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Jane Furniss-Shields
Jane Elizabeth Shields (née Furniss, born 23 August 1960) is a female English former middle and long-distance runner who competed at two Olympic Games. Biography At the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, she won a team gold medal in 1986, team silver in 1984 and team bronze in 1982, and had a best individual placing of fifth in 1984. She also finished seventh in the 3000 metres final at the 1983 World Championships, She represented Great Britain in the 3000 metres at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and in the 10,000 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She represented England in the 3,000 metres event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Shields became the British 5,000 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1988 AAA Championships. Two years later she represented England in the 10,000 metres event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sheffield AC
City of Sheffield & Dearne Athletic Club is an athletics club based in Sheffield, England. It is based at the Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium. The club competes in the British Athletics League Premiership and Northern Athletics League Division 1. The Young Athletes compete in the National Youth Development League. The Upper and Lower Age Group teams compete in the Northern East Premier Division. History The origins of the club derived from the Sheffield United Harriers who were formed in 1894. The first meeting of the club was reported in the ''Sporting Chronicle'' 22 May 1894. "The first evening meeting of this newly formed club took place yesterday evening at Bramall Lane in fine weather before 1,000 spectators." There were only 3 events on the timetable; the 100 yards, the 2 mile running race and the 1 mile bicycle race. In 1975, Sheffield United Harriers amalgamated with Sheffield City Athletic Club to form Sheffield Athletic Club. At the turn of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1988 AAA Championships
The 1988 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 5–7 August at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England.It served as the trials for the 1988 British Olympic team. It was considered the de facto national championships for the United Kingdom, ahead of the 1989 UK Athletics Championships.AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-02. For the first time, men's and women's events were contested at the same championships, with the |
Athletics At The 1984 Summer Olympics
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries. Women's marathon, women's 3000 meters, and women's 400 meters hurdles debuted at these Games. Medal table Medal summary Men Women * * Athletes who ran in preliminary round and also received medals. See also * Athletics at the Friendship Games * 1984 in athletics (track and field) References External links Athletics Australia {{Athletics at the Summer Olympics Events at the 1984 Summer Olympics O 1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ... International track and field competitions hosted by the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1984 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, at the Meadowlands Racetrack on March 25, 1984. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published. Medallists Race results Senior men's race (12.086 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (8 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women's race (5 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Medal table (unofficial) *Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal. Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 443 athletes from 40 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. * (1) * (21) * (19) * (6) * (6) * (16) * (5) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipality, with million in the Helsinki capital region, capital region and million in the Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area. As the most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant History of Helsinki, historical connections with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen—and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east—Helsinki forms a Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gateshead
Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The town shares the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge and multiple other bridges with Newcastle upon Tyne. Historic counties of England, Historically part of County Durham, under the Local Government Act 1888 the town was made a county borough, meaning it was administered independently of the county council. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 196,151. Etymology Gateshead is first mentioned in Latin translation in Bede, Bede's ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'' as ''ad caput caprae'' ("at the goat's head"). This interpretation is consistent with the later English attes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Gateshead, England, at the Riverside Park on March 20, 1983. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald and in the Evening Times. Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published. Medallists Race results Senior men's race (11.994 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (8.033 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women's race (4.072 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Medal table (unofficial) *Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal. Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 431 athletes from 35 countries, one senior man athlete less than the official number published. * (13) * (14) * (18) * (20) * (6) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at the Ippodromo delle Capannelle on March 21, 1982. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published. In the senior men's competition, two-time defending champion Craig Virgin had traveled to Rome to defend his title, but was unable to race. On the day before the contest, was sent to the hospital by ambulance, where he was hospitalized for six days with a swollen kidney and a massive urinary tract infection. Doctors ultimately decided against removal of Virgin's right kidney, although the kidney was later removed in 1994. Medallists Race results Senior men's race (11.978 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (7.926 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women's race (4.663 km) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Madrid, Spain, at the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela on March 28, 1981. A report on the event was given in the ''Glasgow Herald''. Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published. Medallists Race results Senior men's race (12 km) * Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (7.25 km) * Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women's race (4.41 km) * Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Medal table (unofficial) * Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal. Participation An unofficial count yields the participation of 460 athletes from 39 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. * (15) * (14) * (15) * (6) * (21) * (21) * (2) * (16) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
