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Athletics Middle distance

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Great Britain
Career 1830 - 2026
Best year 1980
Total points 1457
Best results 15x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#3
10-year rank
#3

Ranking Development

Points distribution

Disciplines

Contests

Categories

YearContestDisciplineCategoryPositionPointsName
1958 Commonwealth Games 880 yards Men 3 1 Mike Rawson
1954 Commonwealth Games 880 yards Men 2 2 Brian Hewson
1950 Commonwealth Games 880 yards Men 1 3 John Parlett
1954 Commonwealth Games 880 yards Men 3 1 Ian Boyd
1938 Commonwealth Games 880 yards Men 2 2 Frank Handley
1930 Commonwealth Games 880 yards Men 1 3 Tommy Hampson
1934 Commonwealth Games 880 yards Men 3 1 Hamish Stothard
1930 Commonwealth Games 880 yards Men 2 2 Reg Thomas
1958 Commonwealth Games 880 yards Men 2 2 Brian Hewson
1954 Commonwealth Games 880 yards Men 1 3 Derek Johnson
1977 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Jane Colebrook
2018 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 2 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
2006 European Championship 800m Women 3 1 Rebecca Lyne
2022 Commonwealth Games 800m Men 3 1 Ben Pattison
2011 Diamond League 800m Women 1 10 Jenny Meadows
1980 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Liz Barnes
1974 European Championship 800m Men 2 2 Steve Ovett
1932 Olympic Games 800m Men 1 24 Tommy Hampson
1950 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Roger Bannister
2024 Olympic Games 800m Women 1 24 Keely Hodgkinson
1873 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Arthur Pelham
1982 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 2 2 Anne Clarkson
1995 World Championship 800m Women 3 3 Kelly Holmes
1987 IAAF Grand Prix 800m Women 3 2 Kirsty Wade
1986 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1993 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
2012 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Lynsey Sharp
1876 Own WR improvement 800m Men 1 4 Walter Slade
1922 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Mary Lines
1998 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 3 1 Diane Edwards
1985 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 1 3 Rob Harrison
1984 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 1 Phil Norgate
1985 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 4 Jane Colebrook
1926 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Mary Lines
2014 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Lynsey Sharp
2007 World Athletics Final 800m Women 3 2 Marilyn Okoro
2021 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Keely Hodgkinson
1950 European Championship 800m Men 1 4 John Parlett
1900 Olympic Games 800m Men 1 24 Alfred Tysoe
2018 Commonwealth Games 800m Men 2 2 Kyle Langford
1986 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 1 3 Kirsty Wade
2003 World Championship 800m Women 2 6 Kelly Holmes
2023 Diamond League 800m Women 2 6 Keely Hodgkinson
1986 Grand Prix Final 800m Men 1 2 Peter Elliott
1982 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1986 European Championship 800m Men 2 2 Tom McKean
1980 Olympic Games 800m Men 2 12 Sebastian Coe
1859 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Wiliam Way
1986 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Steve Cram
1888 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Francis Cross
2014 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 2 2 Lynsey Sharp
1989 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1996 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1954 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Diane Leather
1990 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 1 3 Tom McKean
1985 World Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 2 Ikem Billy
2021 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 1 Jamie Webb
2004 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 2 Joanne Fenn
2002 European Championship 800m Women 3 1 Kelly Holmes
1990 Commonwealth Games 800m Men 3 1 Matthew Yates
2022 Diamond League 800m Men 3 3 Jake Wightman
1971 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Rosemary Stirling
1990 European Championship 800m Men 1 4 Tom McKean
1928 Olympic Games 800m Men 1 24 Douglas Lowe
2022 European Championship 800m Men 2 2 Jake Wightman
2004 Olympic Games 800m Women 1 24 Kelly Holmes
1867 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Kinross Gair
1970 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 2 2 Pat Lowe
2025 World Championship 800m Women 2 6 Georgia Hunter Bell
2014 Diamond League 800m Women 3 3 Lynsey Sharp
1988 IAAF Grand Prix 800m Men 1 7 Tom McKean
1985 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1992 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1969 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Lillian Board
1876 Own WR improvement 800m Men 1 4 Walter Slade
1979 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Sebastian Coe
1986 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 3 1 Lorraine Baker
1977 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 1 3 Sebastian Coe
