it would end for Buckner and despite making an appearance at the 1992 Summer Olympics after he came to within half a second of his best time from 1986, he progressed no further than the heats after a fall. This spelled the end of Buckner's short career as a distance athlete. Shortly after his running career ended, Buckner worked for the sports giant Adidas before he and his family upped sticks and moved to New Zealand to concentrate on apple farming. In his own words this venture was "a disaster" and when they returned he was appointed project director of the athletics board. Jack's younger brother Tom Buckner was also an international distance runner and gained recognition when he finished 5th at the 1994 Commonwealth Games 3000m steeplechase (8:29.84). Both Tom and Jack have run sub 4-minute miles (Tom 3:58.90 at Portsmouth, UK in 1993) and Jack (3:51.57 at Koblenz, Germany in 1984). Tom and Jack Buckner were the first brothers since the 1950s to compete at the Olympics (in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games). Personal bests 800 metres – 1:49.80 (1981) 1000 metres – 2:18.88 (1982) UKAT 30th 1500 metres – 3:35.28 (1984) UKAT 19th One mile – 3:51.57 (1984) UKAT 10th 2000 metres – 4:53.06 (1987) UKAT 3rd Two miles – 8:17.12 (1986) UKAT 7th 3000 metres – 7:40.43 (1986) UKAT 6th 5000 metres – 13:10.15 (1986) UKAT 4th NB UKAT denotes position on the United Kingdom all-time athletics lists. References 1961 births Living people English male middle-distance runners English male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists People from Wells, Somerset Alumni of Loughborough University People educated at Worksop College Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games