1500m Final Men - 1988
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Peter Rono (Kenya) wins 1500m Gold ahead of race favourites Peter Elliott (GB), Jens-Peter Herold (EG) and Steve Cram (GB).
Commentators - David Coleman, Ron Pickering and Brendan Foster.
BBC Coverage.
Peter Rono was my uber driver today! In his bio it mentioned being a “gold medalist Olympian” and I was curious so I asked him about it. He told me all about it and said to look him up on RUclips which led me to here. Amazing the people you come across day to day. Salute to you peter for being awesome!
Where did you meet him? That's so cool!
Luke Mathias - thanks for posting this!
From Olympic champion to taxi driver . . . what a joke.
Pretty awesome
That's a fun story but the real Peter Rono works for New Balance, and I'm betting they pay a decent salary.
Peter Rono gave me his training diary when I was representing him in some races in Europe after the Olympics. It really makes fascinating reading what he did day by day from the December right through to the Olympic final. What is amazing is the way he saw the race as just a race. He had no fear whatsoever of any other runner and you can tell by the way he ran and looks around after taking the lead and just how relaxed he was
When The Kenyan team arrived back in Nairobi, they were all taken to the Presidents residence (and kept waiting a whole day) before the gold medalists only, each received a small black and white TV !!
Can you give more detail of his training, please?
Very interesting story. Thank you for posting. 1988 was a great year for Kenya medalling in every event from 800m to 10,000m. Even though you wrote this 5 years ago I too would like to hear more about his training if possible.?
@@marcusconway4 plus Wakihuri's Silver in the Men's Marathon.
YT brought me this channel only recently. Man I love these vintage races!
Peter Rono used the same tactics in all three rounds: start at the back, circle the field in the second lap, and hug the rail after that running no faster than necessary to hold off all challenges, all the way to the line. Doubtless he trained specifically for this particular tactic (just like Kuts did in the Melbourne Oly 10k). Meanwhile, announcers like CBC's Geoff Gowan were going on and on about how "Africans run free and don't bother with tactics" and other unconsciously racist blather, while not bothering to watch what was actually happening on the track. Rono's only major win, brilliantly conceived and executed.
I agree, except about "unconsciously racist blather". You suppose that, but don't know it certainly.
Well said.
Thanks for pointing that out. I didn’t realize what a tactically brilliant race Rono ran. A joy to watch
I regard this 1500m final as one of the greatest strategic Olympic final races to watch. Where the 3 Peters won the medals!. Apart from the 1984 final with Sebastian Coe’s remarkable final 100m it was fascinating to watch and rewatch. I reviewed the footage and counted Peter Rono turned his head to the right 28 times in the last 53 second lap to see if anyone was coming to pass him. You can hypothesize this was his tactic to stay in front and respond to every challenger, but we won’t know unless we ask him or his coach. (If they can remember). The fact is he was fast enough to stay in front and obviously was the deserving champion that year. He certainly looked relaxed and fast in formidable company. As a 21 year old who was virtually unheard of internationally going into the Olympics , it was a sensation at the time. The Kenyans training that year in 1988, must have been near perfection in their ability to peak all their athletes to completely dominate every Olympic gold medal 🥇 from the 800m distance to the 5000m.
Thanks for putting up this video. A real case of what might have been. No Coe, Cram ill and coming back off a calf injury sustained in Rieti, no Aouita (pulled out with a thigh injury after the heat), no Bile (also injured). Nevertheless, an absorbing race. Fair play to Rono for grabbing his chance. It was the only one he would have!
Give Elliot the credit please
@@texriba8000 yes, Elliot also had injury problems leading upto these games
I reply to this comment 11 years after it was written. Coe and Cram had plenty of success and so, respectfully to them, this race does not have to be about them. After having had his selection criticised that year, Peter Elliot won a superb Silver Medal whilst being on pain killing injections for a groin strain. It is so important to play fair here. Well done to Peter Rono also on a superb Gold Medal, and to Jens Petter Herald on an excellent Bronze. Coe and Cram can be part of other conversations, and well done to them both on epic and elite level careers; this day belonged to 3 other athletes!
This is what taking control of a race means Once Rono hit the front he ran the perfect race doing enough to hold off all challengers he also accelerated just before the others accelerated and suddenly they realized Christ he is flying we are not going to catch him at all.
