Graham Hood (born April 2, 1972) is a retired track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the middle distance events.
Early life Hood was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to parents Colin and Brenda, but grew up in Burlington, Ontario. His father served as the executive director of the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) and the Colin Hood OFSAA School Sport Award is named in his honour. He has two sisters.
Hood attended Nelson High School where he was a four-time OFSAA champion in the 800m and 1500m. Hood was a member of the Burlington Track and Field Club and played a variety of sports during his high school years, including soccer, basketball, cross country skiing, and track and field.
Collegiate Hood ran collegiately for the college track powerhouse Arkansas Razorbacks where he helped the team capture NCAA titles in cross country and both indoor and outdoor track and field. Hood was named the Top Relay Runner among college men at the 1994 Penn Relays.
Hood was inducted into the University of Arkansas Hall of Honour in 2014.
Running career Hood represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He won the gold medal in the men's 1.500 metres race at the 1999 Pan American Games in his native Winnipeg.
Hood is the only Canadian to have won the Millrose Games' Wanamaker Mile, having won the 1995 edition of the event with a time of 3:57.08.
Hood placed 679th overall at the 2017 Ironman World Championship, October 14 in Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i, finishing with a time of 10:29:28.
Personal life Hood is married to fellow Canadian Olympian Malindi Elmore and has two children.
Competition record Representing 1989Pan American Junior ChampionshipsSanta Fe, Argentina2nd800 m1:51.981990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria15th1500 m3:50.721991Pan American Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica3rd800 m1:49.791st1500 m3:52.481992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain9th1500 m3:42.551994Commonwealth GamesVictoria, British Columbia, Canada10th1500 m3:41.231996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States –1500 mDNF1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France11th1500 m3:45.03World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece7th1500 m3:37.551999Pan American GamesWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada1st1500 m3:41.20World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain10th1500 m3:35.352001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Alberta, Canada16th (sf)1500 m3:40.522002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom5th1500 m3:38.082003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom25th (h)1500 m3:50.86
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