Lmfaoooo the Bias from these commentators is absolutely hilarious. "Explosive start by Johnson... pretty good start by Bailey" 🤣 Donovan literally started leading after 4 seconds and MJ knew it.
hahahahaaaa...ok that's a good one man.. and i'm a Canadian.. nothin but respeck for that madness that is Bolt.. that being said it's easy to talk decades later with the exponential advantages of "tech" in one's developement (like comparing these guys to what was happening in the 60s).
@@vaughancavan sorry man, don't think u get what i'm saying, Bolt wouldn't exist in the 60s, bad nutrition etc, there's a reason the average size of ppl has increased over time and esp now. That being said Bolt def is a "one time oddity", proof is Jamaica's performance at the Tokyo Olympics.
@@gregd6022 One time oddity? You do know that Bolt is a 8 time Olympic Champion and 11 time World Champion right? And the Jamaican women and Junior athletes are performing better than ever before. Historically Jamaican women have been carrying the workload of winning medals for Jamaica, the men are rebuilding right now.
There wasn’t much of a stagger. Look at the positions of where they both started. It’s seems only 20-25 meters of turn at best then the rest straight away. MJ messed up thinking that since he was behind he couldn’t catch Bailey. Bailey was slowing down a lot in the last 20 meters. He was laboring. Johnson may have been able to pass him but nope he chickened out. Bragging too and such a loud mouth. He literally bet Bailey 1 million dollars of his own money. He kept saying I’ll bet a million dollars that I can beat him. He never paid up.
@@markjackson6431 Nah. Just took time off to make it look legit. I like M.J. but that was just salty Yankee nonsense. M.J. wasn't the fastest man - everyone knows that honor is for the 100m --- unless you're American of course.
MJ knew he had lost when they were rounding the corner. He was suppose to hold the lead during the bend and then Donovan was suppose to make his move on the straight away. MJ knew he had lost entering the straight away. Coward move by MJ to fake the Injury.
It certainly seems that Johnson was very surprised to see Bailey going past him on the bend and I think he knew then that he couldn't match Bailey for pure speed down the straight and pulled up. Just my opinion.
Definitely!!! FACTS!!! Nothing wrong with Johnson's leg... he simply quit citing a fictitious injury. He was blown away in the first half of the race, no way he was going to match Bailey's straight line speed. Disrespectful of the Americans to claim Johnson as being the 'fastest man on earth' in any case.
If he would have ran the same race that he did when he set the world record at 200m he would have beaten Bailey. But that did not happen. That 200m world record was the peak of his career after that he was still a great sprinter but not the best sprinter in the world.
@@blankname6629 I Agree! Michael Johnson has been very critical of Justin Gatlin, and has shown he will side with a rival Country (Great Britain) against an American Athlete. He will criticize an Athlete in a heartbeat, BUT, the Athletes he's criticized HAVE NOT pulled up "lame" when challenged in certain races, As Johnson did with Donovan Bailey and Maurice Greene!
@@blankname6629 It was making that history in Atlanta that damaged his left leg..are you all asleep. You dont win the 400 metres gold and 200 metres gold with an incredible world record without a COST. They were wrapping his left leg immediately after the 200M world record. And when they ran that race in with the 150m he wasnt properly healed. If they had run it in 1999. Johnson would have won. Johnson is the second fastest human being that ever lived after USAIN. 200M 19.32--9.66 AVERAGE PER 100M 400M 43.18--RAN SUB 44 SECS AN INCREDIBLE 22 TIMES. Nobody else has even done that 10 times. 1993 ran his leg of the 4X400 metres at the Stuttgart world championships taking the batton from Butch Reynolds in an unbelievable 42.90 secs. Make no mistake about it. The only human being we know of that's ever moved faster than Michael Johnson is Usain Bolt.
@@Deeboy1214 Michael Johnson is faster than both Bailey and Greene. Bailey 9.84 Greene 9.79 Johnson 19.32÷2=9.66 End of discussion. And all that from a guy that was GOD in the 400 metres. Michael Johson is the second greatest sprinter that ever lived after Usain. He ruled the hardest sprint of them all the 400M for a whole DECADE. Running sub 44 seconds an unbelievable 22 times. To put that into perspective. No other 400M sprinter has even done that 10 times. The only sprinter who tops Johnson is of course Usain..All the rest couldnt hold his chain.
Ofcourse not. It's idiocy to suggest 200m Usain Bolt has the same speed as 100m Usain Bolt. The power from the blocks and mid track speed are two different sets of science.
Well it sounds like you are making some kind of accusation here... Seems wildly out of place and stupid. MJ has unreal accomplishments and at the end of his career was unequaled. This race didn’t matter beyond ego and some money, and it seems he made the right choice not hurting himself further and you know... setting the records for the 200, 400 4x400 and winning what 9 gold medals?
@@KW-wr3xv That’s because Johnson trained for the 200m and the 400m and Bailey trained for the 100m. Bailey destroyed Johnson in the 150m and I believe if Bailey trained for the 200m he would beat him in the 200m. Sadly we will never know for sure but I will leave with this... When asking the question of who was faster, it’s Bailey because he had a faster top speed, and Bailey had a better chance of beating Johnson in the 200m than Johnson did at beating Bailey in the 100m
Then you missed all the ignorant comments from commentators who have no clue about track and field. Just repeating crap they hear from Johnson's training crew. best at the bend, then Bailey passes him and his finish at the straight away, and then you see Johnson's not gaining any distance from Bailey. If Johnson wanted to believe he was the fastest man on the planet, then run the 100m race.
I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS LIVE AND BEING SO DISAPOINTED IN THE OUT COME. But after watching it for the second time Bailey was about to blow Johnson out and Johnson knew it. There is one thing that I can't stand is someone who quits.
