by Pat Butcher
mile 1981 (i)
Coghlan, Eamonn
Cork City Sports (i), (ii)
Dubai Golden Mile 1979 (i), (ii)
Dubai Golden Mile 1981 (i)
European Championships Prague 1978 (i)
mile (i)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i)
Steve Scott (i)
Tullylease and Fr Liam Kelleher (i)
US scholarship (i)
World Championships 1983 (i)
World Cup Düsseldorf 1977 (i)
Coke Meeting (i), (ii), (iii)
Coleman, David (i), (ii)
Commonwealth Games
1974 Christchurch (i), (ii), (iii)
1978 Edmonton (i)
1982 Brisbane (i), (ii)
Cooper, Nigel (i)
Cork City Sports (i)
Cowan, Dr David (i)
Cram, Steve (i), (ii)
1982 season (i), (ii), (iii)
1983 season (i), (ii)
1984 season (i)
1985 season 283 (i)
Crystal Palace 1980 (i)
Los Angeles Olympics 1984 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
relationship between Sebastian and Peter Coe (i)
Weltklasse 1982 (i)
World Championships 1983 (i), (ii), (iii)
cross-country
1971 season (i)
1972 season (i), (ii), (iii)
1975 season (i)
1978 season (i)
1979 season (i)
Cruz, Joaquím (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Crystal Palace meetings (i)
1970 (i)
1972 (i)
1976 (i)
1977 (i), (ii)
1978 (i)
1979 (i)
1980 (i)
1983 (i)
Cummings, Willie (i), (ii), (iii)
Daily Mail (i), (ii), (iii)
Damme, Ivo van (i), (ii), (iii)
Davies, Sharron (i)
Decker, Mary (i)
Diessner, Berndt (i)
Dixon, Rod (i), (ii)
Douglas, Joe (i)
drugs (i)
Andy Norman (i), (ii), (iii)
East Germans (i)
pedestrianism (i)
Dubai Golden Mile
1978 (i)
1979 (i)
1980 (i)
1981 (i), (ii)
Dumpleton, Kirk (i), (ii), (iii)
El Guerrouj, Hicham (i)
Elliott, Herb (i), (ii)
Elliott, Peter (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Emsley Carr Mile
1975 (i)
1976 (i)
1977 (i)
1983 (i)
English Schools Athletics Championships (i)
1970 (i)
1971 (i), (ii), (iii)
1972 (i), (ii), (iii)
1973 (i)
Epple, Irene (i), (ii)
European Championships
1974 Rome (i)
1978 Prague (i), (ii), (iii)
1982 Athens (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
European Cup
1975 Nice (i)
1977 Helsinki (i)
1979 Torino (i), (ii)
1981 Zagreb (i), (ii)
European Indoor Championships 1977 (i)
European Junior Championships
1973 Duisburg (i), (ii)
1975 Athens (i)
Evans, Bill (i)
Evening Argus (i), (ii)
Farrell, Mike (i), (ii)
Fava, Franco (i)
Ferner, Hans-Peter (i)
Fiasconaro, Marcello (i)
Fifth Avenue Mile (i), (ii)
Fleet, Mike (i)
Florence 1981 (i)
Flynn, Ray (i)
Bislet Games 1983 (i)
Coe (i)
European Championships 1982 (i)
mile (i)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii)
Tullylease and Fr Liam Kelleher (i)
US scholarship (i)
Foley, Lesley (née Kiernan) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Foster, Brendan
Coke Meeting (i)
Matt Paterson (i)
Montreal Olympics 1976 (i), (ii)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii)
Steve Cram (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Frasca, Augusto (i)
front running (i)
Gandy, George (i), (ii)
illness (i)
Loughborough versus AAA 1982 (i)
Moscow Olympics 1500 metres (i)
Ovett (i)
Peter Coe (i)
Gareau, Jacqueline (i)
Gateshead 1983 (i)
Gent, Harry (i)
George, Walter (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Goater, Julian (i)
Gohlke, Erwin (i)
Golden League (i)
Gonzalez, José-Luis (i), (ii), (iii)
Goodman, Doug (i)
Grace, Malcolm (i), (ii), (iii)
Grant, Glen (i)
Hägg, Gunder (i), (ii), (iii)
