Legend, Geoff Capes Strongman one of my favourite spectrum games as a kid. Rest in peace.

Very fitting that the commentary was from his coach Stuart Storey. Geoff sadly passed away today, rest easy big fella.🙏

RIP Geoff, absolute legend.

Rest in peace big man x

RIP

Rest in peace 🙏 Geoff Capes .

What an inspiration. TY

I knew the story and thougjt remarkable after watcing this I think astounding.

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Wow thank you love these old videos

Mac Wilkins , ( Alias the American Hercules ! ) was one of the most feared and Dominant Discus throwers of all time ! Here's a Man who consistently averaged 225 ft a throw !! Needless to say , He Lost very few competitions !!..

I was there that day.

so, who won the medals?

*6:57** SUM FACTS*

Those are very good.

Any videos of the indoor discus competition?

great techniques.. but as the announcer alluded upon, take the peds away and the throws aren't as far as in the past...

Thank you for uploading this film. Al Oerter was a great athlete; maybe the greatest. His four olympic gold medals stand testament to the amazing strength and mystical power of the human will to overcome weakness, injury, and fear. A truly great man!

lovely Steroidal technique on display

Колноотченко мой земляк, и в далеком 1976г. я даже участвовал в соревнованиях среди юношей, где он победил метнув диск 2кг за 47 метров. Сам я, помнится, вошел в финал с итогом где - то в районе 37 метров.

Ubartas and Kidykas are Lithuanians non some mere russians

One of the great sports narration voices of all time, David Perry. He also did 16 Days of Glory.

Ein schöner Wettkampf

And they kept Brian out of the Olympics......

Wilkins looks like he could have jumped in a stream and come out with a couple of trout. It is amazing how anything so powerful can also be so graceful.

Just look at the wonderful physic of Matson, not like these bloted 320 lbs throwers today, if he lifted more and added 40 lbs, he'd been the first over 24m....he was THE best ever. 1966 West Coast Relays, I was 20 feet from him axs he threw 65 feet standing...Obriens eyes were like pie plates, as he knew his day was over.

SUCH A Technician

The legendary Al oerter.

I'm confused 😂

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As a high school senior I had the pleasure to throw against Al Oerter at a NYAC meet on Staten Island. That day I finished 3rd with a throw of 173' while Al won with a toss of 203'. After the meet, I was standing with my dad when Al approached me and said, "Hey kid, how old are you?". I replied "17 Mr. Oerter." He said to me, "That's a great toss for your age. Keep it up and I may see you in the Olympics some day." That was never to be..... but I'll never forget that day as long as I live and the chance as a young boy to throw against a legend. He won the gold medal in Mexico City the following year. He told me his secret was that he always threw the Beconta discus which was the only sanctioned discus for the Olympics. None of the other throwers cared for it as it had a thick rim and felt strange. I think he could've won with any discus but it was an interesting story.

Thank you SO MUCH for this!

I learned to throw by watching Mac's 1976 Olympic discus win. And in 1979 I broke my city's 42 year old public high school record.

If Al Orter was there he would have won.

RIP Big Al. He knew how to win.

The number one german discus throw champion.

Incredible story. Inspired this field event and sprinter in high school back in the early 70's.

This Olympic final inspired me to take up discus in my youth. Thanks Mac, Wolfgang and John.

May be somebody have video from men Discus Throw : Junior European Championship 1993..... European Championship 1998 and 2002 ( Q and F).... World Championship 1997 (Q).....WCh 1999 (Q)....WCh 2003 (Q and F).... World Students Games 1997 and 2001 (Q and F)... I cannot to find, maybe somebody have it?

I remember reading about this meet in T&F News in '82. I still have those issues. It is difficult to watch Dave Laut knowing that he was murdered by his wife many years later. RIP

Please don't put Americans to present athletic events. They say (and write) feet and inches and nobody knows how much is this. Only USA and 2 other small (underdeveloped) countries use this metric system, in the whole world!!! In athletic events they use kilos and meters... Scientific community uses kilos and meters.

..Ulf Timmerman is amazing. Powerful glide....hard to describe how he extends power through the glide technique.

2:25 is this the female putter who later on changed her gender to become a man? She already kinda looked like man back in 86, to be honest..

Al Oerter.

Nice video 🌹🌹👌👌👌.. Thank you..

Super!!!!!!

Luis Delis last throw was longer than 66 32 m.. That was a gold medal throw. Delis was robbed.

Ale nasz ich załatwił szkoda że zginął w wypadku samochodowym razem z drugim mistrzem olimpijskim Tadeuszem Ślusarskim dobry był numer na treningach z kulą😊

This was the last time Greece had great discus throwers.