Jeffrey Patrick Atkinson (born February 24, 1963) is a male former middle-distance runner from the

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. He has held the outdoor mile record at

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since 1986. He was the fastest American male in the 1500 metres in 1989. He competed at the

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in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, and came in tenth place in the 1500m race. He tried to make a comeback at the

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in Barcelona, but did not pass the Olympic trials.

Coaching

Atkinson currently holds coaching positions in both cross country and

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. At Mira Costa, Atkinson worked with the head coach of cross country, Roberto Calderon, starting in 2015. Along with fellow head coach Brian Shapiro, he coached both the boys' and girls' cross country program at Palos Verdes to much success in 2007, when both varsity teams competed in both the Division III CIF Southern Section Finals and State Championships. The boys have since won a CIF-SS title and a CIF State Championship titles in 2009 and 2011 (setting record team times for Division III) and gone on to compete at the

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in 2009. The girls also won a Southern Section title in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 and CIF State Championship title in 2011 and 2014 under Atkinson.

Stanford track record

3:55.16 Mile, 1986 (outdoors)

Former United States track record holder

1500m: 3:38.12 in 1989 (record was broken by Bernard Lagat in 2005)
- – indoor American record

Personal records

*800m: 1:48 *1500m: 3:35.15 *Mile: 3:52.80 *5 km road: 14:01 *10 km road: 29:56 *Marathon: 2:46

Marathon career

2005: won Catalina Marathon in 3:05:27 which today is the masters' record.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Atkinson, Jeff 1963 births Living people American male middle-distance runners American track and field coaches Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Sports coaches from California Sportspeople from Manhattan Beach, California Stanford Cardinal men's track and field athletes Stanford University alumni Track and field athletes from California World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists 20th-century American sportsmen