That's because Great Britain's Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett were at their peaks, riveting sports fans across the globe. The striking thing about their rivalry is that they traded the world mile ...

Despite not being on the Olympic program, where races follow metric measurements, the mile holds certain prestige in the world of middle-distance running. Faith Kipyegon fell short of ...

Steve Ovett had pinched the mile record and had beaten Coe in the previous European Championships. But they didn't face each other, other than in major championships.

Steve Smythe charts the middle-distance runner's early years through the 1970s in the first part of an Ovett race history special Steve Ovett is uniquely the only athlete to win major championship ...

In the month marking 40 years since he broke three world records in 19 days, Steve Cram recalls how it all began ...

As London gets ready to host the 2012 Olympic Games, Steve Ovett, who has not often spoken of Sebastian Coe, opened up about the man who formed the other half of the most notorious British middle ...

Olympic legend Steve Ovett never knew his rivalry with Sebastian Coe was the talk of the jungle until he spent seven days exploring the swamps in Papua New Guinea. 1980 Olympic Games, Moscow: Gold ...

In racing a familiar cast performing a different play on the same stage is what made the Golden Age of Hurdling so special in ...

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 ...

Steve Ovett wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1978 Video, 00:00:44Steve Ovett wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1978 Up Next. 'You can't take it personally' - Coe after IOC defeat ...

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