Old comment but that was the whole point of this. After Johnson won 200 gold in the 1996 olympics, Bob Costas (NBC pundit) said his 200m time was faster than Bailey's 100m time. Johnson and his team agreed with this so Johnson used to claim he was the fastest man alive. On the back of this 'injury' Johnson didn't compete in the US based championship a few weeks later, which meant he couldn't qualify for the world championships in Athens in 97... Unsurprisingly they changed or created a rule that said previous champions would be invited back. Johnson chose to only compete in the 400m and now Maurice Greene was on the scene he never claimed to be the fastest man alive again.
@@MrKarlozzBailey only ran the 200m maybe once a year without really training for it. If he actually specialized in it he most definitely could have ran it in 20 flat to maybe 19.8 with a good start. This race was a bit of a farce bc the fastest man in the world is always the Olympic 100m champ.
Yep and it was the hyper-homer US media that really set the whole thing in motion especially the ever-smug and arrogant Bob Costas. No chance that this race, no matter how embarrassing it was, changes the US media arrogance (I do feel sorry for some of their athletes sometimes because of all the pressure...the gracious ones, not loudmouthed dicks like MJ)
How on God's earth did Michael Johnson's performance not get nominated for an Oscar? Clearly he could have beat Jack Nicholson performance in "As good as it gets" ...lol
Interesting seeing the difference in bias and viewpoint from the US and Canadian broadcast of this race, both on RUclips. Really captured each country's opinion of the race.
He knew that Bailey was going to whip his butt so he faked a cramp he was not man enough to straight up face the loss that was coming, yes Johnson is a coward
It was Johnson's ego that caused this entire race to even happen and look at the end result. Injury or not, Bailey's turn was excellent and he began leading Johnson even before the injury took place. There is no way in hell Johnson would have caught him. Bailey's talent had to do with pure power and nothing else. If you don't believe it, go watch his gold medal race in Atlanta 1996.
@@vika0194 as most people from the GHETTO should be able to seeing how my brothers gotta outrun so much freaking hate! Hate from white people, hate from black people, hate from the "other" black people LOL, and hatred from the cops! So yes Coleman and Lyles can run fast....they've been running from ugly people like you.
F##k Bailey. Next to Johnsons historic achievements he is nothing. 4 OLYMPIC GOLDS 8 WORLD GOLDS WORLD RECORDS IN BOTH THE 200 AND 400. Only man to ever do the Olympic 200/400 double Only man to win back to back Olympic 400M titles. Only man ever recorded running sub 43 seconds in the 400 metres in his leg of the 4X400M in the world championships in 1993. With an incredible 42.90 secs. Only man to run sub 44 secs more than 20 times. Nobody else.has even done it 10 times. Bailey was a very good 100M sprinter. Johnson is the GOAT in his best distance 400M. And second greatest of alltime in the 200M That's the difference.
@@fender1000100 ofcourse, that's where he belittled himself....he had all his records to cherish ,,but no, he wanted tag of fastest man,which was of Bailey at that time....why didn't he accepted that Bailey was 100 m winner,so hes fastest ?.... nobody's denying or grabbing Michael's achievement s..then why he was trying to take achievement of Bailey's
This race shouldn't have happened! A total mismatch! Micheal is a true 400m runner. He had no business running against Donovan period! Donovan is 100m Sprint specialist! 80% of the 100m specialist would have beaten Michael at 150m! Anyone who has run the track should have seen and known this! It was over before it started!
You sound uneducated about track. Johnson ran 19.32 in the 200 meter. Go back and watch that race and you show me how many 100 meter sprinters were in front of him at the 150 mark!
@@MRJOHNSANO That's not the point you're making. You're saying just the opposite! How is it 80 percent of 100 meter runners should have beaten him, when he is miles ahead of all the 100 meter runners at 150 in the Olympics. Face it your comment makes no sense! Go edit it!
A lot of you will disagree, but this was never really an American vs. Canadian thing. The media did its job in perpetuating this rivalry between the two nations, and I'm sick of it. This was simply a battle of egos (one being greater than the other apparently). Michael Johnson simply got his hurt when he knew he was going to lose that race. I'm an American, and I'll call it like I see it. He simply got outclassed. I thought he was overrated anyway, and I knew he was going to lose that race before it happened. 100 meters and 200 meters are entirely different races, and I knew Johnson wouldn't beat him in the straightaway. This race proved that, and it also proved that he didn't take his loss like a man. A real champion does this, and finds ways to get better. Johnson did not do that. Instead, he faked his injury, and even in his interview, he didn't sound like he was in pain. If he really tore his quad (or even his hamstring), he would've limped, which he didn't. He sat and squatted down. I've pulled quads and hamstrings before, and it hurts like hell to squat with those injuries. When he walked away from Donovan Bailey after the race, he did not limp. He walked as if he were fine (butthurt, but fine). He would've fell flat on his face running that fast had he really pulled something. I called BS the moment I saw it.
Donovan Bailey was better than Michael Johnson over 150m. And the main reason was because running 150m; is standard practice for some Olympic level athletes that may need to prepare for 100m dash event.
Donovan had the highest top speed until Usain Bolt came along. Based on a pure definition of the world's fastest man, he was it from 1996 all the way to 2008. His top speed was unmatched until then as runners like Greene, Powell, Gatlin had faster times due to their much superior starts and first 50m but never attained his top speed.
@Track Nation The doped up Tyson Gay you mean? Besides put Donovan Bailey in 2006 with the advances in track and equipment and training, and he blows Gay out of the water.
This was unnecessary - The 100m sprint determines the world's fastest man, Donovan Baily already had that title. What was there to prove? There is no way MIchael Johnson could have produced the same amount of power and acceleration as 100m sprinter.
Pure math. It is because MJ's 200m 19.32 WR was faster than two 100m dashes (19.32s/2 = 9.66s per 100m) so Johnson's WR proved that this is fastest and "true"-est sprint discpline, at that time.
