Coe, Sebastian Newbold (1956– )
English middle-distance runner, who was the Olympic 1,500-metre champion in 1980 and 1984. He became the UK's most prolific world-record breaker with eight outdoor world records and three indoor world records 1979–81. In 2005 he led the successful Great Britain bid to bring the Olympic Games to London in 2012.
Career highlights
Olympic Games
gold 1,500 metres 1980, 1984; silver 800 metres 1980, 1984European Championships
gold 800 metres 1986World records
800 metres: 1979, 1981; 1,000 metres: 1980, 1981; one mile: 1979, 1981 (twice); 1,500 metres: 1979; 4 × 800-metre relay: 1982Coe's world record for the 800 metres, set in 1981, stood for 16 years until it was broken by Wilson Kipketer of Denmark in 1997. His 1,000 metre world record of 2 minutes 12.18 seconds set in 1981 was broken by Noah Ngeny of Kenya who ran 2 minutes 11.96 seconds in September 1999 in Rieti, Italy.
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