1981 - Zurich - Sebastian Coe WR Mile

The Magical Summer of 1981. The Summer of The Mile. August 19th, 1981. Sebastian Coe attempts to regain the World Record in the Mile from Steve Ovett, who set the mark of 3:48.8 the previous summer.

[@redd605]

The crowd was unbelievable,and athletes watching on the side of the track,and coaches, inside, telling the split time to they runners, like school sports day,I watched this on TV and was so disappointed,in this race, because I expected, coe to break the 1,500m,as well,as he just broke the mile,but he was frighten,in this race,and left it to late , which cost him the 1,500m record, which he never,held again from when he broke it , when,he was going to face ovett,in Zurich in 1979,but ovett had a injury.just think if it had happened,both at there very best,and robbed,that would of been there best ever meeting in a race

[@deano27671]

@yellcarreon Yes, he probably wasted about 0.3 secs per bend on the first 5 bends. That makes it worth c. 3:47.0 Then he had to run briefly wide to pass Byers on the 6th bend and ran that last 200m on the penultimate lap on his own without drafting.