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Carter finished sixth in a time of 1:46.55.
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Andy Carter
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He finished fifth in the 800 metres in a time of 1:45.97. Carter recorded his fastest time of 1:45.12 in 1973, winning the American Automobile Association Championship at London’s Crystal Palace. He improved the British record for 800 metres on three occasions.His other personal bests included: 400 metres – 48.0.
1,000 metres – 2:18.5 (1974).
1 mile – 3:59.3 (1972). The United States. magazine Track & Field News" annual world rankings ranked Carter third at 800 metres in 1971.
They ranked him eighth in 1972 and sixth in 1973.
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Carter won the bronze medal at the 1971 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland in the men"s 800 metres, behind Yevgeniy Arzhanov (Soviet Union) and Dieter Fromm (East Germany) in a time of 1:46.16. He won the American Automobile Association title in 1970, 1972 and 1973. Carter won the European Cup in 1973 in Edinburgh defeating the Olympic silver medalist Arzhanov in 1:46.44. In 1974 he won a silver medal representing England in the Commonwealth Games 4×400 metre relay.
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