Neither won, nor did either win in their first major encounter in the European Championships Prague in 1978 in an 800 metre race, where Ovett ( breaking Coe's UK record with a run of 1: 44. 09 ) was second and Coe finished third behind the East German Olaf Beyer.

Ovett ran the last lap almost nine seconds quicker than Byers but finished second by 0. 53s, later commenting " We ran like a load of hacks.

Ovett gained some Olympic experience in 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada when he ran in the final of the 800m and was placed fifth, behind winner Alberto Juantorena of Cuba.

He first ran against his great rival Steve Ovett in a schools cross country race in 1972.

During his career, Ovett was noted for the unusual range and timing of his races ; shortly before the 1980 Olympics in 10 days he ran four events of four different lengths: a mile in Oslo, 800 metres in Gothenburg, 600m at Crystal Palace and 3, 000m in Welwyn Garden City.

More specifically, Ovett ran behind Coe's shoulder for quite a long time, but on the final bend he fell two metres behind Coe and failed to close the gap in the home straight.

The British public by now showed a keen interest in Ovett, and it was at the European Championships in 1978, that he raced against Sebastian Coe for the first time in their senior careers, beginning a rivalry that would become newsworthy.

Earlier that month, he had established a new mile world record of 3: 48. 8 and two weeks later equalled Sebastian Coe's world record of 3: 32. 1 in the 1500 m. The Moscow Olympics marked only the second time that Ovett and Coe had met each other in international competition ( the first being the 800 m in the 1978 European Championships ) and there was huge media speculation over which would emerge as the greater.

Against the advice of his friends and doctors he returned to compete in the 1500 m. Running in fourth place at the beginning of the last lap of the final, Ovett dropped out.

Races between British rivals Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram characterised middle distance running in 1980s.

Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.

In 1980 Coe broke Rick Wohlhuter's world record for 1, 000-metres with a time of 2: 13. 40 and held all four middle distance world records simultaneously, the 800m, 1000m, 1500m and the mile, for one hour until Ovett broke his mile record, another unique feat.

Stephen Michael James " Steve " Ovett OBE ( born 9 October 1955 ), is a former middle distance runner from England.

Born in Brighton, Sussex, and educated at Varndean School, Ovett was a talented teenage athlete.

At the time the British press reported that Coe and Ovett had clashed after the race but Coe later revealed: " When Steve came over, he put his hand on my shoulder and said something.

" Ovett recovered to win the gold medal in the 1500m, in which Coe did not participate.

In that race, Ovett waved to the crowd on the home straight and clearly slowed down in the last metres and still won by a second from Ireland's Eamonn Coghlan.

The 1978 season for Ovett was notable for the superb times recorded at disparate distances.

Ovett arrived at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as favourite to take the 1500 m title, unbeaten over the 1500 m and mile for three years.

Ovett's participation in the 800 m would serve as a test for the 1500 m. In the 800 m final, Ovett was only in sixth place at the halfway mark, but pushed his way through the crowd to second place.

In the 1500 m, contested six days later, Coe won and Ovett had to settle for third place.

The Falcons finished the season at 10-6, securing the fifth seed after a Week 17 beatdown of Tampa Bay in which the Falcons pulled their starters after leading 42-0 just twenty-three minutes into the game.

The roster maneuvers failed to create a powerhouse Perfectos team, as St. Louis finished fifth in both 1899 and.

However, he finished just fifth in MVP voting, perhaps because the team finished fourth in the division and also possibly due to bias by voters because he played half of his games in hitter-friendly Coors Field.

The roster maneuvers failed to create a powerhouse Perfectos team, as St. Louis finished fifth in both 1899 and 1900.

Cope, in an upset, won the race while Earnhardt finished fifth.

Only a year after making the Finals, the Red Wings finished a distant fifth, 24 points out of the playoffs.

The Marlins finished 79 – 83, second best season in team history up to that time, but their fifth straight losing season since winning the World Series.

Ryan threw his fifth no-hitter on September 26 and finished the season with a 1. 69 ERA.

In October 1991, Judit finished with 5½ – 3½ points, tied for third to fifth position with Zoltán Ribli and John Nunn at a tournament in Vienna.

Polgár finished in clear fifth position in the 12-GM tournament, ahead of Anand, Ivanchuk, Gelfand and Shirov.

She finished in fifth in the strong field of ten, ahead of players such as Anatoly Karpov.

Polgár finished tied for fifth / sixth place, winning $ 5, 625 for the three-day tournament.

She finished with one win, two losses and four draws, tied for fifth position in the eight-player round robin.

Hungary finished in fifth place of the ten teams and individually Polgár sixteenth of the fifty players.

Anatoli probably commenced his work on the commentary while in Provence, though he must have finished the fifth book at Naples about 1231 or 1232.

But after a good start to the season, the Wizards tapered off near the end of the season, winning just four games after the All-Star break and finished fifth in the East at 11 – 12 – 7.

He did not miss a league game for Liverpool until the 1980 – 81 season, when he appeared in 34 out of 42 league games and scored only eight goals as Liverpool finished fifth in the league, but still won the European Cup and Football League Cup.

In the 1990 World Sportscar Championship season, Schumacher won the season finale at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in a Sauber – Mercedes C11, and finished fifth in the drivers ' championship despite only driving in 3 of the 9 races.

In the 3, 000 m team race on the next day, Nurmi and Ritola again finished first and second, and Elias Katz secured the gold medal for the Finnish team by finishing fifth.

They also finished in fifth place for both the U. S. House and Senate, with 251, 741 and 338, 593 votes, respectively.

Things looked promising at the start of the season, as the team picked up two points on its Grand Prix debut in Australia when Olivier Panis finished fifth.

Troubled by cramp, Nuvolari finished fifth.

They amassed a comparatively astronomical total of 7 points following the debacle of the 2005 United States Grand Prix, in which they finished fifth and sixth ( of six runners ) respectively.

He finished fifth overall.