Dave Long (runner)

David Long (born 21 November 1960 in Coventry) is a former long-distance runner from Great Britain. His personal best in the marathon is 2:10:30, achieved when finishing fourth in the 1991 London Marathon.

Long is from Bournemouth, England. He was an All-American runner for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers track and field team, finishing 5th in the 5000 metres at the 1979 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.^[1]

He represented Great Britain in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in 21st position with a time of 2:16:18. Four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain he finished in 39th place (2:20.51) in the men's race.^{[citation needed]}

On the circuit, he won the 20 km of Brussels in 1992 – being the first Briton to do so.^[2] He was also the 1989 winner of the Dam tot Damloop and the 1990 winner of the Granollers Half Marathon.^[3][4]