Martin Dent is a retired elite Australian marathon runner who remains active & competitive in the sport of orienteering. He represented Australia in both the steeplechase & marathon events.

As a teenager on the NSW Central Coast, Dent was prominent in 3000m steeplechase & cross country competitions where he won several junior championships. He moved to Canberra in 1997 to join Dick Telford's Australian Institute of Sport training squad & made his marathon debut in Fukuoka (Japan) in 2002.

Dent's final steeplechase competition was at the 2008 Olympic Trials and he retired from elite marathons upon finishing the 2014 Commonwealth Games marathon. He will now often be found at parkrun & local orienteering events where he runs with his wife & children.

Track Championships	Road Championships	Off-Road Championships
1994-95 Australian Junior 3000m Steeplechase 1997-98 Australian Junior 5000m 1997-98 Australian Junior 3000m Steeplechase 1998-99 Australian 3000m Steeplechase 2007-08 Australian 3000m Steeplechase	2004 Australian Half Marathon 2013 Australian Half Marathon	1998 Australian Junior Cross Country 2005 Australian Cross Country 2008 Australian Cross Country 2010 Australian Cross Country 2013 Australian Mountain Running
International Competition	Olympic Games	Commonwealth Games
1996 World Junior 1996 World Cross Country 1997 World Cross Country 1998 World Junior 1999 Universiade 1999 World Cross Country 2002 World Cross Country 2006 World Road 2006 World Cross Country 2007 World Cross Country 2008 World Cross Country 2009 World Championships 2013 World Championships	2012 London	2006 Melbourne 2010 New Delhi 2014 Glasgow
World Records	Australian Records	State Records
	Australian U16 2000m Steeplechase - 5m 59.36s - 11 Dec 1994

* Records set en-route to longer distance.
^ Overseas performances not recognised as records before 1969.
# Best on record for Non-Record Events.