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Tisdall set South African and Canadian records in the 220 yards ( 201 m ) low hurdles in 1929, a year later setting Greek records in the same event.

While at Cambridge in March 1932, he decided to try for a place in the Irish Olympic squad and after he ran 54. 2 seconds ( a record ) for the Irish Championship 440 yards ( 402 m ) hurdles in June that year, the authorities agreed to let him run in his new event at the Los Angeles Olympics, where he also came eighth in the decathlon.