middle-distance runner

  • 1Miklós Szabó (middle distance runner) — Medal record Men s athletics Competitor for  Hungary European Championships Gold …

    Wikipedia

  • 2middle distance — noun the part of a scene between the foreground and the background (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑view, ↑aspect, ↑prospect, ↑scene, ↑vista, ↑panorama * * * noun, pl ⋯ tances 1 the middle distance …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 3middle-distance runners —    The early 1980s saw a massive increase in interest in running in the UK, with large national events such as the Sunday Times National Fun Run and the London Marathon attracting tens of thousands of applicants. But away from the limelight, the… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • 4middle-distance — middˈle distance adjective (in athletics) of or denoting a race of 800m or 1500m, or an athlete who takes part in such a race • • • Main Entry: ↑middle * * * ˌmiddle ˈdistance [middle distance] adjective only before noun ( …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 5middle distance — 1) N SING: the N, usu into/in the N If you are looking into the middle distance, you are looking at a place that is neither near nor far away. He stares detachedly into the middle distance, towards nothing in particular. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A middle… …

    English dictionary

  • 6Middle distance running — events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle distance event.[1] The 880 yard run, or half… …

    Wikipedia

  • 7Middle distance track event — Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 3000 metres.Middle distance eventsThe standard middle distances are the 800 m, 1500 m, mile (in the United States), and the 3000 m (which is viewed by …

    Wikipedia

  • 8middle-distance — adj. Middle distance is used with these nouns: ↑event, ↑runner, ↑running …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 9distance runner — noun an athlete who competes in long or middle distance races …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 10The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner — is a story by the British writer Alan Sillitoe published in 1958, and it is contained in a collection of short stories published under the same title. In the film, which is based on the book s title story, an impoverished Nottingham teenager has… …

    Wikipedia