I think that sometimes some things are meant to take place at certain times. Peter Elliot was always an extremely tough competitor at national and also international level during the 1980s. He achieved his breakthrough of Bronze at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, the two splendid Silvers at Global Level which cemented his true, consistent pedigree at the World Championship 800 metres in 1987 and the 1500 metres Seoul Olympics, and finally, GOLD, Commonwealth Games 1500 metres in Auckland. A Gold medal is a Gold medal at a major Championship.
That run by Rono is very underated. He wound it up from a long way out and his experienced opponents should have know that if someone has the lead in an Olympic final and gets a vision of gold he is very hard to beat. Actually, most likely they knew this and just could not get to the front. If you run well at the Olympics you don't need to do anything else before or after!
athleticscoach2012 elliott and cram were not fully fit elliott had injection before final instead of pulling out and ronos mate boxed elliott from 650 to the bell so he couldnt win
We give God thanks. Congratulations Peter Rono and Team Kenya.
@@adamd4390 Please, no excuses!! Rono ran a perfect race and he was simply the best 1500 meter runner in the 1988 Olympic Games!! Elliott ran the race of his life and he was certainly in peak condition and he was not boxed in on the last 650 meters. He had all the time in the world to pass Rono on the back straight away and he couldn't get the job done. Cram was beat fair & square.
@@richardmilliken5651 Rono had a pretty easy run - he was not pressurised by Elliott or Cram who just thought he was a pacemaker and let him get away from them and Coe was not there to worry him also.
52s last lap! thats blistering.
I've had an opportunity to be training with Peter Elliott when I was the Rotherham harriers cross-country champion under 12 gold medalist. I trained with Peter which we used to all run our road running and circuit training. What a privilege to have known a champion
Peter Elliott was a great British athlete. He's constantly forgotten, primarily I think because he never won a major track gold medal. But he medalled often, never ran a bad race and was gutsy as hell ... and like me a proud Yorkshireman !
Good to see this race again after all the intervening years.
Well done, Peter Elliott !
Peter Elliot is my favourite middle runner to watch because of his honesty endeavour and because he achieved 4 major championship medals in his career. In fact, he did win a major championship gold medal, Commonwealth Gold in 1990 in the 1500m.
1) Peter RONO
(KEN) 3:35.96
2) Peter ELLIOTT
(GBR) 3:36.15
3) Jens-Peter HEROLD
(GDR) 3:36.21
4) Steve CRAM
(GBR) 3:36.24
5) Steve SCOTT (USA) 3:36.99
6) Johanes Nicolaas Maria KULKER
(NED) 3:37.08
7) Kipkoech CHERUIYOT
(KEN) 3:37.94
8)
Marcus O'SULLIVAN (IRL) 3:38.39
9)
Mario Manuel SILVA (POR) 3:38.77
10)
Jeffrey Patrick ATKINSON (USA) 3:40.80
11)
Joseph CHESIRE (KEN) 3:40.82
12)
Omer KHALIFA (SUD) 3:41.07
In a parallel universe not too distant from our own, a fit Elliot, Cram, and Coe split the medals between them (who knows in what order), all three well clear of the field in the style of Stuttgart 86 800m, a fitting climax to a decade of middle-distance dominance for the Brits!
Gareth, I love your posting but feel l must comment on it. Written like a true blue, white and red patriot. But unfortunately I hate to burst your bubble, we live in this universe. Every dog has it’s day. The double British dominated eras 50s 70s/80s have unfortunately been replaced by a new generation from Africa with the exception of Cenriwitz ,Willis and now hopefully Norway.!
Its funny the way the reporters only realise Rono is going to stroll to goldin the last few meters, then they give a completely comentry for the replay.
Hard to believe a runner such as Cram could not win an Olympic Gold at 3 attempts
80, 84 & 88. For me his high stepping running style was amazing in 85/86
I absolutely agree ! If the Olympics were held in 1986, no one would have touched Cram. I saw him run, not race, in the 1986 Commonwealth Games 800m in Edinburgh and he let the leader get 40m ahead but he absolutely mowed them down in the last lap. It was sensational to witness that amount of confidence in a world class title race. In 1985 his world records were sublime.
Injury issues at the wrong time pre 84 and 88. In 80 he was only 20 years old and did well to make the final behind the more experienced Coe and Ovett.
