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Sebastian COE

Athlete Profile

  • COUNTRY
    Great Britain & N.I. Great Britain & N.I.
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    29 SEP 1956     ATHLETE'S CODE
    14354392
British 800m runner Seb Coe (Getty images)

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
400 Metres 46.87 London (GBR) 14 JUL 1979 1054
800 Metres 1:41.73 Firenze (ITA) 10 JUN 1981 NR 1275
1000 Metres 2:12.18 Oslo (NOR) 11 JUL 1981 AR, NR 1248
1500 Metres 3:29.77 Rieti (ITA) 07 SEP 1986 1248
One Mile 3:47.33 Bruxelles (BEL) 28 AUG 1981 1236
2000 Metres 4:58.84 Bordeaux (FRA) 05 JUN 1982 1145
4x400 Metres Relay 3:05.63 Torino (ITA) 05 AUG 1979 1106
4x800 Metres Relay 7:03.89 London (GBR) 30 AUG 1982 AR 1233

Legend

* Not legal.

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
800 Metres 1:44.91 Cosford (GBR) 12 MAR 1983 1234
1000 Metres 2:18.58 Oslo (NOR) 19 MAR 1983 1171
1500 Metres 3:42.60 Cosford (GBR) 12 FEB 1983 1121
3000 Metres 7:54.33 Cosford (GBR) 13 MAR 1987 1112

Legend

* Not legal.

Latest Active Season: 1990

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
800 Metres 1:47.24 Auckland (NZL) 01 FEB 1990 1106

Outdoor

400 Metres

Performance Place Date
1979 46.87 London (GBR) 14 JUL 1979

Outdoor

800 Metres

Performance Place Date
1990 1:47.24 Auckland (NZL) 01 FEB 1990
1989 1:43.38 Bern (SUI) 29 AUG 1989
1988 1:43.93 Koblenz (GER) 28 AUG 1988
1987 1:46.18 Portsmouth (GBR) 09 MAY 1987
1986 1:44.10 London (GBR) 11 JUL 1986
1985 1:43.07 Köln (GER) 25 AUG 1985
1984 1:43.64 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA (USA) 06 AUG 1984
1983 1:43.80 Oslo (NOR) 28 JUN 1983
1982 1:44.48 Zürich (SUI) 18 AUG 1982
1981 1:41.73 Firenze (ITA) 10 JUN 1981
1980 1:45.07 Viareggio (ITA) 14 AUG 1980
1979 1:42.33 Oslo (NOR) 05 JUL 1979
1978 1:43.97 London (GBR) 15 SEP 1978
1977 1:44.95 London (GBR) 09 SEP 1977

Outdoor

1000 Metres

Performance Place Date
1986 2:14.90 Haringey (GBR) 16 JUL 1986
1981 2:12.18 Oslo (NOR) 11 JUL 1981
1980 2:13.40 Oslo (NOR) 01 JUL 1980

Outdoor

1500 Metres

Performance Place Date
1989 3:34.05 Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) 16 AUG 1989
1988 3:35.72 Rieti (ITA) 31 AUG 1988
1986 3:29.77 Rieti (ITA) 07 SEP 1986
1985 3:32.13 Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) 21 AUG 1985
1984 3:32.39 Zürich (SUI) 22 AUG 1984
1983 3:35.17 Paris (FRA) 24 JUN 1983
1982 3:39.1h Cudworth (GBR) 16 MAY 1982
1981 3:31.95 Stockholm (SWE) 07 JUL 1981
1980 3:32.19 Zürich (SUI) 13 AUG 1980
1979 3:32.1h Zürich (SUI) 15 AUG 1979
1975 3:45.2h Athina (GRE) 23 AUG 1975

Outdoor

One Mile

Performance Place Date
1985 3:49.22 Oslo (NOR) 27 JUL 1985
1984 3:54.6h Haringey (GBR) 04 JUL 1984
1983 3:52.93 London (GBR) 23 JUL 1983
1981 3:47.33 Bruxelles (BEL) 28 AUG 1981
1979 3:48.95 Oslo (NOR) 17 JUL 1979
1976 3:58.35 London (GBR) 30 AUG 1976

Outdoor

2000 Metres

Performance Place Date
1982 4:58.84 Bordeaux (FRA) 05 JUN 1982

Outdoor

4x400 Metres Relay

Performance Place Date
1979 3:05.63 Torino (ITA) 05 AUG 1979

Outdoor

4x800 Metres Relay

Performance Place Date
1982 7:03.89 London (GBR) 30 AUG 1982

Indoor

800 Metres

Performance Place Date
1982/83 1:44.91 Cosford (GBR) 12 MAR 1983
1976/77 1:46.54 Velódromo de Anoeta, San Sebastián (ESP) 13 MAR 1977

Indoor

1000 Metres

Performance Place Date
1982/83 2:18.58 Oslo (NOR) 19 MAR 1983

Indoor

1500 Metres

Performance Place Date
1985/86 3:45.65 Cosford (GBR) 08 FEB 1986
1982/83 3:42.60 Cosford (GBR) 12 FEB 1983

Indoor

3000 Metres

Performance Place Date
1987/88 8:05.80 Cosford (GBR) 12 MAR 1988
1986/87 7:54.33 Cosford (GBR) 13 MAR 1987
1980/81 7:55.2h Cosford (GBR) 24 JAN 1981

Honours - Olympic Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 1500 Metres 3:32.53 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA (USA) 11 AUG 1984
1. 1500 Metres 3:38.40 Lenin Stadium, Moskva (URS) 01 AUG 1980
2. 800 Metres 1:43.64 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA (USA) 06 AUG 1984
2. 800 Metres 1:45.85 Lenin Stadium, Moskva (URS) 26 JUL 1980

Honours - World (Continental) Cup

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 800 Metres 1:46.16 Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 04 SEP 1981
2. 1500 Metres 3:35.79 Estadio Olímpico, Barcelona (ESP) 09 SEP 1989

Honours - European Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 800 Metres 1:44.50 Neckarstadion, Stuttgart (GER) 28 AUG 1986
2. 1500 Metres 3:41.67 Neckarstadion, Stuttgart (GER) 31 AUG 1986
2. 800 Metres 1:46.68 Athina (GRE) 08 SEP 1982
3. 800 Metres 1:44.76 Praha (TCH) 31 AUG 1978

Honours - Commonwealth Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
6. 800 Metres 1:47.24 Auckland (NZL) 01 FEB 1990

Honours - European Indoor Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 800 Metres 1:46.54 Velódromo de Anoeta, San Sebastián (ESP) 13 MAR 1977

Honours - European U20 Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
3. 1500 Metres 3:45.2h Athina (GRE) 23 AUG 1975
Results in:

800 Metres

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
01 FEB 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games, Auckland NZLNZL A F 6. 1:47.24

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