U.S. hurdler Anglo Taylor also won Olympic Gold in this event from Lane 1 at the Sydney Olympic Games in the year 2000, (but it wasn't in world record time.)
Not only did John get stuck on the inside lane but he hurdled using the wrong leg which caused him to run 12 feet farther than anyone else around the turns....INCREDIBLE WIN
Makes you wonder what he would have run with a mid track draw. Akii-Bua wasn’t pushed in the straight. Hemery was finished 20m out with Mann just nailing him on the line. J A-B had plenty left in the tank if it came down to a fight. An unforgettable moment in sport and a human tragedy.
Lies stop your western propaganda againist Iddi Amin.he is our greatest and most loved president of uganda . He loves uganda more than anything in life. Remember the reason why the British wanted Amin and we're tired of Obote was they thought giving semi illiterate Amin to be president would help then steal ugandan resources easily since Obote would reason with them to make sure uganda got a good cut in the deals.
No he didn't eat anyone. There is only one tribe which practices cannibalism in Uganda and that's the Baganda tribe and it's believed to be a curse on them and their families by the gods. Amin comes from North of uganda from the Aringa tribe which has no connection with cannibalism. Secondly Iddi Amin loved sports more than any president we ever had. He gave John a house and salary. It's the next Olympics where John didn't take place after uganda and many other countries boycotted the USSR Olympics of 1976. So John couldn't take part. Remember uganda under Amins presidentship became an elite in boxing . And we reached the finals of African cup of Nations football for 4 years out of 8. Amin loved sports. He was the east African heavyweight champion for 7 years on the uganda army forces team.
@@rickyreward226 Idi Amin Dada Oumee was a Ugandan military officer who served as the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Popularly known as the "Butcher of Uganda", he is considered one of the most brutal despots in world history. Amin ruled directly, shunning the delegation of power. He was noted for his abrupt changes of mood, from buffoonery to shrewdness, from gentleness to tyranny. He was often extreme in his nationalism. He expelled all Asians from Uganda in 1972, an action that led to the breakdown of Uganda’s economy, and he publicly insulted Great Britain and the United States as well as numerous world leaders. Amin came to be known as the “Butcher of Uganda” for his brutality, and it is believed that some 300,000 people were killed and countless others tortured during his presidency. In October 1978 Amin ordered an attack on Tanzania. Aided by Ugandan nationalists, Tanzanian troops eventually overpowered the Ugandan army. As the Tanzanian-led forces neared Kampala, Uganda’s capital, on April 11, 1979, Amin fled the country; he was succeeded as president by Yusufu Lule two days later. After escaping first to Libya, Amin finally settled in Saudi Arabia. taken from the Britannica Encyclopaedia
@@bikeanddogtripsvirtualcycling I can tell you all you wrote there was 100% bullshit and white man's propaganda again the greatest African president of all time. I'm ugandan and my father told me that was the glory time of our country when we had everything free as a country from education to medical care , to housing for all government workers, to black people owning farms and businesses for the first time. To a robust cooperative network for produce and every ugandan farmily was well off. Remember Amin was put as president by the British. Obote who was the president had gone for an OAU summit and the British helped Amin make a coup de tar. In which Obote was told not to come back to Uganda just and no one died in the whole act of Amin becoming president. Now imagine they made an uneducated nationalist who just knows good and bad. And was willing to do what his brain told him was good. The whole city was full of only Indians and whites with no black person allowed in . It was complete white man and Indian apethide . And hey discriminated againist all ugandans and that didn't sit well with Amin. They were living in Uganda and acted superior in our country . So he told them since he has warned them many times to stop apethide and they had refused . They now had 90days to leave his country. He stopped getting aid from Britain and any county. So Britain couldn't steal any of our natural resources . He sold all the gold and other minerals to arab countries instead of the west mostly through his best friend Gadaffi. He bought 40 planes for uganda airlines, built the longest setlite in the region and built the OAU conference center which was televised to the whole world on coloured TV. The first in the region. Uganda was a sports powerhouse. And every ugandan enjoyed his country. Amins problem was the British who after realising their mistake, started plots to assacinate him. Amin survived more than a dozen assacinations and of cos he killed all the traitors who tried to kill him . In total only about 20 ugandans died under Amin. Who were all prominent people like archbishop luwum who was got with guns hidden under the church and other ministers who worked with Britain to end him. When Britain joined forces with Tanzania to oust him, he said Russia offered to give him jet fighters in exchange of some of the minerals in Uganda, he decides he will not let innocent ugandans die fighting the tanAnian forces and he won't sell uganda to Russia to remain in power. He just put his farmily on a chopper and flew then to lybia to Gadaffi and later was given a home in Saudi Arab where he died at a ripe old age.