2019 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 2 2 Jamie Webb
2026 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 8 Keely Hodgkinson
1925 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Mary Lines
2010 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Jenny Meadows
2003 World Athletics Final 800m Women 2 4 Kelly Holmes
2019 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
1986 Commonwealth Games 800m Men 2 2 Tom McKean
1982 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 1 3 Kirsty Wade
2023 World Championship 800m Men 3 3 Ben Pattison
2015 Diamond League 800m Women 2 6 Lynsey Sharp
2011 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Marilyn Okoro
1980 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1982 European Championship 800m Men 2 2 Sebastian Coe
1956 Olympic Games 800m Men 2 12 Derek Johnson
1857 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 J. Blackwood
1978 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Sebastian Coe
2000 Olympic Games 800m Women 3 6 Kelly Holmes
1876 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Frederic Elborough
1990 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 2 2 Ann Williams
2025 World Championship 800m Women 3 3 Keely Hodgkinson
1995 IAAF Grand Prix Final 800m Women 2 5 Kelly Holmes
1988 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1995 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
2024 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Keely Hodgkinson
1989 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 1 3 Steve Heard
1993 World Indoor Championships 800m Men 1 8 Tom McKean
2013 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 1 Mukhtar Mohammed
2024 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 4 Jemma Reekie
1966 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Ann Packer
1971 European Championship 800m Women 3 1 Rosemary Stirling
2009 World Athletics Final 800m Women 3 2 Jenny Meadows
1986 Commonwealth Games 800m Men 3 1 Peter Elliott
2025 Diamond League 800m Men 2 6 Max Burgin
2017 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
1986 European Championship 800m Men 1 4 Sebastian Coe
1924 Olympic Games 800m Men 1 24 Douglas Lowe
2010 European Championship 800m Men 2 2 Michael Rimmer
1964 Olympic Games 800m Women 1 24 Ann Packer
1867 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Francis Pelham
2026 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 1 3 Georgia Hunter Bell
2023 World Championship 800m Women 2 6 Keely Hodgkinson
2025 Diamond League 800m Women 2 6 Georgia Hunter Bell
1988 Grand Prix Final 800m Men 2 1 Sebastian Coe
1984 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1991 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
2016 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Elliot Giles
1865 Own WR improvement 800m Men 1 4 Percy Thornton
1938 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Sydney Wooderson
1978 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 3 1 Jane Colebrook
1924 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Mary Lines
1971 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Patricia Lowe
2001 World Athletics Final 800m Women 2 4 Kelly Holmes
1983 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 2 2 Peter Elliott
2014 World Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 2 Andrew Osagie
2011 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Jenny Meadows
1986 Commonwealth Games 800m Men 1 3 Steve Cram
1970 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 1 3 Rosemary Stirling
1987 World Championship 800m Men 2 6 Peter Elliott
2021 Diamond League 800m Women 1 10 Keely Hodgkinson
1990 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Lorraine Baker
1933 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Tommy Hampson
1978 European Championship 800m Men 2 2 Steve Ovett
1980 Olympic Games 800m Men 1 24 Steve Ovett
1830 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 A. Wood
1971 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Andy Carter
2020 Olympic Games 800m Women 2 12 Keely Hodgkinson
1876 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Walter Slade
1986 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 2 2 Diane Edwards
2009 World Championship 800m Women 3 3 Jenny Meadows
1987 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1994 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
2022 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Keely Hodgkinson
1981 Own WR improvement 800m Men 1 4 Sebastian Coe
1964 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Ann Packer
2022 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 3 1 Laura Muir
1988 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 1 3 David Sharpe
1992 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 1 David Grindley
2010 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 4 Jenny Meadows
1965 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Ann Packer
2026 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Keely Hodgkinson
2008 World Athletics Final 800m Women 3 2 Marilyn Okoro
1982 Commonwealth Games 800m Men 3 1 Chris McGeorge
