| Medal record | |||
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| Men's Athletics | |||
Competitor for  United Kingdom |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | 1972 Munich | 5.000 meters | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 1969 Athens | 5.000 meters | |
Ian Stewart (born January 15, 1949) is a Scottish athlete. Stewart won the bronze medal in the Men's 5000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics (a race won by Lasse Viren with Mohammed Gammoudi second and Steve Prefontaine fourth) and later placed seventh in 1976 Summer Olympics, also in the 5,000 metres. Stewart has also won the following titles: the European 5,000 metres (1969), Commonwealth 5,000 metres (1970), European Indoor (1969 and 1975) and World Cross Country (1975). He became a European record holder at 5,000 metres when he recorded a time of 13:22:8 in 1970 to win the Commonwealth Games title. This was one of the greatest races of all title and he defeated then world record holder Ron Clarke, Olympic 1,500 metres champion Kip Keino and fellow Scot, Ian McCafferty. Stewart set other British records: 1,500 metres 3:39.12 (1969), 2,000 metres 5:02.98 (1975), 2 miles 8:22.0 (1972). In 1977 he set a world best on the roads of 45:13. Other personal bests: Mile 3:57.3 (1969) and 10,000 metres 27:43.03 (1977). Stewart's brother Peter was a European Indoor (1971) champion and British record holder at the mile 3:55.3 (1972).
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| Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Dick Taylor |
Men's 5.000m Best Year Performance 1970 |
Succeeded by Dave Bedford |
Preceded by Erik de Beck |
IAAF Men's World Cross Country Champion 1975 |
Succeeded by Carlos Lopes |
