Mike Tagg
{{short description|British former long-distance runner (born 1946)}}
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| name = Mike Tagg
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|11|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = East Ruston, Norfolk, England
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| height = 1.85 m (6 ft {{frac|1|2}} in)
| weight = 60 kg (132 lb)
| sport = Athletics
| event = long distance
| club = Norfolk Olympiades
Reading University AC
| pb = 2 miles: 8:28.2 (1971)
5000 metres: 13:41.4 (1971)
10,000 metres: 28:14.65 (1971)
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{{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}
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{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|1969 Athens|10,000 metres}}
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Michael John Tagg (born 13 November 1946) is a British former long-distance runner. He finished second in the 10,000 metres at the 1969 European Championships and competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/mike-tagg-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041430/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/mike-tagg-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Mike Tagg |accessdate=13 November 2014}}
Biography
Tagg was born in East Ruston, Norfolk.[http://www.highgateharriers.org.uk/hh_aa_interviews.php?i=179 Higate Harriers, Alastair's Reports ..... MIKE TAGG 1960 and 70's Top Youth/Junior/Senior (August 2012)] Retrieved 2016-10-20.
Tagg finished second behind Tim Johnston in the 6 miles event at the 1968 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19680714/220/0021 |title=White City results |work=The People |date=14 July 1968 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=11 May 2025}} and later that year at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he represented Great Britain in the 10,000 metres, finishing 13th. His sister, Mary Green, competed at the same Games.
Tagg finished runner-up behind Dick Taylor at the 1969 AAA Championships{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=11 May 2025}} before winning a silver medal at the 1969 European Championships in Athens, in a time of 28:43.2, losing only to East Germany's Jürgen Haase; Track & Field News ranked him fourth in the world in his event that year.{{tilastopaja|id=31203}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm |title=European Championships (Men) |magazine=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=13 November 2014}}{{cite magazine |url=http://trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/Rankings/08-m10000rank.pdf |title=World Rankings — Men's 10,000 |accessdate=13 November 2014 |magazine=Track & Field News}}
Two years later in Helsinki Tagg placed seventh, setting his eventual personal best of 28:14.65;{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/mc99.htm |title=UK All-Time Lists Men - Distance, Roads and Ultra |magazine=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=13 November 2014}} he also set his personal bests for two miles (8:28.2) and 5000 metres (13:41.4) that year.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/mb99.htm |title=UK All-Time Lists Men - Track (800-5000) |magazine=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=13 November 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics|great-britain-ni/mike-tagg-14355444}}
- {{Olympics.com|michael-john-tagg}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Team GB|6LHcR70DkdZLRhpMVNxf0w}}
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Category:People from North Norfolk (district)
Category:Sportspeople from Norfolk
Category:English male long-distance runners
Category:British male long-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:International Cross Country Championships winners
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain