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Australia’s Mark Tucker’s PB’s

Event	Result	Venue	Date
800m	1:51.6h	Brighton (GBR)	11.08.2004
1000m ind.	2:28.99	Greencastle (USA)	24.02.2002
1500m	3:41.21	Brisbane (AUS)	03.11.2005
Mile	3:58.37	Aucland (NZL)	23.02.2005
Mile ind.	4:06.33	Bloomington (USA)	16.02.2002
3000m	7:54.09	Norrtälje (SWE)	11.07.2005
5000m	13:33.03	Melbourne (AUS)	20.11.2003
5000m ind.	14:10.57	Indianapolis (USA)	26.01.2002
10,000m	28:44.52	Melbourne (AUS)	04.12.2003
3000mSC	8:41.75	Sydney (AUS)	22.03.2003
5 km Road	14:47	Noosa (AUS)	30.10.2010
10 km Road	28:37	Launceston (AUS)	22.07.2007
15 km Road	44:53	Melbourne (AUS)	29.11.2009
Half Marathon	1:05:09	Sydney (AUS)	17.05.2009
Marathon	2:13:49	Fukuoka (JPN)	07.12.2008
50 km Road	2:53:47	Canberra (AUS)	13.04.2008

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