Peter McColgan

Peter McColgan

Personal information
Nationality	Northern Irish
Born	20 February 1963 Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Steeplechase

Peter McColgan (born 20 February 1963) is a Northern Irish former steeplechaser. ^[1]

Biography

McColgan was born in Strabane, County Tyrone, and was educated at Omagh CBS. He only took up athletics at the age of 17 and was coached until 1986 by Malcolm McCausland. ^[2]

McColgan holds the Northern Irish 3000 metres indoor record with a time of 7:54.48, as well as the two- (5:31.09) and three-km (8:27.93) steeplechase outdoor records. ^[3]

McColgan represented Northern Ireland at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and was a finalist in the 3000 metre steeplechase and 5000 metres. ^[4]

He also ran for Great Britain in the steeplechase at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Japan and among his other accomplishments are a bronze medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the NCAA Championships (1986) in the United States and a sub-four-minute mile. He finished third behind Colin Walker at the 1991 AAA Championships. ^{[5] [6]}

He has five children with his ex-wife Liz, including athlete Eilish. ^[7] Peter remarried on 22 Feb 2025 to his long term fiancée Lesley.

References

1. Peter McColgan. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-02.
2. Peter MColgan. Scottish Distance Running History. Retrieved on 2015-07-02.
3. "Northern Ireland Track Stats - Ni Male Records". Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
4. "NORTHERN IRELAND TRACK STATS - Commonwealth Games". Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
6. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
7. "Liz McColgan settles divorce with husband Peter - The Scotsman". Archived from the original on 6 December 2019.