Born 14 Oct 1960
Steve Cram, the Jarrow Arrow, liked to take races on with a long, sustained drive from around 300 m out, daring opponents to hold his pace. It won him the first world 1500 m title in Helsinki in 1983, Olympic silver in 1984 behind Coe, and in 1985 three world records in 19 days, at 1500 m, the mileā¦