The Photo-Finish of One of the Biggest Olympic Rivalries | Olympics On The Record
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Gail Devers edges out Merlene Ottey in a thrilling photo finish Olympic 100m final at Atlanta 1996 that could barely have been any closer.
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I like how the narrator referred to the other runners as outstanding athletes.
Biggest injustice to Merline Ottey, should have been a dead heat. But after all in was in the USA
Ottey was a beautiful sprinter. Her form was impeccable.
Amen to that! I have always been a Huge fan of Merlene...Blessings😇
Huh kiki
@Clean Up On Aisle 3 yes she is!
Her body and her form built perfectly for sprinting. Never seen any body look so elegant going down a track.
USA vs Jamaica,an everlasting Olympic rivalry
Steroids vs Jamaica back then 😮🤔..
@@r.s2078 Ottey was also on it
Jamaica is on the winning end for the time being.
thats changed this time, italian white guy won the 100m gold.
@@annikamyren3026 yu bright like a load a s..t we dont need dope to COPE. Ottey is still ALIVE AND RUNNING. NO ILLNESSES NO ROTTEN MUSCLES.
WHERE IS G. DEVERS????? ANSWER...DOWN UNDER....ASH TO ASH DUST TO DUST. KIDNEY FAILURE... THATS WHAT LONG TERM USE OF DRUGS DO.... DESTROYS YOUR INTERNAL ORGANS. KAPISH...
When everyone decides to be the best in the world at the same time
Merlene was such an incredible athlete who has never won an Olympic Gold. Now, Jamaican women are dominating in the 100M. 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 all Gold for Jamaica, 2008 and 2020 clean sweep of the podium for Jamaica and for the last 4 Olympics, Jamaican women have taken 10 of the 12 medals in the women's 100m. Merlene paved the way and Jamaica is doing Great. Proud Nation🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
for reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!
Marlene Joyce Ottey. I love you. You made me feel so good as a child growing up.
Yessss
Accurate! 👏🏾🇯🇲❤️
Ottey won, but the race being that close in that era on USA soil there was no way they would have given Ottey her earned gold medal.
Mystery:
*Look you stupid clown, the camera determines who wins not country, Ottey didn't win anything, you Jamaicans need to crying over that race, Ottey lost plain and simple.*
im jamaican and i can see usa won kmt
Merlin ottey will forever be Jamaica's foundation/ backbone the who made it possible to always be in the winnings
Gail is now 51 and ottey is 58, time flies.
Wow wow that's true and am 44 now,truly how time flies 😊
@@decemberakins3683 and am 30😃
Soon I'll be 40 lol and I'm 24
25 now 😑
22
Gail was, and is not only a true champion, she's a class act. This race was one of the best I've ever watched in track and field.
Those last 50 meters from Ottey so impressive.
Yeah. One wished that she had known how to dip well.
Ottey and Devers both great and it should have been two golds. Ottey is my favourite and didn't deserve to get silver.
I remember those photo finishes. Not for the faint of heart. The thrill and excitement were through the roof. I loved Merlene Ottey. She was a true champion for Jamaica 🇯🇲. Still my favorite female athlete of all time.
Mine too
Ottey is the greatest female sprinter in history. She participated in six Olympics games but it was unfortunate that she was always deprived of a Gold medal.
@@amoz1957 She competed in 7 consecutive Games winning 9 Olympic medals
Btw... @ 03:36 looks like confirmation of Merlene being robbed of a Gold medal 🥇
Don't worry...Now Jamaica got many stars 😎
@PRL BHOORASINGH Jnr child she wasn't mfkn robbed. The whole photo shows Devers torso went over
Gail overcame Graves Disease too. Also so darn adorable.
Ottey had amazing top speed. All she needed was the start.
Gail Devers a world class athlete, that didn't let an illness block her dream of going for the gold.
Today Elaine Thompson has the same running posture as Ottey. I love SFP but ET's form is the most attractive to me. A lot like Ottey's.
What a shame! MO won for sure and got robbed. But today Jamaica took 3 medals in that discipline! And my heart is full of love for my childhood idol and all the people of Jamaica!!! 💚💚💚
I'm not sure what they used back then to determine a winner. If it was now Ottey would have won, her torso cross the finish line first.
That’s what I thought too but congrats to Gail.
