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Athletics (or Track & Field, if you prefer) is known as the 'Blue Riband' sport of the Olympic Games. Back in the 20th century, when at most Olympiads you could count the number of gold medals that Great Britain won in total on the fingers of one hand, any British competitor who did win one instantly became a household name; but there was a special level of adulation reserved for those who did so in the athletics stadium. This website remembers those days well, so this page lists all of Team GB's gold medal winners in Track & Field since the Second World War.
| None |
| None |
| 3,000m steeplechase |
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Chris Brasher |
| 50km walk |
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Don Thompson |
| Long jump |
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Lynn Davies |
| 50km walk |
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Ken Matthews |
| 800m |
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Ann Packer |
| Long jump |
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Mary Rand |
| 400m hurdles |
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David Hemery |
| Pentathlon |
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Mary Peters |
| None |
| 100m |
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Alan Wells |
| 800m (Coe 2nd, Warren 8th) |
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Steve Ovett |
| 1500m (Ovett 2nd, Cram 8th) |
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Sebastian Coe |
| Decathlon |
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Daley Thompson |
| 1500m |
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Sebastian Coe (Cram
2nd, Ovett didn't finish) |
| Decathlon |
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Daley Thompson |
| Javelin (Britain's first gold in a throwing event) |
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Tessa Sanderson |
| None |
Great Britain won only two Track & Field medals at Seoul: silver for Fatima Whitbread in the javelin and bronze for Mark Rowland in the steeplechase.
| 100m |
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Linford Christie |
| 400m hurdles |
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Sally Gunnell |
| None |
| Heptathlon |
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Denise Lewis |
| Triple jump |
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Jonathan Edwards |
| 800m |
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Kelly Holmes |
| 1500m |
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Kelly Holmes |
| Men's 4 x 100m relay |
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Jason Gardner |
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Darren Campbell |
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Marlon Devonish |
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Mark Lewis–Francis |
| 400m |
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Christine Ohuruogu |
| Heptathlon |
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Jessica Ennis |
| 5,000m |
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Mo Farah |
| 10,000 |
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Mo Farah |
| Long jump |
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Greg Rutherford |
| 5,000m |
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Mo Farah |
| 10,000 |
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Mo Farah |
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