The podcast I just listened to said he "invented" the lap of honour after this race - he was the 1st to do it, jumping imaginary hurdles in the back straight.
If he had been Kenyan he would have been another Ed Moses in terms of longevity/records etc and we would still be coming down from their race in Montreal which would have been talked about around the Universe.
John Akii-Bua, wherever you are in the great beyond, I don't think you got the chance to fulfill your greatness; Idi Amin messed up your performance curve by causing mayhem and murder in your country. May you reincarnate to complete the mission.
@@seanou2837A coincidence only. Back then, you chose your lane from a hat with 8 numbers. The athlete with the fastest semi time chose first. Aki Bua just happened to choose lane one! We're always seeing racism! You surely have heard the expression ' the luck of the draw'. Geez!!! Many #1 athletes ended up in lane one. That's why the rule was changed in the 1980s!!
@waynehentley4332 you can say what you want, but this one was clearly a case of favoritism and possibly racism. Go look at the semi- finals and the heats and tell me that the British athlete had random lanes.
What a performance by John Akii-Bua! I watched it live via satellite on television in 1972.
setting the world record from lane 1.......INCREDIBLE
U.S. hurdler Anglo Taylor also won Olympic Gold in this event from Lane 1 at the Sydney Olympic Games in the year 2000, (but it wasn't in world record time.)
His first born married to my sister and his grand children are all well and he has many more grand kids
lHope one of them can get this gift l pray
Not only did John get stuck on the inside lane but he hurdled using the wrong leg which caused him to run 12 feet farther than anyone else around the turns....INCREDIBLE WIN
First man under 48 sec. on 400m hurdles, excellent! 👑👑👑
the documentary on his life is very sad. a good man.
Makes you wonder what he would have run with a mid track draw. Akii-Bua wasn’t pushed in the straight. Hemery was finished 20m out with Mann just nailing him on the line. J A-B had plenty left in the tank if it came down to a fight. An unforgettable moment in sport and a human tragedy.
Legend . 1st sub 48. And had some left ....
What a legend AKiibua was!!!!!
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47.81 in 1972 is, quite simply, an astonishing time.
Great akiibua.history made
Fantastic video quality for a fantastic race.
John is a legend
such a tragic life after this. Idi Amin destroyed John's life and the lives of millions of Ugandan people. John was a national hero.
Lies stop your western propaganda againist Iddi Amin.he is our greatest and most loved president of uganda . He loves uganda more than anything in life.
Remember the reason why the British wanted Amin and we're tired of Obote was they thought giving semi illiterate Amin to be president would help then steal ugandan resources easily since Obote would reason with them to make sure uganda got a good cut in the deals.
@@rickyreward226 didn't he eat people sometimes?
No he didn't eat anyone. There is only one tribe which practices cannibalism in Uganda and that's the Baganda tribe and it's believed to be a curse on them and their families by the gods.
Amin comes from North of uganda from the Aringa tribe which has no connection with cannibalism.
Secondly Iddi Amin loved sports more than any president we ever had. He gave John a house and salary. It's the next Olympics where John didn't take place after uganda and many other countries boycotted the USSR Olympics of 1976. So John couldn't take part.
Remember uganda under Amins presidentship became an elite in boxing . And we reached the finals of African cup of Nations football for 4 years out of 8. Amin loved sports. He was the east African heavyweight champion for 7 years on the uganda army forces team.
@@rickyreward226 Idi Amin Dada Oumee was a Ugandan military officer who served as the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Popularly known as the "Butcher of Uganda", he is considered one of the most brutal despots in world history. Amin ruled directly, shunning the delegation of power. He was noted for his abrupt changes of mood, from buffoonery to shrewdness, from gentleness to tyranny. He was often extreme in his nationalism. He expelled all Asians from Uganda in 1972, an action that led to the breakdown of Uganda’s economy, and he publicly insulted Great Britain and the United States as well as numerous world leaders. Amin came to be known as the “Butcher of Uganda” for his brutality, and it is believed that some 300,000 people were killed and countless others tortured during his presidency.
