Alan Pascoe won medals in the Olympic Games, European Championships, Commonwealth Games., also the European Indoor Games.
The 1974 Commonwealth Games victory was special for 2 reasons, first as achieving the second fastest 400 metre hurdle race to that date (only behind the then world record by David Hemery at 48.8, despite running in the outside lane. Then in celebration performed one of the great televised mishaps. While doing his victory lap in reverse, Pascoe attempted to leap the last hurdle still remaining from the race and badly missed the hurdle, falling onto his back and damaging the hurdle. Trying to regain his cool, he circled around to attempt the jump the hurdle in another lane and fell again. Laughing it off, he got up again and started turning over the other hurdles.
His record
Olympics:
Silver, 4 x 400 m Relay, 1972
European Championships:
Bronze, 110 m Hurdles, 1969
Silver, 110 m Hurdles, 1971
Gold, 400 m Hurdles, 1974
Gold, 4 x 400 m Relay, 1974
Commonwealth Games:
Gold, 400 m Hurdles, 1974
Silver, 4 x 400 m Relay, 1974
Bronze, 400 m Hurdles, 1978
European Indoor Games:
Gold, 50 m Hurdles, 1969
Personal bests
Personal best times are:
200 m, 15 July 1972, London, 20.92
110 m Hurdles, 17 June 1972, Edinburgh, 13.79
400 m Hurdles, 30 June 1975, Stockholm, 48.59
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