Hague, Bob (i), (ii)
Coe’s career (i)
Peter Coe (i), (ii), (iii)
Hague, Ian (i)
Hall, Ken (i)
Hallamshire Harriers (i), (ii), (iii)
Hammer, Anne-Lise (i)
handicap racing (i)
Harbour, Todd (i)
Haringey AC (i), (ii)
Helsinki, World Championships 1983 (i)
Hemery, David (i)
Hill, Dave (i)
Holman, Ron (i), (ii)
Hook, Reg (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Horwill, Frank (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Hovell, John (i)
Hudak, Harald (i)
Hunt, Brad (i)
Hutchens, Harry (i)
Hutchings, Tim (i)
IAAF see International Amateur Athletics Federation
Ibbotson, Derek (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
IMG see International Management Group
Inter-Counties Championships
1976 (i)
1977 (i)
1978 (i)
1980 (i)
International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
International Athletes’ Club (i), (ii)
International Management Group (IMG) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) (i), (ii)
Ireland (i)
Ishii, Takashi (i)
James, Clive (i)
Jenkins, David (i)
Jipcho, Ben (i)
Jones, Steve (i)
Juantorena, Alberto (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Keino, Kipchoge (i), (ii), (iii)
Kelland, Gilbert (i)
Kelleher, Fr Liam (i)
Kenya (i)
Kiernan, Lesley see Foley, Lesley
King, James (i)
Kingston 1977 (i)
Kirov, Nikolai (i)
Koblenz
1980 (i)
1981 (i)
1983 (i)
Konchellah, Billy (i), (ii)
Koskei, Kip (i), (ii)
Kuts, Vladimir (i), (ii)
Lacy, Steve (i), (ii)
Lang, William (i)
Lausanne
1981 (i)
1984 (i)
Lebow, Fred (i)
L’Equipe (i)
Lewis, Carl (i), (ii), (iii)
Loughborough University (i), (ii), (iii)
Loughborough versus AAA (i), (ii)
Lovesey, Peter (i), (ii), (iii)
Maaninka, Kaarlo (i)
McCormack, Mark (i)
McDonald, Kim (i), (ii), (iii)
Mack, David (i)
Macmillan, Don (i)
Madison Square Garden (i)
marathons, cheating (i)
Maree, Sydney (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Martin, Dr David (i)
Masback, Craig
Dubai Golden Mile 1979 (i), (
ii)
Gay Ovett (i), (ii)
Koblenz 1980 (i)
Koblenz 1981 (i)
mile (i)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii), (iii)
McNab, Tom (i)
Memorial Ivo van Damme (i), (ii), (iii)
Merthyr Mawr (i), (ii)
Metcalfe, Adrian (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Metropolitan Police Athletics Club (i), (ii)
mile
city-centre mile races (i)
Crystal Palace 1977 (i)
Crystal Palace 1983 (i)
history (i)
Kingston 1977 (i)
Ovett going sub-4 (i)
significance (i)
world records
1975 (i)
1979 (i)
1980 (i)
1981 (i), (ii)
history (i), (ii)
see also Dubai Golden Mile; Emsley Carr Mile
Miller, David (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Millrose Games (i), (ii)
Mitchell, Steve (i), (ii), (iii)
Moorcroft, David
1982 season (i)
Dubai Golden Mile 1979 (i), (ii)
Emsley Carr Mile 1976 (i)
European Championships 1978 (i), (ii)
European Championships 1982 (i)
Ivo van Damme (i)
Koblenz 1981 (i)
Montreal Olympics 1976 (i)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii), (iii)
Peter Coe (i)
Southern Counties AAA (i)
Moore, Kenny (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Morceli, Abderahmane (i)
Morocco (i)
Myers, Lon (i), (ii)
National Championships 1973 (i)
National Cross-Country
1978 (i)
1979 (i)
National Junior Indoor Championships 1975 (i), (ii)
National Union of Track Statisticians (NUTS) (i), (ii)
Nijmegen 1979 (i)
