# Andrew Hart (runner)

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{{Short description|British athlete}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Andy Hart
| image = 
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| caption = 
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|9|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Warwick](/source/Warwick), England
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| sport = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event = Middle-distance
| height = 180 cm
| weight = 68 kg
| club = [Coventry Godiva Harriers](/source/Coventry_Godiva_Harriers)
}}

'''Andrew Hart''' (born 13 September 1969) is an English male former [middle-distance runner](/source/middle-distance_runner) who specialised in the [800 metres](/source/800_metres) and competed at the [2000 Summer Olympics](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics).<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/86923 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Hart ran at the [1997 World Championships in Athletics](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics)<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/andy-hart-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/andy-hart-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Andy Hart Olympic Results |accessdate=22 October 2017}}</ref> and his personal best time was 1:45.71 minutes, achieved when he placed fifth representing [England](/source/England_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games) at the [1998 Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games), his most prestigious championship achievement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=19 January 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/38187|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics) in the 800 metres event.<ref name=oly/>

At national level, he was the winner of the 800&nbsp;m at the [1997 British Athletics Championships](/source/1997_British_Athletics_Championships).<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/uk.htm UK Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-13.</ref>

He is currently a physical education teacher at [The Crypt School, Gloucester](/source/The_Crypt_School%2C_Gloucester). The career has gone uphill.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

== References ==
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{{Footer UK NC 800 Metres Men}}

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Category:1969 births
Category:Living people
Category:English men middle-distance runners
Category:British men middle-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain

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