Steve Binns

Stephen John "Steve" Binns (born 25 August 1960 in Keighley) is a British former long-distance runner. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1]

He rose to prominence in 1979 as a junior athlete. First he took the individual and team silver medals at the 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships junior race, then won the 5000 metres at the 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships – his winning time of 13:44.37 minutes remains the championship record as of 2014. He capped the season with a European junior record of 13:27.04 minutes in London, which also remains the record.

As a senior athlete he competed five times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (1981 to 1988) and competed twice for Great Britain at the World Championships in Athletics (1983 and 1987). He was the silver medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games behind compatriot Jon Solly.

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UK National Championship winners in men's 10000 metres

1977-1997	1977 Ian Stewart 1978-79 Dave Black 1980 Geoff Smith 1981 Dave Black 1982 Julian Goater 1983 Steve Binns 1984 Nick Rose 1985 Mark Scrutton 1986 Karl Harrison 1987 Nick Rose 1988 David Lewis 1997 Ian Hudspith

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