80 too young. 84 not fit. By 88 he was just about finished.
And it was all really down to a chronic condition that was not diagnosed until after he retired - compartment syndrome. Easily fixable with surgery, even in the 80s, had it been diagnosed correctly.
What might have been! Still what a fabulous career he had.
I remember watching this and thinking what a missed opportunity it was for a British gold medal. Rono took full advantage so fair play to him but the way the race panned out it just seemed that Cram in particular didn’t see the threat and then couldn’t respond when it was too late. The end of an era for British middle-distance running and the start of a new era for African running that would get better and better as the ‘80s turned into the ‘90s and a new generation of African talent emerged to dominate.
Olympic finals appeared in: Cram 3, Coe 4, Ovett 5.
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this is what happens when the top guys are paying attention to what is going on behind them and completely disregard who is ahead of them until it is too late. centrowitz got away with this in 2016. it isn't so much that rono or centriwitz won, that the favorites lost.
Rono was the fastest on the day, if the others were quicker, they would have passed him but they didn’t because they were not good enough on the day. It’s all about tactics and how well you perform on the big day. Nothing to do with the others not paying attention. Centriwitz was also the fastest going into the Olympics. Best on the day with the best form going into the 2016 Olympics. In the 1956 at Melbourne Australia Olympic 1500m final, no one picked Irishman Ron Delaney to win. But again he was the fastest on the day with a blistering last 300m on a cinder track that would have placed near the front even today if had been racing.
Peter Elliot 🙌🙌🙌
The three Peters. Elliott ran too many bends in lane two. He was also pretty knackered after the 800.
Injuries or no injuries is still part and parcel of athletics. Physical training is very important. But mind training which is more neglected is the most important. Anxiety and tension lead to muscle pulls and other injuries.
Hence Rono technically won even against those who would have been there but were nursing injuries.
And Elliott fatigued from having run every qualifying round for 800m and 1500m.
I remember this period well. Cram, Aouita and Bile were the best at this time. Cram generally had the edge over the others. All 3 werent fit for this final. I met Cram in 87. He took us for a training session, really nice guy, great memories.
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Elliott gave it all he had...was hurt...would have taken the gold otherwise...what a gutsy runner!
seoul'88, awesome men's & women's 1500's.
The thing is, Elliott one could understand, but Crabb? Fine athlete and man that he was, he was all the same never even going to make the final, let alone medal.
Red Rum CRAM , STEVE CRAM NOT CRABB!!
Dean Keith Britain had another athlete at the Olympics that year called Steve Crabb. He took Seb Coe's place
@@deankeith830 - Steve Crabb was actually a double Olympian, representing GB in the 1500m in 1988 and 1992. Steve Crabb was an Enfield Harrier athlete and was noted for running a winning 3:51.76 mile in a handicapped mile race at Crystal Palace. He is not to be confused with the more famous and similarly sounding name Steve Cram.
No, CRABB NOT CRAM. DOAH. Learn your shit before engaging.
i loved peter eliot hard man of athletics
The Tiny man took it..well done peter..
Naturally the Kalenjin people are humble and generous but can respond in equal measure to any thing thrown their way. Nothing is beyond them.
Steve Cram peaked a year to early in 87', he was breaking world records and winning at the world championships.
No, he failed to win a medal at the 87 World Champs, beaten by Bile. He came something like 8th! It was 1985 that he broke 3 world records, and 1983 that he won the World title.
Cram also had a great year in 1986 winning the 800m/1500m double at the Commonwealth Games including a 1:43 800m in windy conditions and the European 1500m title. He wasn't the same athlete in 1987/1988.
deano27671 you are correct!
@@deano27671 yes as you allude to, 1987 was the year that Cram lost his way and lost his aura. He never possessed a world class finishing kick like Coe, and instead used to beat opponents with a long striding run for home in the last lap - loved being out in front with an open track in front of him. He was marginally beaten by Gonzalez in the European Cup 1500m early in the '87 season having tried to do exactly that, and that was considered a big shock at the time. I think in hindsight that was a mental turning point for him and for those competing against him who realised he was beatable. Bile ran the legs out of everyone in the World Final later that season in a slow race and badly exposed Cram's lack of finishing speed. Cram was unfortunately injured shortly before the Olympic final having had a relatively good season to that point, which partly explains his form in Seoul, but he was never the same force after 1986.
