Michael John Tagg (born 13 November 1946) is a British former long-distance runner. He finished second in the

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at the 1969 European Championships. Tagg was born in East Ruston, Norfolk. He competed in the

at the

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, finishing 13th. His sister, Mary Green, competed at the same Games. At the 1969 European Championships in

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he won silver in the same event in 28:43.2, losing only to East Germany's Jürgen Haase; ''

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'' ranked him fourth in the world in his event that year. Two years later in

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Tagg placed seventh, setting his eventual personal best of 28:14.65; he also set his personal bests for

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(8:28.2) and 5000 metres (13:41.4) that year.

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1946 births Living people People from North Norfolk (district) Sportspeople from Norfolk English male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists International Cross Country Championships winners East Runton Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade {{UK-athletics-bio-stub