Oldest UK Extant World Record Holder?

[Tipton Harrier]

I was musing as to just who is the oldest living UK former/current World Record holder for an athletics event?

Roger Bannister - Mile - now aged ?
Ron Bentley - 24 Hour (Set 1973) - now aged 80

Any thoughts

[trickstat]

Roger Bannister is now 82 but is beaten by Dorothy Tyler who is 91!

[Guto Nyth Bran]

Slightly off subject but some more records for you.
Oldest living Olympic athlete - Juan Reccius (Chile-TJ-1936) 100
Oldest living British Olympic athlete - Stan Cox (1948) 93
Oldest living British Olympic athletics medalist - Dorothy Odam-Tyler 91
Oldest living British Olympic chamion in athletics - Ken Matthews 76

[Tipton Harrier]

Thanks so the list becomes :-

91 Dorothy Tyler
82 Roger Bannister
80 Ron Bentley

There must be a few more - Ron Hill perhaps ?

[Guto Nyth Bran]

Thanks so the list becomes :-

91 Dorothy Tyler
82 Roger Bannister
80 Ron Bentley

There must be a few more - Ron Hill perhaps ?

I think all the women who set 4 x 100 yards WRs at the 58 Commonwealth Games and in 56 in Budapest are still alive.
Heather Armitage is the oldest at 78.

[derby_county_in_NZ]

Slightly off subject but some more records for you.
Oldest living Olympic athlete - Juan Reccius (Chile-TJ-1936) 100

Have you got a reference for this?

[trickstat]

It doesn't say he's the oldest living Olympic Athlete but here is a Wikipedia entry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Reccius

[trickstat]

And here is something else I found.

http://www.sports-reference.com/olympic ... ius-1.html

[Guto Nyth Bran]

And here is something else I found.

http://www.sports-reference.com/olympic ... ius-1.html

Hate to boast but I help compile that site . Look for the Welsh surname on the contributors page.
Juan Reccius' grandson contacted us last year about his grandfather.
http://asociacionatletismodevaldivia.bl ... da-de.html

[derby_county_in_NZ]

It doesn't say he's the oldest living Olympic Athlete but here is a Wikipedia entry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Reccius

It's wiki related that I asked. An editor there has compiled a list of all living Olympians aged 90+. Many of them are likely deceased but there is no confirmation. If there was confirmation (from IOC or IAAF) that he is the oldest living track and field competitor it would help trim down the list.

[Vault-emort]

Another oldie who's still around is the Australian Betty Moore who set a 80H WR while running for England in 1962. She will be 78 later this year.