Scott Nelson

For the historian, see Scott Reynolds Nelson.

Scott Anthony Murray Nelson (born 10 October 1969 in Auckland) is a New Zealand athlete specialising in race walking. He competed for New Zealand at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze in the 30 km road walk. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he came 32nd in the 20 km road walk, with a time of 1 hr 25m 50s.

He attended High School at Waitākere College.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  New Zealand
1991	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	80th	20 km	1:33:10
1993	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	71st	20 km	1:37:36
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	27th	20 km	1:30:17
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	3rd	30 km	2:09:10
1995	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, PR China	—	20 km	DNF
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	31st	20 km	1:32:19
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	32nd	20 km	1:25:50
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	—	20 km	DNF

References

• Athletes at the Games by John Clark, page 88 (1998, Athletics New Zealand) ISBN 0473-05498-1
• Profile at NZOGC website
• IAAF Fact & Figures

External links

• Scott Nelson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)