1983 Vitalis Invite Indoor Mile World Record

[@AndrewVOdom]

Organizedc, I was also present for this race back in 1983 at age 14 with my brother - but up in the stands! What a day it was and what a treat to see it again (but first time on TV) after all these years. Coghlan was always a hero to me. Thanks for again for posting.

[@stifflerrussell2868]

he was a great hero of mine when i was a kid, king off the boards!

[@stevestarr9769]

Happy to say I was there that night.

[@simonedwards5564]

Good ☺️ for you sport,,, GOOD FOR YOU!!! FANTASTIC ☺️👍👍👌

[@booklover3959]

Very cool. I have to say as a true blue track fan....you are a fortunate man.

[@jimbojimjimbo]

This record lasted for 14 years, and is still the 2nd fastest of all time and is still, 25 years on, a European Record. LEGEND!

[@LEAVEtheLIGHTon]

It lasted 39 yrs to the exact day and was just beaten by Josh Kerr.Amazing lenght of time for a record to last.

[@herobo123456]

@@LEAVEtheLIGHTon didnt Sebastian Coe do a 3:49 in 1979 ?

[@LEAVEtheLIGHTon]

@@herobo123456 No I dont think Coe went under 3.50 for the indoor mile

[@Sargebri]

Eamonn Coglan: The Chairman of the Boards.

[@maureenforan5723]

This run was incredible in that he was 31 and bear in mind that he did it on an 10+ lap track... El G's WR 3:48.5 and later the Ethiopian Kejelcha WR 3:47.01 were run on a 200 m track.

[@paulbrown2942]

An absolute legend ☘

[@brokl26]

Coghlan is one of my favorite runners. The true strength it takes to hit the 200 meter boards like he did. Not having any fresh air to breathe like outdoors. Great to watch this still.

[@benzflynn]

And all the hollerin' from cigar-chewin' big butts . . .

[@scottgriffith407]

Don't think this was 200M boards. Those tracks back then were 11 laps to the mile

[@peters6119]

His best run ever and the best ever seen on one of these tiny tracks. The only guys to run faster indoors in 40 years since then ran on standard 200m tracks with faster surfaces. This is one of the greatest mile runs ever.

[@tazio2]

That was a great night, Eamonn is such a nice guy too

[@zolamglc]

goooooo dad!!! :)

[@jgreenhoff]

Serious runner

[@JohnSullivan-nb9ri]

The King 👑 of the boards. A Legend 👏☘️ 🇮🇪

[@booklover3959]

When I see this I think there is something sacred about running....when Eamonn throws his arms up in exhilaration at the end...full of joy to know he gave his all.

[@irishclevertrevor]

great days for ireland..thanks eamonn

[@SPARKY53100]

I always admired Eamonn as a runner in the 1970s when I was a schoolboy . He was superb and always one of the best . Stumbled on this by chance . Shocked to realise he is now nearly 60 years old . Where do the years go .

[@pyromaniac999]

and the years go fast. i was 3 when you made this comment.

[@russellthorburn9297]

Doing the math that's an average speed of just over 15.7 miles an hour. It's hard to understand for us mortals how it's possible to maintain that speed over the course of a mile. Eamonn made it looks effortless. There was no wasted motion. His form was as near perfection as one can get.

[@SirPeter6464]

Easy to be rude to the public, but as a modest talent I could have come in at half way and still been thrashed. Always looked at the guy as an incredible human being. Won the World Championship at 5,000m and not bead of sweat on his forehead or a hair out of place. He could churn it out with the best of them.

[@rogerandersson279]

Incredible athlete. He always made it look easy.

[@ЭдгарГольцов]

Коглен- уникальный бегун! Его результаты на милю в закрытом помещении на короткой дорожке выше чем на открытых стадионах.Его 349.78 , на 160 ярдовой дорожке, - великолепен. В залах, за всю историю, его превзошли только эфиоп Кежелча 3.47.01( 2019) и марокканец Эль Герруж 348.45( 1997), но они бежали на 200м дорожках с современным покрытием. Так что рекорд " мастера деревянного цеха, видимо, останется вечным

[@boydeshoup4342]

Such a run to be proud of. Salute!

[@herobo123456]

3:49.4 John Walker New Zealand 1975 Goteborg, Sweden 3:49.0 Sebastian Coe England 1979 Oslo 3:48.8 Steve Ovett England 1980 Oslo 3:48.53 Sebastian Coe England 1981 Zurich, Switzerland 3:48.40 Steve Ovett England 1981 Koblenz, W. Ger. 3:47.33 Sebastian Coe England 1981 Brussels

[@djtoman6875]

Such a class act. I had the thrill of meeting him once on the trails of the Rockefeller estate. I saw him and called out to him, and he ran and chatted with me for a few miles.

[@mikestahr2381]

Eamonn and I would run at the Rockies all the time... Very cool.

