UK ALL-TIME TOP UNDER 17 MILE TIMES

 

Time	Name	Country	Date of Birth	Race Position	Venue	Date of Performance
4:06.2	Barrie Williams	Wales	19/11/55	1	Arcadia CA, USA	22/04/72
4:09.5	Colin Clarkson	Wales	26/07/61	5	Cwmbran	29/08/77
4:09.6	Alistair Currie	Scotland	24/05/65		Billingham	9/06/81
4:10.9	Hugh Barrow	Scotland	12/09/44	2	Dublin (S), Ireland	10/8/61
4:11.0	Kevin Steere	England	23/10/54	4	London (CP)	1/09/71
4:11.3	Darren Meade	England	4/10/68	1	London (CP)	11/09/85
4:12.21	Mohammed Farah	Somalia/England	23/03/83	1	London (CP)	7/08/99
4:14.1	Graham Side	England	13/09/54	1	Harlow	20/09/70
4:14.6	Rob Denmark	England	23/11/68	2	London (CP)	11/9/85
4:15.0	Andrew Barnett	England	22/6/55	6	London (WC)	13/06/71

So there it is – numbers three and four both Scots, High’s time set in 1961, Alistair’s set in 1981 and despite all the remarkable improvements made in shoe and track technology, they have only been beaten on time by Welshmen in 1972 and 1977.   The list is noteworthy too for those not included on it – No Clement, Coe, Cram, Elliott, Ovett, Robson, Williamson ……………………..

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