1984 Olympics Men's 1500m final

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  • @alanherbert7725
    @alanherbert7725 Месяц назад +1

    Broke my heart when Ovett stepped onto the infield. I so wanted him to win and believed that he could.

  • @kevinprior3549
    @kevinprior3549 3 года назад +16

    Coe, Ovett, Cram, Thompson, Whitbread, Sanderson... what an athletics team GB had in 1984

  • @chrismorgan9460
    @chrismorgan9460 4 года назад +12

    Glorious times when the best of British was the best in the world. Coe was just so effortless and just seemed to glide around the track. So aesthetically beautiful

  • @graemechristopher4008
    @graemechristopher4008 4 года назад +22

    Nobody had a sprint finish quite like Sebastian Coe. It was the ace up his sleeve time and time again. Greatest of all time.

    • @richardmilliken8705
      @richardmilliken8705 2 года назад +3

      Not in the 1500m but in the 800m, Cruz was too much for Coe over the final 100m.

    • @Ramps-rc9iy
      @Ramps-rc9iy 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@richardmilliken8705No that just isn’t true.

  • @larrychristensen8253
    @larrychristensen8253 11 лет назад +34

    Coe was such a beautiful runner. I just love to watch this race.

    • @georgeknowledge7671
      @georgeknowledge7671 5 лет назад +7

      Classic running style, economic, poetry in motion!

    • @joemcm1
      @joemcm1 5 лет назад +3

      @@georgeknowledge7671 i always thought he was a bit of a waddler tbh,his dad even got gandy to work on it as it was a bit coat hanger.ovetts running style pre-railings was perfect.coe was quality in this one tho,i just wish ovett hadnt had his problems in l.a

    • @grahampearson5670
      @grahampearson5670 5 лет назад +1

      I remember watching Seb in Olympic action.

    • @SirPeter6464
      @SirPeter6464 4 года назад +5

      For style and compaction as good as I have ever seen. Athletic version of Nijinsky. Just floated over the track.

  • @sundromos9456
    @sundromos9456 4 года назад +12

    Just a walk in the park for him. Amazing talent.

  • @THESM1THS
    @THESM1THS 6 лет назад +12

    The most memorable Olympic final of my life. Coe, Ovett, Cram.... the dominant runners of the day. Coe and Ovett reinstated the 1500m as the blue ribbon event in athletics.

  • @kevinkilduff2064
    @kevinkilduff2064 Год назад +3

    Tactically perfect, Seb not only runs the finest 1500m Olympic Championship, his final 200m are utterly remarkable, especially the final 100m which rly shocked the favored Cram. There is no doubt that Seb could easily have broken the world record as he is still full of vim and vigor at the end of the race, during which he offers the doubtful British press the proverbial “middle finger.” Priceless!

  • @charlesthorndike2702
    @charlesthorndike2702 4 года назад +30

    Last 400m in 53.2
    Last 300m in 39.2
    Last 200m in 25.7
    Last 100m in 12.6
    What a beast

    • @andrewallen3826
      @andrewallen3826 2 года назад

      not even blowing

    • @shangrila73eldorado
      @shangrila73eldorado Год назад

      faster and faster

    • @TheEulerID
      @TheEulerID Год назад +2

      It's even more impressive when broken into the 100m intervals
      1100-1200m (14.0s)
      1200-1300m (13.5s)
      1300-1400m (13.1s)
      1400-1500m (12.6s)
      Each 100m was significantly faster than one prior to it.

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 Год назад

      All rolling starts.

    • @TheEulerID
      @TheEulerID Год назад

      @@johnmc3862 So what, these are not being compared against specialist sprinters, but something that happened at the end of a middle distance race. That the last 4 100m splits got ever faster in an Olympic run is remarkable.

  • @boxingjerapah
    @boxingjerapah 9 лет назад +27

    The bravery Ovett showed in even getting to the final was amazing. After every race in LA, he ended up in hospital with severe bronchial problems.

