Stephen Kirwan "Steve" Agar (born 6 June 1968 in

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) is a retired

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athlete who competed for

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and later

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. At the

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in the men's 1500 metres he finished eighth in his heat, failing to advance. In 1998 he got

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nationality. He is the brother of swimmer

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Competition record

¹Did not finish in the final
²Representing the Americas

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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 ...

– 1:51.07 (Kuala Lumpur 1998) *

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 ...

– 3:36.36 (Stuttgart 1998) * One mile – 3:57.77 (Eugene 1997) *

2000 metres The 2000 metres or 2000-metre run is a track running event where five laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track, or ten laps around a 200 m indoor track - the distance is 11.68 meters short of 1¼ miles. The global governing body World At ...

– 5:03.57 (Prague 1997) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

– 7:48.33 (Rovereto 1998) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

– 13:35.86 (Walnut 1998) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The ...

– 31:53.3 (St George's 1989) * 10 kilometres – 29:36 (Ottawa 1995) Indoor *

– 3:42.34 (Sindelfingen 1997) * One mile – 4:04.31 (Montreal 1997) *

– 7:56.44 (Toronto 1993)

References

1968 births Living people People from Saint George Parish, Dominica Dominica male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Dominica Commonwealth Games competitors for Dominica Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Canadian male middle-distance runners Dominica emigrants to Canada Dominica people of European descent Pan American Games competitors for Dominica 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Dominica-athletics-bio-stub