@@tovip5661 Sadly Cram was finished by 87. I posted it somewhere else but he had compartment syndrome and it wasn't diagnosed until after he retired. It was easily fixable via surgery, even in the 80s, and would have likely stopped the reduction in his training he was forced into from late 83 onwards. He was always on a tightrope of being hurt - without quality training you can't expect to be explosive without the risk of being injured.
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Well said
Peter Elliott...an unsung hero like Norway's Rodal.
Gan on Crazza bonny lad!
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I agree with many of the earlier posters on here that Seb Coe would have been more likely to be a medal contender in Seoul in 1988 than Steve Crabb. However, it is worth remembering that the selection policy gave an automatic place to an athlete if they finish in the first 2 at the British Trials and had the qualifying time. The 1500m trial was won by Elliott from Crabb with Coe going out in the heats (out of sorts but with perhaps enough time to recover to top form). This left the selectors having to choose between Coe and Cram (who won the 800m trial in great style and was the World Record Holder at 1500m and Mile, Twice European 1500m champ, 1983 World Champ and 1984 Olympic Silver) and Coe.
trickygoose2 for heaven's sake . . . . it's not CRABB . . . . it's CRAM STEVE CRAM !!!!! N
"the selection policy gave an automatic place to an athlete if they finish in the first 2 at the British Trials and had the qualifying time" Herein lay the problem. It should have been first past the post only.
Dean Keith, you need to do your homework. Britain sent 3 people to the 1988 Olympics . Steve Cram , Peter Elliot and the third choice was Steve Crabb. Please learn your facts before putting your caps lock on as your comment makes you look a bit foolish.
i would have saw this all them years ago and forgot about Peters silver, great pub quiz question which Britain got silver in the 1988 1500 metres final ?
Peter Elliott....a modern version of Peter Snell!
Olympic 1500 meter finalists pre-race plans: 99% - fancy my chances to just sit back and kick with 250 meters to go. 1% - fuck 'em all, begin kick at 700 meters and die on the line.
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Still can't believe it all these years later that they took Crabb instead of Coe, when you consider they were not going to take Coe four years before when Elliott beat him in the trial, then he went on to win the Gold again, oh what might have been we will never know.
fitzieo1 STILL CAN'T BELIEVE YOU THINK HE WAS CALLED . . . . CRABB ! . . . . his name is CRAM , STEVE CRAM ,
GB Team for 1500m at Seoul - Peter Elliott, Steve Cram and Steve Crabb.
Dean Keith i can't believe that you don't know that Steve Cram and Steve Crabb were two of Britains representatives at the 1988 Olympics for the 1500.
@@deankeith830 Steve Crabb was touted as the new STEVE CRAM and yes for those who remember him the name similarity was probably why, seeing as he wasn't quite up to the task of continuing Britain's 80s middle distance golden era.
Coe should have been there instead of Crabb. We might have won it then!
deano27671 and who is this we of which you speak ? Surely not the United Kingdom . you cannot possibly be from there and think that he was called "CRABB" . . . . . . . . .HIS NAME IS STEVE CRAM for God's sake !
Absolutely defending champ should of been there
Both Steves Cram and Crabb ran for GB in the 1500m at this Olympics. Crabb was eliminated in the semi final.
“We”?
@@deankeith830 There was also a runner called Steve Crabb.
David Coleman says Peter Rono ran a last lap of 52.6 seconds. He didn't. The timing system clearly shows he ran 52.93 seconds on the last lap. However, Rono did the real damage from 800m to 1100m when he ran 42.72 seconds, accelerating all the time. That took the sting out of all the favourites.
He won the race because he had the fastest 2nd lap of the field of 59seconds and the fastest last lap. Tactically superior. Always out of trouble right from the beginning even by being at the back in lap 1.
Peter Elliot was a part time athlete - unlike Cram, Coe and even many Kenyans
Rono ran tactically correct. As Lasse Viren 1976. Cram ran foolishly. Why did he wasted his strength by running on the track two?
Is Peer Rono related to Henry Rono?
"A famous name", noted the commentator... but no, no relation.