    • @rc2869
      @rc2869 6 лет назад +4

      Yeah. Shit air quality and that infection were not good combos

    • @theenglishalpinist5031
      @theenglishalpinist5031 3 года назад +3

      I remember it well (or thought I did), he actually stayed in it for 3 laps, incredible.

  • @alanworrall8485
    @alanworrall8485 2 года назад +5

    Coe ran a superb race.I remember watching the race live. Coes kick on the last bend was incredible to retain his Olympic title.

    • @mtsflorida
      @mtsflorida Год назад +1

      I was there just feet away when he crossed the line to gold at the finish and he said "about time"! He was truly the best and most brilliant middle distance runner in history. He had the respect and the girls and needed nothing to distract from his success. Being in parliament he has lost those looks that made him an idol among top runners.

  • @chrisab66
    @chrisab66 4 года назад +30

    Probably Coe's best tactical race. He knew not to let Cram get to the front, like he did in the 86 Euro 1500m. What a kick though. Can you imagine what Coe, Ovett and Cram would have achieved if they all had stayed injury and illness free?!

    • @deirdrecatherinemoroney5682
      @deirdrecatherinemoroney5682 Год назад +1

      It's 1984 yet you talk about 86

    • @chrisab66
      @chrisab66 Год назад +2

      @@deirdrecatherinemoroney5682 eh? I'm just using both as a comparison.

    • @shangrila73eldorado
      @shangrila73eldorado Год назад +5

      Coe should have been in the '88 Olympics

    • @maxit7177
      @maxit7177 Год назад

      @@shangrila73eldorado I agree with that

    • @maxit7177
      @maxit7177 Год назад +1

      It's been forty years. The training methodology, the science of nutrition, have made great strides forward. But talent remains talent. Such a sprint Ingebrigtsen will never do it !!!!

  • @markfox1545
    @markfox1545 5 лет назад +9

    Fantastic the way Coe pulled away on the last straight.

  • @andyallen4492
    @andyallen4492 5 лет назад +8

    not out of breath even running an Olympic record of 3.32. this is not highlighted enough.so smooth.

  • @deano27671
    @deano27671 13 лет назад +7

    Great quality recording of this race. Cheers!

  • @steveforest8385
    @steveforest8385 3 года назад +1

    The best kind of Coe vid.

  • @Sargebri
    @Sargebri 8 лет назад +16

    This was probably the greatest Olympic 1,500 run in my lifetime. I am so glad that it wasn't a slow tactical race but that it was a race from the start. Of course, one of the reasons was that Steve Scott didn't want to have what happened to him at the world championships the previous year happen to him again. Unfortunately, it backfired on him, but we still got a classic out of it.

    • @Awesomeknight7
      @Awesomeknight7 3 года назад

      Brian Washington, that was your lowest shot ever!

    • @francishunt562
      @francishunt562 2 года назад +2

      Steve Scott wasn't in the same league as Coe/Ovett /Cram.

  • @alanworrall8485
    @alanworrall8485 2 года назад +2

    Great memories of watching this race. Seb retaining the title he won in Moscow 4 years earlier.

  • @robertbrowne4049
    @robertbrowne4049 7 лет назад +12

    Coe was always in control and made it look easy.

  • @carlosrumbero9515
    @carlosrumbero9515 5 лет назад +7

    The race was broken by a Spaniard called Jose Manuel Abascal at 1000m. Incredible race with an incredible 200m of the two British runners.

  • @patomalley55
    @patomalley55 5 лет назад +8

    All hats off to Coe a great race in a very fast race. Cram excellent taking the silver. Abascal and Scott made it a real race hard and fast. Unfortunately Ovett suffering from a viral infection made the final. We are left contemplating what would have happened if the final had been a month before. That's sport.

