Editing Allan Wells (section)

===1981 World Cup win===
In 1981, after a tour of Australia and New Zealand, Wells won the [[1981 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]] 100 metres, beating East German [[Frank Emmelmann]].<ref name="Europa Cup Results 1981">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=du5AAAAAIBAJ&pg=6056%2C3108088 |title=Europa Cup Results |work=The Glasgow Herald |date=17 August 1981 |page=14 |access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref> Wells also finished 2nd in the 200 m.<ref name="Europa Cup Results 1981"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=du5AAAAAIBAJ&pg=5734%2C3131765 |title=Wells beaten but Britain happy |first=Bruce |last=Urquhart |work=The Glasgow Herald |date=17 August 1981 |page=16 |access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>

He then won the "[[1981 IAAF World Cup|IAAF Golden sprints]]" in [[Berlin]], which was the most prominent sprint meeting in the world that year. Although finishing second to the Frenchman [[Hermann Panzo]] by 0.01 secs in the 100, Wells won the 200 beating the top four American sprinters Mel Lattany, Jeff Phillips, Stanley Floyd, Steve Williams as well as Canada's [[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]] in the 100/200, 10.15/20.15 (200 wind assist) for Wells to win the event in an aggregate 30.30.

Wells won the 100 metres at the IAAF World cup in Rome, beating [[Carl Lewis]]; Wells then finished 2nd in the world cup 200 in 20.53. Afterwards, he beat Mel Lattany and Stanley Floyd again, when he won a 200 in 20.26 in the [[Memorial Van Damme]] meeting in [[Brussels]], Belgium.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}