@@soapenvelope true, but it's not an even split. MJs first 100m will be much slower than the second 100m. By that time, Donovan bailly would have been too far ahead - explosive power alliws him to get through the first 100m much quicker than mj
@@michaelwatson7479 100m is more about reaction times and block technique, 200m is more about curve and top speed. In 100m, you can be good at these things and bad runner and still win, so it is less about running. And not all blocks are the same...
@Shay Ogun you can't really compare the two. The 100m world record has always been broken by extremely very small margins usually a tenth to hundredths of a second while the 200m record has been broken in much larger gaps.
At this level these guys have seen every trick in the book. With everything at stake, legacy, sponsorships, ago, etc, there's a lot on the line and taking a straight up L isn't easy. Bailey knew exactly what happened and called it out. This guy was awesome!
Watching this again no way Michael Johnson pulled a muscle on his leg and walk halfway off the track without assistant! If you pull a hamstring or whatever string you pulled you're laying down on the track until someone get your fake ass off the track!
He set the 400m world record two years later. Then won the Olympic gold medal in the 400m 3 years later. Bailey, won silver at worlds later that year and became irrelevant
MJ said Bailey could never beat on the curve but when Bailey did MJ turned chicken instead of finishing the race like a man. Didn't have the courtesy to shake his hand.
rapier1954 Farrell I was shocked to see that as well for it seem that MJ would be fine after he said if he was beaten but in reality MJ was a sore loser.
“Explosive start by Johnson, pretty good start by Donovan Bailey”. I’m sorry but these announcers were watching a different race. It was over 30 meters in (hence a strong start)
I also believe that when they got on the straight away Johnson saw Bailey pulling away from him and in my opinion i believe Johnson faked a cramp so he can have an excuse for losing .
I remember this like yesterday. Donovan looked the part coming into the arena. Here's a little history about a guy I know personally from Galveston TX named Derrick Florence. He was the fastest in the nation coming out of high school. He smoked Michael Johnson in college.
I remember watching this live and was so disappointed to see MJ whimp out. Come on man, finish the race like a man and take your a$$ whooping. You could see him look at Bailey pulling away and think “dang, this guy is kicking my butt” and then fake a hamstring pull.
Bailey, a notorious slow starter (but who somehow set the WR for 50m) and isn't a good turn runner, somehow comes out ahead after 75m against the greatest turn runner in history up to that point. I still don't know how he did it. He was behind Frankie Fredericks and Ato Boldon initially in the 100m dash in 96. Johnson was ahead of the same two after 100m in the same Olympics. Somehow he came out ahead. Brilliant.
Back then in 1997 both men declared they were the worlds fastest man. Bailey: I'm the worlds fastest man Johnson: I'm the worlds fastest man Bolt: hold my apple juice
Here goes another dummy who has no idea how sprinting works. If Usain was born in the 70s ... and running in the 90s he would've never dreamt of clocking even 9.8 secs .... do your research on sprinting, technology, coaching, technique versus the history of the sports itself. 🤦♂️
@@zozochichi Actually you’re the dummy. Here’s why, there are still men today who haven’t and just will never be able to run 9.8 or faster even with all the so called technology, techniques and world class coaches you mentioned. Sprinting to a world record has nothing to do with any of those three although they will help, but with little help. The secret is the………, ………, ………, and ……… muscles. The more ……… ……… ……… you have the ……… you will be! NOTE: They were left blank for a reason.😎
It's funny how Donovan was looking back... In his mind he probably was "I thought I was running against someone, where is he?!" On the other note: Sometimes it is better to humble yourself and say to others when they do good or better than you "good job". In life no one is faster or better. Everything is destiny. There is always someone else better at the moment. But nothing is 100% in life. You cannot be better forever, someone else will always take your place no matter what. We all should learn to just thank God for the blessings that we receive because it is a gift to be able to run that fast. Easy to lose it when we boast about them like we never received it at all.
18:59 - Yeah, he squatted after he allegedly pulled a muscle. Which muscle exactly? It would hurt to squat if either were pulled. 19:13 - He walked away from Bailey rather quickly, looking embarrassed and defeated. That wasn't exactly a limp. 19:28 - Now he starts pretending he's injured. Good acting job. 21:00 - He didn't look like he was in any physical pain. Emotional pain? That I can see. He didn't even sound like he was in physical pain. You can hear it in a man's voice when he's in physical pain, and you can hear it when he's in emotional pain.
Not sure if I've ever pulled a muscle mid race or activity, but one it was his quad, which is less relentless than a hammy. With the adrenaline u have while running and blood moving ur still able to walk decently with minor pain. Cant run. But once adrenaline goes away and cold its start tightening and hurts. It also sometimes flares in pain levels from experiences. And when he was talking, the muscle wasnt engaged so it wouldn't hurt very much, at best he'd like feel it, but no pain
Michael Lost his race, and people can talk trash about Michael Johnson all they want, but that man ran a 19:32 in the 200M. 19:32!! How many men on this planet can do that!
American here. Let’s all be honest. Michael Johnson probably the better athlete and Olympian overall as he held 2 world records for literally decades. But Donovan Bailey was the world’s fastest man at the time. 100m dash is the definition to the worlds fastest man. It’s not up for debate.
I tend to agree with Baily that 200m isn't "sprinting" in the sense that you don't run your TOP speed at any point. The race is long enough that you need to pace yourself. It's an endurance race.
Yes it should. I was hoping someone would do this type of race for the 400m hurdles: a matchup between Karsten Warholm and Sydney McLaughlin (with McLaughlin off 45m and Warholm off scratch).
When you pull a hamstring, it's very difficult to bend the leg. Especially immediately after the injury. MJ squats on the ground with his head down at ease. Both legs in bent positions...
he clearly said his quad, thats the front of the leg, not the hamstring, then you say they are the same...so it red and green the same too? Squatting is the natural way to stretch-out a hamstring ya goof!
@@whatyoudo9773 Same thing as far as a pulled hamstring or a pulled quad makes it impossible to squat down with ease like that. It puts the injured site in a compromised position. If you notice when an athlete endures either a quad or hamstring injury, the first thing the naturally do is straighten the injured leg even if at a full speed sprint
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Bailey summed it up when he said if he were American none of this crap would be happening.
