1984 Olympic Games Men's 4x400 Meter Relay

[@jimholmes7502]

Memories of watching Todd Bennett on 3rd leg, followed by Phil Brown on anchor are ones i'll always cherish. Olympics, Euros, AAA - whichever. Probably my first ever heroes as a kid.

[@michaelgeoghegan8850]

God it's funny for me to think that Todd Bennett on the GB Team was a former rival of mine at the end of his Athletics career and at the time I never knew he had an Olympic silver medal in the bag and this is the race that he got it in. RIP Todd you were a Gent and thanks for the motivation u gave me once u noticed I was a young keen Athlete. I won a bunch of national titles but in Ireland as I moved over there after my time in Portsmouth England 🇬🇧🏅🏃‍♀️🇨🇮🙏☘

[@thehalfeatendoughnut1798]

Great post. Todd was a great athlete. The Great British 4x400m history started in this era, and what some people might not know is that Todd Bennett actually held the 400m indoor world record for a while in the mid 1980's.

[@usernameisusername]

Go away

[@verawallace9055]

Rest in Eternal Peace Todd ,gone but not forgotten 🙏🙏

[@BeasleyStreet]

​@thehalfeatendoughnut1798 funny you should mention his indoor running, I recall an indoor championships, don't remember the distance, but he was in such good form running that he was stumbling because the front runner wasn't quick enough, needless to say off the bend he flew past him, its my abiding memory of him...RIP Todd..

[@intldawn]

Babers really made the difference. What a beautiful stride he has. So fluid.

[@RexHeuermann]

OJ had a fluid motion, too, with a 🔪

[@ctenterprises134creech7]

I love Juice's voice. Good commentary.

[@robertstaffod2424]

A track man giving commentary on track. Good job.

[@dennissvitak6453]

In high school in Germany, on a USAF base, I ran a 51.1 quarter mile, and was the slowest of the four runners on our team. We ran a 4x440 at 3:17, which set the Department of Defense Overseas Schools record that stands to this day. This was 1973. Having said that..they convert to meters just a couple of years later!

[@TXnine7nine]

Babers went to my High School in Germany (Kaiserslautern) and his school records still stand last I checked. Not sure about his DoDDS records though.

[@johnseabrook1703]

Phil Brown, fantastic on last leg, always.

[@travelenglishlistening5198]

Yep, kept a cool head and picked the right moment to kick.

[@jimsmith9981]

This is in my opinion the most enjoyable race to watch in track. Maybe that's why it's normally the last event...

[@HEAVYCHEVY409]

exactly, this is the hardest sprint race to run, this takes everything out of you! Like my track coach use to say... 100m or 200m is fun race to watch but 400m makes you a real sprinter!

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

AGREED

[@richludlam8993]

I love this race, couldn't agree more. In College and high school usually came down to this final race for standings, always exciting

[@ash27slick74]

The most enjoyable and the toughest. The 400m is a full sprint for 4 football fields! Even if you win the race, It breaks you.

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

@@HEAVYCHEVY409 *What is that? all of the runners must run 400 M each?*

[@stevecrocker6904]

that was a wonderful race. I remember watching it from Sydney on one of my many late nights. I really liked OGs then. Much simpler, fewer team sports

[@perspectivefromoba4027]

Nigeria's first leg Sunday Uti gave us tge advantage after closing down Rix but Rotimi Peter the 3rd leg reduced the pace after Moses Ugbusien 2nd leg maintained the momentum .Innocent Egbunike gave a good fight in the final leg thus winning Nigeria's first ever track medal at the Olympics

[@rahlohmcdonogh4855]

So

[@verawallace9055]

Yep, good showing by the Nigerians they hang in there

[@chicnoir29]

Good take.

[@TemazepamParty]

Todd Bennett’s third leg for GB was absolutely astounding.

[@yourmindisyours1731]

The anchor leg was better.

[@paulwhite2533]

@@yourmindisyours1731 yes, Phil Brown, Mr Reliable...but Todd closing that gap gave Phil the platform.....from days when athletics mattered....Todd;s little legs flying....RIP Todd

[@travelenglishlistening5198]

@@paulwhite2533 Yeah, Phil did the rest but Todd got him into a strong position for the anchor when it looked like he might fade. RIP Todd.

