I met Roger Bannister in Oxford uk oh boy he looked bad in wheelchair on oxygen...I am.sure I could have taken.him!!!
@KlamparDafenradАй бұрын
And this stood as an NZ record until 2024
@APBCTechnique3 ай бұрын
Peter Snell (born December 17, 1938, Opunake, New Zealand-died December 12, 2019, Dallas, Texas, U.S.
@APBCTechnique3 ай бұрын
It’s worth a 1:42 on a modern track. This guy is up there with Coe Rudisha, Kipketer, Cruz and Amos
@JMax-pp5nw5 ай бұрын
I remember backpacking around NZ in the late 90's and I bought the Snell biography 'No Bugles No Drums' in a bookshop in New Plymouth. Great times! I have read it many times since then. It is a fascinating insight into a different Athletics era, long before professionalism, but Snell himself would still stand out today. A wonderful athlete. Great video. Thanks.
@pkmr52846 ай бұрын
So, how did y'all determine "1:44.3"??? Google??? Or did you just see it before & remember? That could be; I still remember Jim Ryun running the World Record time of "3:51.1" in 1967 when he was "20" years old; I think he ran sub-4 min mile ... "5" times in high school!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!! ** WAAAAAAAYYYYYYY OFF-THE-CHART!!! **
@paulclarke75716 ай бұрын
You know you are fast when you lap your competition in an 800m.
@captainviswanathan27257 ай бұрын
This brings me memories of my days in Auckland where I was clocking my hours to do an instructors rating.That was in 1976 before returning to Malaysia .I did this flight and cotinued on to Christchurch and Invercargil.I returned to Malaysia became an instructor and proceded to fly for Malaysian Airlines My best time of my life was in New Zealand.Wonderful contry with wonderful people and fantestic instructors.I am retired and am in my young 70 s.
@GeoAce7779 ай бұрын
this is really a beautiful video, long live Peter Snell
@Landatj11 ай бұрын
i was at this race crowd was so large had to climb onto toilet roof to see the race properly
@APBCTechnique3 ай бұрын
Wow 😯
@ashleymey314411 ай бұрын
Remember seeing him run when he came to South Africa
@Jeanemilr-hn7tj Жыл бұрын
Un idole De mes jeunes années,
@torunit4620 Жыл бұрын
And this is STILL the New Zealand National Record. Consider all the great athletes that have attempted to better it over all this time and all the great tracks they have had the opportunity to run on with their high tech shoes and advanced training techniques. I think this must be one of the longest lived national records anywhere in the world.
@mikev4621Ай бұрын
It went in May 2024
@charlesporter1148 Жыл бұрын
Snell like Eliot and ryun were so superior they could never take advantage of pace making...
@APBCTechnique Жыл бұрын
1.44.3 on grass, it’s incredible
@booklover3959 Жыл бұрын
Peter Snell will forever go down as one of the true legends. What an amazing achievement to run this time way back then on grass! He ran with so much POWER. He was trained to run through the mountains of New Zealand like a marathon runner to build up his endurance. Every second of his fast times was earned with painful sweat.
@ajoybaksi3654 Жыл бұрын
Good to see this race. The pace was much too fast to suit a runner like Snell; a slower pace for the first 2-3 laps, he probably would have gone sub 3:53. A pity no film is available of his mile run at Wanganui in Jan. 1962, when he set his first mile WR of 3:54.4. He was probably in the best form of his life that night; no telling what he could have achieved on a better track, and with better competition (though Tulloh and Halberg, both really 5K runners, were I that race).
@charlesporter1148Ай бұрын
It isnt so much snell went out too fast...its that once he was clear he had no help just as he had no help with his 800 meters record...otherwise he would have improved his times significantly...like ryun and Elliot he was all alone at his own level...now with those two in the mix we would have seen new records...
@brokensun100 Жыл бұрын
Great history
@harryjames3905 Жыл бұрын
I used to run the 800.. what was his time??
@avtours9006 Жыл бұрын
800m 1-44.3 880yds 1-45.1 (On grass!)
