbane%2C_Australia)
|15th
|Marathon
|[2:18:17](/source/Athletics_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_marathon)
|-
|1985
|[California International Marathon](/source/California_International_Marathon) 
|[Sacramento, United States](/source/Sacramento%2C_California)
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|[Marathon](/source/Marathon_(sport))
|2:10:56<ref>{{cite web|title=California International Marathon - Year by Year Winners|url=http://www.runcim.org/page/show/269353-year-by-year-winners|accessdate=30 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126005808/http://www.runcim.org/page/show/269353-year-by-year-winners|archive-date=26 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|-
|1986
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/1986_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Edinburgh, Scotland](/source/Edinburgh%2C_Scotland)
|11th
|Marathon
|[2:18:52](/source/Athletics_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_marathon)
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== References ==
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==External links==
* {{World Athletics|14355341}}
* {{Athletics Canada|peter-butler}}
* {{ARRS|6348}}
* {{CGF|35810}}

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Category:1958 births
Category:Living people
Category:Track and field athletes from Calgary
Category:Canadian men long-distance runners
Category:Canadian men marathon runners
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada
Category:Canadian Track and Field Championships winners
Category:Competitors at the 1977 Summer Universiade
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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