Nike
Nike Pegasus
Everything we hold on this shoe: 1 written piece.
Look up the Pegasus and you will be told 1983. Nike's own account says 1982. It was out in 1982, went wide in early 1983 and sold nearly 300,000 pairs inside 6 months.
Look up the Pegasus and you will be told 1983
The spec
| Brand | Nike |
| Model | Nike Pegasus |
No style code and no colourway here. Both come from the retailer listings on the calendar ahead, and this shoe has nothing on it, so the rows are absent rather than guessed at.
What we have written
Every piece, with the place each claim came from underneath it. Where we could not reach a source we say so instead of quietly leaving it out.
Look up the Pegasus and you will be told 1983
The Pegasus launched in 1982 and rolled out more broadly in early 1983, selling nearly 300,000 pairs within six months. It was developed at Nike's Exeter, New Hampshire facility: Mark Parker led the Air Wedge trainer project, Bill Peterson designed the outsole and Bruce Kilgore gave input on the upper. The idea was a heel only Air unit placed at the point of impact, at a target price around $50
Nike, its own magazine (about.nike.com), read 2026-08-31
What we do not hold on the Nike Pegasus yet: nothing on our UK release calendar and no reading in our price index, so no ask we could quote. Everything above is what we do.