@dalphon987 Жыл бұрын
A time-Trial on cinder...
@andre1987eph Жыл бұрын
my legs hurt just watching this ( grass track)
@erikpeterson25 Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest !
@paulwilliams8389 Жыл бұрын
Always difficult to compare athletes from different eras but I still rate Snell as the greatest 800m runner of all time.
@nzmeateater2 жыл бұрын
Good stuff, this would have to be one of the first films of heli hunting in nz, bolt actions in use.👍
@jonjenkins2 жыл бұрын
Audio commentary ?
@aguyfromnewzealand33922 жыл бұрын
Crazy to think that Lancaster park which was formerly AMI stadium before the Christchurch earthquakes 11 years ago has now just been opened as a park area with no stands. At least there hasn't been a shopping mall built there haha
@davebirse48432 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. It was a combination of an auctioneer and a horse race announcer. "Down the stretch they come." Sold to the lady wearing the peach dress in the front row with the feather in her hat and faux pearl necklace." Love the footage!
@johnrogan94202 жыл бұрын
A grass track on a perfect day in New 🇳🇿 Zealand. 🎯
@musik1022 жыл бұрын
A different world back then. Imagine had race organisers had got their act together, and Snell had been given the chance to break other world records. I'm pretty sure, for example, he would have broken - apart from 800m, 880yds and mile - 1000yds, 1000m and 1500m, That is to say, six simultaneous world records. Wow ( and, of course three Olympic golds.)
@user-wy8sj3ed3f2 жыл бұрын
наконец то удалось посмотреть забег полностью. Снелл начал как никогда быстро, видимо хотел пробежать быстрее 3.50, что по тем временам, тем более на травяной дорожке, было бы фантастикой, но на вторую половину дистанции сил не хватило, но мировой рекорд все же не устоял. По ходу 1500м 337.6. Быстрее бежал лишь великий Герберт Эллиот 3.35.6, 336,0 и 337.4
@user-wy8sj3ed3f2 жыл бұрын
Один из самых великих рекордов в лёгкой атлетике, ведь показан он на травяной дорожке! Беги Снелл на современном Мондо, в современных шиповках результат был бы минимум 1.42
@shanenewton26872 жыл бұрын
A Gentleman ahead of his time..PURE GRIT MR. LYDIARD also THE LEGEND..KIWIANA
@sunnydays55813 жыл бұрын
1.44.3 on grass! 60 years ago. Imagine today's improvements, the shoe technology, the track etc. Minimum 2 seconds A truly unique athlete. Thighs of a 400m sprinter, engine of a marathon runner
@musik1023 жыл бұрын
Wow! 1min 54sec ( sub 3min.50sec pace) half way then 2mins! for the second half. That's the hard way to do it.
@LyndonPatrickSmith3 жыл бұрын
When you get an auctioneer to call a track race....
@stephenjoseph12542 жыл бұрын
Much better than modern announcers in my opinion
@hewzie3 жыл бұрын
Hey Roger, I watched him at Western Springs, too. A long time ago. I remember on that night watching women’s 100m also. Was Peter Snell running against Kip Keino?
@Harriawolff3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it happened in Tokyo, Keino won 3-rd heat in 1500m, Snell qualified fourth. In No Bugles No Drums he speaks about the runner from Kenya whom Holtz, O'Hara and Snell didn't want to chase, it was Keino.
@chrisestey72773 жыл бұрын
I remember the days of dirt tracks and yards.
@mathematics55733 жыл бұрын
What would he have run in the 2000s? 1.41/1.40?
@GammaFZ Жыл бұрын
1:42
@mathematics5573 Жыл бұрын
1.39?
@APBCTechnique3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@roybean71663 жыл бұрын
So did this record stand till Marcello Fiasconaro broke it in 73, or was there a time in between ?
