Career
Lincoln qualified for the 1500 metres final at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, finishing 12th. He was tipped as a potential successor to the retiring John Landy as Australia"s leading miler. However, newcomer Herb Elliott defeated him at the 1957 national championships.
His time of 3:58.9 was less than a second short of Landy"s world record of 3:58.0.
Track & Field News ranked him #7 in the world for 1957, one place below his Australian rival Elliott. Lincoln reached his peak in 1958 but was overshadowed by the rapidly improving Elliott.
Track & Field News ranked Lincoln as second in the world that year. However, that proved to be the last time he was ranked among the world"s top ten, and at the 1960 Olympics in Rome he failed to qualify from the heats.
Stampfl stated Lincoln only trained one hour a day, in contrast to the harder training of Elliott.