[@albertbrooksjr.1435]

I miss those wooden indoor tracks. I remember watching this race live on television when I was in grade school. I recorded back then because vcr’s just came out and watched this race probably 100 times. I wish I could see a recording of when Coghlan broke indoors 2000 meters record.

[@LEAVEtheLIGHTon]

I thin I saw it somewhere as a clip of another race

[@hoyamike]

Yes I do... I will have to cut them to DVD but will get them up here when I can.

[@albertbrooksjr.1435]

I remember watching this race live! Chairman of the boards!

[@pjnugent8198]

Eamonn Coghlan. Never fully got the recognition or credit that he fully deserved. Irish hero. 🇮🇪

[@murkymurk8305]

This is an iconic race. Thank you! The Sub4 singlet is pure nostalgy. Not sure they're the beer drinking type though lol.

[@runsaul]

I remember this race. I have this on VHS as well as a gang of races from the 80s and 90s. Need to transfer them onto dvd

[@tarmbruster1]

Those were the days

[@MrJCIRELAND]

I agree fully,there was no doubt about his tremendous talent.

[@andrewdunne1735]

Ran against Coughlan in a 10k road race back then,I said hello at the start, he said goodbye and that was that,Poetry in motion he was😂😂😂

[@TheVd101]

He would have beaten el guerrouj. This was a 10 lap plywood track!

[@Sargebri]

Now that you mention it, I wonder how Coghlan would have done on the modern 200 meter synthetic indoor tracks as opposed to the shorter plywood tracks.

[@mathematics5573]

possibly. i didn't know he had set a world record. he'd cetratinly have run 2 or 3 seconds faster in 1999 or 2018.

[@mathematics5573]

Yes, HeG WR is 3.48. So Eamonn Coghlan would have run 1 to 3 seconds faster in the late 1990s. He could have beaten HeG at his best.

[@dagda16]

and apparently they allowed smoking inside to boot!

[@maureenforan5723]

You stole my thunder, vd... El G and Kejelcha WR's were set on 8 laps ...

[@dankennedy3345]

He was still running sub 4 min at age 41. Truly amazing human being

[@jimbojimjimbo]

That would be great! Ive been looking for Sonia videos for a long time but unfortunately they are very hard to get hold of!

[@johncampbell463]

I was there that night as well as well as 32 consecutive Millrose Games. No one bought the emotion out of the fans like the Chairman of the boards.

[@jameslundon]

Still the only man ever to do it! I've just posted two videos of Eamonn to Google Video...

[@cegtown]

Agreed. Eamonn often underachieved outdoors due to a lot of impatience on his part. He loved to race though.

[@LEAVEtheLIGHTon]

In the 5000 meter Olympic Final the leader an Ethopian Runner stepped out of the way and allowed the winner Miurts Yifter another Ethopian through on the inside from a very boxed position and that had a big bearing on the race because it left Yifter through past Coghlan on the inside

[@ianmullen1]

whow what an athlete led for 800 meters and an Irish one, two

[@Sargebri]

Eamonn Coghlan and Steve Scott are probably two of the greatest runners to never win an Olympic medal.

[@SirPeter6464]

Cram top of that list.

[@Sargebri]

@@SirPeter6464 Cram at least got a silver in 1984. Coghlan and Scott never made it to the podium in any of the Olympics they participated in.

[@LEAVEtheLIGHTon]

@@Sargebri Coghlan was an indoor miler but an outdoor 5000m runner and he bumped into Miruts Yifter Rip 2016 in the 5000m Olympic final and in his attempt ot beat him didnt get a medal.Steve Scott was a miler indoor and out and in any interview I saw of him was a true sportsman a great US legend

[@Sargebri]

@@LEAVEtheLIGHTon unfortunately I never got to see the 1980 5000 meter final due to the boycott. Also, Coughlin did win the 5k at the inaugural world championships in 1983, but didn't compete in Los Angeles due to injury.

[@APBCTechnique]

SirPeter6464 Cram won a silver in 1984 second to Coe 😂

[@davidflaherty7673]

And he did it clean in an era of EPO

[@TerribePleasure]

thanks for posting 1983 championships 5k would be great too

[@bitrot66]

Yes, Steamin' E-man still the only one under 4:00 for age 40 and over. Looks like he'll have this distinction for a long time to come. I remember Marcus O'Sullivan recalling that Eamonn went through torture to accomplish this with physio sessions daily to get his aging body ready for the next day's training.

[@seanmacgowan616]

Mega memory.

[@controlp41]

holy shit that was sick!

[@MrJCIRELAND]

He was a class act,I tried to imitate his style of running,must admit I was a slow motion version by comparison,nice to remember the chairman of the boards,cheers.

[@thoban1724]

@AndrewOdom i would see Eamonn run at Villanova and the Penn Relays, and since this time have regularly cited him as my hero too. It´s not just his talent as a runner it´s his great attitude that makes him.