    • @richardmilliken8705
      @richardmilliken8705 2 года назад +1

      It's a shame that we couldn't get a healthy & prime Coe, Ovett, Cram and Aouita in a World Championship 1500m race. They had the potential to push each other to 3:27 in 1983-1984. That's assuming that Cram is not injured & Coe Has no strange blood disease that set him back from reaching his full potential and Ovett never suffers the railing leg injury that set him back. And Aouita has the balls to run with the big boys in the 1500m.

    • @francishunt562
      @francishunt562 2 года назад

      It's a pity Cram wasn't very gracious in defeat.

  • @michaell8722
    @michaell8722 3 года назад +2

    I am amazed Coe and Cram ran a decent time despite “running” a pedestrian pace for over half the race.

  • @TheSecondWitness
    @TheSecondWitness 6 лет назад +12

    Seb Coe - greatest ever...

    • @mikearndt2217
      @mikearndt2217 5 лет назад +3

      The First Witness yes, my opinion as well! No debate in my mind

    • @steffanhoffmann8937
      @steffanhoffmann8937 5 лет назад

      1980 800m Moscow?!

    • @graemechristopher4008
      @graemechristopher4008 4 года назад +2

      @@steffanhoffmann8937 Tactical errors explain this unexpected defeat. Coe never allowed himself to get boxed in like that at the back of the field ever again.

    • @davidbaldwin133
      @davidbaldwin133 4 года назад +1

      @@graemechristopher4008 ovett was not in the zone in the 1500m in Moscow his win in the 800m affected him. Much has been made of straubs tactics helping coe win but I feel the race was won before it began just as the 800m was won before it began. Don't think there was anything between them in Moscow, one gold each was a fair reflection. In Los Angeles if ovett had been fit he may well of medled in the 800m probably bronze, coe just edging him. In the 1500 cram had a calf injury 8 weeks before and missed 6 weeks training only running again two weeks before los angels. This must of affected him and he did well to take silver. A fully fit ovett? Well it's speculation and people tend to go with whoever their personel favourite was, but ovett would of had a good chance of winning this race. Whether he would of? Well that will never be known but will always be discussed by fans. My own view is that though they were only 1 year apart age wise really they were 3 years apart because ovett was an earlier developer. Ovett in 1977 was at the same stage of development coe was in 1980. Ovett declined 3 years before coe because of this. Ovett in 77 and 78 was the best I have ever seen. Better than the coe of 80 and 81. When he started running for times to me he lost something of his essence. Coe preffered running against the clock and it showed.

    • @stel3209
      @stel3209 4 месяца назад

      @@davidbaldwin133 Coe on a completely higher plain....you're deluded.

  • @raypurkissukwildlifeandlan5361

    Incredible speed from coe down the back straight.....what an athlete he was......Great time

  • @shangrila73eldorado
    @shangrila73eldorado 4 года назад +4

    what everyone should consider in their estimation of Coe is that he could run a 45-second 400 meters...it would have been beautiful to see Rudisha and Coe head to head at their best

    • @mcharrisment4765
      @mcharrisment4765 3 года назад +4

      @@Always_ponder agreed - nobody was gonna stop Coe on that day

    • @francishunt562
      @francishunt562 2 года назад +1

      Coe had a great kick, no question, but he never ran a 45 second 400m. His best 400m time was 46,87 ran in 1979.

    • @chijanai
      @chijanai Год назад +1

      Coe will not be able to follow the pace of Rudisha

    • @chijanai
      @chijanai Год назад

      بعد انهزام عويطة في بطولة العالم سنة1983 في بطولة العالم امام ستيف كرام وستيف اوفيت اختار عويطة ان يجري 5000m وكان ناجحا في اختياره لأن بكل صراحة كو وكرام اقوى منه بكثير.

    • @darrenshaw767
      @darrenshaw767 8 дней назад

      @@francishunt562he did have several sub 46 relay splits, not the same , I know as on a rolling start but one of them was after being spiked when taking the baton.

  • @atakajail4643
    @atakajail4643 8 лет назад +9

    great abascal!