At 3:56 there is a photofinish, they did look at torso position and Devers was just a little bit faster (look at vertical red lines)
Merlene Ottey was gorgeous . . and still is at almost 60 years old.
Totally agree!
melanin don't crack
Stunning
Ottey is a legend
Should have been two golds. That's ridiculous.
Facts but u know how they stay back then if u know what I mean
I remember these days my heart still races watching this soooooo many years later 🤣🤣
The 1996' Olympic games were crazy. Excitement all around.
Merlene's greatly talented & has an ancient pure beauty!
what a terrific race to watch. Ottey did have beautiful form.
Always loved ottey.Very humble
Ottey = GORGEOUS!!
Jamaica got her revenge in the years to come
and she doesn't even look 36
It wasn't revenge for Ottey. A few years after this she left Jamaica to run for another country.
@@gpipeline
Rubbish, ottey only started running for another country. Because couldn't qualifly to run for Jamaica any more.
@@rosaworksrosaworks9410
What is Rubbish They telling Truth
You even agree
@@gpipeline Thanks For The info❤️👍🏼
Ottey closed the gap and that was fascinating. One of Jamaica's great athletes. To me she took the race. She had to settle for silver after a rather hasty decision.
It took them 4 minutes to decide
@@2kh22a A hasty decision as he said!
@@Pistolwhipperz And it took them 4 minutes to decide as he/she said!
@@koekenzopie5919 A hasty decision as he said!
@@Pistolwhipperz Temper, temper. You must be a really nice guy irl.
MERLENE OTTEY is the elegant beauty who happens to run fast, African Queen her grace and demeanour still the image remain with me since I first saw her on the Olympic field.
That additional step Ottey had to take before she crossed the finish line is what gave Devers the edge to win. Another thing, I noticed is that Devers had the figure four form before she crossed the finish line her stride was longer, all she needed was one stride and she didn't have to take an additional step like Ottey did. Devers's leg was more straight than Ottey's leg which was slightly bent before they crossed the finish line. It was so close and Ottey put on an impressive performance.
As a child this was my favourite race because I was fascinated by Devers charm. Respect to all the other athletes.
I was rooting for Ottey. I remember watching it live. Such a nail biter.
We love u merlene Ottey
Those two runners closed on Devers so fast! But watching it closely. It was Devers victory. OUTSTANDING
Merlene ottey is still a sweetheart
Yup
I remember those days when I was young, me & cousin always cheering for Ottey
That's what you call a tie. Your taking that long you don't know. As now has shown, life goes on.
I remember, they used Devers forehead instead of Ottey's torso😎🏁
How could that be legit?
@@thejoyofsoxmovie7211 it wasn't legit the world went crazy but this died. Natural death after a few days. I watched this race. I was glued to my television. Those days a lot of other countries suffered unfair and bias results. Steroids was the name of the game
Congrats to all sprinters .Nuff respect Merlene Ottey .Great run by Chandra in lane 8
Maryllene Ottey is still my most favorite female sprinter of all time after Mary Onyiali from my country Nigeria.
I've never seen a race where the racers 1,2 and 3 were so very close and where first and second place were only microseconds apart.
Is anybody going to talk about her nails at the end?
Jelly tots be the Best she was known for that.
The jewelry is almost just as annoying. Almost .
Final thought as well
That cant be aerodynamical?
That was the style
Same in Barcelona & Atlanta, just that gaity put her head smartly ahead to win both the races. Otty deserved to win atleast Atlanta Gold & should have been declared as joint winners.👏🥇🥇🏆
Greatest show down ever of two fabulous athletes. OTTEY'S TORSO passed the line first.
Did she win?
@@ellen9925 no it was in America so they gave it to the American
True Ottey was robbed
You a flat lie the whole photo shows that Lean from Gail won
Instead of all the "flap of wing" nonsense, it would have been nice to be told what the actual gap was, in thousandths
@ 😐Umm no not the same time. That's why 1 got first and 1 got second place. Why do I bother w the internet sometimes I wonder...
@@SkinnyPimpSneakers I don't know if you found out yet but they do not record usually past the thousandths place value in track due to differences in the margin for error in the length of the track That's why it was a "photo-finish" that had to be determined that way their times were 10.94 seconds.
I think it was 6 thousandths.
It was in tens of thousandths - about 60 microseconds IIRC.
@@PR199020 p
Wow. I’m so grateful to have an very experience runner as my coach ♥️
I remember this, I loved me some Gail.
