Editing Allan Wells (section)

==Honours and awards==
Wells was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[1982 Birthday Honours]] for services to athletics.<ref>United Kingdom: {{London Gazette |issue=49008 |date=11 June 1982 |pages=17 |supp=y }}</ref> He was also inducted alongside [[Eric Liddell]] and [[Wyndham Halswelle]] (two other former Scottish Athletic Olympic Champions) into the [[Scottish Sports Hall of Fame]].

Wells was the first baton holder for the [[Queen's Baton Relay]] for the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]], carrying the baton from [[Buckingham Palace]] in London in October 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24463215 |title=Commonwealth Games: Queen's Baton Relay launch |publisher=BBC News |date=9 October 2013 |access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref>

In July 2014, Wells received, along with his wife Margot, an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Edinburgh Napier University.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.napier.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-news/honorary-graduates | title=Honorary Graduates }}</ref>