7m 44sLengde

Ovett, who had never been into chasing times turned the form book upside down in this pre Olympic meet,going solo from a lap and half out.Maybe watching his great rival Seb Coe break the 1000m WR an hour earlier(to become the only man in history to hold the 800/1000/1500/mile records concurrently) inspired him a bit! Whatever,Ovett did just enough ,taking the mark down to 3.48.8.