Nick Rose (runner)
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1951-12-30) 30 December 1951 (age 74) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | middle- and long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bristol Athletics Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicholas Henry Rose (born 30 December 1951) is a British former international track and field athlete. He competed in a variety of middle-distance and long-distance running events and participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. He set the world record in the half-marathon in 1979.
He is the current European record holder in the 10K run (road),[2] and British record holder in the 4×1 mile relay event. His personal best in the half-marathon is 1:01:03, the second fastest British time after Steve Jones.[3] He also held the British record in the indoor 2 miles event with 8:18.4—a record which stood for 24 years exactly.[4]
Rose's first major victory came in the NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship in 1974, competing for Western Kentucky University. In May 1975, Rose ran the first sub-four minute mile on Kentucky soil.[5] He successfully made the progression to professional athletics, running the fastest indoor 3000 metres time of any athlete in 1978.[6] He was the national champion in the 10,000 metres in 1980.[7]
He ran in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships twice. He made his first appearance in 1979 where he finished 21st and was a member of the winning English team. He returned the following year and this time took the bronze in the individual event and led the English team to an overall victory.[8]
Rose became the British 10,000 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1980 AAA Championships.[9][10]
Rose competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in the 5000 metres event but failed to qualify for the final.[1] He took the silver medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, coming second to Dave Moorcroft in the 5000 metres.[11] Rose competed only once at the World Championships in Athletics, finishing in seventh in the 10,000 metres in 1983.[12] He found success at the 1983 Gate River Run in Florida however, winning the 15 km race in 43:42.[13]
Rose made his second Olympic appearance at the 1984 Olympic Games, this time competing in the 10,000 metres event, finishing twelfth in the final.[14] He won the national championships in the 10000 metres race in 1984.[7]
He continued to run into the masters division, winning the Boilermaker Road Race in 1993.[15]
References
- 1 2 Sports-reference biography Nick Rose. Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ↑ 10 Kilometres All Time Top List. IAAF. Retrieved on 1 June 2010.
- ↑ UNITED KINGDOM ALL-TIME LISTS - MEN. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ↑ Early birthday present for Colin Jackson as John Mayock breaks 24-year-old British record. IAAF (17 February 2002). Retrieved on 2009-04-28.
- ↑ "ROSE ZIPS". Courier Journal. 11 May 1975. p. 51. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- ↑ All-time men's best 3000 m. All time Athletics. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- 1 2 AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN). GBR athletics. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ↑ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ↑ COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - ATHLETICS (MEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ↑ Men 10000m Athletics World Championship 1983 Helsinki (FIN) - Tuesday 09.08 Archived 7 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Todor66. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ↑ Gate River Run History Of Winners. Official Gate River Run website. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ↑ Sports Lion. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
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External links
- Nick Rose at World Athletics
- Nick Rose at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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| Preceded by | Men's Half Marathon World Record Holder 14 October 1979 – 7 December 1979 |
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UK Athletics Championships winners in men's 5000 metres | |
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| 1977-1997 |
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UK Athletics Championships winners in men's 10000 metres | |
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| 1977-1997 |
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