When we were little kids my mom would watch the olympics with us and the 800 meter final came on. Dave came back and caught everyone at the end. My mom cried and I didn't understand why she was crying. Years later and even today I cry when I hear Jim Mckay's call coming down the stretch and Dave leans at the line to pip the Soviet runner from Ukraine. Just one of the best sporting moments of all time. Everyone in my family including grandkids know who Dave Wottle is...
Funny, I would watch with my mum too, not my dad. Fuelled my interest in running. I remember this race and Wottle's iconic lucky hat. I remember him clutching it to his chest when they played the anthem. Epic!
@@billytoad seems like the American only won because the Russian had a very unlucky double bump loosing him 6m, then he sprinted to get his position back which then cost him the race. If no bump he would have won by 5m. Dave was lucky Russian unlucky
I love this so much! Dave’s hat is the greatest piece of sports memorabilia in history. I hope his children and grandchildren’s grandchildren cherish it forever.
I'm a veteran street runner here in Brazil and I participate as an amateur in races from 5km to Marathons (I completed 29 marathons). I watch and share the video of this spectacular victory by D. Wottle many years ago. I find it simply sensational, as I have always admired strategic victories much more than those obtained through brute force. It's a most incredible lesson in how a race isn't decided until the last step, even for those who are running far, in last place! This victory is extremely inspiring! Congratulations to D. Wottle!!!
Brazil! Amazing! Thank you for watching all the way from Brazil! and yes this race gives me the chills every time! Classic THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE story! SO Inspiring!! TOADLYFE!
I still remember watching the race on TV and screaming as if Dave could hear me. Great of you to be able to sit down with the man himself and get a blow by blow account of an incredible race.
What a class act. As an 880/mile high school runner in '72, Dave Wottle was my hero. Myself and a bunch of us middle distance guys took to wearing a hat when we ran. Now at age 67, I'm told I still hold my school's record in the mile. It was the hat! Hats off to Mr. Dave Wottle. He gave us all something to dream about.
I've only watched this race 1,000 times. The British commentary is fun to watch, too. Dave gave a talk in my hometown of Green Bay, Wis., after this, and his was the first and only autograph I ever collected.
I think if they gave a gold medal for commentary, the BBC Athletics team would be as dominant in that as the US 4 x 400m relay team is. Coleman was the greatest of them all. I think, not least because, although he was naturally commentating with a British perspective, if a race developed and the Brit was out of contention, his commentary remained just as animated as if he was calling it home for whatever nation was about to win. He was renowned in the UK for his Soccer commentary too. When a goal was scored he would simply but emphatically say the scoreline, then go silent for a few seconds. He did this to give himself time to think about what to say. Appreciate the majority of viewers here are American and not necessarily Soccer fans, but for arguably Coleman's greatest ever piece of commentary, watch the third goal in the 1974 English F A Cup Final.
The singular most exciting Olympic race ever...I remember the excitement of seeing it in real time..I was 15...I show it to anyone and everyone who might care
I remember watching the race with my dad. I was standing up, yelling at the TV, cheering him on as he pulled from being last. As a 21 year old female then I had zero interest in track and field, yet 52 years later, Dave Wottle's win is still my strongest Olympics memory.
Dave...what you did resonates to today. Every time that I think about quitting I watch this video. i watched the race live and can only say that it was amazing. You have made an impact on lives. Jim
I haven't seen Dave Wottle since an interview in the 90's. You're aging well, good sir. Always just freaks me out when someone ages by 2.5 decades from the image I still have in my head of them.
Tears fall from eyes.. Though I'm worlds apart and born five years behind this event so so proud of Wottle .. This sure I will show to all my students for pure inspiration ...
Wow…what a terrific insight into how Dave Wottle beat the best in the world. And how humble and understated is he. A champion athlete and a champion bloke.
Without a doubt, the greatest most iconic 800m ever run.l! & It couldn't have been done by a more humble, likeable man than Dave Wottle. I watched that race live as a kid🙏
"Hats are no longer aloud", I guess they think it gave Dave an unfair advantage. I remember this race. I've even been to Munich and could still hear they announcer when I stood inside the stadium, 4 years later.. Dave, you still have many fans!
