| OVETT | British middle-distance runner who won the 800 metres gold at the 1980 Olympic Games (5,5) |
| STEVE | And 15 Across British middle-distance runner who won the 800 metres gold at the 1980 Olympic Games (5,5) |
| STEVEOVETT | British athlete who won the 800m at the 1980 Olympic Games (5,5) |
| OVERT | Steve ---, British athlete who won the 800m at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow (5) |
| LAKEPLACID | New York town that was the site of the 1980 Olympic "Miracle on Ice" (4,6) |
| BANNISTER | British middle distance runner who broke the four-minute mile barrier in May 1954 (9) |
| LAURA | _ Muir, British middle-distance runner who was 2018's 1500 metres European champion (5) |
| MOFARAH | British distance runner who won gold in the 10,000m at the 2012 Olympic Games (2,5) |
| JOSHKERR | Scottish middle-distance runner who won gold in the world 1500 metres final in 2023 (4,4) |
| COE | Double Olympic gold middle-distance runner who was chairman of the British Olympic Association from 2012-16 (3) |
| SEBASTIANCOE | British athlete who won the 1500m gold at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics (9,3) |
| SNELL | Peter ..... , New Zealand middle distance runner who won three Olympic gold medals (5) |
| HAHN | Sophie, British sprinter who won the 100 metres gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics (4) |
| FOSTER | Brendan, British ex-long distance runner who won bronze in the 10,000 metres at the 1976 Olympics (6) |
| HOLMES | Kelly, English former middle distance runner who won BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2004 (6) |
| ROGER | ___ Bannister British middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-four minute mile in 1954 |
| KELLY | Retired British middle distance athlete and Olympic gold medallist, Dame _ Holmes (5) |
| LASSE | Who did the "double-double" by winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals, at the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Olympics? (5) |
| VIREN | Who did the "double-double" by winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals, at the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Olympics? (5) |
| DESIREELINDEN | American long-distance runner who won the women's foot race at the 2018 Boston Marathon: 2 wds. |