Lmfaoooo the Bias from these commentators is absolutely hilarious. "Explosive start by Johnson... pretty good start by Bailey" 🤣 Donovan literally started leading after 4 seconds and MJ knew it.
Bailey: The 100m record holder is the fastest man
Johnson: NO!! The 200m record holder is the fastest man
Usain Bolt: Allow me to introduce myself
hahahahaaaa...ok that's a good one man.. and i'm a Canadian.. nothin but respeck for that madness that is Bolt.. that being said it's easy to talk decades later with the exponential advantages of "tech" in one's developement (like comparing these guys to what was happening in the 60s).
@@gregd6022 bruh put bolt in the 60s he is still destroying everyone
@@vaughancavan sorry man, don't think u get what i'm saying, Bolt wouldn't exist in the 60s, bad nutrition etc, there's a reason the average size of ppl has increased over time and esp now. That being said Bolt def is a "one time oddity", proof is Jamaica's performance at the Tokyo Olympics.
@@gregd6022 One time oddity? You do know that Bolt is a 8 time Olympic Champion and 11 time World Champion right? And the Jamaican women and Junior athletes are performing better than ever before. Historically Jamaican women have been carrying the workload of winning medals for Jamaica, the men are rebuilding right now.
HGH allow me to introduce myself. Boom.
Johnson didn't pull nothing but pride around that turn!!!!!
So why not run it again later?
Exactly 😂✌️
@@andyrock6481 he didn't want anymore smoke 😂😂✌️
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Johnson got what he deserved. the title world's fastest always goes to 100m guys.
It’s unbelievable how fast Bailey made up that stagger
There wasn’t much of a stagger. Look at the positions of where they both started.
It’s seems only 20-25 meters of turn at best then the rest straight away.
MJ messed up thinking that since he was behind he couldn’t catch Bailey. Bailey was slowing down a lot in the last 20 meters. He was laboring.
Johnson may have been able to pass him but nope he chickened out.
Bragging too and such a loud mouth. He literally bet Bailey 1 million dollars of his own money. He kept saying I’ll bet a million dollars that I can beat him. He never paid up.
@@f430ferrari5 MJ wasn't catching Bailey lol
.. 😂😂He didn't pay?
Brutal loss here for MJ. I'm a big fan of his, but I've had coaches tell me to fake an injury before and thats exactly what this was.
😂😂😂😂
if he was faking he was REALLY faking because he missed half of the 97 season. seems stupid to do that even if you were jarring the whole time.
@@markjackson6431 Nah. Just took time off to make it look legit. I like M.J. but that was just salty Yankee nonsense. M.J. wasn't the fastest man - everyone knows that honor is for the 100m --- unless you're American of course.
@@davesmith7351 i guess the Earth is flat too
@@markjackson6431 non sequitur.
Who’s pulls a quad and then immediately does a squat and holds that position? All these years later and it still pisses me that MJ faked this injury
MJ knew he had lost when they were rounding the corner. He was suppose to hold the lead during the bend and then Donovan was suppose to make his move on the straight away. MJ knew he had lost entering the straight away. Coward move by MJ to fake the Injury.
And he still got up and walked. Johnson was dumb to believe Bob costas
Johnson knew he wasn't going to catch Bailey
When you pull a hamstring, the last thing's that is possible is squatting.
InstaBlaster...
It certainly seems that Johnson was very surprised to see Bailey going past him on the bend and I think he knew then that he couldn't match Bailey for pure speed down the straight and pulled up. Just my opinion.
Facts not opinion!
Same I think so
As a youth watching it live that what I thought, but now with my experience I can definitely see when I picked up the injury
evel knievel he QUIT and try to blame it on an injury...
Definitely!!! FACTS!!! Nothing wrong with Johnson's leg... he simply quit citing a fictitious injury. He was blown away in the first half of the race, no way he was going to match Bailey's straight line speed.
Disrespectful of the Americans to claim Johnson as being the 'fastest man on earth' in any case.
He was slow from the start and he didn’t pull anything until he was passed. Bailey ran a perfect turn by not leaning into it.
Even when Johnson lost the American sportscasters were making excuses for him.
If he would have ran the same race that he did when he set the world record at 200m he would have beaten Bailey. But that did not happen. That 200m world record was the peak of his career after that he was still a great sprinter but not the best sprinter in the world.
@@blankname6629
I Agree!
Michael Johnson has been very critical of Justin Gatlin, and has shown he will side with a rival Country (Great Britain)
against an American Athlete. He will criticize an Athlete in a heartbeat, BUT, the Athletes he's criticized HAVE NOT
pulled up "lame" when challenged in certain races, As Johnson did with Donovan Bailey and Maurice Greene!
@@samueltullis806 johnson in both races pulled and faked injury cause he was gonna loose.
@@blankname6629
It was making that history in Atlanta that damaged his left leg..are you all asleep. You dont win the 400 metres gold and 200 metres gold with an incredible world record without a COST. They were wrapping his left leg immediately after the 200M world record. And when they ran that race in with the 150m he wasnt properly healed. If they had run it in 1999. Johnson would have won.
Johnson is the second fastest human being that ever lived after USAIN.
200M 19.32--9.66 AVERAGE PER 100M
400M 43.18--RAN SUB 44 SECS AN INCREDIBLE 22 TIMES. Nobody else has even done that 10 times.
1993 ran his leg of the 4X400 metres at the Stuttgart world championships taking the batton from Butch Reynolds in an unbelievable 42.90 secs. Make no mistake about it. The only human being we know of that's ever moved faster than Michael Johnson is Usain Bolt.
@@Deeboy1214
Michael Johnson is faster than both Bailey and Greene.