Udidb
I've watched this replay over a few times and I believe Merline otty actually won this race,I'm not an Olympic expert but I was taught winning is judged by who ever gets the first part of the torso over the line (not the head) is declared the winner i could swear if you look closely at the Finnish photo right on the line you can see Merline otty's torso is first, unless I've got my facts wrong the gold was stolen away from otty,I'm sure anyone reading this will think I'm just a one eyed jamaican, wrong ,I'm not even a black person I just except the facts and recognise the greatest female sprinter of all time Merline otty.
I disagree coz as i look closer the right leg and the head of the american woman comes ahead than the jamaican woman on the finish line.
@@ivyamor8057 leg and head don't count it's the torso first that counts.
@@shanetasker6031 its not, haven't you notice that every time the runners reached the finish line they lengthen their head or feet ahead of their bodies. besides the judges knows the guidelines better..
@@ivyamor8057 it was athletics trainers who taught me this when I was in little athletics as a kid, any part of the torso not head or neck,I was taught to lunge my chest at the line.
@@shanetasker6031 the athletes shall be placed in which part of their bodies as distinguished like torso or the head arms legs hands or feet that reaches the vertical lane of the nearer edge of the finish line..thats the ruling accdg to international athletics asso. federations..lol
This is reminding me about the fastest women track and field runner....
Willima Rudolph.❤💪🏾👑
@OlympicChannel Thank you for featuring one of the most "controversial" Women's 100m in history. Please be so kind to compile a long overdue athlete montage of Olympic GREATEST ATHLETE, Merlene Ottey, who competed in 7 CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC Games. 🥈🥈🥈🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🇯🇲
One of the greatest rivalries of all time and the very best of sportsmanship!
she was 36? wooooowww amazing
I have a thousand+ respect for this women
We can only see it from the angles they give us.
In both races Stuttgart 1993 and Atlanta 1996 Ottey is in the closer lane to us, covering Devers in a way that looks like Ottey won.
A fan of both but Devers all the way. She just new how to perform when it mattered.
Classy and humble👌🏿
Beautiful, beautiful, great and healthy rivalry
2021 during covid remembered this a lot.
4:11 those fingernails...
Ugh i feel like vomiting.
ew
Gare Bear I
LMAO. Welcome to 1996
Awwww... The 90's missed you then? lol
Wow what a race !
So much love and respect for Merlene Ottey
Blink of eye that is what it takes to be an Olympic champion 🔥
They both should've gotten gold. In the womens 100m 2008 Beijing Olympics Jamaicans finished as winner and tied in 2nd with both athletes getting silver medals.
Excellent narration! C'est super bien raconté. Bravo!
Merlene Ottey!!!!
36!!!!
FIFTH Olympic Games.
We should stop letting foriegners run in our colleges and Universitys.
@@robertrivera2957 lol...you think that's what did it😂😂...Did Bolt run in your schools😂😂
@@robertrivera2957 go away troll.
Beautiful.
Gail devers my favourite female sprinter of all time her dedication and passion spoke for itself
Legend 🇯🇲🔥🔥🔥
To me Ottey was still the better athlete. She was 36 and running like that. Besides so many of Devers races were decided for her based on her fingernails. Ottey is a one of a kind. She has done very well for her country and for the sports on a whole.
Sorry but no. Merlene Ottey is a legend, but she was not the better athlete here and she was never a better athlete than Gail Devers. That’s why she never won an Olympic Gold or World Gold at 100m because she was simply not clutch, while Devers was clutch in 100m AND the hurdles. Ottey was better at the 200m IMO, clutch there.
She's the queen of the bronze medal..Happy that Gail D won!
Otty was Rob big time, anywhere else.
That Gold BELONGS to
The Greatest Sprint Queen that ever walked this Universe : MERLENE OTTEY
Is this why Ottey was Nicknamed the Bronze queen? Maybe because she never won Olympic gold🤧
@@jacquelinerussell8530 In sprints Ottey is way more of a legend than Devers ever will be.
Devers is a legend only in her specialty: 100 m hurdles.
@danbotez1307 I feel you however she was never able to get that all illusive sought-after gold medal, but whatever it is what it is. I do and always have admired her dedication and love for the sport. I even salute her because without her, there would probably be no Shelly Ann Frasier-Price Sherika or Elaine. She was definitely a trailblazer
@@jacquelinerussell8530 Thank you for your thoughtful answer. She was not only a terrific athlete, but also a terrific human being. I respect her immensely.
