Athletics
- Men's Competition
Men's 100 metres
- Allan Wells
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- Heat — 10.35
- Quarterfinals — 10.11
- Semifinals — 10.27
- Final — 10.25 (→ Gold Medal)
- Cameron Sharp
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- Heat — 10.38
- Quarterfinals — 10.38
- Semifinals — 10.60 (→ did not advance)
- Andrew McMaster
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- Heat — 10.43
- Quarterfinals — 10.42 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
- Steve Ovett
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- Heat — 1:49.4
- Semifinals — 1:46.6
- Final — 1:45.4 (→ Gold Medal)
- Sebastian Coe
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- Heat — 1:48.5
- Semifinals — 1:46.7
- Final — 1:45.9 (→ Silver Medal)
- Dave Warren
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- Heat — 1:49.9
- Semifinals — 1:47.2
- Final — 1:49.3 (→ 8th place)
Men's 1,500 metres
- Sebastian Coe
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- Heat — 3:40.1
- Semifinals — 3:39.4
- Final — 3:38.4 (→ Gold Medal)
- Steve Ovett
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- Heat — 3:36.8
- Semifinals — 3:43.1
- Final — 3:39.0 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Steve Cram
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- Heat — 3:44.1
- Semifinals — 3:43.6
- Final — 3:41.0 (→ 8th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Brendan Foster
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- Heat — 28:55.2
- Final — 28:22.6 (→ 11th place)
- Mike McLeod
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- Heat — 28:57.3
- Final — 28:40.8 (→ 12th place)
- Geoffrey Smith
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- Heat — 30:00.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- David Black
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- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Bernie Ford
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- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Ian Thompson
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- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 4x400 metres Relay
- Alan Bell, Terry Whitehead, Rod Milne, and Glen Cohen
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- Heat — 3:05.9
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 110 m Hurdles
- Wilbert Greaves
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- Heat — 13.85
- Semifinals — 13.98 (→ did not advance)
- Mark Holtom
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- Heat — 13.83
- Semifinals — 13.94 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Gary Oakes
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- Heat — 50.39
- Semifinals — 50.07
- Final — 49.11 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
- Colin Reitz
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- Heat — 8:35.3
- Semifinals — 8:29.8 (→ did not advance)
- Roger Hackney
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- Heat — 8:36.4
- Semifinals — 8:29.2 (→ did not advance)
- Tony Staynings
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- Heat — 8:47.5
- Semifinals — 8:52.3 (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault
- Brian Hooper
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- Qualification — 5.35 m
- Final — 5.35 m (→ 11th place)
Men's High Jump
- Mark Naylor
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- Qualification — 2.21 m
- Final — 2.21 m (→ 9th place)
Men's Triple Jump
- Keith Connor
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- Qualification — 16.57 m
- Final — 16.87 m (→ 4th place)
Men's Shot Put
- Geoff Capes
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- Qualification — 19.75 m
- Final — 20.50 m (→ 5th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
- David Ottley
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- Qualification — 77.20 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Chris Black
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- Qualification — 66.74 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
- Paul Dickenson
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- Qualification — 64.22 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Men's Decathlon
- Daley Thompson
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- Final — 8495 points (→ Gold Medal)
- Bradley McStravick
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- Final — 7616 points (→ 15th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Roger Mills
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- Final — 1:32:37.8 (→ 10th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Ian Richards
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- Final — 4:22:57 (→ 11th place)
- Women's Competition
Women's 100 metres
- Kathy Smallwood-Cook
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- Heat — 11.37
- Quarterfinals — 11.24
- Semifinals — 11.30
- Final — 11.28 (→ 6th place)
- Heather Hunte-Oakes
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- Heat — 11.40
- Quarterfinals — 11.25
- Semifinals — 11.36
- Final — 11.34 (→ 8th place)
- Sonia Lannaman
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- Heat — 11.58
- Quarterfinals — 11.20
- Semifinals — 11.38 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
- Christina Boxer-Cahill
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- Heat — 2:02.1
- Semifinals — 2:00.9 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
- Janet Marlow
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- Heat — 4:15.9 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Hurdles
- Shirley Strong
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- Heat — 13.39
- Semifinal — 13.12 (→ did not advance)
- Lorna Boothe
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- Heat — 13.86 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
- Louise Miller
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- Qualification — 1.88 m
- Final — 1.85 m (→ 11th place)
Women's Long Jump
- Susan Hearnskaw
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- Qualification — 6.66 m
- Final — 6.50 m (→ 9th place)
- Sue Reeve
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- Qualifying Round — 6.48 m
- Final — 6.46 m (→ 10th place)
Women's Discus Throw
- Meg Ritchie
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- Qualification — 58.66 m
- Final — 61.16 m (→ 9th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Tessa Sanderson
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- Qualification — 48.76 m (→ did not advance)
- Fatima Whitbread
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- Qualification — 47.44 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Shot Put
- Angela Littlewood
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- Final — 17.53 m (→ 13th place)
Women's Pentathlon
- Judy Livermore — 4304 points (→ 13th place)
- 100 metres — 13.57 s
- Shot Put — 13.56 m
- High Jump — 1.77 m
- Long Jump — 5.71 m
- 800 metres — 2:25.30
- Susan Longden — 4234 points (→ 15th place)
- 100 metres — 14.10 s
- Shot Put — 11.47 m
- High Jump — 1.74 m
- Long Jump — 6.09 m
- 800 metres — 2:19.60
- Yvette Wray — 4159 points (→ 16th place)
- 100 metres — 13.78 s
- Shot Put — 12.01 m
- High Jump — 1.65 m
- Long Jump — 5.60 m
- 800 metres — 2:15.90
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