I have shown this to my son a few times .. this man is an inspiration and such humility.. Dave wottle you won because you believed in yourself.. Give yourself some credit man it was a hell of an achievement.
Always get chills watching this race, my favorite Olympic moment. Watching this as an 11 year old in 72 it impressed me so much Dave was able to come from behind like that in two races. I have been a life long recreational runner since that time and of course I always wear a cap when I run. Thanks for the wonderful memory and race!
I remember Dave so well as a 21 year old Englishman. His cap certainly made him stand out but it was that kick down the straight and even in the qualifying stages he looked as though be hadn't a chance coming round to the final straight...and then. I remember the British commentators always saying "Wottle has left it too late" and who could not believe them. Thanks Dave for being a memorable part of my youth.
Dave's run is as memorable and exhilirating today as it was 50 years ago. To come in from a 10m lag at the back, with 250 metres to go is just plain mind-boggling, He says it was more about the others coming back at him, but he's just being modest. This run is firmly cemented in Olympic history as one of the most exciting 800m of all time.
I remember when he won. I was a freshmen in High School. My mother adored Dave Wottle. EVERYONE knew about the "Wottle kick". Great man. Great athlete.
I am now 60 so in 1972 I was 9 (born Dec) when I watched my first Olympics. In England everyone seemed to hold the Mile (1500m) and the 100m above everything else. What stood out for me was people going on about the Hat - I thought so what, look at the race.....Being a member of Blackheath Harriers - where Sydney Wooderson had held the World Record for the Mile - what stood out for me was after the finish, Dave was walking around like he'd just won a Club race - people here were of the opinion that the first lap was intentional, take your time, Run Your Race was a big thing, so its amazing to find that Dave just kept to his ability on the day - how many athletes run like a sprinter because they can't handle their adrenaline. Great footage, thank you
Wonderful stuff. I was 14 years old in 1972 and inspired in my running by Mr Wottle's fantastic performance. What a lovely gentleman he appears to be. For many years, there was a large framed photo of Mr Wottle in this race hanging on the wall of Joe Allen restaurant in London.
My dad was an 800 guy…used to run his first lap at 49/50 and then follow it up with a terrible 60/61. Haha. But my dad always said DAVE Wottle was THE MAN to beat…crazy unheard of KICK
This is a marvellous video. It is not unusual to find interviews with olympic legends. Seeing them so relaxed in their own home is another thing, though. Thank you.
It's the first truly magical, exciting Olympic moment I can ever remember watching. I've probably watched it 15 times over the years and every time it still seems impossible Dave came back to win. Both hat and race made it an unforgettable moment in my life.
I vividly recall watching this race and cheering Dave on. I now share with my grandsons who run track and share the lesson of never giving up. Dave: if you read this comment your message does grow old. Thank you Billy for presenting this.
I think he had the second slowest times of all the finalists. He ran a perfect race. Made the USA and middle America very proud. Remember it like it was yesterday, watching in on ABC Sports.
Dave got married just prior to the Olympics, in 1972, as I understand. I was married on May 6th of that year and watched that final from my living room in Philadelphia on TV, and I remember how excited I was watching that race. Dave won the "dream mile" in the rain in Franklin Field earlier that year, which can also be seen on YT.
We ran in the snow and ice and rain in late winter and early spring. Like many parts of the country spring track in Northern Ohio is a challenging endeavor. Growing up right on Lake Erie its also pretty gloomy. But Dave Wottle did it. And he'd had won a Gold Medal. More importantly, Dave was one of us. You see Dave Wottle was an Ohio kid. He competed and won in places with names we knew and were familiar with. This was a guy just a little older than us, a runner, that took on the world and won. ON TV!!! I could go on but suffice it to say that we all owe a debt to Dave Wottle just for the dreams he provided for all those young guys running through the slushy dreary streets of Vermilion so many years ago. I miss those guys and those times. I miss my home. But the dreams are as close as a memory and still live on. Thank you so much Dave!
