Paul William Evans (born 13 April 1961) is a former distance runner from England, who ran in the 10000m track final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics[1] and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He took up running at 25, having been a footballer. He was a member of Belgrave Harriers and the City of Norwich Athletics Club.
Evans came second in the 1996 Great North Run, third in the 1996 London Marathon, and won the 1996 Chicago Marathon at the age of 35.[2] His 2:08:52 in Chicago places him fifth on the UK all-time marathon list. Other achievements include a half-marathon best time of 61:18, and a course record in the premier Swedish 30 km cross country running race Lidingöloppet in 1995.
He is now athletics development officer for Norfolk.
| Representing and | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Lisbon Half Marathon | Lisbon, Portugal | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Half marathon | 1:01:44 |
| Italian Marathon | Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | 9th | Marathon | 2:12:53 | ||
| 1992 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 5th | Marathon | 2:10:36 | |
| Newcastle, United Kingdom | 10th | Half marathon | 1:01:38 | |||
| 1993 | Reading, United Kingdom | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Half marathon | 1:01:38[3] | |
| New York City Marathon | New York City, United States | 7th | Marathon | 2:13:36 | ||
| 1995 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 5th | Marathon | 2:10:31 | |
| New York City Marathon | New York City, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:11:05 | ||
| 1996 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | Marathon | 2:10:40 | |
| Chicago, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:52 | |||
| 1997 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 8th | Marathon | 2:09:18 | |
| Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 6th | Marathon | 2:09:20 | ||
| 1999 | Edinburgh Marathon | Edinburgh, Scotland | 4th | Marathon | 2:17:35 | |
| 2001 | Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 23rd | Marathon | 2:18:35 | |