Bailey 9.84
Greene 9.79
Johnson 19.32÷2=9.66
End of discussion. And all that from a guy that was GOD in the 400 metres. Michael Johson is the second greatest sprinter that ever lived after Usain. He ruled the hardest sprint of them all the 400M for a whole DECADE. Running sub 44 seconds an unbelievable 22 times. To put that into perspective. No other 400M sprinter has even done that 10 times.
The only sprinter who tops Johnson is of course Usain..All the rest couldnt hold his chain.
I watched this in real time as it happened! Michael Johnson wasn't gonna catch that dude. Donovan proved his point!
I was at the Sky Dome sitting right behind Ben Johnson.
Ofcourse not. It's idiocy to suggest 200m Usain Bolt has the same speed as 100m Usain Bolt. The power from the blocks and mid track speed are two different sets of science.
jena deen so how did he react to this?
@@zozochichi And yet Bolt holds the 100m and 200m records.
@@jenadeen what lucky folk
Eddie Murphy vs Floyd Mayweather Jr.
all black people look the same lmao
@@yeon723 Just like all White girls look the same.
@@realmusic6577 exactly
racist much?
Jeff Warren Racist due to identifying comparable facial features as in a doppelgänger???
There would have been no injury if Johnson was in the lead.
Exactly!
@@pantherablaxxx9930 for reakl!!
Well it sounds like you are making some kind of accusation here...
Seems wildly out of place and stupid. MJ has unreal accomplishments and at the end of his career was unequaled. This race didn’t matter beyond ego and some money, and it seems he made the right choice not hurting himself further and you know... setting the records for the 200, 400 4x400 and winning what 9 gold medals?
He didnt do injury on purpose guys
@@KW-wr3xv That’s because Johnson trained for the 200m and the 400m and Bailey trained for the 100m. Bailey destroyed Johnson in the 150m and I believe if Bailey trained for the 200m he would beat him in the 200m. Sadly we will never know for sure but I will leave with this...
When asking the question of who was faster, it’s Bailey because he had a faster top speed, and Bailey had a better chance of beating Johnson in the 200m than Johnson did at beating Bailey in the 100m
Don’t waste your time watching the build up to this race scroll to 18:45 😉👍🏻
I agree. I remember this live and was so damn disappointed with the results. MJ faked an injury to prevent from getting his but smoked.
Then you missed all the ignorant comments from commentators who have no clue about track and field. Just repeating crap they hear from Johnson's training crew. best at the bend, then Bailey passes him and his finish at the straight away, and then you see Johnson's not gaining any distance from Bailey. If Johnson wanted to believe he was the fastest man on the planet, then run the 100m race.
This should have been the FIRST comment dude, Jeez
Nah...I like the buildup. I want to relive it ALL, even the mindless chatter from the reporters.
The trash talk was the best part
Need to see more events like this! Would be great for the sport and for the fans to see events like this!
I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS LIVE AND BEING SO DISAPOINTED IN THE OUT COME. But after watching it for the second time Bailey was about to blow Johnson out and Johnson knew it. There is one thing that I can't stand is someone who quits.
Mj has to live with this only he knows
Looking back at this race just prove how great usain bolt is,he dominated both sprint distances so no doubt he's the greatest ever...
The Last time I checked the worlds fastest man is determined by the 100 metres point blank and a period.
Old comment but that was the whole point of this. After Johnson won 200 gold in the 1996 olympics, Bob Costas (NBC pundit) said his 200m time was faster than Bailey's 100m time. Johnson and his team agreed with this so Johnson used to claim he was the fastest man alive.
On the back of this 'injury' Johnson didn't compete in the US based championship a few weeks later, which meant he couldn't qualify for the world championships in Athens in 97... Unsurprisingly they changed or created a rule that said previous champions would be invited back. Johnson chose to only compete in the 400m and now Maurice Greene was on the scene he never claimed to be the fastest man alive again.
I wonder of the 60m (albeit indoors) is a better indicator considering when sprinters actually hit their top speed
60 meters is to short of a race. 100 meter to 120 meters is perfect to see whos the fastest @sgu02nsc66
This is the coolest thing to ever happen in track and field. Special events like this need to happen more often
The concept was good, but it was more anti-climactic than The Last Jedi.
The Fakest injury in history 😂
You're a fake bro !!
Johnson it's a very sportive.
Just like that race between him and Maurice Greene lol.
@Weghweh Hwewehwhe
Weirdly enough, Donovan Bailey was horrendous on the 200. Never ran below 20.40 legally
@@MrKarlozzBailey only ran the 200m maybe once a year without really training for it. If he actually specialized in it he most definitely could have ran it in 20 flat to maybe 19.8 with a good start. This race was a bit of a farce bc the fastest man in the world is always the Olympic 100m champ.
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Johnson couldn't stand to lose honestly..he loss and he cried "WOLF"... Bailey was powerfully strong.
Wow - that's the strongest example of "homer commentating" that I've ever seen! Haha, they were so pro-Johnson it was disgusting
By all accounts MK should have won if he wasn’t injured.
@@keylimetrpt Nope.
@@keylimetrpt MK is correct!...lol
@@keylimetrpt "All accounts"😂🤣
Yep and it was the hyper-homer US media that really set the whole thing in motion especially the ever-smug and arrogant Bob Costas. No chance that this race, no matter how embarrassing it was, changes the US media arrogance (I do feel sorry for some of their athletes sometimes because of all the pressure...the gracious ones, not loudmouthed dicks like MJ)
In boxing terms this was the equivalent of a first round knockout. Bailey dominated Johnson from the gun.
How on God's earth did Michael Johnson's performance not get nominated for an Oscar? Clearly he could have beat Jack Nicholson performance in "As good as it gets" ...lol
He couldn't "standthe truth."
@@berndtherrenvolk1951 lmao 🤣🤣
Interesting seeing the difference in bias and viewpoint from the US and Canadian broadcast of this race, both on RUclips. Really captured each country's opinion of the race.
Bailey deserved more respect!
