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Stephen Michael James Ovett, OBE (/ oʊ ˈ v ɛ t /; born 9 October 1955) is a retired British track athlete. A middle-distance runner, he was the gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Ovett set five world records for 1500 metres and the mile run, and a world best at two miles. He won 45 consecutive 1500 and mile ...
The central element of the series was the Golden Mile – a men's mile run contest that launched the series in 1978 and was held annually until 1981. The rivalry of British runners Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe in this event saw each take two wins and Coe set two mile world records in the process.
Steve Ovett United Kingdom 3:31.36 Koblenz, West Germany 17 August Mile: Steve Ovett United Kingdom 3:48.8 Oslo, Norway 1 July 400 m hurdles: Edwin Moses United States 47.13 Milan, Italy 3 July High jump: Jacek Wszoła Poland 2.35 Eberstadt, West Germany 25 May High jump: Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany: 2.35 Rehlingen, West Germany 26 May High ...
The 1980s were highlighted by the rivalry between British runners Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, who improved the record five times between them, including two records at the Oslo Dream Mile race. Noureddine Morceli brought the mile record back into African hands in 1993 and Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj set the current record of 3:43.13, which ...
1978 Steve Ovett. 1979 Lord Sebastian Coe. Seb Coe won the award a year before claiming Olympic gold [BBC] 1980s. 1980 Robin Cousins. 1981 Lord Botham. 1982 Daley Thompson. 1983 Steve Cram. 1984 ...
Britain's Steve Ovett was boxed in and pushed East Germany's Detlef Wagenknecht, in order to get more room and a tactically better place. The first 200 metres were run in about 26 seconds, according to the long-time BBC sports journalist David Coleman. At that point, Brazil's Agberto Guimaraes was leading the race, flanked by Britain's David ...
In 1980, Cram won his place in the British Olympic team after finishing in 2nd place to Steve Ovett in the mile at Crystal Palace.The race had been marked as a run-off between Cram and Scottish miler Graham Williamson for the final place (a selection decision which was severely criticised by Ovett in his 1984 autobiography).
Other times, the athletes go on a four-mile tempo run at around a 4:55 mile pace before finishing the workout with 200-meter strides on the track. LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 18: Runner Leonel ...