The greatest of these took place at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where the British Hall of Famers went head-to-head in two incredible races. The build-up. In the red corner, Coe came into Moscow 1980 as ...

IT was the athletics rivalry that stopped a nation for a few days in the summer of 1980 in Russia.

The 1980s duel between Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett provides BBC broadcaster Barry Davies' fourth of 10 memorable Olympic moments. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP.

In part four of a six-part series on Seb Coe's racing career, Steve Smythe looks at his build up to the Moscow Olympics, world records and subsequent i ...

Long before Sebastian, Lord Coe, hit the giddy heights of presiding over London 2012 and then taking over as grand pooh-bah of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from ...

Exactly 40 years ago today, two men wearing the white, red and blue of Great Britain took to their marks for the men’s Olympic 800m final. The world stopped for the next 1:45.4. For this was ...

The controversial waves Steve Ovett gave to the crowds, as he raced for the line leaving rivals in his wake, were just a sign that he was enjoying himself. He did it several times during his ...

They were Olympic gold medalists (Ovett in the 800 in 1980, Coe in the 1500 in ’80 and ’84) Media Platforms Design Team. who swapped world records back and forth.

"You were either for Ovett, or you were for Coe," wrote Pat Butcher in the 2004 book ... Their expected showdowns in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter races at the 1980 Olympics provoked a storm ...

SEBASTIAN COE and Steve Ovett, two of England’s top runners, each won his 1,500-meter semifinal heat to set up their first meeting on a British track in Birmingham. The two are competing in the ...

The 1980s duel between Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett provides BBC broadcaster Barry Davies' fourth of 10 memorable Olympic moments ...