  • @TheEulerID
    @TheEulerID Год назад

    The speed that Coe put on down the last straight was astonishing at the end of a 1500 metre race. He simply ran away from everybody else.

  • @stephenclenton3122
    @stephenclenton3122 Год назад

    One of Seb coes best wins!!! the Golden era of British middle distance running!! great battles history and Numerous records/titles
    Thank you Lord Coe Steve Cram and Steve Ovett for the wonderful memories. 3 x Legends of British track and field.

  • @NPA1001
    @NPA1001 3 года назад +2

    That Coe kick.. never been bettered

    • @TheBundleofkent
      @TheBundleofkent 3 года назад

      Its close, but I think Cruz in the 800m for me....that kick with his long, differing leg lengths broke Coe

    • @GeoAce777
      @GeoAce777 Год назад

      Morceli had a NASTY last 400m kick 😈

  • @mtsflorida
    @mtsflorida Год назад

    Unbelievable where Coe got the energy to kick like that, he just turned it on like he had been jogging the whole time. As he said he loves running, apparently like no other. It was a shame the Steve Scott fell so far back. Reminiscent of '72 Steve Prefontaine. So many Steves that are great runners. Last I talked to him it was about his college coach Lynn Miller and a trackmate of mine Doug Knapp who coach bragged on his first year at UC Irvine.

  • @RobertoMartinez-kv5tp
    @RobertoMartinez-kv5tp 5 лет назад +1

    THE KING COE!!

  • @KryptonitetoallBS
    @KryptonitetoallBS 4 года назад +7

    Cram the world champion and Coe the reigning Olympic champion both fit and healthy. No contest. A fully fit Coe couldn't be beaten and never was. Just too fast for time trials and far too fast if it became a sprint!!
    Throughout his career he only lost once when he got boxed in and left behind v Ovett or when he was recovering from injury ( back problems)/illness ( toxoplasmosis).
    There have been other great middle distance runners including Cram, Ovett, Morceli, Guerrouj, and Aouita. But none have won the blue riband 1500 metres in successive Olympics bar one. It's just possible that if picked he could have made it three. The greatest middle distance runner of all time....Seb Coe!!!

    • @sundromos9456
      @sundromos9456 4 года назад +2

      Had they been contemporaries, I’d wager you’d see El Gerrouj take some of that kick out of him, starting at 600m to go. No one in their right mind would bet against him. Would have been great to see the two of them.

    • @KryptonitetoallBS
      @KryptonitetoallBS 4 года назад +1

      @@sundromos9456 El Guerrouj didn't have the kick that Coe and Ovett had and so would have had to go from a long way out, similar to Cram. This is a weakness of theirs because they could only win one way. Coe/Ovett could win races every which way. But I agree with you that El Guerrouj would have been a huge challenge for them both even when fully fit. I believe that Morceli would have been also as he destroyed Guerrouj in their early battles!

    • @deano27671
      @deano27671 3 года назад +1

      @@KryptonitetoallBS Yes, but for me there is a big question mark over what ElG and Morcelli achieved, because they ran their fastest times (practically every week, and rarely injured) during a period when EPO was rife; being used in all endurance events and there was no test for it until 2000, and no effective one until 2005. Of course EL G was beating everyone else in his era and was a phenomenal athlete, but his times were certainly enhanced. His 2000m WR was/is a joke! A 3:49 mile and then a 55 sec last 400m! Please! There is a reason why no athlete has approached his WRs in the 20 + years since he run them.

  • @mtelectrical8068
    @mtelectrical8068 Год назад

    See was Pure class

  • @krob1957
    @krob1957 5 лет назад +2

    Would have been a treat to see Seb Coe and Prefontaine race against each other in their primes.

    • @schafer18
      @schafer18 3 года назад +4

      Coe would eat him alive.