Bailey said it best, Johnson’s a coward.
I 2nd that!
He knew that Bailey was going to whip his butt so he faked a cramp he was not man enough to straight up face the loss that was coming, yes Johnson is a coward
It was Johnson's ego that caused this entire race to even happen and look at the end result. Injury or not, Bailey's turn was excellent and he began leading Johnson even before the injury took place. There is no way in hell Johnson would have caught him. Bailey's talent had to do with pure power and nothing else. If you don't believe it, go watch his gold medal race in Atlanta 1996.
Track and Field needs more of this
There are no superstars in track anymore.
Coleman? Lyles?
Radical Nation They are no superstars. They are ghetto people who can run fast.
@@vika0194 as most people from the GHETTO should be able to seeing how my brothers gotta outrun so much freaking hate! Hate from white people, hate from black people, hate from the "other" black people LOL, and hatred from the cops! So yes Coleman and Lyles can run fast....they've been running from ugly people like you.
Anthony Mann they need ben johnson vs carl lewis 2019. They are the same age too
And there you have a lesson in humility
"Michael isn't a sprinter." -Donovan Bailey
F##k Bailey. Next to Johnsons historic achievements he is nothing.
4 OLYMPIC GOLDS
8 WORLD GOLDS
WORLD RECORDS IN BOTH THE 200 AND 400.
Only man to ever do the Olympic 200/400 double
Only man to win back to back Olympic 400M titles.
Only man ever recorded running sub 43 seconds in the 400 metres in his leg of the 4X400M in the world championships in 1993. With an incredible 42.90 secs.
Only man to run sub 44 secs more than 20 times. Nobody else.has even done it 10 times.
Bailey was a very good 100M sprinter.
Johnson is the GOAT in his best distance 400M. And second greatest of alltime in the 200M That's the difference.
@@fender1000100 Amen.
@@fender1000100 ofcourse, that's where he belittled himself....he had all his records to cherish ,,but no, he wanted tag of fastest man,which was of Bailey at that time....why didn't he accepted that Bailey was 100 m winner,so hes fastest ?.... nobody's denying or grabbing Michael's achievement s..then why he was trying to take achievement of Bailey's
" Pride ( arrogance ) comes before a fall ".
This race shouldn't have happened!
A total mismatch!
Micheal is a true 400m runner.
He had no business running against Donovan period!
Donovan is 100m Sprint specialist!
80% of the 100m specialist would have beaten Michael at 150m!
Anyone who has run the track should have seen and known this!
It was over before it started!
bitch Johnson held the 200 m wold record as well so it was fair match to meet up at 150m
MRJOHNSANO I agree great point
You sound uneducated about track. Johnson ran 19.32 in the 200 meter. Go back and watch that race and you show me how many 100 meter sprinters were in front of him at the 150 mark!
@@HushHush2 That is exactly the point I'm making.
Education much?
@@MRJOHNSANO That's not the point you're making. You're saying just the opposite! How is it 80 percent of 100 meter runners should have beaten him, when he is miles ahead of all the 100 meter runners at 150 in the Olympics. Face it your comment makes no sense! Go edit it!
A lot of you will disagree, but this was never really an American vs. Canadian thing. The media did its job in perpetuating this rivalry between the two nations, and I'm sick of it. This was simply a battle of egos (one being greater than the other apparently). Michael Johnson simply got his hurt when he knew he was going to lose that race. I'm an American, and I'll call it like I see it. He simply got outclassed. I thought he was overrated anyway, and I knew he was going to lose that race before it happened. 100 meters and 200 meters are entirely different races, and I knew Johnson wouldn't beat him in the straightaway. This race proved that, and it also proved that he didn't take his loss like a man. A real champion does this, and finds ways to get better. Johnson did not do that. Instead, he faked his injury, and even in his interview, he didn't sound like he was in pain. If he really tore his quad (or even his hamstring), he would've limped, which he didn't. He sat and squatted down. I've pulled quads and hamstrings before, and it hurts like hell to squat with those injuries. When he walked away from Donovan Bailey after the race, he did not limp. He walked as if he were fine (butthurt, but fine). He would've fell flat on his face running that fast had he really pulled something. I called BS the moment I saw it.
Donovan Bailey was better than Michael Johnson over 150m. And the main reason was because running 150m; is standard practice for some Olympic level athletes that may need to prepare for 100m dash event.
The same applies to 200m runners who spend half their training trying to average 9.8 or even 9.7 in the first 100 meters 🤷♀️
@@zozochichino one has ever run 9.8 or 9.7 on the bend what do you mean?
Michael Johnson faked this injury, it's obvious. He's like "Oh shit, i'm bout to get smoked...". The ol' pulled muscle trick always works....
😂😂😂
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
LOL
Yeah, I think so. Just take the L. Egos get too big.
😂😭🤣😂😭🤣
Donovan had the highest top speed until Usain Bolt came along. Based on a pure definition of the world's fastest man, he was it from 1996 all the way to 2008. His top speed was unmatched until then as runners like Greene, Powell, Gatlin had faster times due to their much superior starts and first 50m but never attained his top speed.
@Track Nation The doped up Tyson Gay you mean? Besides put Donovan Bailey in 2006 with the advances in track and equipment and training, and he blows Gay out of the water.
Johnson was amazing but he let people get to his head. He even pulled up against Maurice Greene (who pulled up 50m later) in the 2000 Olympic trials.
This was unnecessary - The 100m sprint determines the world's fastest man, Donovan Baily already had that title. What was there to prove? There is no way MIchael Johnson could have produced the same amount of power and acceleration as 100m sprinter.
Pure math. It is because MJ's 200m 19.32 WR was faster than two 100m dashes (19.32s/2 = 9.66s per 100m) so Johnson's WR proved that this is fastest and "true"-est sprint discpline, at that time.
