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Great depth in middle-distance running then. Really, it has been the norm for GB other than the 90's, and especially the 00's, and much of the 10's, and we all know the reason why.
Here is another great race from 1980, that also features Paul Forbes, defeating both Kirov - who had just won bronze in Moscow, and Hans Peter Ferner.
I guess if the Americans can claim that Don Paige would have won gold in Moscow because he narrowly beat Coe in the week after, Scotland can claim that Paul Forbes would have won bronze if he had been picked ahead of Dave Warren.