@@danbotez1307 👍
MJO
The Foundation, The Mother, The Stellar of Jamaica's female Sprinting. Love You Dear.
They should've both got gold, simulator to what happened in the 2008 Olympic when Sherone Simpson and another athlete was given the silver medalist after they both finished in a time of 10.98s.
Back then I think politics played a huge role. USA being the bigger, more powerful country was always going to get the gold...but I'm Jamaican so I might not be the most objective of persons. lol
@@straydogg56 Your logic is flawed because US athletes have been screwed so many times at the Olympics by smaller nation's officials (see basketball, boxing and gymnastics).
wow.. ottey is a beautiful looking woman.
Yes, she is!!! That's one fine piece of tall chocolate right their!!!!!
Agreed 100 %. A great sprinter as well.
Yes she is
Right?! Jamaican women are EVERYTHING.
Beautiful indeed, sleek like a Gazelle.
a blink of the eye is actually pretty slow compared to this photo finish.
I would say the same definately
Even the flap of the wing not enough either in my view
Impressive race... Chandra Sturrup from The Bahamas in lane 8 almost medaled in this Olympic final
Where⁉️⁉️
This 3 way photo finish in athletic 100m is always go down in the top of the Olympic History books.
3 way?? No one ever remembered who won the Bronze.
Merlene Ottey was a diva of track and field
29 yrs vs 38 yrs would anyone talk bout dat? Respect maam u great winner 4 me
nope she was 36 here
JAMAICA - NUMBER 1 ¡¡¡¡ ULTIMATE MOMENTS ¡¡¡¡
as a fan of ottey i feel sorry for her
I think you could include a couple more and make it a top ten cause i've seen some other awesome ones.
Brilliant commentary
2 amazing athletes. Why are people still arguing about the judges conclusion? It doesn't change the official result. Merlene often burnt up the tracks during the season, ran the fastest semifinal time and would then somehow choke in the final. By 1995-6 she had gotten over those final "nerves". Definitely one of the hottest female athletes of those times.
go to.....you wanna talk dirt on ottey?wake up, all the americans possibly on special food treatment-look at gail or flo-jo,sorry to say,or marion jones,ottey competed with all of them..and all you can say, that she was hot?shes a queen at least!one of the greatest.....such a persistence
Marek Zaszlos Jamaica is only known for doing well in sprints. That's awesome! Not great at anything else, just three sprint races (100m, 200m and 4x100). Ottey has her own drug controversy too. Don't forget the reason she left Jamaica to compete for Slovenia, okay. Get off your high horse!
@@lorielle5005
The reason ottey went to run for another country, is because she could no longer qualify any more. She was being beaten, by younger and stronger runners.
Ottey‼️
Fast - and beautiful!
Amazing race.
I've yet to see any slow-mo footage of either athlete crossing the line. It always pauses beforehand. I'm pretty sure that the long wait for the result was so the broadcaster could edit the footage in such a way to suit their narrative.
i remember a general knowledge magazine from 96. gail devers on front.
If it was really that difficult to separate them a joint or two golds would have been fairer.
She was about to break her neck getting over that finish line. 😝
Ottey won Ottey foot was on the line! Give Ottey her Gold NOW!!!
Incredible
At 36 whew women are awesome 💪🏿
I can't tell who won. When I look the torsos, it looks tied.
The torso play it back slowly ottey won
She was robbed 2 years in a row on photo finishes
Gail devers & gwen torrence
Agreed....
Doesn't hace to be the torso. She was outleaned by Devers, who rightfully won.
@@gpipeline By international athletic rules it is absolutely judged by the torso. Next time do some research before commenting to avoid embarrassment.
@@Yardie1682 she wasn’t robbed
So the Jamaican sprinter First went to olympics at age 16, if she’s competing in her 5th Olympic game. That’s acc insane considering she was 36 in that race
Try your math again
Jarod MR nope, hes right
You're an idiot as well then. Ottey's first olympics was in 1980 when she was 20.
Jarod MR no need to get offended 😀
Jarod MR then the video was wrong
Gail Devers is a Machine
That's insane...!
That and 20 years of hard work
Duas super atletas
A nose, a pinky toe... as far ad I'm concerned they both tied and were fast af.
Sis there is no tie you clearly saw who hit the line first