12 April 2012

UKA has launched a poll to find out athletics fans’ favourite athletics gold medal winning moment from an Olympic Games over the last 60 years.

The poll, which features every gold medal winning performance in the post World War era, has been launched so that fans can show exactly which spine tingling moment holds the most significance!

Will it be Chris Brasher’s Melbourne 1956 3000m steeplechase gold, that will gain the votes of older athletics fans, or the more recent emotional scenes at Christine Ohuruogu crossed the line first in Beijing in 2008?

Will the ongoing Coe versus Ovett rivalry re-establish itself in this poll, or will the excitement of seeing the men’s 4x100m squad of Jason Gardener, Marlon Devonish, Darren Campbell and Mark Lewis Francis take Athens 2004 gold, once again take an unexpected victory.

Don’t delay – make your vote count today by following the link below

http://www.uka.org.uk/e-inspire/vote-for-your-top-gold-winning-moment/

Gold Medal Winning Moments Below*:

1956 – Chris Brasher 3000m Steeplechase

1960 – Don Thompson 50k Walk

1964 – Lynn Davies Long Jump

1964 – Ken Matthews 20k Walk

1964 – Ann Packer 800m

1964 – Mary Rand Long Jump

1968 – David Hemery 400m Hurdles

1972 – Mary Peters Pentathlon

1980 – Seb Coe 1500m

1980 – Steve Ovett 800m

1980 – Daley Thompson Decathlon

1980 – Allan Wells 100m

1984 – Seb Coe 1500m

1984 – Tessa Sanderson Javelin

1984 – Daley Thompson Decathlon

1992 – Linford Christie 100m

1992 – Sally Gunnell 400m Hurdles

2000 – Jonathan Edwards Triple Jump

2000 – Denise Lewis Heptathlon

2004 – Kelly Holmes 800m

2004 – Kelly Holmes 1500m

2004 – Men’s 4 x 100m Relay

2008 – Christine Ohuruogu 400m

*The Poll close at Midday Tuesday 17^th April