[@decadyne]

Your times and ages are all impressive. One thing: Eamonn Coughlan broke 4:00 at the age of FORTY-ONE! (not 49, as I mistakenly commented before).

[@SirPeter6464]

41....

[@decadyne]

@@SirPeter6464 You are correct. My mistake. Comment has been updated.

[@munsterfloyd]

Coughlan is legend. Any footage of him winning the 5000 world outdoors?

[@SirPeter6464]

Now up if you search.

[@capt.lovestarii2752]

"They're resting actually, right now" :-)

[@decadyne]

I wrote "FORTY-NINE", and I meant "FORTY-ONE". He was 41, not 49. Sorry.

[@GOATAli]

I assume track length is 160 metres as I counted ten laps run. The extra 9 metres being made up at the start of lap 1.

[@jimbojimjimbo]

Fantastic video, do you have any other videos of irish runners, such as Sonia O'Sullivan or John Treacy?

[@bexlions135]

amazing

[@dean2663]

@niall29 he was always outclassed by Walker, Coe and Ovett outdoors. He didn't have the pure speed over the last 300m. Still one of the greats though and even ran sub 4:00 at the age of 40!!!

[@SirPeter6464]

If there had be 3000m he could have been an Olympic Champion.

[@dean2663]

SirPeter6464 You May be right. If only the beer mile were an Olympic event...😂

[@dean2663]

Coughlan was dominant indoors, but not outdoors. They called him Chairman of the Boards for all his wins in Madison Square Gardens on the small wooden indoor track.

[@zappadead13]

wow what a badass

[@Kvbftng]

The thing I love about athletics back then was the athletics vest.now it purple nike vest, Adidas track vest puma vest . ,, not even a mention of there track club i no about athlete's being sponsored to wear it ,,

[@hoyamike]

Yes, I agree.

[@jmulhall86]

go on eamonn glad your irish

[@yotengomuchosanos]

whoa, thats crazy, hes great. are you related to another Eamonn Coghlan in 9th grade that does track?

[@pglanville]

Why did Eamon not perform in outdoor championships?

[@LEAVEtheLIGHTon]

I think he did perform outdoor but that he wasnt a miler outdoor he was a 5000 meter runner and when he ran 5k at his best he was brilliant.Its very unusual to be good at different events indoor and outdoor .He won the world cup 5k and the world championship 5k and he met Murits Yifter in the Olympic final one of the all time great African Runners

[@MrJCIRELAND]

Eamonn did just a little too much in his olympic heats,what a talent he was,gold was his but for minute details and a touch of naivety.

[@ianmullen1]

whow what an athlete led for 800 meters and an Irish one, two. Where did the tradition of Irish indoor runners go like Coughlan, Flynn, O' Sullivan and runners like O'Mara, and O'Donavan they were the Golden days of Irish indoor athletics. I suppose the smame could be said of The Britsih 800m and 1500m outdoor athletes. Is it because the Africans (Morrocons, Kenyans and Etheopians have taken over that mantle ? There has been the odd athlete through like Sonia O' Sullivan and C. Mc Kiernan

[@MikeDunn]

Hats off to Coghlan, but I still think Steve Scott is the coolest. He always makes it interesting and ran sub-4 over 100 times!

[@michaelquinn9526]

Underetimated😆

[@cotterelli]

um no, we live in ireland now!

[@donnybrooklads]

Its just that epo was easier to mask back then I know Eamon was clean! But east bloc back then and even today - epo city!

[@SirPeter6464]

There was no EPO before 90's. East Germany had state cheating on a colossal scale, but not that.

[@huzcer]

Do your research -> No EPO in athletics in Coughlan's time period. El G had it though in the "golden EPO period" where it was abundant but where there was no test for it. Double bonus - performance and zero risk.

[@phillylifer]

Where was this?

[@hksurvivor1993]

16 yers old- 5:30

[@votremort]

wow. my time is 5:46 , but im 11 years old.

[@jimbojimjimbo]

That is an outrageous slanderous comment you have just made about Hichem.

[@bitrot66]

Not so. El G has gone down to 3:48 a few years before he won his Olympic Gold.

[@szymon6207]

Meadowlines

[@auraguy64]

My mile is 7:04

[@zolamglc]

um no, we live in ireland now, dont think hes a relation!

[@6clonedcows]

If you really run a 4:55, that's pretty fast even for people who compete.

[@kevinkilduff2064]

Incredible turnover. Nobody beats Eamonn on this night.

[@mikehopkins4040]

Oh but for coe ovett cram

[@auraguy64]

sorry dude

[@ytorrejone]

Q What do 7 white guys do in a mile race? A Chase the black dude.

[@auraguy64]

Damn ur slow!!! (cagarBS)

[@sedwards8870]

Shit the bed is this still a European record????????¿?? Wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kengray7526]

A Dub ❤️