You should have seen it coming had you seen all the races. Dave did exactly the same as he did in the qualifier preceding. I was a miler at CDMHS at the time with Steve Scott in Southern California. I left high school early to join the Army missing the 76 Olympics. My dream was to compete in the 1980 Olympics but it was boycotted. I was an MVP as a junior at school and left UGA for the '84 games seen on the finish line behind Moses in 400M hurdles. I had excelled in hurdles in school but it wasn't really my race. In the Army it was the 400M I qualified for the finals. Although I was fast with potential I was never coached. My talent ended up being emergency medicine and a law enforcement investigator.
ALL THE WAY FROM DENMARK! So honored to have you tunning in from across the globe! This race gives me the chills every time! And dave is a sensational human!! TOADLYFE
Interesting that he always considered himself to be a miler. We were glued to the TV yelling our heads off - one the greatest races of all-time and he's one of the most gracious champs. nice job Billy !
Dave says he ran a relaxed 52sec quarter...I am in awe of my heros. I was a sub 2min 800 runner but I never cracked 51sec for the open quarter. I'm done at 500-600m at that pace. Dave looks like he could still run a sub 5 minute mile. Thanks, Dave, for being one of my inspirations in the 70's.
I remember watching Dave run very well, he reached legend status very quickly. I always appreciated that he is also a class act. Good to see him all these years later, he looks great!
I envy you, Billy. I was watching when they broadcast the race. Next to Secretariat running it was the most exciting race I've watched in my life. Deep respects to Dave Wottle!
@@billytoad I was 15 and my brother was 17. Our days were watching track and field and saw him in the USA finals and tried to watch when he ran (who doesn’t like a guy who’s cool enough to run in a hat?). When the gun sounded and he was in the back we were a little sick. When he started to move with the Russian we started to sit up. When he was coming on the final turn we both said “he’s on the outside he’s got too much to cover!” The last 30 meters we were standing on our beds. When he won we were screaming “he did it! He did it!” and jumping in our room. Finally my mother comes running in the room breathless going, “my God are you ok!!!??” We made our mother sit down and watch the replay! Even she got excited!!
I watched that race. At the beginning everyone thought that Wottle was going to be smoked big time. By the end we were all screaming, jumping, high-fiving, just amazing. After he re-gained the pack , I remember everyone saying things like , ‘hold on now, he might just do this,’ etc. Once he started to kick that is when all the yelling and excitement began to kick into over Drive!!!!!
I watch this when I need a feel good story when I'm bummed out or sometimes in the morning before my long day to get motivated this was awesome go usa and also billy mills is another Olympic running feel good story too
I wish there were more films like this where stars of the past describe their big moments with such honesty and humour.
who else would you like to see! Maybe we can set it up!
100%!
Craig Virgin.
This man is MY HERO. Best 800m Olympic race ever.
Watched it live. I saw most of the 72'Olympics
My hero, Dave wottle 😅
Hes literally a living legend! Nicest fella in the world!
When we were little kids my mom would watch the olympics with us and the 800 meter final came on. Dave came back and caught everyone at the end. My mom cried and I didn't understand why she was crying. Years later and even today I cry when I hear Jim Mckay's call coming down the stretch and Dave leans at the line to pip the Soviet runner from Ukraine. Just one of the best sporting moments of all time. Everyone in my family including grandkids know who Dave Wottle is...
Soviet Union. Arzhanov is also an ethnic Russian name.
Funny, I would watch with my mum too, not my dad. Fuelled my interest in running. I remember this race and Wottle's iconic lucky hat. I remember him clutching it to his chest when they played the anthem. Epic!
Tears in my eyes right now!
Didn't see this one coming at all, Dave Wottle is such a legend!
Me Either! was super pumped when I found out about this opportunity!!
@@billytoad seems like the American only won because the Russian had a very unlucky double bump loosing him 6m, then he sprinted to get his position back which then cost him the race. If no bump he would have won by 5m. Dave was lucky Russian unlucky
@@APBCTechnique The Ukrainian kicked too early and lost. Excuses, excuses.
I love this so much! Dave’s hat is the greatest piece of sports memorabilia in history. I hope his children and grandchildren’s grandchildren cherish it forever.
I wore a hat in every high school race I ran in after watching David Wottle run. What an exciting runner. I'm still a fan.