Norman, Andy (i)
Bislet Games 1983 (i)
Bislet Games 1984 (i)
Coke Meeting (i), (ii)
Crystal Palace 1977 (i)
Crystal Palace 1983 (i)
John Walker (i)
Los Angeles Olympics 1984 (i)
Ovett (i), (ii)
Ovett’s world records attempts 1979 (i)
World Championships 1983 (i)
Northern Counties Centenary Championships 1979 (i)
Northern Counties Youths 1973 (i)
Nurmi, Paavo (i), (ii)
NUTS see National Union of Track Statisticians
Nyambui, Suleiman (i), (ii)
O’Connor, Terry (i)
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
1980 Moscow (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
1984 Los Angeles (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
pacemaking (i), (ii)
O’Riordan, Tom (i)
Oslo (i)
1979 (i)
1980 (i)
1981 (i)
1985 (i)
see also Bislet Games
Ovett, Alan ‘Mick’ (i)
Barry Tilbury (i)
coaching (i)
Commonwealth Games 1974 (i)
Gay Ovett (i)
influence on Steve (i)
involvement in Steves early career (i)
Montreal Olympics 1976 (i), (ii)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii)
Steve’s Olympic medals (i)
Ovett, Albert ‘Pop’ (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Ovett, Dave (i), (ii), (iii)
Ovett, Gay (i), (ii)
Barry Tilbury (i), (ii), (iii)
Moscow Olympics and row over Rachel (i), (ii)
Ovett wave (i)
Ovett’s early career (i)
press (i)
Ovett, Nick (i), (ii)
Ovett, Rachel (née Waller)
Bob Benn (i)
Church Railings incident 1981 (i)
Gay Ovett (i)
Los Angeles Olympics (i)
marriage (i)
meeting Ovett (i)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii), (iii)
moving in with Ovett (i)
Ovett’s determination (i)
Paris 1982 (i)
travelling with Ovett (i)
Ovett, Steve (i)
400 metres (i), (ii)
1972 season (i), (ii)
1973 season (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
1974 season (i)
1975 season (i)
1976 season (i)
1977 season (i), (ii), (iii)
1978 season (i), (ii)
1979 season (i), (ii), (iii)
1980 season (i), (ii), (iii)
1981 season (i), (ii)
1982 season (i), (ii)
1983 season (i)
1984 season (i), (ii), (iii)
AAA Championships 1979 (i)
Andy Norman (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Brighton Art College (i)
choice of distance (i)
Church Railings injury 1981 (i)
Crystal Palace 1983 (i)
doping accusations (i)
Dubai Golden Mile 1979 (i), (ii), (iii)
early career (i)
English Schools Intermediate cross-country 1972 (i)
European Championships 1974 (i)
European Championships 1978 (i), (ii), (iii)
Gay Ovett (i)
glandular fever (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Harry Wilson (i)
Ireland and Father Liam (i)
Ivo van Damme (i)
Los Angeles Olympics 1984 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
marriage (i)
maturity as youth (i)
meeting Rachel (i)
mile (i)
Montreal Olympics 1976 (i), (ii)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii)
moving in with Rachel (i)
need for company (i)
Nijmegen row 1979 (i)
press (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
public image (i)
row over mile at Crystal Palace 1977 (i)
sign language at Moscow Olympics (i), (ii)
Wattenscheid 1977 (i)
wave (i), (ii)
word records, 1500 metres 1980 (i)
World Championships 1983 (i)
World Cup 1977 (i)
world records
1500 metres 1980 (i)
1500 metres 1983 (i)
mile 1980 (i)
mile 1981 (i)
Ovett, Sue (i)
pacemakers (i), (ii), (iii)
Paish, Wilf (i)
Paris
1982 (i)
1983 (i)
road mile 1984 (i)
