# Roger Hackney > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roger_Hackney > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roger_Hackney.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Hackney > Source revision: 1350514182 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Welsh long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Roger Hackney | nationality = British (Welsh) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|9|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Swansea](/source/Swansea), Wales | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.83}} | weight = {{cvt|74|kg}} | sport = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics) | event = Steeplechase | club = [Aldershot, Farnham & District AC](/source/Aldershot%2C_Farnham_and_District_Athletics_Club)
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Royal Air Force | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}} {{Medal|Country|{{WAL}}}} {{Medal|Competition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}} {{Medal|Silver|[1986 Edinburgh](/source/1986_Commonwealth_Games)|[3000 m steeplechase](/source/Athletics_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games)}} }} '''Roger Graham Hackney''' (born 2 September 1957) is a Welsh former [long-distance runner](/source/long-distance_running) who specialised in the [3000 metres steeplechase](/source/3000_metres_steeplechase). He represented Great Britain in three [Olympic Games](/source/Summer_Olympics) and won a silver medal for Wales at the [1986 Commonwealth Games](/source/1986_Commonwealth_Games).{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69098 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=26 June 2025}} == Biography == Hackney, who was a member of the [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force), and trained at [Aldershot, Farnham and District AC](/source/Aldershot%2C_Farnham_and_District_Athletics_Club), specialised in the [3000m steeplechase](/source/3000m_steeplechase). Hackney was twice the [British 3000 metres steeplechase champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_3000_metres_steeplechase) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1980 AAA Championships](/source/1980_AAA_Championships){{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=26 June 2025}} and the [1982 AAA Championships](/source/1982_AAA_Championships).{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=26 June 2025}} He made his Olympics debut as a 22-year old at the [1980 Moscow Games](/source/1980_Summer_Olympics) and was seventh in his semi-final, only just missing out on a spot in the final, with the next best time of the competitors that missed out.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ATH/mens-3000-metres-steeplechase.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174410/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ATH/mens-3000-metres-steeplechase.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase|publisher=Olympics at [Sports-Reference.com](/source/Sports_Reference)|accessdate=5 September 2016}} At the [1983 World Championships](/source/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_3000_metres_steeplechase) in Helsinki, Hackney came fifth in the final of the steeplechase.{{cite web|url=http://www.welshathletics.org/about-us/our-history/hall-of-fame/roger-hackney.aspx|title=Roger Hackney - About us|publisher=Welsh Athletics (Athletau Cymru)|accessdate=5 September 2016}} His best performance in the Olympics came at the [1984 Los Angeles Games](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics) where he ran the semi-final in 8:20.77 and qualified for the final, in which he finished 10th.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19860106&id=2P89AAAAIBAJ&sjid=f0kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4819,536465&hl=en|title=Hackney With Flying Colours|date=6 January 1986|work=[The Glasgow Herald](/source/The_Glasgow_Herald)|page=8|accessdate=5 September 2016}} He won a silver medal representing Wales in the steeplechase at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, in a time of 8:25.15, behind Canada's [Graeme Fell](/source/Graeme_Fell) and ahead of [Colin Reitz](/source/Colin_Reitz), another British athlete.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19810706&id=Uu5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kacMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3082,1073728&hl=en|title=A victory for the unsung British heroes|last=Northam|first=Randall|date=6 July 1981|work=[The Glasgow Herald](/source/The_Glasgow_Herald)|page=16|accessdate=5 September 2016}} The field was weakened by the absence of many African countries, most notably Kenya, which boycotted the competition over the Thatcher government's sporting links with apartheid South Africa.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19860728&id=FLJjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kOgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2516,9374478&hl=en|title=A Black day for Clark|last=Webster|first=Jim|date=28 July 1986|work=[Sydney Morning Herald](/source/Sydney_Morning_Herald)|page=50|accessdate=5 September 2016}} In 1986 he was also eighth at the [European Championships](/source/1986_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_3000_metres_steeplechase). He was part of the Great British Olympic team for a third and final time at the [1988 Seoul Games](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics). By then aged 31, Hackney once more made it to the semi-final stage, but was unable to complete the race and didn't register a time.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-3000-metres-steeplechase.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174417/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-3000-metres-steeplechase.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase|publisher=Olympics at [Sports-Reference.com](/source/Sports_Reference)|accessdate=5 September 2016}} His personal best time, 8:18.91, is a Welsh record and was set in 1988, while competing in Belgium. He is the only non Belgian man to win the [Lotto Cross Cup](/source/Lotto_Cross_Cup). He now works in Leeds as an orthopaedic surgeon.{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/health/surgeon-s-innovation-relieves-shoulder-pain-1-6633016|title=Surgeon's innovation relieves shoulder pain|date=23 May 2014|work=[Yorkshire Evening Post](/source/Yorkshire_Evening_Post)|accessdate=5 September 2016}} == International competitions == '''All results regarding 3000 metres steeplechase unless stated otherwise.''' {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan=5| Representing {{GBR2}} / {{WAL}} |- |1979 |[World Cross Country Championships](/source/1979_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships) (12 km) |[Limerick](/source/Limerick), Ireland |153rd |41:17 |- |rowspan=2|1980 |[World Cross Country Championships](/source/1980_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships) (12.58 km) |[Paris](/source/Paris), France |62nd |38:43 |- |[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics) |[Moscow](/source/Moscow), Soviet Union |13th (h) |8:29.2 |- |1981 |[World Cross Country Championships](/source/1981_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships) (12 km) |[Madrid](/source/Madrid), Spain |126th |37:17 |- |rowspan=4|1982 |[World Cross Country Championships](/source/1982_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships) (12 km) |[Rome](/source/Rome), Italy |103rd |36:06 |- |[European Championships](/source/1982_European_Athletics_Championships) |[Athens](/source/Athens), Greece |21st (h) |8:39.22 |- |rowspan=2|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1982_Commonwealth_Games) |rowspan=2|[Brisbane](/source/Brisbane), Australia |4th |8:32.84 |- |11th |13:51.20 (5000 m) |- |1983 |[World Championships](/source/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Helsinki, Finland](/source/Helsinki%2C_Finland) |5th |8:19.38 |- |1984 |[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics) |[Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), United States |10th |8:27.10 |- |rowspan=2|1986 |[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games) |[Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), United Kingdom |bgcolor=silver|2nd |8:25.15 |- |[European Championships](/source/1986_European_Athletics_Championships) |[Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), Germany |8th |8:20.97 |- |1987 |[World Championships](/source/1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Rome](/source/Rome), Italy |14th |8:48.86 |- |rowspan=2|1988 |[World Cross Country Championships](/source/1988_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships) (12 km) |[Auckland](/source/Auckland), New Zealand |13th |35:59 |- |[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics) |[Seoul](/source/Seoul), South Korea |DNF (sf) |8:39.30 ((heats) |- |1989 |[World Cross Country Championships](/source/1989_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships) (12 km) |[Stavanger](/source/Stavanger), Norway |DNF |— |- |rowspan=2|1990 |rowspan=2|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1990_Commonwealth_Games) |rowspan=2|[Auckland](/source/Auckland), New Zealand |7th |8:36.62 |- |14th |14:27.06 (5000 m) |- !colspan=5| (#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) or semifinals (sf). DNF = did not finish |} == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{World Athletics}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040727/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/roger-hackney-1.html Roger Hackney] at [Sports Reference](/source/Sports_Reference) {{British Indoor Athletics Championships men's 1500 metres champions}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hackney, Roger}} Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Swansea Category:Welsh men long-distance runners Category:British men long-distance runners Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Wales Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roger Hackney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Hackney) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Hackney?action=history)). 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