HES A LEGEND!!!!!
Did that cap make you faster?
does a one legged duck swim in a circle?!@@barry4159
I'm a veteran street runner here in Brazil and I participate as an amateur in races from 5km to Marathons (I completed 29 marathons). I watch and share the video of this spectacular victory by D. Wottle many years ago. I find it simply sensational, as I have always admired strategic victories much more than those obtained through brute force. It's a most incredible lesson in how a race isn't decided until the last step, even for those who are running far, in last place! This victory is extremely inspiring! Congratulations to D. Wottle!!!
Brazil! Amazing! Thank you for watching all the way from Brazil! and yes this race gives me the chills every time! Classic THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE story! SO Inspiring!! TOADLYFE!
My dad and I watched this one live together. I think that was the hardest we ever cheered for an Olympic event.
What a special memory!
I still remember watching the race on TV and screaming as if Dave could hear me. Great of you to be able to sit down with the man himself and get a blow by blow account of an incredible race.
Same here on the screaming at 12 years old
Your boy is big time!
Racing in a hat is the ultimate flex.
SUPA FLY!!!!!
What a class act. As an 880/mile high school runner in '72, Dave Wottle was my hero. Myself and a bunch of us middle distance guys took to wearing a hat when we ran.
Now at age 67, I'm told I still hold my school's record in the mile. It was the hat!
Hats off to Mr. Dave Wottle. He gave us all something to dream about.
I was 12 years old. I remember it so well.
UNREAL!!!!
I've only watched this race 1,000 times. The British commentary is fun to watch, too. Dave gave a talk in my hometown of Green Bay, Wis., after this, and his was the first and only autograph I ever collected.
He's such a standup guy! A True Legend!!
The only autograph anybody would ever want or need. One of the best minutes in American history.
As an Ohio kid I was in heaven
Good point about the British (BBC) commentary by David Coleman. He called the race with his usual excellence.
I think if they gave a gold medal for commentary, the BBC Athletics team would be as dominant in that as the US 4 x 400m relay team is. Coleman was the greatest of them all. I think, not least because, although he was naturally commentating with a British perspective, if a race developed and the Brit was out of contention, his commentary remained just as animated as if he was calling it home for whatever nation was about to win. He was renowned in the UK for his Soccer commentary too. When a goal was scored he would simply but emphatically say the scoreline, then go silent for a few seconds. He did this to give himself time to think about what to say. Appreciate the majority of viewers here are American and not necessarily Soccer fans, but for arguably Coleman's greatest ever piece of commentary, watch the third goal in the 1974 English F A Cup Final.
I’ve watched this race so many times, one of my all time favourite Olympic races to watch and rewatch - well run!
Gives me the chills everytime!!! So inspiring!!
Mr. Wottle is so gracious and humble and that is a quality I admire. ***( Former Professional & World Class Athlete, JJK)***
As far as I’m concerned - that hat is the most precious, valuable piece of memorabilia in Olympic history 🤷♂️ invaluable
The singular most exciting Olympic race ever...I remember the excitement of seeing it in real time..I was 15...I show it to anyone and everyone who might care
so wild! Hes even a better person than runner! love Dave!! such an epic race for sure!!
Me too!
I remember watching the race with my dad. I was standing up, yelling at the TV, cheering him on as he pulled from being last.
As a 21 year old female then I had zero interest in track and field, yet 52 years later, Dave Wottle's win is still my strongest Olympics memory.
LOVE that race!!! I remember watching it when I was a kid. Could be a big reason why I became a runner.
It gives me the chills every single time!!
This race is still number one in my book, and I am 64 years old. Watched it live at the age of 12. You can’t just watch it once. Dave Wottle rocks.
Dave Wottle is the man!!
Dave...what you did resonates to today. Every time that I think about quitting I watch this video. i watched the race live and can only say that it was amazing. You have made an impact on lives.
Jim
I do the same thing! Crazy how true greatness inspires for generations!!
I remember, I remember!! Watched it live in 1972 and still watch it a couple times per year on RUclips. One of the greatest races in Olympic history!!
till gives me the chills everytime!!!! THE HAT!!
