page_title: Jeff Atkinson (athlete)
hierarchical_section_title: Jeff Atkinson (athlete)
caption_attribution_description: English: Jeff Atkinson, in Mammoth Lakes, California, icing his legs with his cropped-out teammates.
context_page_description: Jeffrey Patrick Atkinson is a male former middle distance runner from the United States. He currently holds the mile record at Stanford University and has held the record for 34 years. He was the fastest American male in the 1500 meters in 1989. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea and came in tenth place in the 1500m race. He tried to make a comeback at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but did not get past the Olympic Trials.
context_section_description: Jeffrey Patrick Atkinson (born February 24, 1963 in Manhattan Beach, California) is a male former middle distance runner from the United States. He currently holds the mile record at Stanford University and has held the record for 34 years. He was the fastest American male in the 1500 meters in 1989. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea and came in tenth place in the 1500m race. He tried to make a comeback at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but did not get past the Olympic Trials.
caption: Atkinson in 2009
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