HOW JONES SET THE STANDARD BACK IN 1985

WITHOUT a clock on the route in Chicago to let him know how close he was to world-record pace, British runner Steve Jones fell milliseconds short of Carlos Lopes’s time of 2hr 7min 12sec. Lopes had beaten the Welshman’s old record six months earlier, but Jones’s time of 2hr 7min 13sec in 1985 set a British record that would stand for 33 years — and earned him a cheque for £41,000

IN 1985 . . .

Pint of beer: 75p Pint of milk: 23p

London Marathon prize-money: £20,000 (2018 winner Eliud Kipchoge picked up £39,000)

Top of the charts: The Power of Love by Jennifer Rush

First Division football champions: Everton (eighth title)

Prime Minister: Margaret Thatcher