I haven't seen Dave Wottle since an interview in the 90's. You're aging well, good sir. Always just freaks me out when someone ages by 2.5 decades from the image I still have in my head of them.
Always thrilling to view even after almost 50 yrs!
Was one of my Dad’s favorites and mine also! You are a class act, thanks Dave!
What a cool life achievement. Winning races like this is truly 10000x cooler than crushing them all with a 50 meter lead the entire race.
Tears fall from eyes..
Though I'm worlds apart and born five years behind this event so so proud of Wottle ..
This sure I will show to all my students for pure inspiration ...
Chills and emotions galore! I watch this reace before all my big races! So amazing! Thanks for watching!!
Wow…what a terrific insight into how Dave Wottle beat the best in the world. And how humble and understated is he. A champion athlete and a champion bloke.
One of the nicest, kindest and coolest people ive ever met! So awesome!! 🐸
Dave's 800m gold medal race is my first olympic memory as a kid! I was hooked for life.
Without a doubt, the greatest most iconic 800m ever run.l! & It couldn't have been done by a more humble, likeable man than Dave Wottle. I watched that race live as a kid🙏
BEAUTIFUL RACE - one of my all time favorites. Amazing Dave
I get the chills everytime i watch it!!! EVERY TIME!!
The greatest 800m race ever.
"Hats are no longer aloud", I guess they think it gave Dave an unfair advantage. I remember this race. I've even been to Munich and could still hear they announcer when I stood inside the stadium, 4 years later.. Dave, you still have many fans!
I have shown this to my son a few times .. this man is an inspiration and such humility..
Dave wottle you won because you believed in yourself..
Give yourself some credit man it was a hell of an achievement.
Remember watching this when I was a kid and going absolutely nuts! Dave's performance definitely help turn me into a life long runner.
The greatest finishing kick I've ever seen!
One of my biggest thrills as a kid.
Still gives me the chills to this day!!
Thanks for posting... Dave is the picture of humility and class!
Always get chills watching this race, my favorite Olympic moment. Watching this as an 11 year old in 72 it impressed me so much Dave was able to come from behind like that in two races. I have been a life long recreational runner since that time and of course I always wear a cap when I run. Thanks for the wonderful memory and race!
One of my favorite athletes of all time.❤
And an even greater person!!!
Legend
I remember Dave so well as a 21 year old Englishman. His cap certainly made him stand out but it was that kick down the straight and even in the qualifying stages he looked as though be hadn't a chance coming round to the final straight...and then. I remember the British commentators always saying "Wottle has left it too late" and who could not believe them. Thanks Dave for being a memorable part of my youth.
Wow Magnifique stratégie 👏👏👏
Epic!🤯 Loved this recap from the legend.
SO AWESOME EH?!
Dave's run is as memorable and exhilirating today as it was 50 years ago. To come in from a 10m lag at the back, with 250 metres to go is just plain mind-boggling, He says it was more about the others coming back at him, but he's just being modest. This run is firmly cemented in Olympic history as one of the most exciting 800m of all time.
A legend
I remember when he won. I was a freshmen in High School. My mother adored Dave Wottle. EVERYONE knew about the "Wottle kick". Great man. Great athlete.
I am now 60 so in 1972 I was 9 (born Dec) when I watched my first Olympics. In England everyone seemed to hold the Mile (1500m) and the 100m above everything else. What stood out for me was people going on about the Hat - I thought so what, look at the race.....Being a member of Blackheath Harriers - where Sydney Wooderson had held the World Record for the Mile - what stood out for me was after the finish, Dave was walking around like he'd just won a Club race - people here were of the opinion that the first lap was intentional, take your time, Run Your Race was a big thing, so its amazing to find that Dave just kept to his ability on the day - how many athletes run like a sprinter because they can't handle their adrenaline. Great footage, thank you
This was so cool. I remember this. I was 10 back then and living in Redondo Beach, Calif. Wonderful memories.
Love this!! So awesome. Thanks for setting this up Billy!! Dave the Man, still hanging!! Still awesome after all these years 💖
have watched this race 1001 timez...Am a great fan Mr Wottle...God Bless !!
