Stephen Michael James "Steve" Ovett Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Stephen Michael James "Steve" Ovett, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

3 records1955–19803 events2 places

Chronological biography

1955

Birth of Stephen Michael James Steve Ovett9 October 1955

Sport / Athletics · Brighton

Birth of Stephen Michael James "Steve" Ovett

1980

Olympic Gold Medal1980

Sport / Athletics · Moscow

Wins the 800m gold medal

World Record1980

Sport / Athletics

Establishes a new mile world record of 3:48.8. Equals Sebastian Coes world record of 3:32.1 in the 1500m. After the Olympics Ovett lowers the 1500m world record time to 3:31.36

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.