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 ...

Steve Ovett is uniquely the only athlete to win major championship golds at 800m (Olympics), 1500m (Europeans) and 5000m (Commonwealth). His first mention in AW was 50 years ago in 1970 and his ...

Steve Ovett, one year the elder, doesn’t care for attention and was never fussed about this sort of chat. Sportsmail sent a message to him in Australia, ...

Freddy Ovett is the son of 1980 Olympic 800 metres gold medallist Steve Steve's rivalry with Sebastian Coe captivated a global audience Freddy is forging his own path, but as a cyclist, not a runner ...

Historically, getting Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett together has never been easy. The two great middle distance rivals of the late Seventies and early Eighties actually raced each other just seven ...

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

WHEN Steve Ovett sent a simple message of love in 1980 to his girlfriend – written in the sky with his finger – it baffled the nation. Heading for Olympic gold in the 800 metres in Moscow ...

Steve Ovett wins the men's 800 metres during the 1980 Summer Olympic Games (Image: Allsport/Getty Images) Ovett also has the benefit of plenty of sporting expertise close to him to learn from.

"And Steve Ovett, looking for room." Instantaneously in bumping Wagenkneckt, the 1978 European 1500m champion sets off a chain reaction which sees both the East German and Frenchman Marajo lucky ...

The big riddle of the forthcoming BBC film about the rivalry between Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, announced yesterday, is why nobody thought of it earlier. To British sports fans glued to their ...

STEVE OVETT 1981: Set world record for the mile 1983: Set world record for 1500m 1984: Illness wrecks his Olympic Games in Los Angeles, forced to drop out of 1500m final ...