Such a good lesson, never give up. I watched this a 1000 times. One of the best results ever.
Wonderful stuff. I was 14 years old in 1972 and inspired in my running by Mr Wottle's fantastic performance. What a lovely gentleman he appears to be. For many years, there was a large framed photo of Mr Wottle in this race hanging on the wall of Joe Allen restaurant in London.
I remember Dave Wottle and the HAT 😊....great to get his version of events as the race went on and nice to see him again 👍
Love it! My hero. Our entire high school cross country team traveled to LA to watch him run at Sunkist Stadium! Thanks for the fun video!
Indeed, you are a legend. You are an inspiration to all of us.
what a race man just watching in instagram,,,
My dad was an 800 guy…used to run his first lap at 49/50 and then follow it up with a terrible 60/61. Haha. But my dad always said DAVE Wottle was THE MAN to beat…crazy unheard of KICK
That was super fun! I've watched that race lots of times, but this really added something extra special to it!
This is a marvellous video. It is not unusual to find interviews with olympic legends. Seeing them so relaxed in their own home is another thing, though. Thank you.
thank you so much! to date one of my favorite interviews! Thank you!
It's the first truly magical, exciting Olympic moment I can ever remember watching. I've probably watched it 15 times over the years and every time it still seems impossible Dave came back to win. Both hat and race made it an unforgettable moment in my life.
Priceless. I just stumbled across this hero from the past. Yes, the guy with the hat.
That was GREAT! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing! Dave looks so young here! Brings back a great memory as I watched him win the gold when I was a kid!
I vividly recall watching this race and cheering Dave on. I now share with my grandsons who run track and share the lesson of never giving up. Dave: if you read this comment your message does grow old. Thank you Billy for presenting this.
If they'd known about aerodynamics back then, he coulda turned his hat around and shaved 3 seconds off his time
My parents were there in Munich and saw Dave win (as I watched on TV). Then a few years later I met Dave at a running camp and got to run with him. 🙂
I think he had the second slowest times of all the finalists. He ran a perfect race. Made the USA and middle America very proud. Remember it like it was yesterday, watching in on ABC Sports.
He ran faster before tendonitis started plaguing him before the Olympics. He wasn't in top form but still won.
That hat needs to be Olympic hall of fame or Smithsonian
🙏miraculous winning performance in 1972. thank you 🙏
I remember watching that race and yelling for Dave. One of my favorite Olympic moments!
TRULY AMAZING! Still gives me chills!
Dave got married just prior to the Olympics, in 1972, as I understand. I was married on May 6th of that year and watched that final from my living room in Philadelphia on TV, and I remember how excited I was watching that race. Dave won the "dream mile" in the rain in Franklin Field earlier that year, which can also be seen on YT.
Amazing! So amazing! im from PA too! lets goo!!
Loved viewing this again. BGSU graduate. Right place at the right time with the right training. Truly a once in a generation story. You go Dave.
Your best episode to date. I have always loved watching that race and to get the inside scoop was a real treat. Thank you.
Legendary moment
Still gives me the chills decades later! Truly magical!!
I just watched the race for the first time. I WAS BLOWN AWAY!
David I have great respect for you.We saw a very nice 800 m.It was a professional racing 🧢😁👍🏼
Wottle is a Beast! Great race!
Great Runner and even better person!!
Great to see Dave give a commentary for that phenomenal race!
I'm English and remember this race afterwards we called him wottle the throttle I remember the hat as well
love that nickname! Wild isnt it!!
We ran in the snow and ice and rain in late winter and early spring. Like many parts of the country spring track in Northern Ohio is a challenging endeavor. Growing up right on Lake Erie its also pretty gloomy. But Dave Wottle did it. And he'd had won a Gold Medal. More importantly, Dave was one of us. You see Dave Wottle was an Ohio kid. He competed and won in places with names we knew and were familiar with. This was a guy just a little older than us, a runner, that took on the world and won. ON TV!!! I could go on but suffice it to say that we all owe a debt to Dave Wottle just for the dreams he provided for all those young guys running through the slushy dreary streets of Vermilion so many years ago. I miss those guys and those times. I miss my home. But the dreams are as close as a memory and still live on. Thank you so much Dave!
