Steve Jones (runner)

Steve Jones
MBE

Steve Jones speaking to a running group in Boston, August 2018
Personal information
Birth name	Stephen Henry Jones
Nationality	Welsh
Born	(1955-08-04) 4 August 1955 (age 69) Tredegar, Wales
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	137 lb (62 kg)
Sport
Country	Great Britain  Wales
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	10,000 m, Marathon
Club	Newport Harriers, RAF
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1984 10,000 m, 8th
World finals	1983 10,000 m, 12th 1993 Marathon, 13th
Personal bests	5000 m: 13:18.6 (Lisbon 1982) 10,000 m: 27:39.14 (Oslo 1983) Half marathon: 60:59 (South Shields 1986) Marathon: 2:07:13 (Chicago 1985)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Wales World Cross Country Championships 1984 New York Long race Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh 10,000 m Marathon 1984 Chicago Marathon 1985 London Marathon 1985 Chicago Marathon 1987 Boston Marathon 1988 New York Marathon

Stephen Henry Jones MBE (born 4 August 1955) is a Welsh athlete who set the world record in the marathon in his first completed race at that distance at the Chicago Marathon in 1984, with a time of 2:08:05.