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Gamoudy could certainly be in the podium if he hasn't fall and got injured.

his 20.00 in the munich 200m final is his greatest result... 1972... electronic time...

Pre started to go and then he backed off. Then he started to go again and he backed off again. It was like he thought he could take them if he waited for the last 100m. He was probably surprised that they had more sprinting speed than he did. It's too bad he didn't get another chance in 1976 when he would have been older and stronger.

Vieläkin jännitän vaikka tiedän tuloksen😊

Pre 's cultfollowing has been a mystery to me. Was it his tactics of running in front and trying to get record time.?

These Bud Greenspan Olympic films bring back such memories. The narrator is actually his brother, David.

Viren run the shortest distance. Pre maybe 100 m more than him

I grew up listening to this narrator and I swear he had one of the greatest voices ever.

"The burliest runner out there"

10 000 metres.

I, too, remember the series of Bud Greenspan documentaries honoring the greatness of Summer Olympic competitors from a variety of sports (Track, Swimming, Diving, etc...). To my big brother and I, Greenspan was a legend. Too bad the audio quality of this video is corrupted. Cutting in and out.

Thanks for uploading this, I remember I bought the race on a burned DVD on ebay some twenty years ago. Also thanks for the split times.

This was bowermans fault, instead of running like he always did, bowermans had him lay back for the 1'st 2 miles, horrible coaching !!!

Me encantó Muchas gracias 🏃

Although I don't think it would have guaranteed the gold, I think Pre's best bet was to run "his race", or to take the lead early and hold it, or at least to stay in lane 1, avoiding the extra distance from running on the outside. I wish we could see this race again, with Pre running all out, the whole distance, and without running the extra distance from being in lanes 2 and 3.

32:27 i think this is Yanko Rusev and next to him Naim Suleymanoglu

Where's Jack Lovelock ? in 1936

I wonder if Pre and his coach discussed this kind of possibility (SLOW pace) and what to do about it if so. I don't know of course, but this pace would have had to mess with Pre's mind. He did not like to race that way and I think if it had gone the way of a "TRUE" race (I don't like tactical races like this), Pre could have medaled.

borzov didnt look good in 1976 olympics when hasely crawford from trinidad smoked him

For Prefontaine. The win or nothing. He thought he got nothing, except for the respect of everyone watching today and for years to come.

Love the brutally honest and colorful commentary about how slow the race was

Too little too late from Ian Stewart...in his own words he had 'a complete disaster' of a race...

Considering the fact that Viren fell down, but quickly got back up and hustled back up to the pack is just remarkable.

Thank you for posting the entire race with splits and live commentary!

👏✌️✊️ to Finland from Sweden 🙂

Is this excerpted from Bud Greenspan’s documentary on the 1972 Olympics?

No Africans, leads to believe the Africans have been doping to become so dominant. No longer as dominant as we are seeing western and European nations dominating.

I think they calculated that Prefontaine ran 40m further than Viren just by not hugging the inside of the bends...still had a lot to learn, gone too soon

Its worth watching just to listen to David Coleman’s overly dramatic commentary. How did he last so long at the BBC/?

Thank you for posting splits!!!!!! Well done!!!!!! Thank you. It’s why I clicked but already did it

Tourischeva born in Russia, Borzov in Ukraine. Lot of Ukrainians and Russians with similar parents. Really sad.

They are tough. Congratulations.

I would like to work it out so that in the end it comes down to a pure guts race if it is I can win it Steve Prefontaine 🎉

Lasse Viren though.

When will people learn to spell properly. METRE is a measurement not meter

Lasse Viren is one of the greatest long distance runners of all times of the world. I am a big fan of him

La cadencia armónica de sus zancadas. Ahí estaba su secreto.

Every time I watch this, and I saw this live on TV in 1972 , I cheer Steve on thinking that he just might pull off the victory this time.

Today's world record holder would have almost lapped them all.

The most exciting race I ever saw. I had been in Finland earlier that summer which made it even more thrilling.

Pretontaine gave it all he had. It wasn't enough. I will never forget hearing about his death on the radio a few years later--an awful shock.

Is with great sadness that we learnt today of the passing of Mariano Haro, fourth in this legendary Olympic race and one of the biggest Spanish athletes of all time. Rest in peace.

VIREN🥰🤩

Steve ran with the balls of king kong, and not just at this race.

What makes no SENSE is why the field is getting lapped.. qualifications are imbalanced.. embarrassing for olimpics standards...

Amazing runner. Even better human being.

Very cool video. Thanks for posting.

My first Olympics.

Valerij Borzov

If not dropping the actions in Moscow olympics this would have been one of the greatest documentaries in sports ever!