2023 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Keely Hodgkinson
1958 European Championship 800m Men 1 4 Mike Rawson
1920 Olympic Games 800m Men 1 24 Albert Hill
1984 Olympic Games 800m Men 2 12 Sebastian Coe
1865 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Percy Thornton
1990 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 1 3 Diane Edwards
2022 World Championship 800m Women 2 6 Keely Hodgkinson
2024 Diamond League 800m Women 2 6 Georgia Hunter Bell
1988 Grand Prix Final 800m Men 1 2 Tom McKean
1983 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1990 European Championship 800m Men 2 2 David Sharpe
2006 European Championship 800m Men 3 1 Sam Ellis
1932 World record - improvement 800m Men 1 8 Tommy Hampson
2022 Commonwealth Games 800m Women 2 2 Keely Hodgkinson
1990 World record - annual holding 800m Men 1 1 Sebastian Coe
1923 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Mary Lines
1958 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Diane Leather
2026 World Ultimate Championship 800m Women 2 4 Keely Hodgkinson
1971 European Indoor Championships 800m Men 2 2 Phil Lewis
2012 World Indoor Championships 800m Men 3 2 Andrew Osagie
1986 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 1 3 Steve Cram
2024 European Championship 1500m Women 2 2 Georgia Hunter Bell
2004 Olympic Games 1500m Women 1 24 Kelly Holmes
1908 World record - improvement 1500m Men 1 8 Harold Wilson
2018 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 3 1 Melissa Courtney-Bryant
2022 World Championship 1500m Men 1 12 Jake Wightman
2023 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 2 Neil Gourley
2022 World Championship 1500m Women 3 3 Laura Muir
1961 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Diane Leather
1994 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 3 1 John Mayock
1967 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Anne Smith
1986 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 1 3 Kirsty Wade
1977 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Mary Stewart
1938 European Championship 1500m Men 1 4 Sydney Wooderson
1986 European Championship 1500m Men 2 2 Sebastian Coe
1984 Olympic Games 1500m Men 1 24 Sebastian Coe
1978 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 2 2 Christine Benning
2018 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 4 Laura Muir
2018 European Championship 1500m Women 1 4 Laura Muir
1908 Olympic Games 1500m Men 3 6 Norman Hallows
1990 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 3 1 Bev Nicholson
1968 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 John Whetton
1995 World Championship 1500m Women 2 6 Kelly Holmes
2018 Diamond League 1500m Women 1 10 Laura Muir
1984 World record - annual holding 1500m Men 1 1 Steve Ovett
1986 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 2 2 John Gladwin
1983 World record - improvement 1500m Men 1 8 Steve Ovett
1990 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 3 1 Tony Morrell
2022 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 3 1 Jake Wightman
2006 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 1 3 Lisa Dobriskey
1980 Own WR improvement 1500m Men 1 4 Steve Ovett
2023 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Laura Muir
1993 World Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 4 David Strang
1969 European Championship 1500m Men 1 4 John Whetton
1900 Olympic Games 1500m Men 1 24 Charles Bennett
1971 European Championship 1500m Men 3 1 Brendan Foster
1932 Olympic Games 1500m Men 2 12 Jerry Cornes
1998 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 2 2 Kelly Holmes
2009 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 2 4 Hannah England
2026 World Ultimate Championship 1500m Women 2 4 Georgia Hunter Bell
1982 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 1 3 Steve Cram
1994 European Championship 1500m Women 2 2 Kelly Holmes
2020 Olympic Games 1500m Men 3 6 Josh Kerr
1900 World record - improvement 1500m Men 1 8 Charles Bennett
2010 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 3 1 Stephanie Twell
1983 World Championship 1500m Men 1 12 Steve Cram
1996 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 2 Anthony Whiteman
2003 World Championship 1500m Women 3 3 Hayley Tullett
1960 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Diane Leather
1978 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 3 1 John Robson
1957 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Diane Leather
1982 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 1 3 Christina Cahill
1971 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Margaret Beacham
1986 European Championship 1500m Men 1 4 Steve Cram
1980 Olympic Games 1500m Men 1 24 Sebastian Coe
1974 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 2 2 Joan Allison-Page
2003 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 4 Kelly Holmes
2018 European Championship 1500m Men 3 1 Jake Wightman
2024 Olympic Games 1500m Men 2 12 Josh Kerr
2022 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 2 2 Ciara Mageean
2016 Diamond League 1500m Women 1 10 Laura Muir
1982 World record - annual holding 1500m Men 1 1 Steve Ovett
2002 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 1 3 Michael East
