Steve making room for himself.

Coe admitted only many years later that he weint into Moscow secretly terrified of Ovetts racing reputation. He never even told his father. Full credit to him a week later coming back from oblivion to triumph in the 1500m with a completely different mindset.

The chief official had the good sense to tell the timers not to clear their watches...before verifying that Mills and Lindgren *both* got credit for a new world record at the distance.

A weak field in 1980..no juantereno, gray or konchellah. Steve ovett ran faster in the LA games and nearly died to get to the final and finish 8th.

I’m an unashamed Steve Ovett fan, but even to my biased eyes the race that Seb Coe ran was drenched in panic. Steve Ovett had been to an Olympics already in 1976, he had that experience under his belt and knew what to expect. Coe’s body language, facial expressions and tactics testified that he was lost at sea - if you can say that about a silver medallist!

Great sprinter. ! Roy b, CapeTown south africa 🇿🇦

54 + 51

"Who cares who came 3rd...it doesn't matter!"

Ovett doesn't get the credit he deserved for this performance. Too much of the focus is on Coe, and what he did wrong, but Ovett was absolutely brilliant and ran a blistering second lap. Hard to see how Coe could have beaten him

born in 1970 this was my era, and this olympics had me jumping out my seat and running round the living room.....Ovett was my hero that year until Villa won the league and european cup........OH THOSE HALCEON days

Steve was unlucky that in his absolute peak period 1977/80 . There was no WC . He would have won that over 1500m , and maybe also the 800,

what a fucking kick 😳

A huge mistake by Coe to let others dictate the pace and have to run so wide from so far back. He had the ability to kick off a high pace, yet didn't get to use it. It is noticeable that in winning the 800m in Paris, Keely Hodgkinson did not make the same error. She stayed out of trouble, ran the race at her pace and did not have to run a final lap a couple of lanes out.

Steve Ovett was the most relatable of the two and a better runner, Coe was a privileged aloof guy with no likability.

I met Sebastian Coe in 1986 when he visited our school in Exeter. A really nice guy. He answered all our questions and even stayed for tea in the dining room at our boarding school.

Coe and Ovett were both brilliant, but my heart was always with Ovett.

I was a huge fan of Steve Ovett. His running style and strategy were brilliant

Before the Kenya runners started competing LOL

Who wants to watch a video of a race if you tell us from the start who the winner is? Not me!!

Coe didn't like Ovett. Coe became part of the Establishment and made sure that Ovett received the barest minimum in terms of public honours. Simplest explanation: Occam's Razor.

Here is some more fine footage, Jeep was my great uncle. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGKafayNrdN1gbcsi=H0q1K26uMEcC0cJp

Steve Ovett, the greatest of them all! Absolute legend.

Aside from all the establishment v ordinary bloke stuff about Coe and Ovett, Coe's 800m problem, to me, was that he wasn't a true racer whereas Ovett was. Over 1500m Coe had a bit more time to correct his tactical errors. It always galls me why somebody like Coe in a world class 800m race didn't simply run the first 400 in 50.0 (or less) and then nobody would be able to live with him in the last 200. Why did he get sucked into tactical 800s? He's not alone in this. Great days, though, of course! I remember seeing him run at Crystal Palace in maybe the late 70s/early 80s and he did a 1.44 seemingly without effort, but he was against a field which was arguably a class below him so he didn't get sucked unto a race.

where was Juantorena?

50.7 or so second 2nd lap for Ovett Very impressive, maybe the fastest in history Coe's father said his son "ran a stupid race", easy for him to say. The 800 is the hardest gold to get in track, all it takes is one mistake, and then you lose. It is not the mile where you usually jog for two laps, and you have time to make up any mistakes. Coe's father, kind of an armchair athlete, thinks that his son was the fastest, therefore he should always win. But Ovett is just as fast and ran a perfect race strategically. Ovett could run a sub 20 second 200 meters and had endurance as well. He was kind of a loose cannon in big meets, but in this one was sharp as can be. Coe looked like he was straining the whole way, and did not maintain close contact with the leaders, although he was basically in the same position as Ovett with 400 to go. He was kind of spaced out and looking backwards, when he should have started his surge to get into close proximity with the leader, being as they just ran an incredibly slow 28 second 200 split. He did not have the snap in this one to compete with Ovett in my opinion. Ovett was more focused and intense, and looked so smooth in this one, so I dont think Peter Coe can really assume that Seb should have won. And it shows a lack of class from Peter Coe to not give the better man respect for a clear victory. Very tasteless. It is a strange phenomenon in track that some people think a fast runner never should lose a race. But there is something called strategy, and also the mental focus needs to be on point, and you also need to be flexible and adapt to what unfolds in each race. as you never know what to expect, especially in the 800 meters. I think Coe would have had to run in the lead from the start to win this one, and even then he probably would have lost to Ovett. Great race from Ovett

Игры нищих.

Priceless...thank you.

Jerry Springer runs the race of his life....🤣

Lol juantorena the horse always will be the best in 800

An early commentary by Alan Partridge

Ovett not disqualified on the 1st lap is one of many sub-plots in this historic race.

That race seemed a lot quicker than 1.45

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This field was a joke no Africans Americans West Germany the Boycott 2 great Athletes 2 of the best of All time First & 2nd the others would b lucky to break 1:46 they would never have made 800m Final in 1976 ok r especially 1984 where 800m standard was almost the highest ever u had 3 run 1:44 to make the Final

What a great runner Mo Farah would not stand a chance 🎉

No sports or acting, or doing any job that is not dangerous deserves a knighthood. Knights were men of bravery, valour, and chivalrous. These were ‘real’ men who fought for the people, and who would always put others before themselves. Anyone who doesn’t fall into that category can get their little gold medal, their little gold statuette and then carry on doing their little running about thing and their pretending to be somebody else lives!

Coe ran such an awfull race if he had not been as fit as he was he would have ended with a 5th or 6th place finish He was in a league of his own and had absolutely zero tactics on this day

Ovett was a nasty runner , Coe better than him allways

Steve Ovett!❤

Great Run... Fantastik finish My favorlte Steve Ovett...

Steve rocks

Should not even be considered seeing it was boycotted as real world didn't go.

David Warren just for making the 800 metres final with Coe and Ovett. 👏👏

If President Carter did not ban the U.S. from the Russian Olympics and the economy did not falter along with the botched hostage attempt we wpould not have Reagan.

The bruising nature of the race exemplified by the East German I think barging into Ovett even after the race is over and he is trying to celebrate.

PEOPLE THAT WAS KNOWN AS THE BRITISH BULLDOG SPIRIT MAJESTIC

Thank Jimmy Carter the moron for the USA boycott. SMH

The great races on Telly no satellite dishes back then in the 80's.Tune into BBC1 or BBC2 back then, saw all the Running on every olympic games brilliant coverage we got 🙂

Dommage qu'ils n'aient plus cette densité, cela donnerait peut être plus d'envies aux autres pays Européens...

Without the Yanks Moscow 1980 was absolutely brilliant.