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{{short description|Indian long-distance runner}}
{{About|the Indian runner|the town in Pakistan|Harichand}}
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'''Hari Chand''' (born April 1, 1953) is an [[India]]n former [[long-distance runner]]. He is one of the few great distance runners that India has produced. In the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]], he came eighth in the 10,000 metre run with a time of 28:48.72, this however was a [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] for an Indian athlete and was only beaten 32 years later by [[Surendra Singh (runner)|Surendra Singh]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080619002010/http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/16/stories/2008061655811700.htm Surendra betters record  - The Hindu]</ref>  In the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] he came 10th in the 10,000 metre run.  He also came 22nd in the [[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympic Men's Marathon]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianathletics.org/results/olympics.html |title=Olympic results for India including Hari Chand in the listings |access-date=1 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022152015/http://www.indianathletics.org/results/olympics.html |archive-date=22 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  He ran barefoot in Montreal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2003/06/07/stories/2003060705211800.htm|title=A great distance runner is no more|last=Our Special Correspondent|first=|date=June 7, 2003|website=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2017-11-20}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Hari Chand and his contemporary [[Shivnath Singh]] were rivals, the rivalry had begun in national events in India, Chand went on to beat Singh in several races of the Asian Championships in 1973 and 1975.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11983.cms Shivnath Singh was a brave runner with a heart of gold ]</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{IND}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1975
|rowspan=2|[[1975 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|5,000 m
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|10,000 m
|-
|1976
|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], [[Canada]]
| -
|10,000 m
|-
|rowspan=2|1978
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1978 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|5,000 m
|-
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|10,000 m
|-
|1980
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
| 31st
|Marathon
|}

==References==
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/hari-chand-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418064846/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/hari-chand-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Hari Chand}}
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{{Footer Asian Games Champions 5000 metres Men}}
{{Footer Asian Games Champions 10000 metres Men}}
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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Indian male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games]]


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