2018 European Championship 1500m Women 3 1 Laura Weightman
2024 Olympic Games 1500m Women 3 6 Georgia Hunter Bell
1980 World record - improvement 1500m Men 1 8 Steve Ovett
1967 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 John Whetton
2025 World Championship 1500m Men 2 6 Jake Wightman
1979 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 3 1 John Robson
2018 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 3 1 Jake Wightman
2002 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 1 3 Kelly Holmes
2019 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Laura Muir
1958 European Championship 1500m Men 1 4 Brian Hewson
1950 European Championship 1500m Men 3 1 Bill Nankeville
1920 Olympic Games 1500m Men 2 12 Philip Baker
1990 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 2 2 Christina Cahill
2004 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 1 7 Kelly Holmes
2026 World Ultimate Championship 1500m Men 1 8 Josh Kerr
1978 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 1 3 David Moorcroft
2026 European Championship 1500m Women 1 4 Georgia Hunter Bell
1980 Olympic Games 1500m Men 3 6 Steve Ovett
2006 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 3 1 Hayley Tullett
1994 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 David Strang
2011 World Championship 1500m Women 2 6 Hannah England
1959 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Diane Leather
1970 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 3 1 Brendan Foster
1956 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Phyllis Perkins
1978 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 1 3 Mary Stewart
2015 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 3 1 Chris O'Hare
1920 Olympic Games 1500m Men 1 24 Albert Hill
1970 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 2 2 Joan Allison-Page
2025 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Revée Walcott-Nolan
2026 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 8 Georgia Hunter Bell
1982 European Championship 1500m Men 1 4 Steve Cram
2014 European Championship 1500m Men 3 1 Chris O'Hare
1988 Olympic Games 1500m Men 2 12 Peter Elliott
2014 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 2 2 Laura Weightman
1981 World record - annual holding 1500m Men 1 1 Steve Ovett
1990 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 1 3 Peter Elliott
2014 European Championship 1500m Women 3 1 Laura Weightman
2020 Olympic Games 1500m Women 2 12 Laura Muir
1979 World record - improvement 1500m Men 1 8 Sebastian Coe
1966 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 John Whetton
2023 World Championship 1500m Men 1 12 Josh Kerr
1969 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 3 1 Walter Wilkinson
1998 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 3 1 Anthony Whiteman
1994 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 1 3 Kelly Holmes
2017 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Laura Muir
1954 European Championship 1500m Men 1 4 Roger Bannister
1993 IAAF Grand Prix Final 1500m Men 3 3 Matthew Yates
2022 European Championship 1500m Men 2 2 Jake Heyward
1908 Olympic Games 1500m Men 2 12 Harold Wilson
1982 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 2 2 Gillian Dainty
2025 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 2 Georgia Hunter Bell
2022 European Championship 1500m Women 1 4 Laura Muir
1924 Olympic Games 1500m Men 3 6 H. B. Stallard
2002 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 3 1 Helen Pattinson
1992 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 1 3 Matthew Yates
2009 World Championship 1500m Women 2 6 Lisa Dobriskey
2023 Diamond League 1500m Women 3 3 Laura Muir
1958 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Diane Leather
1998 Commonwealth Games 1500m Men 2 2 John Mayock
1985 World record - improvement 1500m Men 1 8 Steve Cram
2002 European Indoor Championships 1500m Men 3 1 Michael East
1970 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 1 3 Rita Ridley
2022 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 1 3 Laura Muir
1957 Own WR improvement 1500m Women 1 4 Diane Leather
2021 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Holly Archer
2025 World Indoor Championships 1500m Men 2 4 Neil Gourley
1978 European Championship 1500m Men 1 4 Steve Ovett
1912 Olympic Games 1500m Men 1 24 Arnold Jackson
1978 European Championship 1500m Men 3 1 David Moorcroft
1984 Olympic Games 1500m Men 2 12 Steve Cram
2002 Commonwealth Games 1500m Women 2 2 Hayley Tullett
2003 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 3 2 Hayley Tullett
1930 Commonwealth Games 1 mile Men 1 3 Reg Thomas
1930 Commonwealth Games 1 mile Men 3 1 Jerry Cornes
2026 Commonwealth Games 1 mile Men 1 3 Josh Kerr
1966 Commonwealth Games 1 mile Men 2 2 Alan Simpson
1954 Commonwealth Games 1 mile Men 1 3 Roger Bannister
1950 Commonwealth Games 1 mile Men 2 2 Len Eyre
2023 Diamond League 1 mile Men 3 3 George Mills
1938 Commonwealth Games 1 mile Men 1 3 Jim Alford
1934 Commonwealth Games 1 mile Men 3 1 Jerry Cornes
1934 Commonwealth Games 1 mile Men 2 2 Sydney Wooderson
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