Woah! So so amazing to hear this!! Hope and Dreams are all you need sometimes!
You should have seen it coming had you seen all the races. Dave did exactly the same as he did in the qualifier preceding. I was a miler at CDMHS at the time with Steve Scott in Southern California. I left high school early to join the Army missing the 76 Olympics. My dream was to compete in the 1980 Olympics but it was boycotted. I was an MVP as a junior at school and left UGA for the '84 games seen on the finish line behind Moses in 400M hurdles. I had excelled in hurdles in school but it wasn't really my race. In the Army it was the 400M I qualified for the finals.
Although I was fast with potential I was never coached. My talent ended up being emergency medicine and a law enforcement investigator.
This channel is so underrated
Tell yerrrrr friends wazzzuppp!! Thanks broski!!
Great. I saw the 800m final from Munic i 72 and it was a great 800m race by Dave. Steen Aage Nielsen Denmark
ALL THE WAY FROM DENMARK! So honored to have you tunning in from across the globe! This race gives me the chills every time! And dave is a sensational human!! TOADLYFE
Interesting that he always considered himself to be a miler. We were glued to the TV yelling our heads off - one the greatest races of all-time and he's one of the most gracious champs. nice job Billy !
Dave says he ran a relaxed 52sec quarter...I am in awe of my heros. I was a sub 2min 800 runner but I never cracked 51sec for the open quarter. I'm done at 500-600m at that pace.
Dave looks like he could still run a sub 5 minute mile. Thanks, Dave, for being one of my inspirations in the 70's.
Hes the man! Still inspires me today!!
From 4th grade on, I imitated the Dave Woddle "KICK" >>>> always screaming it out while racing my friends. 😎
Thanx, Dave 😘
Un gran campeón, de estar último a estar primero , una hazaña , un héroe de verdad.
Wow-so cool. One of my favorite races of all time. I watched this video with a big smile on my face.
My first Olympics. I was 11. I remember this race well.
I remember watching Dave run very well, he reached legend status very quickly. I always appreciated that he is also a class act. Good to see him all these years later, he looks great!
What a humble guy who rose to the occasion. Love watching that race over and over.
I envy you, Billy. I was watching when they broadcast the race. Next to Secretariat running it was the most exciting race I've watched in my life. Deep respects to Dave Wottle!
I still get the chills everytime I watch a replay!! I cant believe how wild it would have been to see it LIVE! WOAH!!!!
@@billytoad I was 15 and my brother was 17. Our days were watching track and field and saw him in the USA finals and tried to watch when he ran (who doesn’t like a guy who’s cool enough to run in a hat?). When the gun sounded and he was in the back we were a little sick. When he started to move with the Russian we started to sit up. When he was coming on the final turn we both said “he’s on the outside he’s got too much to cover!” The last 30 meters we were standing on our beds. When he won we were screaming “he did it! He did it!” and jumping in our room. Finally my mother comes running in the room breathless going, “my God are you ok!!!??” We made our mother sit down and watch the replay! Even she got excited!!
It’s such a good race that after watching the Norwegian win the hurdles I came here
I watched that race. At the beginning everyone thought that Wottle was going to be smoked big time. By the end we were all screaming, jumping, high-fiving, just amazing. After he re-gained the pack , I remember everyone saying things like , ‘hold on now, he might just do this,’ etc. Once he started to kick that is when all the yelling and excitement began to kick into over Drive!!!!!
Love watching this always
Its almost gets better everytime!!
Your best interview yet, Great Job
THANK YOU THOMAS!!!! :)
AMAZING race, and this commentary is fantastic! So inspiring.
Was a true honor for me!!
Best race in history scotland loves king dave 🏴💪💪💪💪
la più incredibile vittoria dei giochi olimpici, me la ricordo ancora; Wottle divenne il mio idolo sportivo, e ancora lo è
I have watched this race at least 100 times. it must have been the thrill of a lifetime for Dave. maybe some day I can meet him.
I watch this when I need a feel good story when I'm bummed out or sometimes in the morning before my long day to get motivated this was awesome go usa and also billy mills is another Olympic running feel good story too