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David Robert Moorcroft OBE DL (born 10 April 1953) is a former middle-distance and long-distance runner from England, and former world record holder for 5,000 metres. His athletic career spanned the late-1970s and 1980s. He subsequently served as the Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007.
Moorcroft presented the collection with the right shoe which he wore on 7 July 1982, when he took the breath away with the eighth of the 25 world record performances that have been established at the Bislett Games. David Moorcroft and his world record shoe which he has donated to the World Athletics Heritage Collection (© André Hjorteseth)
9 de abr. de 2021 · Fifty years after he won his first national track title, we highlight 20 of Dave Moorcroft’s greatest or most memorable races. Former 5000m world record-holder Dave Moorcroft had a...
9 de jul. de 2022 · Learn about the remarkable career and performance of Dave Moorcroft, who set the 5000m world record of 13.00.41 in Oslo in 1982. Read how he overcame injuries, trained with John Anderson and ran solo for most of the race.
A comprehensive list of over 120 races that the British distance running legend competed in during his peak years, including his world 5000m record and Commonwealth gold medals. See his personal bests, placings, opponents and venues for each event.
At the start of the 1982 meet, the 5000m world record stood at 13:06.20 to Henry Rono. The prolific world record machine was in the field alongside Moorcroft that night, but the Kenyan who owned...
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David MOORCROFT - Great Britain & N.I. - 1982 World 5000m record holder & Gold medallist. On 7th July 1982 at the famous Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway, David Moorcroft ran the race of his life carving almost six seconds off Henry Rono's World 5000m. record.
