Peter Elliott (born 9 October 1962 in Rotherham, Yorkshire) is a former middle-distance runner from the United Kingdom.

World Record of 7 minutes 3.89 seconds with fellow British athletes Sebastian Coe, Steve Cram and Garry Cook.

[citation needed] Elliott won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh behind Steve Cram and Tom McKean.

[citation needed] As of August 2024, he is the fourth fastest Briton of all time, after Coe, Ben Pattison and Cram.

After an appeal by the British team he was reinstated (against his own wishes and those of some other athletes[citation needed]), and went on to finish fourth in the final.

[citation needed] He set a British indoor mile record of 3:52.02 in 1990, which stood until bettered by Josh Kerr in 2022.