@chrisbarclay31123 жыл бұрын
Peter Snell's record was equalled by Ralph Doubell of Australia, when winning the 1968 Olympic final, and again by Dave Wottle (USA) in 1972. Then, of course, Fiasconaro took half a second off the record in 1973. Then who could forget Juantorena breaking that record in the 1976 Olympics? Ah, those were the days!
@waynehentley4332 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisbarclay3112 Ralph Dubbell?🤔🤔
@johnwilson5743 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisbarclay3112 I just stumbled over these old comments. I was in the stadium, sadly only watching, not competing, at those games in Montreal in 1976. Juantorena was a beast that day. cheers.
@petersutton21823 жыл бұрын
Which idiot gave this a thumbs down and why? Be a man/ Woman and explain!
@colinbrigham82533 жыл бұрын
Thank you , Arthur lydiard, murry halberg, snell no bugals no drums 100 a Week i remember 🤗 thanks again 🇬🇧
@alanhayward82373 жыл бұрын
Broke 3:54.4.
@johnwilson57433 жыл бұрын
Oh, forgot to mention that Kip Keino ran, and won, the 1500m just after my race. I spoke with him and he said he loved the grass track. This was 1967 and he was training in New Zealand in preparation for his Olympic Games quest in 1968 in the 1500m. We all know that he dominated and won the Gold.
@empolemos3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@peterseeley18152 жыл бұрын
How cool is that. Big fan of late 60's middle distance runners. Ben Jipcho, Kim Keino, Jim Ryan great times, cinder tracks here in the US.
@johnwilson57433 жыл бұрын
I had the honour of, 5 years later, running on that same track. Peter Snell had signed a note to me, at the request of my mother, saying "Good luck John". He was staying at the hotel that my mother worked at and was due to help commentate the next day. That grass track was lightning fast. (I ran 3rd in an 800m in case your were wondering! LOL) But ummm slightly slower than his time. (OK. A lot slower. LOL)
@SkyBlueKangaroo3 жыл бұрын
That’s on grass?! Imagine what kind of time that would equate to today.
@erikpeterson25 Жыл бұрын
Honesty is good 👍
@booklover3959 Жыл бұрын
I am sure you treasure that note!
@johnwilson5743 Жыл бұрын
@@booklover3959 TY. Yes, I still have it, along with his autograph, plus Kip Keino's and others who all visited. Cheers.
@marksignorell333911 ай бұрын
What dignity ahletes gave off in those long lost days when sport was about more than money.
@johnwilson57433 жыл бұрын
Mmmm The days of having 30,000 at a running event in New Zealand. The crowds happened again during the heady days of Walker, Dixon, Quax (and others) during the 70's but has, sadly, faded away since then. RIP Peter Snell. Still NZ record holder at 800 meters (from the 1960's). A sad indicment on todays standard of running in New Zealand but also an endorsement on how truly amazing Snell was. Cheers.
@lestermount32872 жыл бұрын
unfortunately track is dying everywhere.
@dundukas7899 Жыл бұрын
cmon, nick willis is a legend and new zealand's sports overall produce incredible amounts of medals
@jkrasney17 ай бұрын
Peter Snell mile record holder before Jim Ryan. Two of my favorite mile runners in track. I have never quite understood the reasoning why track, specifically, the mile or 1,500 km race has not found its footing, as a truly spectacular individual sport.
@scottbarker90583 күн бұрын
@@lestermount3287 viewers..sik a seeing..the dropping e, Africans win prettymuch-everyrhing!!!
@user-xb5fz3kr1w3 жыл бұрын
Хотелось бы узнать у Роджера Милза, когда он смотрел этот ролик 10 месяцев назад звук был, глупый вопрос, конечно был, а вот у меня мать вашу звука не было, только видео картинка, кто то посчитал, что мне и так повезло, скажи мол спасибо, как по английски сказать благодарю вас миледи
@avtours90063 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comments. We had fun that day. Permission granted for very early morning before any other aircraft were in the air. One thing we proved. A drone cannot keep up with an aircraft..
@Tharkunify3 жыл бұрын
Well done video and nice flying! I find it's a tough choice between the Sirius and P2008..