Coe is not sufficiently far ahead of the others to have clocked 3:47 - it doesnt tie in with the times / distances behind him

He seems to have run quite wide in the lane plus at an uneven pace. Plus a solo run. Likely would have been first man under 3:50 given modern pacing and running tighter to the rail.

''There it is...John Walker's backside...''

Ovett true racer coe robot remember c palace 4 400 relay 40 athlelets come out when spectators spotted ovett all stood up standing ovation loved by fellow athletes press try to make coe hero ovett bad boy wearing russian vest

Ovett was the GOAT!

With modern day nutrition and training methods ovett and Coe would still be the best now.

What was his time ?

1.39/40 with todays tech and tracks.

Bravo Morceli..👏👏🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿 Bon vieux temps....

Conservative won the election in the year that Coe first broke the world record and they didn't lose an election until the same year that Coe lost his world record.

Incredible that the record has not even been improved by a second yet. That would be like the marathon only improving by 52 seconds, yet it's several minutes.

He basically sprinted for 800m. What an amazing athlete he was.

Impresionante ese record mundial de 800 metros para AQUELLA ÉPOCA

Walker intended to run the legs off Ovett but only managed to run the legs off himself! Ovett didn’t panic when Walker bombed ahead…he knew he was a faster finisher than the great New Zealander and timed his attack to perfection. Ovett was an amazing racer and master tactician.

A legend!

Ovett was the greatest forget Coe forget Cram Ovett was the.king

The 1924 Olympics footage looked clearer.

If coe was fully fit what time would the winner have got?

Bayi was truly amazing,as were the athletes of that era, fifty years ago! His 3:32 in the commonwealth games still stands!

Steve Ovett the greatest

I bei tempi dell'atletica di primo nebbiolo quando l'antidoping era una cosa seria come dimostrano il record delle ragazze della Germania dell'est e della Cecoslovacchia

Ive met Rick Wohlhuter. Tony Waldrop passed away a few years ago.

When you see what was run the other day in Eugene (2024) I think people have no perspective. The Ovett/Coe era was over 40 years ago , so you'd expect this progression. Also, without the world records of yesteryear you would not have the WR's of today.

I HATE Sebastian Coe!

Both Ovett and Coe thought if they just followed Cram, they'd out kick him in the last 200. He was amazing for those few years.

I saw Keino a couple of times at the White City in London during those years. He used to run wearing a baseball cap and we all knew when he was getting ready for his kick because he'd throw it off into the crowd on the back straight!!!

Actally this was an amazing performance from Coe after scratching from the Commonwealth Games 800m final just a few weeks earlier

looks like he could have gone sub 1:40 tbh

57 isn't that quick for a first lap. Why did they let him get so far ahead?

JIM RYUN THE GREATEST for the WIN

Firstly ovett said he over raced in 1981,secondly there was times when ovett wanted to race Coe ,but Coe at the time didn’t want ovett in the race,thirdly ovett raced the man on the day more than fast times,if they had raceed each other the world record would have come down to 3 28 ,but Coe said at the time he didn’t want ovett in the race because ovett would sit in and try and outkick him,ovett best times for 1500 was 1977 to 1981,in 1981 he ran into church railings and I feel this blunted his acceleration .HE did manage to break the 1500 world record in 1983 3 30 .77 and he did beat cram in London road mile in 1985 ,his last majo victory was the commenwealth 5k in 1986 .

He's the greatest who's ever lived and probably the greatest we'll ever see. No-one can compete with his records, no-one. If he'd had fewer illnesses and injuries and been selected for the 1988 Olympics, who knows what he would have achieved!

Did Scott EVER beat Coe or Ovett ?

Golden times with the main man

Ryun was terrific to watch in full flight; a beautiful stylist and a fierce racer. Shame he turned into an ultra right wing politician, muddied in dodgy dealings, doubtless still professing his devout Christianity.

The Greek gods could not compete with him on this night

suspicious by today's standards

One of the great world record runs.

One of the truly great track performances. You can see with your own eyes how poor the track was, and for Coe to have run that time being alone from 300 metres out was incredible. Along with other multiple world record breakers, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram, it was an amazing period of dominance for British middle distance runners.

Those were the days 🙂

on today's tracks with today's shoe along with pacers and wavelights he would certainly threaten 1:40.00

Overtt is the runner who, in a big 1500m race, leads the last 300, raises his fist and starts celebrating w 80 to go, competitor comes abreast, startled , O speeds up, gets 1/2 step, celebrates again w raised fist, gets passed at line Ego Humiliation That defeat by 0 teaches us.

Jeez, how come it took so long to clarify the time ?

Ovett's greatest race: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHWmiqWig5iIm7Msi=xOyWi52n_7sVnJ3b

Cram Cruzed past cruz

Jeez , a mini chainsaw, how many serial killers will be buying one of them ?.

Ryun whupped Keino fair and square man to man in this. Mexico City altitude and a clear team plan played into Keino's hands in the Olympics 1968.

Where was Seb Coe ?? At the peak of his game but always avoided Ovett until he had to . Both great runners but tactics are also part of it , not just the stopwatch .

I realise that I whilst I'm not from the black and white era, I'm definitely from the 4x3 videotape era! But the athletics was golden!

Unbelievable race!!!