Justin Chaston

{{Short description|British steeplechaser}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Justin Chaston | image = | caption = | nationality = British (Welsh) | sport = Athletics | event = Steeplechase | club = Belgrave Harriers | birth_date = 4 November 1968 | birth_place = Cardiff, Wales | death_date = | death_place = | height =178 cm | weight =64 kg }} '''Justin Thomas Chaston''' (born 4 November 1968) is a retired Welsh athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented Great Britain at three consecutive Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000 and 2004.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025502/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/justin-chaston-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref>

== Biography == At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he represented Great Britain in the steeplechase event.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68951 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> He also represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and 2004 in Athens.<ref name=oly/>

Chaston was a three-times British 3000 metres steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title in 1994, 1996 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>

His personal best in the event is 8:23.90 from 1994.

== Competition record == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{WAL}} |- |1987 |World Cross Country Championships |Warsaw, Poland |118th |Junior race |Individual |- |rowspan=3|1994 |Goodwill Games |St. Petersburg, Russia |6th |3000 m s'chase |8:29.49 |- |European Championships |Helsinki, Finland |11th |3000 m s'chase |8:36.83 |- |Commonwealth Games |Victoria, Canada |7th |3000 m s'chase |8:32.20 |- |rowspan=2|1995 |World Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden |19th (sf) |3000 m s'chase |8:38.90 |- |Universiade |Fukuoka, Japan |5th |3000 m s'chase |8:39.28 |- |1996 |Olympic Games |Atlanta, United States |14th (sf) |3000 m s'chase |8:28.50 |- |2000 |Olympic Games |Sydney, Australia |19th (h) |3000 m s'chase |8:31.01 |- |2004 |Olympic Games |Athens, Greece |22nd (h) |3000 m s'chase |8:28.35 |}

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