@@soapenvelope true, but it's not an even split. MJs first 100m will be much slower than the second 100m. By that time, Donovan bailly would have been too far ahead - explosive power alliws him to get through the first 100m much quicker than mj
80 m does cause you decelerate at the las 20 meters in 100 m. It is also about speed maintenance and not only about max velocity reached at a t time.
@@michaelwatson7479 100m is more about reaction times and block technique, 200m is more about curve and top speed. In 100m, you can be good at these things and bad runner and still win, so it is less about running. And not all blocks are the same...
@Shay Ogun you can't really compare the two. The 100m world record has always been broken by extremely very small margins usually a tenth to hundredths of a second while the 200m record has been broken in much larger gaps.
When Michael Johnson realized he bit off more than he can chew, his hamstring puked 🤮🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He faked a hamstring puke.😂🤣😂
Clever move Michael so you wouldn't clock a historic weak time.
Michael Johnson "what if he'd have run 10.2 and won the 100m" well Michael he ran it in 9.84 and set the world record.
"He looks focused....listening to his discman..." Lol...those truly were the 90's. I'd forgotten there had ever been such a thing as a discman.
Canadian Donovan Bailey the worlds 🌎 fastest man
He was shocked by that power..that is ALL
At this level these guys have seen every trick in the book. With everything at stake, legacy, sponsorships, ago, etc, there's a lot on the line and taking a straight up L isn't easy. Bailey knew exactly what happened and called it out. This guy was awesome!
Watching this again no way Michael Johnson pulled a muscle on his leg and walk halfway off the track without assistant! If you pull a hamstring or whatever string you pulled you're laying down on the track until someone get your fake ass off the track!
After that I never heard anything about Micheal Johnson again. Bailey was a beast!!
He set the 400m world record two years later. Then won the Olympic gold medal in the 400m 3 years later. Bailey, won silver at worlds later that year and became irrelevant
He looked back at Michael Johnson & said, you're just like Mustard trying to Ketchup to me. Michael Johnson replied: I want a rematch, but not today.
Michael shammed out. He knew he would have been whupped, & he cooked the injury.
Very true
True
Worst than finishing the race the best he could
I remember watching this live and I was so disappointed in Johnson. Maybe it was because he didn’t have his golden shoes on. 🤷♂️
MJ said Bailey could never beat on the curve but when Bailey did MJ turned chicken instead of finishing the race like a man. Didn't have the courtesy to shake his hand.
rapier1954 Farrell I was shocked to see that as well for it seem that MJ would be fine after he said if he was beaten but in reality MJ was a sore loser.
He did shake his hand at 19:08...put your reading glasses on!
@@thcforlife4460 You are right a quick half-assed handshake did occur.
Johnson, Murican. Bailey, Gentleman.
“Explosive start by Johnson, pretty good start by Donovan Bailey”. I’m sorry but these announcers were watching a different race. It was over 30 meters in (hence a strong start)
Tbf, the American media going out of it's way to puff up Johnson is pretty much the only reason this race was a thing in the first place
I also believe that when they got on the straight away Johnson saw Bailey pulling away from him and in my opinion i believe Johnson faked a cramp so he can have an excuse for losing .
He did not. That was no fake.
@@Dave-lr2wo 100 percent fake
*Michael, understood, the jet fighter was crashing so you had to eject.*
Stil the only ppv track event I can remember. Johnson wasn't hurt, just beat.
Johnson was injured from after the 96 Olympics until this point...
I remember this like yesterday. Donovan looked the part coming into the arena. Here's a little history about a guy I know personally from Galveston TX named Derrick Florence. He was the fastest in the nation coming out of high school. He smoked Michael Johnson in college.
I still have those T&F magazines, I know of Derrick Florance, MJ PR leaving was 21.12.
I remember watching this live and was so disappointed to see MJ whimp out. Come on man, finish the race like a man and take your a$$ whooping. You could see him look at Bailey pulling away and think “dang, this guy is kicking my butt” and then fake a hamstring pull.
thank u so very much for this video!
I’ve seen hundreds of athletes pull quads and he DID NOT pull his muscle. He totally chickened out because he knew he was going to lose.
Where have you seen HUNDREDS of people pulling their quads B?
@@drewjenkins2318at the gym leg extension world championships.
Bailey, a notorious slow starter (but who somehow set the WR for 50m) and isn't a good turn runner, somehow comes out ahead after 75m against the greatest turn runner in history up to that point.
I still don't know how he did it.
He was behind Frankie Fredericks and Ato Boldon initially in the 100m dash in 96. Johnson was ahead of the same two after 100m in the same Olympics. Somehow he came out ahead. Brilliant.
Johnson has his ass handed to him. Pulled quad? Gimme a break.
I remember Watching This Disaster live
This shit is just hilarious! (LOl) obviously Michael Johnson is not a sprinter but he likes to draw attention to himself.
I think Michael J was scared and pulled up when he saw him blaze past him.
Thanks for the lovely video 🙏
Johnson faked he pulled a muscle .Bailey was to much for him
Back then in 1997 both men declared they were the worlds fastest man.
Bailey: I'm the worlds fastest man
Johnson: I'm the worlds fastest man
Bolt: hold my apple juice
Here goes another dummy who has no idea how sprinting works. If Usain was born in the 70s ... and running in the 90s he would've never dreamt of clocking even 9.8 secs .... do your research on sprinting, technology, coaching, technique versus the history of the sports itself. 🤦♂️
@@zozochichi was Florence Griffith Joyner clean
@@zozochichi Actually you’re the dummy. Here’s why, there are still men today who haven’t and just will never be able to run 9.8 or faster even with all the so called technology, techniques and world class coaches you mentioned. Sprinting to a world record has nothing to do with any of those three although they will help, but with little help. The secret is the………, ………, ………, and ……… muscles. The more ……… ……… ……… you have the ……… you will be!
NOTE: They were left blank for a reason.😎
Was Bolt racing in 1997?
All those US fakers we just saw another one lyers and tobago in the 200 m remind me of Ali and Liston 1
It's funny how Donovan was looking back...
