He's 31 this year: last year he was 30.

Ingrid Kristiansen then has smashed the world record, running the 5000 metres in 14:58.89. Truly amazing. Incidentally, this is a personal best for Ingrid Kristiansen.

— David Coleman

And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand

— David Coleman

The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time

— David Coleman

And there's no "I love you" message because Steve Ovett has married the girl

— David Coleman

We estimate, and this isn't an estimation, that Greta Waitz is 80 seconds behind

— David Coleman

In a moment, we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite.

— David Coleman

That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record

— David Coleman

He's been breaking Olympic records like ninepins

— Des Lynam

Steve Ovett, Sebastian Coe, Steve Cram - the vanguard of our cream

— Ron Pickering

The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the whirlwind

— Sebastian Coe

On the £20,000 Mercedes prizes for each winner at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart- Anyone good enough to win already has one.

— Michael Johnson

The Games have been decimated. If you take away the Eastern Bloc, you take away 50% of the medals

— Ron Pickering

The American's head are on their chins a little bit at the moment

— Ron Pickering

If Diane Modahl was 40 times over the testosterone limit she'd have a deep voice and we'd all be calling her Barry White.

— Tony Jarrett

The Kenyans haven't done much in the last two games, in fact they haven't competed since 1972

— Brendan Foster