Blame the British selectors for the UK not winning Gold. Coe had been recovering from injury so they selected a runner called Steve Crabb in his place despite Coe being the double Olympic 1500 meter gold medalist!
Obviously with hindsight looking @ how that race unfolded it was made for Coe. His kick with 150 to go would have destroyed that field as Cram wasn't at his best either!!!
I don't think that a 32 year old Coe would've beaten Rono in this 1988 Olympic - 1500 meter final!! Coe was well past his peak from 1981, where he was unbeatable in the 1500 meters.
It’s an interesting idea. I will nominate for British Athletics Olympic selector.
@@richardmilliken5651 Agreed! Far too many people make the lazy sentimental argument that Coe would have won in Seoul, presumably cos he won in Moscow and L.A . This makes it far less likely he would win mainly because of his age. Far harder to be consistent at that elite level as you get older. Coe was still capable of one off quality races at this stage but the speed endurance needed to beat Rono after qualification rounds is unlikely. Outside chance of a medal but no more
The commentator is just thinking of the brits so biased
It’s from BBC British TV station.
It would be the same, where ever in the world the commentary was from.
Se terminó el dominio inglés en esta prueba en Olímpicos...a partir de esta época dominio africano
......until 2016 and 2020.
It’d be nice to see a race where they pace it at an elite level instead of college level for the first three laps and elite for the last. It still happens and its disappointing for the fans who get to watch great runners run slow and then sprint like Michael Johnson for 400 meters.
Jeremy, that is called the 💎 Diamond League. A different beast. This is the Olympics. Which is much more fascinating tactically to watch. And now the records over distance have a distinct technological advantage with the pacing lights we watch the clock not the race in the Diamond League. With 3 distance track records in one year what does this say? We haven’t seen that since the magic mushrooming by the Chinese women way back in 1993!
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Regrettably the race was without the 2 time defending Olympic champion Sebastian Coe... he deserved to be there and would have won. So an altogether disappointing final in all truth.
Seoul 1988 was the beginning of the end for Track and Field as global sport, and this 'Blue Riband event more than any other signified why. The Kenyan and Ethiopian men and East German women and dirtiest 100m race of all time. Going all the way back from Harold Abrahams & Eric Liddle in 1924, Owens in 1938, Prefontaine/Knight & Bowerman (Nike) and the US running boom in the 70's , to Ovett & Coe four years previously; with wall to wall coverage of the events during the Summer months.
To the London Track and Field Diamond league meeting being relegated to Gateshead in 2021, and Nike only sponsoring three Track and Field athletes in total. With the strong possibility of the Japan Olympic Games cancellation, putting the tin hat on it.
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Britain didn't use its brains here. Coe should have been taken even though past his best as his presence in the race along with Elliot and Cram would have put pressure on Rono. And those two should only have competed in the 1500m as this was their best chance; they only injured and tired themselves out running the 800m. With a bit of thought they could have been 1 and 3. Against that it's just as well that Said Aouita and Abdi Bile weren't running as either of them could have smoked the entire field.
Aouita didn't qualify for the 1500m Final in Seoul through injury after getting a Bronze in the 800m. Bile missed out on Seoul due to injury. All ifs and buts. Coe never qualified for the team either. The 800m had four rounds in 1988 and probably took it's toll on Cram, Elliott and Aouita.
@@tommytempo1 I agree but the selectors could have overruled their own policy and taken Coe as they did in 1984. I was annoyed at the time as Britain had a tradition of winning the 1500m and I felt that we should have given ourselves the best chance. Cram and Elliot though completely underestimated Rono.
I don't think they underestimated Rono. More like they were both shattered from racing 6/7 times over the week. I think Elliott had a cortizone injection for every race!
@@tommytempo1 There is an interview on the Internet from 2012 where Elliot says: "I remember Rono taking the lead and thinking 'This is great, I've got a pacemaker here'. Speaking to Crammie afterwards he thought exactly the same, but that little bit of a lead that Rono had, he maintained all the way to the line. But it's getting it right when it matters - going into a race and knowing who your competitors are, and we completely underestimated him." On the day Rono deserved it and nobody died!
Indeed, the best man won on the day.
People extol the late David Coleman but the commentary on this race is really poor.
Where's Coe?
Injured
Too many injurys
Cram pretty much end of career by now
I just can't get over those USA uniform tops. Horrible.