{{short description|British former long-distance runner (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mike Tagg | image = | image_size = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|11|13|df=y}} | birth_place = East Ruston, Norfolk, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.85 m (6 ft {{frac|1|2}} in) | weight = 60 kg (132 lb) | sport = Athletics | event = long distance | club = Norfolk Olympiades<br>Reading University AC | pb = '''2 miles''': 8:28.2 (1971)<br />'''5000 metres''': 13:41.4 (1971)<br />'''10,000 metres''': 28:14.65 (1971) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Competition|European Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|1969 Athens|10,000 metres}} {{Medal|Competition|Summer Universiade}} {{Medal|Bronze|1967 Tokyo|10,000 metres}} }}
'''Michael John Tagg''' (born 13 November 1946) is a British former long-distance runner. He finished second in the 10,000 metres at the 1969 European Championships and competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.<ref name="sr">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/mike-tagg-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041430/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/mike-tagg-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Mike Tagg |accessdate=13 November 2014}}</ref>
== Biography == Tagg was born in East Ruston, Norfolk.<ref>[http://www.highgateharriers.org.uk/hh_aa_interviews.php?i=179 Higate Harriers, Alastair's Reports ..... MIKE TAGG 1960 and 70's Top Youth/Junior/Senior (August 2012)] Retrieved 2016-10-20.</ref>
Tagg finished second behind Tim Johnston in the 6 miles event at the 1968 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19680714/220/0021 |title=White City results |work=The People |date=14 July 1968 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 May 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=11 May 2025}}</ref> and later that year at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he represented Great Britain in the 10,000 metres, finishing 13th.<ref name="sr"/> His sister, Mary Green, competed at the same Games.
Tagg finished runner-up behind Dick Taylor at the 1969 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref> before winning a silver medal at the 1969 European Championships in Athens, in a time of 28:43.2, losing only to East Germany's Jürgen Haase; ''Track & Field News'' ranked him fourth in the world in his event that year.<ref name="tp">{{tilastopaja|id=31203}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm |title=European Championships (Men) |magazine=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=13 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/Rankings/08-m10000rank.pdf |title=World Rankings — Men's 10,000 |accessdate=13 November 2014 |magazine=Track & Field News}}</ref>
Two years later in Helsinki Tagg placed seventh, setting his eventual personal best of 28:14.65;<ref name="tp"/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/mc99.htm |title=UK All-Time Lists Men - Distance, Roads and Ultra |magazine=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=13 November 2014}}</ref> he also set his personal bests for two miles (8:28.2) and 5000 metres (13:41.4) that year.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/mb99.htm |title=UK All-Time Lists Men - Track (800-5000) |magazine=Athletics Weekly |accessdate=13 November 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{World Athletics|great-britain-ni/mike-tagg-14355444}} * {{Olympics.com|michael-john-tagg}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Team GB|6LHcR70DkdZLRhpMVNxf0w}}
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