In his mind he probably was "I thought I was running against someone, where is he?!"
On the other note:
Sometimes it is better to humble yourself and say to others when they do good or better than you "good job".
In life no one is faster or better. Everything is destiny.
There is always someone else better at the moment. But nothing is 100% in life.
You cannot be better forever, someone else will always take your place no matter what.
We all should learn to just thank God for the blessings that we receive because it is a gift to be able to run that fast.
Easy to lose it when we boast about them like we never received it at all.
Great wise comment 👍 ! God bless you !
18:59 - Yeah, he squatted after he allegedly pulled a muscle. Which muscle exactly? It would hurt to squat if either were pulled.
19:13 - He walked away from Bailey rather quickly, looking embarrassed and defeated. That wasn't exactly a limp.
19:28 - Now he starts pretending he's injured. Good acting job.
21:00 - He didn't look like he was in any physical pain. Emotional pain? That I can see. He didn't even sound like he was in physical pain. You can hear it in a man's voice when he's in physical pain, and you can hear it when he's in emotional pain.
Not sure if I've ever pulled a muscle mid race or activity, but one it was his quad, which is less relentless than a hammy. With the adrenaline u have while running and blood moving ur still able to walk decently with minor pain. Cant run. But once adrenaline goes away and cold its start tightening and hurts. It also sometimes flares in pain levels from experiences. And when he was talking, the muscle wasnt engaged so it wouldn't hurt very much, at best he'd like feel it, but no pain
For All The World To See
Tbh I would never spend that much money just to see a 15 second race
How much was it?
shawn price idk but it was a solo race between two of the fastest men in the world so it had to have been a lot
it was free
Michael Lost his race, and people can talk trash about Michael Johnson all they want, but that man ran a 19:32 in the 200M. 19:32!! How many men on this planet can do that!
"What a tragic finish, after all of the hype!" @ 18:50 Sums it up about right.
This clip looks like sooo 90's, jajajajajaja
wait a minute!
I saw this race when I was a kid
damn mid 30's
When Michael Johnson made that statement, he didn't expect it to go so far. Once money was put in play Michael had to give it a shot.
It was actually Bob Costas. Michael just went along with it.
Blame Bob Costas and the US media too
@@casario2808 no one forced MJ to buy into the hype.
In our next episode: Shaq vs Phelps dunk contest under water. Stay tuned.
Convenient quad pull. I question Johnson's character.
Bailey looked to have him well beaten at 50M as he was going away - I dont see Johnson pulling back that deficit had he not been injured.
Even as a kid I was like bro this man didn’t pull anything he clearly pulled up seeing he was about to be cooked
You can graphically see the moment at the top of the straight where Johnson does his heartilidge.
The point was well and truly made!
21:27 If that was a real pulled hamstring, he would've been in agony. Instead, he comes to a stop gradually and begins to jog. Never an injury.
Quad not hammy
ego injury type
I remember watching this and thinking MJ got everything he deserved.
He's not limping after a hamstring injury? Or even a cramp? Fake ass apologize to the people who don't know what happens with muscle injuries!!!
He forgot to..lol
i wish track was still like this😢
American here. Let’s all be honest. Michael Johnson probably the better athlete and Olympian overall as he held 2 world records for literally decades. But Donovan Bailey was the world’s fastest man at the time. 100m dash is the definition to the worlds fastest man. It’s not up for debate.
Same place as the famous Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan encounter, I think that contest was more real than this
Johnson "grimaced" cuz Bailey was in the lead after the turn - simple as that!
I miss these days!!!
That Adidas commercial was 🔥🔥🔥
I tend to agree with Baily that 200m isn't "sprinting" in the sense that you don't run your TOP speed at any point. The race is long enough that you need to pace yourself. It's an endurance race.
Eddie Murphy sure can act should get a Oscar
Lol😀😅😄😂
Track and Field should be more like this again.💥💥
Yes it should.
I was hoping someone would do this type of race for the 400m hurdles: a matchup between Karsten Warholm and Sydney McLaughlin (with McLaughlin off 45m and Warholm off scratch).
When you pull a hamstring, it's very difficult to bend the leg. Especially immediately after the injury. MJ squats on the ground with his head down at ease. Both legs in bent positions...
But didn't MJ say he injured a quadricep muscle not a hamstring?
@@TheNYgolfer same thing. You're not going to have the range of motion to complete a full squat pain free at ease like he did
@Brian Walker actually bending the leg stretches out the Quad , but I always thought it was the hamstring he supposedly pulled.
he clearly said his quad, thats the front of the leg, not the hamstring, then you say they are the same...so it red and green the same too? Squatting is the natural way to stretch-out a hamstring ya goof!
@@whatyoudo9773 Same thing as far as a pulled hamstring or a pulled quad makes it impossible to squat down with ease like that. It puts the injured site in a compromised position. If you notice when an athlete endures either a quad or hamstring injury, the first thing the naturally do is straighten the injured leg even if at a full speed sprint
This race probably should have never happened but since it did, Johnson should have went out like a man and not punked out.
Most biased commentators ever 😂
for sure american hype job
Dwight Stones was and is a friggin' joke of a commentator. I love how a high jumper knows all the keys to sprinting.
Explosive start from johnson... pretty good start... (wtf is going on)... from... (he's beating him)... Donovan Bailey...
They’re both lucky af that Usain Bolt wasn’t the third man on the track! 🏃🏿♂️💨
They both would’ve pulled up lame 😆
Except Bolt was 11 at the time.
This was before Bolt came into his own of course!!!
Insidious Vidz yeah and what if speedy Gonzalez and the road runner ran... what if’s....
Calico Jones
Weird analogy since I’m talking humans and you’re talking cartoons 🤦🏻♂️
I don't know if you ever noticed this but as time passes people get faster. Just a heads up for ya.
😂😂 Donovan had Michael beat in the bend. Michael Johnson is very prideful. You were right Donovan, Michael is a coward.