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{{short description|New Zealand long-distance runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2025}}
'''Robert Ian Johnston''' (born 21 August 1967 in [[Balclutha, New Zealand|Balclutha]]) is a former [[long-distance runner]] from New Zealand who competed twice at the [[Summer Olympic Games]] and once at the [[Commonwealth Games]].<ref>[https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/robbie-johnston New Zealand Olympic Committee: Robbie Johnston]</ref> At the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]] he was ninth in his [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|heat of the 5000m]] and did not advance to the final. At the 1996 [[Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]] he was 12th<ref>[http://todor66.com/olim/1996/Athletics/Men_10000m.html Men 10000m Olympic Games Atlanta (USA) 1996]</ref>  in his heat of the [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10000m]] and did not advance to the final. At the [[1994 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Vancouver]] he did not finish the 10000m.

Johnston's best international result was fourth in the 5000m metres<ref>[http://www.athleticsdb.com/1994-world-cup-athletics.php 7th World Cup in Athletics, London]</ref> at the [[1994 World Cup in Athletics]] representing Oceania.

Johnston made national headlines in August 2020 when he was disqualified from the 50-54 age group at the Athletics New Zealand Cross Country Challenge for spitting, breaching strict guidelines due to the COVID-19 rules at the time.<ref>[https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/athletics/otago-double-olympian-disqualified-spitting Double Olympian Disqualified from Cross Country]</ref>

==Personal bests==
{| class="wikitable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
!''Distance''||''Time''||''Place''||''Date''
|-
|'''[[1500 metres|1500 m]]'''||3:39.94||[[Auckland]]||22 January 1992
|-
|'''[[3000 metres|3000 m]]'''||7:49.46||[[Christchurch]]||14 January 1995
|-
|'''[[5000 metres|5000 m]]'''||13:20.15||[[Stockholm]]||8 July 1996
|-
|'''[[10000 metres|10000 m]]'''||27:42.17||[[Villeneuve-d'Ascq]]||25 May 1996
|-
|'''[[Half Marathon]]'''||1:03:43 ||[[Huntly, New Zealand|Huntly]] ||15 May 1994
|-
|'''[[Marathon]]'''||2:15:34||[[London]]||26 April 1998
|}

==References==
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{{1992 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{1994 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{1996 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{Footer New Zealand NC 1500 m men}}
{{Footer New Zealand NC 3000 m men}}
{{Footer New Zealand NC 5000 m men}}
{{Footer New Zealand NC 10,000 m men}}
{{Footer Australia NC 10,000 m Men}}

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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Balclutha, New Zealand]]
[[Category:Australian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:New Zealand Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen]]


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