    • @trevorturner8037
      @trevorturner8037 4 месяца назад

      @@schafer18they ran 2 completely different events so its redundant to even compare the 2

  • @APBCTechnique
    @APBCTechnique 5 лет назад +5

    Coe did well considering his illness in 1983 toxoplasmosis

  • @rc2869
    @rc2869 3 месяца назад

    Genius. Perfect Race (Coe had better runs v the clock) from Coe - Scott came for him, Abascal came for him and Cram and then Cram came.
    And they weren't even close.

  • @mcharrisment4765
    @mcharrisment4765 3 года назад +5

    Not keen on 'Coe' at all as he always came across as quite an arrogant snob in the 80's plus he was a sore loser , however that is some kick finish he had in his locker

  • @Ruda-n4h
    @Ruda-n4h 4 года назад +5

    I was always glad that Said Aouita was asked by his athletics federation to run the 5000m instead of the 1500m as they thought he wouldn't have the same potential tactical problems in 5K as in 1500m. He was extremely impressive in winning the 5K in a very fast race and he could well have beaten Coe here. With a fully fit Cram and Ovett it could have been the race of the century. Another might have been.

    • @kevinkilduff2064
      @kevinkilduff2064 3 года назад +3

      Respectfully I disagree here, Neil. Coe, after running almost 12 flat for the final 100, was hardly breathing at the end(watch closely) and I am sure could have run faster. He was in perfect condition for this race, having beaten off a mono-like virus that almost ended his career months before. The wonderful Steve Cram was the favorite here but was no match for Seb. Steve says so in his interview, in which he looks stunned. I am not sure anyone could have beaten Seb on this day.

    • @richardmilliken8705
      @richardmilliken8705 2 года назад

      @@bfc3057 If they were all healthy & had no trials and it was a world championship race with Aouita, Coe, Ovett & Cram, we are looking at a potential 3:26 for the 1500m. Coe & Ovett & Cram & Aouita should've raced more often.

    • @Ruda-n4h
      @Ruda-n4h 2 года назад

      @@kevinkilduff2064 Looking back on it now I think you are right, but I always though Aouita should have run 1500m more.

    • @rc2869
      @rc2869 Год назад

      Laughable - he would have finished 3rd at best in this race. Steroids and all

  • @rogerbrodniak5644
    @rogerbrodniak5644 3 года назад +1

    That last 100m...

  • @semivuetibau2076
    @semivuetibau2076 4 года назад +1

    Seb Coe the great.

  • @ryanwilliams2764
    @ryanwilliams2764 5 месяцев назад

    I’m thinking this was the only time Coe, Cram and Ovett were in the same race. Shame Ovett was so unwell. Though, no one would have beaten Coe in this form.

  • @martyn26.2
    @martyn26.2 4 года назад +4

    Actually, Cram had had problems in that season and was not 100%. I'm not saying Coe wouldn't have won, but let's be fair the margin of victory he had over Cram shows that he wasn't 100%. Ovett was also a 'might have been' as he ran his second fastest 800m, after running three consecutive days. Come on, let's be fair

    • @francishunt562
      @francishunt562 2 года назад

      An athlete is either fit to compete or they're not. Can't lose and then have people make excuses for them.

    • @rc2869
      @rc2869 Год назад

      Coe wasn't fully fit until about a week before the Olympics

    • @paulwilliams8389
      @paulwilliams8389 Год назад

      The 800m actually ran Coe into peak condition to win the 1500m but ruined Ovett.

    • @martyn26.2
      @martyn26.2 Год назад

      @@paulwilliams8389 Ovett was ruined in the 800m semi, if you recall. He was a sick man but had no one to make excuses for him.

  • @colinfraser9342
    @colinfraser9342 Месяц назад

    3:19 Coe says bye bye

  • @timrobinson100
    @timrobinson100 5 лет назад

    WELL DONE SEB [ WHERE WAS CRAM?

