SPORTS PERSONALITY – THE FULL RESULTS

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Here are the full results from last night's BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

1st Chris Hoy (cycling) 283,630

2nd Lewis Hamilton (Formula 1) 163,864

3rd Rebecca Adlington (swimming) 145,924

4th Ben Ainslie (sailing) 35,472

5th Joe Calzaghe (boxing) 34,077

6th Andy Murray (tennis) 19,415

7th Nicole Cooke (cycling) 18,256

8th Christine Ohuruogu (athletics) 7,677

9th Bradley Wiggins (cycling) 5,633

10th Rebecca Romero (cycling) 4,526

Total votes cast: 718,474

Results by percentage of vote

1st Chris Hoy (cycling) 39.5%

2nd Lewis Hamilton (Formula 1) 22.8%

3rd Rebecca Adlington (swimming) 20.3%

4th Ben Ainslie (sailing) 4.9%

5th Joe Calzaghe (boxing) 4.7%

6th Andy Murray (tennis) 2.7%

7th Nicole Cooke (cycling) 2.5%

8th Christine Ohuruogu (athletics) 1%

9th Bradley Wiggins (cycling) 0.8%

10th Rebecca Romero (cycling) 0.6%

RELATED LINKS

Hoy wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year

GB cyclists and Brailsford win BBC awards

2008 Sports Personality of the Year awards photo gallery

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