[@runninggirl9991]

I ran the 4 X 400 in division one college. More than once, the team standings relied on the last event: this one. We qualified for Nationals when it came down to a duel and team points. I was the 2nd slowest with a 56 lap but we won. This event is always a game-changer. Thanks for the post!

[@Nuggetsin4]

Damn wtf that’s slow as shit

[@newgenerationtechnology2930]

you was D1 with that time? you must was coming off an injury

[@JohnJohnson-nc8tq]

No D1 runner runs a 56 in the 4x. That won't make a high school team.

[@timmytheinventor4746]

It's so weird to see someone do a high jump technique that's not the Fosbury Flop nowadays.

[@betsysindani3171]

When US gets ahead in relays, Only God can help you catch them. They are phenomenal!

[@davebesag]

or Kriss Akabusi.

[@martintownsend6694]

And 2017 4x100 😂😂

[@philipgates988]

The USA has more gold medals in this race than any other country.

[@darrenshaw767]

@@philipgates988 I know, that’s why it’s funny when they lose😂😂

[@JT-gm4fk]

Not anymore

[@terencehughes513]

Alonzo Babers became a pilot in the military and now flies a 777.

[@M.O.G.]

Good Ole America with dreams always there for the taking. All you have to do is want it bad enough to go get it.

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

Wow,that's cool.

[@benwherlock9869]

I don't know what it is about us Brits and the 4x400m Mens relay, but we're usually up there with the best of them!

[@AntonioSzytulskyj]

European record at Paris Olympics. Brilliant performance in 2:55.83

[@revpgesqredux]

I was in the Coliseum that day. Worked for a professor at the 84 Olympics...traded some diving tix for some others. I had seen Louganis dive in Mission Viejo... And was willing to trade

[@paulwilliams8389]

Phil Brown running his usual brilliant anchor leg for Great Britain. He was only an average runner as an individual but put a baton in his hand he somehow became a second faster.

[@darrenshaw767]

Paul Williams it was a great anchor leg but if it was not for Todd Bennet's third leg bringing the Brits back to the Nigerians and Austrailia Brown would not have had a chance.

[@gregorybyron1191]

Paul Williams aw Rd

[@nunya7319]

Almost forgotten what The Butcher of Brentwood sounded like

[@degreeO]

The announcers neglected to mention the fact that Darren Clark of Australia is the son of Ron Clark, former world record holder in the 5000m and 10000m.

[@muckyou1490]

That third leg! Amazing

[@joramkissa6480]

Woow didn't know my country Uganda had ever put out a relay team in an Olympic final!!! Am proud

[@hotscratch2842]

. . . and probably the Nigeria's medal winning side was the first African squad to win an Olympic medal in track relay races

[@Johnmag1976]

Nigéria did great ❤

[@jbrumundsmith]

O.J. really killed it as an announcer.

[@lawgill7594]

Best double entendre KZbin comment of all time. #1. The Juice had it all.

[@richardthegingerbo909]

@@lawgill7594 He murdered it!

[@XYZUNKNOWN]

Thanks for uploading.

[@paulwhite2533]

phil brown, legend, todd bennett, rip

[@stevebbuk]

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/23341948

[@hotscratch2842]

kriss akabusi

[@HEAVYCHEVY409]

*Babers could be possibly have the most beautiful stride i have ever seen only person close is Felix!*

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

Strong and smooth

[@lobosolo2884]

jarvis thomas check out David Rudisha in the men’s 800m London Olympics

[@Fatima502]

I tried to have an image of Alonzo Babers in my head when I ran the relay. Of course I was never as fast, but it helped me be quicker

[@ziggyhammons5499]

Chicago Babers

[@ziggyhammons5499]

Just like in. Helsinki

[@ziggyhammons5499]

Ready. Rau leg

[@vv-tq1jw]

Really enjoyed the race. I was 2yrs old when it was live.🤣

[@cookofdenton4190]

Was there any other runners than the americans, the brits didnt get a mention till the last 20 metres 😂

[@dairyfarmerdan]

Thank God the American commentators mentioned America

[@James-mw7zv]

Those shorts were REALLY short

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

???????????????

