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Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s. [5] Following Coe's retirement from athletics, he was a Conservative member of parliament from 1992 to 1997 for Falmouth and Camborne in Cornwall, and became a Life Peer on 16 May 2000.
During 1981, both Ovett and Coe were at their peak. They did not meet in a race that year but exchanged world records in the mile three times during a 9-day period. Ovett suffered an upset in a 1500m race in Oslo that year. With Ovett and Coe so dominant and Coe not involved in the race, Ovett was the strong favourite.
These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1978 European Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. [1] [2] The final was held on 31 August 1978.[3]The two favourites for the race were Steve Ovett [4] and Sebastian Coe [5] Ovett had won silver at 800 m at the previous European Championships in 1974 in Rome, [6] and had won the 1500m, in spectacular fashion, at the IAAF ...
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.
Those two would have been strong challengers, but a British pair would have been co-favorites anyway. The world record was shared by Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe, with Coe having a slightly faster time before the rounding required by the rules of the time. The British Olympic Association did not join the boycott, so Ovett and Coe raced in ...
This was the 20th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The only 1980 finalists to return were the three British runners: gold medalist Sebastian Coe, bronze medalist Steve Ovett, and eighth-place finisher Steve Cram. Coe and Ovett had been favorites then, with Cram not ...
Kerr was second in 3:27.79, a British record — a meaningful achievement when predecessors include the likes of Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Mo Farah. Before the race, Kerr said to expect ...
FILE - World Athletics President Sebastian Coe holds a press conference at the conclusion of the World Athletics meeting at the Italian National Olympic Committee, headquarters in Rome, Nov. 30, 2022.