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{{short description|American middle-distance runner}}
{{About|the Olympic athlete|the U.S. Representative from Wisconsin|Ben C. Eastman}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the USA}}
{{MedalSilver  | [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres|400 metres]]}}
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[[File:Ben Eastman and Bill Carr 1932.jpg|right|thumb|Ben Eastman, left, and [[Bill Carr]] at the Olympic Village in 1932]]
'''Benjamin Bangs Eastman''' (July 19, 1911 &ndash; October 6, 2002), alias "Blazin' Ben", was an American middle distance runner. He was born in [[Burlingame, California]], and graduated from Stanford University in 1933.

He competed for the United States in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Los Angeles]], [[United States]] in the 400 metres where he won the silver medal.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ea/ben-eastman-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171651/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ea/ben-eastman-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Ben Eastman}}</ref> He was the U.S. national 800 metres champion in 1934.

Eastman, one of three Americans to hold the world record in both the [[World record progression 400 metres men|400]] and 800 meters, was voted into the Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2006. He died in [[Hotchkiss, Colorado]], aged 91.

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== External links ==
* {{USATF|new_id=ben-eastman}}
* {{USATF Hall of Fame|id=221}}

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{{succession box|before={{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tommy Hampson]]|title=[[World record progression 800 metres|Men's 800 metres World Record Holder]]<br /><small>equalled the 1:49.8 by Tommy Hampson</small>|years=1934-06-16 &ndash; 1936-08-20|after={{flagicon|USA}} [[Glenn Cunningham (athlete)|Glenn Cunningham]]}}
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[[Category:1911 births]]
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[[Category:American male middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:People from Burlingame, California]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from San Mateo County, California]]
[[Category:People from Delta County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field]]
[[Category:Stanford Cardinal men's track and field athletes]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from California]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]


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