Sebastian Coe - Wikipedia
Sebastian Coe (#254) was the silver medallist in men's 800m at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Coe first caught the public's attention on 14 March 1977 when he competed in the 800m at the European Indoor Championships in San Sebastián, front-running the entire race and winning in 1:46.54, just short of the world indoor record.
Sebastian Coe | Biography, Runner, Olympics, Steve Ovett, & Facts ...
Dec 20, 2024 · Sebastian Coe (born September 29, 1956, London, England) is a British athlete, who won four Olympic medals and set eight world records in middle-distance running. His great rivalry with fellow Briton Steve Ovett dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.
Seb Coe - Team GB
After winning the British 1,500 metres title at both Youth and Junior level, his first major international championship success came when he won the 1977 European indoor 800 metres title at Dortmund with a new British indoor record of 1:47.6 seconds.
Coe's monumental 800 metres | News | Heritage - World Athletics
Jun 10, 2021 · Coe's athletic immortality was sealed in 1980 when he triumphed in the Olympic 1500m in Moscow to make up for his 'disastrous' run in the 800m (a mere silver medal behind Steve Ovett) after adding to his portfolio of world records by covering 1000m in 2:13.40 in his first ever race at the distance.
Seb Coe on the training that led to his 1979 world record spree
Oct 28, 2019 · By August 15 in 1979 the most remarkable 41 days in the history of middle-distance running were complete. In breaking Filbert Bayi’s five-year-old world 1500m record, Sebastian Coe had not only...
Seb Coe Born to Run (TV Special 1983) - IMDb
Seb Coe Born to Run: Directed by Tony Maylam. With Sebastian Coe. This documentary from 1983 provides a fascinating insight into the training of one of Britain's greatest-ever distance runners.
Seb Coe - Olympedia
After winning the British 1,500 metres title at both Youth and Junior level, his first major international championship success came when he won the 1977 European indoor 800 metres title at Dortmund with a new British indoor record of 1:47.6 seconds.
Seb Coe lifts the lid on his 800m Florence run... 40 years on
Jun 9, 2021 · Coe returns home with the trophy following his unforgettable 800m run in Florence in 1981
Sebastian COE - Olympics.com
Coe is one of the finest middle distance runners the world has ever seen; the only man to have won 1500m Olympic gold twice. Intense rivalry Seb Coe reached his peak at the same time as two other world class British middle-distance runners: Steve Cram and Steve Ovett.
Coe’s Masterpiece 40-Years On - Runner's Tribe
Jun 10, 2021 · Britain’s Sebastian Coe’s world 800m record of 1.41.73. At Florence (Firenze) Italy on a calm summer evening, the legendary distance running icon produced what was arguably his finest performance.