[@stonepony2285]

This was Exciting times in USA 🇺🇲

[@garybates5505]

The juice really killed that commentary

[@possumj7307]

US owns the 4x4

[@cuthbertjolly4859]

Voice of O. J. Simpson, a former great athlete himself.

[@bruck2723]

the video quality is about to give me a glaucoma.

[@westnyacktwins]

Bruck I’m afraid they hadn’t yet invented the HiDef camera on 1984. This 35 year old video looks pretty much as good as it did on TV back then.

[@DMS-pq8]

@@westnyacktwins People are so spoiled today. I probably watched this live on an old 12inch model I had in my bedroom and now I'm watching it using the youtube app on a 65inch set

[@CZECHMATE650]

I was a kid during these Olympics. Man they look faster than now for some reason???

[@weedermann]

i was a student at USC at the time and a bit pissed off that they turned a large portion of the college campus into part of the Olympic Village.

[@samhardy6319]

Great last leg by Phil Brown for Britain.

[@hotscratch2842]

is it Phil Brown or Kriss Akabusi(also of Nigerian descent)?

[@paulwhite2533]

@@hotscratch2842 phil brown

[@timrobinson100]

What a run by Phil brown , u d commentators? Hardly mentioned other athletes

[@THESM1THS]

Aussies put on a good show.

[@darrenshaw767]

THESM1THS it's still to this day the Aussie record.

[@timn4481]

im pretty sure that the second leg was darren clarke. he blew them away. not gary minihan.

[@darrenshaw767]

Tim Newman it was Darren Clarke. There was nothing Minihan could do against Babers on that 3rd leg

[@stevecrocker6904]

@@timn4481 Darren - that's why they were first coming out of the 3rd bend

[@joelwillems4081]

@@darrenshaw767 Really? OMG! It is! USA has had such outstanding 400m runners for decades now and the 4x400 is a premiere relay in high school and college.

[@michaelt2564]

I believe if the Aussies had Darren Clark anchor the relay, the Australians may have snatched a medal.

[@WorldSacred]

If they had 4 Darren Clarks, they may have had a chance at the medal. I felt that the last runner did not give it his all, and left it too late to make a run for bronze or silver.

[@bootymanager]

@@WorldSacred 'The last runner', you mean 1980 silver medallist Rick Mitchell? He never gave anything less than his best. He was coming off a year out with injuries that would have ended most careers. It was down to his pure guts that he got there at all.

[@WorldSacred]

@@bootymanagerIt is kind of rude of me to say that he did not give it his all. He had the disadvantage of having to chase another team a good 15 metres ahead of him, whilst the British and the Nigerians had the advantage to draft behind Mitchell and take advantage on the straight to overtake Mitchell. Mitchell did not have the legs to take them on.

[@metsdudenj]

I would have switched the first and last runners.

[@forest69ist]

Australian run slow people first would have allowed draft benefits but instead they provided draft

[@carolharris2401]

Why dont they have a 4x 200m

[@john-boy4283]

Wow, that Babers had a stride like a gazelle or deer or something else long and fast, great job the whole team

[@HEAVYCHEVY409]

exactly he's a beast

[@jasonmorrison4938]

Those shorts rock

[@tonye_jimgeorge]

Nigeria 🇳🇬 🤩

[@andystoker6961]

"The straightaway" ... has the USA always called it that? Seems like an odd construction

[@stevebbuk]

It's North American for a straight section of a road or racetrack.

[@dwighta8215]

Those big mustache’s too heavy for the Aussie’s to carry.

[@pamela7651]

Did anyone notice how the athlete from China jumped?

[@owenmorris9828]

pamela neely Yes I did! It was very common for people to jump like that back up until the 60/70s so I was surprised when he was using the old technique to jump! 🔥

[@martintownsend6694]

actually it was still around alot then, the way they jump now was first seen on international scene at the 68 olympics and stunned everybody so this wasnt that much after that! Especially somewhere like china which was a bit behind with those things then

[@SHAYDEE3]

Babers won this race.

