Robert Neil Harrison (born 5 June 1959) is a male English former

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

Biography

Harrison was a member of the Liverpool Harriers and finished second behind

Steve Cram Stephen Cram, (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle-distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arro ...

in the 800 metres event at the

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. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

at the 1985 European Indoor Championships. He represented

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in the 1500 metres event, at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. This was the second Commonwealth Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largely African, Asian and Caribbe ...

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International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

– 1:45.31 (Oslo 1984) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres, 1 kilometer run, or 1K run is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. It consists of two and a half laps around an outdoor 400 m track, or five laps around an indoor 200 m track. The 1000 ...

– 2:17.20 (London 1984) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

– 3:35.74 (Cwmbran 1986) *

One mile The mile run (1,760 yards, 5,280 feet, or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field' ...

– 3:53.85 (Nice 1986) Indoor *

– 1:47.72 (Pireaus 1985) *

– 3:42.95 (Cosford 1985) *

– 3:59.35 (Cosford 1985)

References

All-Athletics profile
1959 births Living people English male middle-distance runners British male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain Commonwealth Games athletes for England {{England-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub