John Salisbury (athlete)

Salisbury finished third behind Mike Wheeler in the 440 yards event at the 1956 AAA Championships.^[3][4]

Later that year he represented Great Britain at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay^[1] with his team mates Peter Higgins, Mike Wheeler and Derek Johnson.^[5]

Salisbury improved to second position at the 1957 AAA Championships behind Peter Higgins^[6] before he became the British 440 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1958 AAA Championships.^[7]

At the 1958 European Athletics Championships in Stockholm, Salisbury won the silver medal after completing the 400 metres in 46.5 seconds, as well as a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay having recorded a time of 3 minutes 7.9 seconds.^[8] In the same year he represented the England team^[9] at the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff and won silver in the 4 × 440 yards relay with team members Derek Johnson, Edward Sampson, and John Wrighton. They recorded a time of 3 minutes 9.6 seconds.^[10][11]