A look at the performances achieved by the British running great

Our October cover star Paula Radcliffe may not have ever won an Olympic title but she is far and away Britain's most successful women’s distance runner, especially on the road and country.

Here Steve Smythe presents a stats special on the Bedford and County athlete. Be sure to check out the six-page interview with the marathon great in your copy of our October magazine.

All her marathons

1 London 2002 1st 2:18:56 (women-only record)
2 Chicago 2002 1st 2:17:18 (WR)
3 London 2003 1st 2:15:25 (WR)
4 Olympics, Athens 2004 DNF
5 New York 1st 2:23:10
6 London 2005 1st 2:17:42 (women-only record)
7 Worlds, Helsinki 2005 1st 2:20:57 (World Champs record)
8 New York 2007 1st 2:23:09
9 Olympics, Beijing 2008 23rd 2:32:58
10 New York 2008 1st 2:23:56
11 New York 2009 4th 2:29:27
12 Berlin 2011 3rd 2:23:46
13 London 2015 1st mass race 2:36:55

All her 10,000m races

1 Lisbon 1998 2nd 30:48.58 (UK record)
2 Europeans, Budapest 1998 5th 31:36.51
3 Barakaldo 1999 1st 30:40.70 (UK record)
4 Worlds, Seville 1999 2nd 30:27.13 (UK record)
5 Olympics heat, Sydney 2000 6th 32:34.73
6 Olympics, Sydney 2000 4th 30:26.97 (UK record)
7 Barakaldo 2001 1st 30:55.80
8 Worlds, Edmonton 2001 4th 31:50.06
9 Europeans, Munich 2002 1st 30:01.09 (UK/Eur record)
10 Gateshead 2004, 1st 30:17.15 (UK all-comers record)
11 Olympics, Athens 2004 DNF
12 Worlds, Helsinki 2005 9th 30:42.75

PBs

Track
1500m: 4:05.37 Glasgow 2001 - ranks 27th all-time in GB
Mile: 4:24.94 Zurich 1996 - ranks 14th all-time in GB
2000m: 5:37.01 Monte Carlo 2002 - ranks 5th all time in GB
3000m: 8:22.20 Monte Carlo 2002 - ranks 1st all time in GB
5000m: 14:29.11 Bydgoszcz 2004 - ranks 1st all time in GB
10,000m: 30:01.09 Berlin 2002 - ranks 1st all time in GB

Road
5km: 14:51 London 2003 - ranks 1st all time in GB
5 mile: 25:04 Loughrea 2000 - ranks 1st all time in GB
10km: 30:21 San Juan 2003 - ranks 1st all time in GB
10M: 51:11 Portsmouth 2008 - ranks 1st all time in GB
HM: 65:40 Great North Run 2003 - ranks 1st all time in GB
Marathon: 2:15:25 London 2003 - ranks 1st all time in GB

Major championships record

1991 – World Cross Country Championships junior 15th, European Junior Championships 3000m 4th
1992 – World  Cross Country Championships junior gold, World Junior Championships 3000m 4th
1993 – World Championships 7th 3000m, World Cross Country Championships 18th
1995 – World Championships 5000m 5th
1996 – Olympic Games 5000m 5th
1997 – World Championships 5000m 4th, World Cross Country Championships silver, European Team Championships 3000m 3rd
1998 – European Championships 10,000m 5th, World Cross Country Championships silver (team bronze), European Challenge 10,000m 2nd, European Team Championships 5000m 1st (1500m 2nd), European Cross Country Championships gold
1999 – World Championships 10,000m silver, World Cross Country Championships bronze, European Challenge 10,000m 1st, European Team Championships 5000m 1st
2000 – Olympic Games 10,000m 4th, World Half Marathon Championships gold, World Cross Country Championships long course 5th, short course 4th
2001 – World Championships 10,000m 4th, World Cross Country Championships gold (short course silver), European Challenge 10,000m 1st, World Half Marathon Championships gold, European Team Championships 5000m 2nd
2002 – European Championships 10,000m gold, Commonwealth Games 5000m gold, World Cross Country Championships gold, Olympic Games Marathon 23rd
2003 – World Half Marathon Championships gold, European Cross Country Championships gold (team gold)
2004 – Olympic Games marathon DNF, 10,000m DNF, European Team Championships 5000m 1st
2005 – World Championships marathon gold (10,000m 9th), European Team Championships 3000m 1st
2008 - Olympic Games marathon 23rd

(Lead photo by Mark Shearman)

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