Marita koch tenia 20 años

What a talent. young lady

I recall David Coleman interviewing her at the end of the race. She had done a PB and won the silver medal. Coleman's opnenng to her was "What went wrong...." She was stunned by the remark.

Great first leg here which set us up well. Kathy on the last leg would've been a better choice?

Great run by Donna - Great to watch! Thanks for posting!

There were no Russians or Germans in the race. They were already running fast than 12.85. Benita got lucky.

Die eigentliche Siegerin heißt Marlies Göhr

Ovett trying hard not to piss himself laughing.

Ron 19th Century Pickering

Pre drug Jenkins?

Si romy shneyder no corria los 200 el tiempo hubiera sida mejor

I've watched this so many times over the years and still, 56 years later, I simply cannot understand how Lillian lost to the French girl. Board had the race won with just yards to go. It's quite bizarre. (I saw an explanation later that Colette Besson had trained for 3 months at altitude to acclimatise to running in the thin air of Mexico City, but that STILL doesn't explain it!).

Jenkins spent a year at grangemouth high school although he was well travelled dad in the bp i think

Last 200m in 24.1!

Wgat a race that was, Athletics eay better back then.Ordinary loooking people

what a commentator Coleman was.

I oncev ran against Todd Bennet.. he never ran a bad race..

Check out the live version in Spain. It’s even better !

avrebbe vinto anche le olimpiadi di Mosca del 1980 se non fosse per il boicottaggio USA

This was just a chemistry class with crooked, worthless medals for the cheating East Germans, Czechoslovaks and Soviets. Feel sorry for Kathy Smallwood/Cook as she was probably robbed of so many medals in this period by East European drug cheats.

Jenkin's, showing all the benefits of the anabolic steroids he later was imprisoned for selling - on his special sauce here. There's people commenting here how great he ran here - Jenkins was a convicted steroid seller and also user.

Que hacia romy scheneyder corriendo los 200 Metros

Thank you u for posting, a masterful tactical display.Wasnt athletics a lot more. Interesting back then?

Love these old videos when women looked like women (mostly)😅

Evelyn Ashford, la piu' grande velocista natural di tutti i tempi

Colette une immense championne pour toujours

Lillian died tragically young from cancer. It has to be said that this race looked almost like slow motion compared to today

Steve the mouth Scott

Phil Brown the greatest 4 x 400 runner we ever had. I just love that guy

alberto got off to a strong start, and kept it... that stride awesome. my track hero.. i ran the 800 in hs,, i tried the 400m,but its a kick in the ass race. no one runs both,except alberto..the record stands here in 2024.almost 1/2 a century, awesome. and i trully believe that the record will never be altered. coz no runs both at all in the history of track and field...

A Tony Adams - Steve Morrow moment 😅

as french I DO REMENDER THIS RACE when i was14 years old , it was wonderful seeing Colette Besson coming back just before Board Je me souviens de cette course en direct tard le soir devançant Bord à l'arrivée, superbe moment pour mes 14 ans !!!

En su momento la más grande y espertacular velocista Marita Koch

Digan lo que digan es la más grande velocista de todos los tiempos

My earliest memory of Alan Pascoe was when he was a co-commentator with Adrian Metcalfe for ITV’s athletics coverage in the late 70s and early 80s. They commentated together on a golden era for the sport which included the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

One of the finest races of all time! X

Coe made a serious tactical error slow pace that left a sprint finish against Ferner who could run 46 for 400. Coe had gears but only off fast races he always got done in slow tactical affair's. I said at the time it would happen and it did.

His kick simply wasn't available. 😮

Marita the magnificent!

No medals for fourth place. Well done Peter Elliott. Coleman's commentary is enough to make one sick. He was so biased it was unreal.

Nice Men from East Germany with more Testosterone levels than any men in the history. 😂

I think this was Cram’s only 800 meter title, which is hard to believe watching him here.

Rono is a World Record h holder, but so is Ovett & a 800 meter man.

Bennett ran two legs - amazing!

Cram not even breathing hard after that last 800. Highly suspect.

Slow despite the doping

"Oh , that could've been suicidal...". Xxx

Where are all the German athletes??? When the Berlin wall fell, that was the end! All the all countries are still here and winning medals, where are they?????

Bravo Marita Koch

Big Bill Hartley was an absolute beast. Never an outstanding quarter-miler, I always thought with his power and strength he should have taken up the decathlon.