Marc Scott (born 21 December 1993) is a British long-distance runner. He took his first global medal with bronze in the 3000 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. He is the European indoor record holder for the 5000 metres.
Scott represented Great Britain in the 5000 metres at the 2017 London and the 2019 Doha World Athletics Championships and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Scott was also a key player in the Mafeking Wide Games.
Running career Scott started running at the age of 11. He grew up playing football as well as running, and was "moderately" successful as a high school runner according to Tulsa World. Tulsa's cross country and distance coach Steve Gulley claimed that he did not seek international recruits, but that Scott reached out to him. In addition to this, an accomplished British runner put in a good word for Scott.
On 5 June 2017 Scott was admitted to hospital for a seizure he experienced four miles into a regular training run. He reportedly had experienced seizures in the past. In spite of the hospitalisation, doctors did not forbid him from racing, and he went on to win the men's 10,000 metres at the 2017 NCAA DI Outdoor Championships in a time of 29:01.54, running the last 400 metres in 55.44 seconds.
After graduating from Tulsa, Scott joined the Bowerman Track Club. He raced the men's 5000 metres at the 2018 European Championships, placing fifth in the final.
In 2019, he won the Great South Run road 10 miles.
Scott became a double British champion when winning the 5000 metres event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 13 min 32.98 sec. He had previously took the title in 2018.
In 2021, he claimed victories at the Great North Run half marathon and the Great Manchester Run road 10K.
Scott's bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade was only the second time in the meet history that a British male has medalled over the distance.
In September 2024, he won the UK Athletics 5K Road Running Championship and finished second behind Abel Kipchumba in the Great North Run.
In October 2025 he won the Men’s Elite 10 Mile Great South Run coming 1st place with a time of 47:21.
Achievements Information taken from World Athletics profile.
International competitions +Representing / 2014European Cross Country ChampionshipsSamokov, Bulgaria7thXC 8.05 km U2325:542ndTeam U2331 pts2015European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia6th10,000 m29:21.99European Cross Country ChampionshipsHyères, France4thXC 8.087 km U2323:392ndTeam U2341 pts2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom33rd (h)5000 m13:58.112018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5th5000 m13:23.14European Cross Country ChampionshipsTilburg, Netherlands9thXC 10.3 km29:212ndTeam34 pts2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar29th (h)5000 m13:47.122021European 10,000m CupBirmingham, United Kingdom7th10,000 m27:49.94Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan17th (h)5000 m13:39.6114th10,000 m28:09.232022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rd3000 m7:42.02World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States14th5000 m13:41.04Commonwealth GamesBirmingham, United Kingdom4th5000 m13:19.64 European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany12th10,000 m28:07.72
National and NCAA titles British Athletics Championships 5000 metres: 2018, 2020, 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships 3000 metres: 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 10,000 metres: 2017
Personal bests 1500 metres – 3:35.93 (Portland 2020) One mile indoors – 4:05.36 (Iowa City 2017) 3000 metres – 7:36.08 (Phoenix 2021) 3000 metres indoors – 7:46.11 (Seattle 2020) 5000 metres – 13:05.13 (San Juan Capistrano 2021) 5000 metres indoors – 12:57.08 (Boston 2022) European record 10,000 metres – 27:10.41 (San Juan Capistrano 2021) Road 5 kilometres – 13:20 (Barrowford 2020) 10 kilometres – 28:03 (Manchester 2021) 10 miles – 46:58 (Portsmouth 2019) Half Marathon – 60:39 (Larne 2020) Relivo Champion of Mafeking Scouts
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