    • @boneidol20
      @boneidol20 4 года назад

      Agree, no noticeable kick from Cram at 400m or 300m out, he had enough champs experience to know he could only beat Coe by getting to 1200m ahead of him. Total dominance on the day by Coe

  • @SirPeter6464
    @SirPeter6464 4 года назад

    Cram waited and got caught out. Wouldn't have mattered, but hesitation took hold. Always at his best when running his own race, running other people's gave him problem. I always think it was a shame - for him - that the 1500m wasn't a lap longer.

    • @boneidol20
      @boneidol20 4 года назад +2

      Cram was tactically very astute but he was given a masterclass on this day. Shame he couldn't have won in 1988 - I really like the man

  • @paulwilliams8389
    @paulwilliams8389 Год назад

    Shame Ovett was so ill or it would certainly have been a British 1-2-3 which would have been the crowning glory for British middle distance running.

  • @brenwalsh9232
    @brenwalsh9232 5 лет назад +2

    Nobody beats Coe with 200 to go if he is somewhat fresh,,,,

  • @kennethlandau5396
    @kennethlandau5396 5 лет назад +2

    Steve Scott could not handle the pressure

    • @rc2869
      @rc2869 Год назад

      He gambled on winning gold as he knew if it came down to last 300m he couldn't beat Cram or Coe

  • @jeffallinson8089
    @jeffallinson8089 3 года назад +1

    12 months later Cram would have obliterated that field.

    • @francishunt562
      @francishunt562 2 года назад

      We can argue 'what if' for an eternity. The fact is what happens in the here and now. Cram lost, Coe won.

    • @paulwilliams8389
      @paulwilliams8389 Год назад

      He was unlucky with the timing - had the Olympic Games been in '85 or '86 he would certainly have won a gold medal at either 800m or 1500m

  • @stonekeeper86
    @stonekeeper86 11 лет назад +8

    Aoita knew he didn't have a chance in this one so he got in the 5k....like a little B....lol

    • @jeremyhomewood9573
      @jeremyhomewood9573 6 лет назад +3

      DEFINITELY !!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @darrenshaw767
      @darrenshaw767 5 лет назад +4

      Coe would have destroyed Aquoita

    • @PrentisHancock1
      @PrentisHancock1 4 года назад

      @whatwerepeatedlydo No. Aouita would definitely have won if he ran in the 1500 instead of the 5000. He definitely had the form that season to beat Coe. What he may not have had is the confidence, and there but for the grace of athletics, that slight hesitation gave us the result that we have. It's funny that in this and the following 5 seasons that both Coe and Aouita were active and at their peaks, they never raced each other. I think that was more about Coe avoiding Aouita than the other way round. Not from fear or weakness but because he did not want to give Aouita an ounce of credibility. Perhaps he knew something?

    • @KryptonitetoallBS
      @KryptonitetoallBS 4 года назад +2

      @@PrentisHancock1 What nonsense...."Aouita would have definitely have won"....what a Clown you have just labelled yourself...They didn't race against each other so no-one knows what would have happened. What we do know is that Aouita 100% avoided Coe in this race as he has admitted publicly. He felt his best chance was in the 5000 and guess what? He was right!!!

    • @Ruda-n4h
      @Ruda-n4h 4 года назад

      @@PrentisHancock1 I completely agree. Aouita was asked by his athletics federation to run the 5000m instead of the 1500m as they thought he wouldn't have the same potential tactical problems in 5K as in 1500m. He was extremely impressive in winning the 5K in a very fast race and he could well have beaten Coe here. With a fully fit Cram and Ovett it could have been the race of the century. .

  • @matthewkelly6012
    @matthewkelly6012 Год назад

    it's just not supposed to look that easy

  • @abdullahabdwhatsapp2853
    @abdullahabdwhatsapp2853 5 лет назад

    #اسمasamiي #انا #نظام #استنتؤيكغؤرب #اسمي #ه173شام #ال14ك18رؤج

  • @davidkavanagh9551
    @davidkavanagh9551 Год назад

    I remember watching this as a 11 year old and screaming at the TV 📺 😅