Race profile

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London ENG
24 May 1978
Outdoor Track
3 km
Men: 3.08 sec (1.02 sec/km)

Results (men)

Finished Time Flags Given name Surname Alternate name Citizenship Birth date Prize money Actions
1 7:43.84 Henry Rono KEN 12 Feb 1952
2 7:48.02 Steve Ovett ENG 09 Oct 1955
3 7:48.79 Marty Liquori USA 11 Sep 1949
4 7:49.79 Nick Rose ENG 30 Dec 1951
5 7:50.2 Michael McLeod ENG 25 Jan 1952
6 7:53.3 Nathaniel Muir SCO 12 Mar 1958
7 7:53.40 Klaas Lok NED 12 Jan 1955
8 7:54.11 Lawrence Spence SCO 16 Jul 1953
9 7:54.6 Bernard Ford ENG 03 Aug 1952
10 7:54.6 David-John Black ENG 02 Oct 1952
11 7:57.5 Anthony Simmons ENG 06 Oct 1948
12 7:58.0 Kevin Steere ENG 23 Oct 1954
13 7:59.1 Stephen Jones WAL 04 Aug 1955
14 8:01.0 Julian Goater ENG 12 Jan 1953
15 8:03.2 Neil Coupland ENG 27 Jan 1954
16 8:05.2 Michael Morton ENG 14 Nov 1959
18? 8:09.1 Max Little AUS 23 Oct 1949
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