Paul McCloy

{{short description|Canadian long-distance runner}}

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{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2024}}

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| sport = Long-distance running

| event = 10,000 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|11|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Paul McCloy (born 6 November 1963) is a Canadian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/paul-mccloy-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070912/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/paul-mccloy-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Paul McCloy Olympic Results |accessdate=17 November 2017}} McCloy won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in the 10,000 metres. His Canadian record for the men's 10k road race (28:17), set in Orlando Florida on 21 February 1987{{Cite web|url=http://athletics.ca/calendar-rankings/canadian-records/|title=Canadian Records|website=Athletics Canada|language=en-US|access-date=4 April 2019}} held for over 35 years until June 26, 2022 when Ben Flanagan from Kitchener, Ont., ran 28 minutes 11 seconds (28:11) at the BAA 10K competition in Boston.{{cite news |title=Ben Flanagan breaks 35-year-old Canadian 10k record in Boston |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/ben-flanagan-breaks-canadian-10k-record-1.6502404 |access-date=27 June 2022 |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=CBC Sports |date=26 June 2022}} McCloy continues to hold the course record for the annual Tely 10 Road Race held in his hometown of St. John's, NL, with a time of 47:04 over 10 miles set in 1985.{{cite web | url=https://www.nlaa.ca/tely10/statistics/fastest.php | title=The 96th Annual Tely 10 Mile Road Race }}