In October 1978 Amin ordered an attack on Tanzania. Aided by Ugandan nationalists, Tanzanian troops eventually overpowered the Ugandan army. As the Tanzanian-led forces neared Kampala, Uganda’s capital, on April 11, 1979, Amin fled the country; he was succeeded as president by Yusufu Lule two days later. After escaping first to Libya, Amin finally settled in Saudi Arabia.
taken from the Britannica Encyclopaedia
@@bikeanddogtripsvirtualcycling I can tell you all you wrote there was 100% bullshit and white man's propaganda again the greatest African president of all time. I'm ugandan and my father told me that was the glory time of our country when we had everything free as a country from education to medical care , to housing for all government workers, to black people owning farms and businesses for the first time. To a robust cooperative network for produce and every ugandan farmily was well off.
Remember Amin was put as president by the British. Obote who was the president had gone for an OAU summit and the British helped Amin make a coup de tar. In which Obote was told not to come back to Uganda just and no one died in the whole act of Amin becoming president.
Now imagine they made an uneducated nationalist who just knows good and bad. And was willing to do what his brain told him was good.
The whole city was full of only Indians and whites with no black person allowed in . It was complete white man and Indian apethide . And hey discriminated againist all ugandans and that didn't sit well with Amin. They were living in Uganda and acted superior in our country . So he told them since he has warned them many times to stop apethide and they had refused . They now had 90days to leave his country.
He stopped getting aid from Britain and any county. So Britain couldn't steal any of our natural resources . He sold all the gold and other minerals to arab countries instead of the west mostly through his best friend Gadaffi. He bought 40 planes for uganda airlines, built the longest setlite in the region and built the OAU conference center which was televised to the whole world on coloured TV. The first in the region. Uganda was a sports powerhouse. And every ugandan enjoyed his country.
Amins problem was the British who after realising their mistake, started plots to assacinate him. Amin survived more than a dozen assacinations and of cos he killed all the traitors who tried to kill him . In total only about 20 ugandans died under Amin. Who were all prominent people like archbishop luwum who was got with guns hidden under the church and other ministers who worked with Britain to end him.
When Britain joined forces with Tanzania to oust him, he said Russia offered to give him jet fighters in exchange of some of the minerals in Uganda, he decides he will not let innocent ugandans die fighting the tanAnian forces and he won't sell uganda to Russia to remain in power. He just put his farmily on a chopper and flew then to lybia to Gadaffi and later was given a home in Saudi Arab where he died at a ripe old age.
So David ended up with the full Olympic set, Gold, Silver and Bronze.
The podcast I just listened to said he "invented" the lap of honour after this race - he was the 1st to do it, jumping imaginary hurdles in the back straight.
He was not the first. Brasilian Adhemar Ferreira da Silva did it already in Helsinki 1952. He won triple jump and made a new world record.
Still great run from David
David Hemery was a superstar.
Uma lenda, cheguei aqui através de uma leitura A rainha de Katwe. Akii Bua The King !
Legendary!!!
Proud of u akibua from Uganda
I cant believe the way he tackled that corner!
He was so good he ran over hurdle 1 twice
@BornRunnerBorn: But he switched the lane - should he've been disqualified?
@@keinKlarname it was after the race was over, plus the man broke the world record, can you blame him? Hahahah
He defied all the odds
John Akibua
Legend. His life was tragic
Classic.Where did he come from?
Kampala, Uganda
From uganda
@@ikklepip Lira, Uganda
We can only imagine the fight between JAB and Edwin Moses in Montreal 1976.
What guts,no proper shoes,no stadium.
Nothing but
If he had been Kenyan he would have been another Ed Moses in terms of longevity/records etc and we would still be coming down from their race in Montreal which would have been talked about around the Universe.
No. He wouldn't have. African countries boycotted the 1976 Olympics.
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John Akii-Bua, wherever you are in the great beyond, I don't think you got the chance to fulfill your greatness; Idi Amin messed up your performance curve by causing mayhem and murder in your country. May you reincarnate to complete the mission.
A Lane one win.
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Hemery so unlucky
won his heats and semi-final and was put in lane 1 to give the guy from the UK every chance of beating him, racism at its finest.
It was a blind draw!!
@waynehentley4332 not so blind when the British guy got the preferred lane.
@@seanou2837A coincidence only. Back then, you chose your lane from a hat with 8 numbers. The athlete with the fastest semi time chose first. Aki Bua just happened to choose lane one! We're always seeing racism! You surely have heard the expression ' the luck of the draw'. Geez!!! Many #1 athletes ended up in lane one. That's why the rule was changed in the 1980s!!
@waynehentley4332 you can say what you want, but this one was clearly a case of favoritism and possibly racism. Go look at the semi- finals and the heats and tell me that the British athlete had random lanes.
@@seanou2837 Go away. You are paranoid!!