Parry, Alan (i)
Pascoe, Alan (i), (ii)
Paterson, Matt
Church Railings incident 1981 (i)
Dartford half-marathon 1977 (i)
doping accusations (i)
friendship with Ovett (i), (ii)
Gay Ovett (i)
Moscow Olympics (i), (ii), (iii)
Ovett wave (i)
Ovett’s world records attempts 1979 (i)
World Championships 1983 (i)
Paulen, Adriaan (i)
Paunonen, Ari (i)
pedestrianism (i), (ii), (iii)
Peters, Mary (i)
Pirie, Gordon (i)
Powderhall Sprints (i)
press
Gay Ovett (i), (ii)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii)
Ovett (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Prictoe, Janet (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Prince, Malcolm (i)
professionalism (i), (ii), (iii)
Andy Norman (i)
Coke Meeting (i)
history (i), (ii)
history of (i)
Quax, Dick (i)
Coke meeting (i)
Radcliffe, Paula (i), (ii)
Radford, Peter (i)
Richards, Willi
am (i)
Rieti (i)
Robinson, James (i)
Robson, John (i)
Rodda, John (i), (ii), (iii)
Rono, Henry (i), (ii)
Rose, Nick (i), (ii)
Ruiz, Rosie (i)
Ruud, Bjorge (i)
Ryun, Jim (i), (ii), (iii)
sargent jump (i)
Savic, Milovan (i)
Scott, Steve
Dubai Golden Mile 1979 (i), (ii)
Gay Ovett (i)
Kingston 1977 (i)
Los Angeles Olympics 1984 (i)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii)
Oslo 1980 (i)
Oslo 1981 (i)
Tullylease and Fr Liam Kelleher (i)
World Championships 1983 (i)
Settle, Tony (i)
Shaw, David (i)
Shearman, Mark (i)
Sly, Chris (i)
Smith, Barry (i)
Smith, Lennie (i)
Solomon, Mike (i)
South Africa (i), (ii)
Southern Championships 1974 (i)
Southern Counties
1983 (i)
1984 (i), (ii)
Southern Counties Amateur Athletic Association (SCAAA) (i), (ii)
Spinks, Audrey and Ray (i)
Steere, Kevin (i)
Strand, Lennart (i)
Straub, Jürgen (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Susanj, Luciano (i)
Sweden (i)
Taber, Norm (i)
Temple, Cliff (i), (ii)
Thatcher, Margaret (i), (ii)
The Times (i)
Thomas, Reginald (i)
Thompson, Daley (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Tilbury, Barry (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Tilbury, Tony (i)
Titonel, Angelo (i)
Tokyo, Dubai Golden Mile 1978 (i)
Treacy, John (i), (ii)
trust funds (i)
Tullylease, Co Cork (i)
Turnbull, Geoff (i)
UK National Championships (i)
United States
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii), (iii)
scholarships to (i)
Vainio, Martti (i)
van Damme, Ivo (i)
Varndean Grammar School (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Viren, Lasse (i), (ii)
Walker, John (i), (ii)
Andy Norman (i)
Coe (i)
Coe’s 800 metres world record 1979 (i)
Coke Meeting (i)
Commonwealth Games 1974 (i)
Crystal Palace 1977 (i)
Dubai Golden Mile 1979 (i), (ii), (iii)
Gay Ovett (i)
mile (i), (ii)
Montreal Olympics 1976 (i), (ii)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i), (ii)
Oslo 1980 (i)
Ovett (i)
Tullylease and Fr Liam Kelleher (i)
World Cup 1977 (i)
Wanamaker Mile (i)
Warren, Dave (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Watman, Mel (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Watson, Barry (i)
Webb, Alan (i)
Wellman, Paul-Heniz (i)
Wells, Allan (i)
Weltklasse (i)
1979 (i)
1982 (i)
Wenig, Jörg (i)
Wessinghage, Thomas
doping (i), (ii)
Dubai Golden Mile 1979 (i)
Dubai Golden Mile 1981 (i)
Koblenz 1980 (i)
mile (i)
Moscow Olympics 1980 (i)
Oslo 1980 (i)
Ovett’s mile reocrd attempt 1979 (i)
