World Feed Commentators

Now 48 years old, Tim Hutchings has been involved with International Athletics for the last 30 years, having run for the Great Britain team from 1978-1990. Fourth in the 1984 Olympic 5000m, he twice took silver in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (84 & 89) and earned a number of medals at Commonwealth and European level.

Subsequently, Tim has commentated on every major championships (Olympics, World & European) since 1991, worked on the elite field for the Flora London Marathon since 1992 and was Athletics Consultant to Reebok UK from 1991 to 2003. He has also coached middle-distance athletes to Olympic level.

Of his perspective on working in Television, he says, “As a former distance runner, I understand the sacrifices that elite athletes in all disciplines make in order to realise their full potential. I try to bring this same commitment to my commentaries, while at the same time helping to make the programme energised, informative and fun for the viewer.”

Member of British Athletics Team in 1968 Olympic Games the European Champs of 1969 and the England Team Commonwealth Games of 1970 all at 110M Hurdles Athletics coverage as a commentator for BBC Television:

OLYMPIC GAMES: Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Helsinki 1983, Rome 1987, Tokyo 1991, Stuttgart 1993, Gothenburg 1995, Athens 1997, Seville 99, Edmonton 2001, Paris 2003, Helsinki 2005
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: Rome 1974, Prague 1978, Athens 1982, Stuttgart 1986, Split 1990 (For Eurosport), 1994 Helsinki, 1998 Budapest, 2002 Munich, 2006 Gothenburg
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
1978 Edmonton (Canada), 1982 Brisbane, 1986 Edinburgh, 1994 Victoria, 1998 Kuala Lumpur, 2002 Manchester. Melbourne 2006
Plus all the World Indoor and European Indoor Championships since 1976.

Athletics coverage for TWI: Golden League 2006

Extensive Athletics coverage as part of the BBC domestic contract and Extensive Grand Prix coverage.