# Liz Barnes

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{{short description|English middle-distance runner}}
{{distinguish|Elizabeth Barnes}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Liz Barnes
| image       =
| caption     =
| nationality = British (English)
| sport       = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_Athletics)
| event       = [Middle-distance running](/source/Middle-distance_running)
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1951|8|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Woolwich, London, England
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| club        = [Cambridge Harriers](/source/Cambridge_Harriers)
| height      =163 cm
| weight      =54 kg
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Indoor Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)}} 
{{MedalBronze|[1980 Sindelfingen](/source/1980_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)|[800 m](/source/1980_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_800_metres)}}
}}

'''Elizabeth Ann Barnes''' (married name '''Laban;''' born 3 August 1951) is an English former [middle-distance runner](/source/Middle-distance_running). She represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics) in the [women's 800 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_800_metres) at the [1976 Montreal Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics) and won a bronze medal in the 800m at the [1980 European Indoor Championships](/source/1980_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships).

== Biography ==
As Liz Barnes, finished third behind [Donna Murray](/source/Donna_Murray) in the 400 metres event at the [1975 WAAA Championships](/source/1975_WAAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19750720/310/0039 |title=Athletic Results |work=Sunday Mirror |date=20 July 1975 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 March 2025  }}</ref><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=8 March 2025}}</ref>

Barnes ran her lifetime best for the [800 metres](/source/800_metres) with 2:01.35 on 10 July 1976 in Zurich, before going on to compete at the [1976 Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics) in Montreal, where she was eliminated in the heats of the 800m, running 2:01.70, and finished seventh in the final of the 4 × 400m relay, along with [Gladys Taylor](/source/Gladys_Taylor_(athlete)), [Verona Elder](/source/Verona_Elder) and Donna Murray.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/liz-barnes-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191002/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/liz-barnes-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Liz Barnes Olympic Results |accessdate=2 September 2017}}</ref>

At the [1978 Commonwealth Games](/source/1978_Commonwealth_Games) representing [England](/source/England_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), [Alberta](/source/Alberta), Canada, Barnes finished fourth in the 800&nbsp;m final in 2:03.41.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/athletes|title=1978 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40873|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928095426/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40873|url-status=dead}}</ref> Three weeks later, she reached the semifinals at the [1978 European Championships](/source/1978_European_Athletics_Championships) in Prague, running 2:01.69.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-championships/history/year=1978/results/index.html |work=European Athletics Association |title=1978 European Championships |access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref>

Barnes finished second behind [Christina Boxer](/source/Christina_Boxer) in 2:02.04 at the [1979 UK Championships](/source/1979_UK_Athletics_Championships) and third in 2:02.74 behind [Chris Benning](/source/Chris_Benning) and [Janet Prictoe](/source/Janet_Bell) at the [1979 WAAA Championships](/source/1979_WAAA_Championships),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=8 March 2025 }}</ref> before going on to win a bronze medal at the [1980 European Indoor Championships](/source/1979_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) in [Sindelfingen](/source/Sindelfingen).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gbrathletic.com\ic\eiw.htm |work=Gbr Athletics |title=European Indoor Championships (women) |access-date=21 March 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Her time of 2:01.5 moved her to second on the British Indoor all-time list behind [Jane Colebrook](/source/Jane_Colebrook)'s 2:01.12 from 1977. She would remain second on the British indoor all-time list until [Kelly Holmes](/source/Kelly_Holmes) ran 1:59.21 in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/iwu99.htm |work=GBR Athletics |title=UK all-time indoor (women) |access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan=6|Representing {{GBR2}} / {{ENG}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1976
|rowspan=2|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics)
|rowspan=2|[Montreal](/source/Montreal), Canada
|15th (h)
|800 m
|2:01.70
|-
|7th
|4 × 400 m
|3:28.01
|-
|rowspan=2|1978
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), Canada
|4th
|800 m
|2:03.41
|-
|[European Championships](/source/1978_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Prague](/source/Prague), Czechoslavkia
|11th (sf)
|800 m
|2:01.69
|-
|1980
|[European Indoor Championships](/source/1980_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)
|[Sindelfingen](/source/Sindelfingen), Germany
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|800 m
|2:01.5
|-
!colspan=6|<small>''' (#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf)'''</small>
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
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Category:1951 births
Category:Living people
Category:Athletes from London
Category:English women sprinters
Category:British women sprinters
Category:English women middle-distance runners
Category:British women middle-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Olympic women sprinters
Category:20th-century English sportswomen

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