[@verawallace9055]

Yes, he gave them the lead

[@yudahel8521]

The Americans

[@philipgates988]

The Australians were solid.

[@philipgates988]

4th in the world when 54 countries have larger populations.

[@darrenshaw767]

That run is still the Australian record today

[@nicolasmolo536]

Amazing runners.of USA...so long legs

[@newgenerationtechnology2930]

Queen Carl

[@cy8685]

The most notable thing about this video is hearing OJ's voice, thinking what his life was like back then and what it's like today. We can only shake our heads at what a complete FAIL that life became!

[@LouisFGraham]

C Y? Women ruin our lives... all that over a woman smh lol Just kidding

[@pamela7651]

It's not a fail in everybody's eyes. Time and chance happens to all men. Seasons change but what u learned from your last season is what matters.

[@BreuckelensFinest]

@C Y? Bro, did you win the Heisman? Did you rush for 2,003 yards in a 14 game season in the NFL? No! So now it's time for you to SHUT UP! Hahaha happy Valentine's Day Baby!

[@lesliethompson4039]

@@BreuckelensFinest .... Don't have to do all that to know o.j. is a total idiot

[@peterpiper831]

It was Homer.

[@nestorcabutaje7]

Amazing fastest man in the world

[@darrenjohnbryant51]

Phil always ran 2 sec faster in the relay anchour man of gold.

[@MiltonBennett-uy6wn]

How did the US men start off in Lane 8?

[@nicholaskirui4123]

So USA have been competing in relays for so long

[@viviandarkbloom100]

I wonder if OJ (Announcing) was wearing his "lucky stabbin' hat"

[@matthewwoelfle5533]

OJ was a fairly decent announcer, but once the Olympics were over he got back to doing what he does best: killing people.

[@9175rock]

@@kjersey6781 😯

[@9175rock]

Nicole was a broke crackhead, OJ didnt murder her.

[@СтаричокСтаричковский]

В МОСКВЕ В 1980 БЫЛО КРУЧЕ!

[@goitseoneselabe7773]

Well done Nigeria

[@mugambialan2406]

American s good in short races

[@grahamnancledra7036]

How enlightening the athletes get to the starting blocks and they only mention one other athlete outside of the US team. Australia and Nigeria get mentions during the race but all except one is actually named and the British seem to get a reluctant honourable mention for coming second. Such patriotism and no wonder Americans have no idea about the rest of the world. POOR. POOR POOR.

[@perspectivefromoba4027]

What amazes me is some American are arrongantly confident in their ignorance

[@verawallace9055]

You right about that. Their Commentary is so one sided they makes watching the Olympics bland

[@seanmills8910]

You do realize this was being broadcast to Americans.

[@mxRian4]

Super weird to listen to O.J.'s commentary.

[@BreuckelensFinest]

Why does everything have to be "Super" these days?

[@casmo87]

@@BreuckelensFinest supercilous, Superman, Superfreak... where does it end?

[@weedermann]

It was USC and he was the most famous

[@docholiday2146]

Gotta love that o.j Simpson was working this...

[@belliose]

Obviously...Hilarious!

[@mskipper19]

good to see OJ taking a stab at Olympic commentary

[@muckyou1490]

Marc stop it!

[@ikarooz]

@@mskipper19 perfect... lmao

[@qbertq1]

He was taking notes on how to run away from a bunch of people chasing you.

[@lorinelson7523]

Weird to hear O.J. Simpson as a commentator on this race.

[@Tomasquo]

1984? Really?

[@HammerJam007]

Excellent advert for PEDs

[@norirak4829]

USA, USA, USA!!!!!!!!!

[@peterhardy894]

I feel for the athletes that had their medals taken from them by the drug cheats including many US, East German and Soviet athletes.

[@peedee1262]

Roos got koalaed

[@jaxcoss5790]

Why is metre spelt incorrectly? 🤔🤔🤔

[@hotenhitonokoe2848]

interesting

[@diegogeneral1217]

Then came the Jamaicans 😲🤪🤪⛷💨💨💨🏇💨💨

[@안대나무]

미국대표팀 1,2번 주자는 대체 어떻게 대표팀 된거냐?3번주자가 따라잡지 않고 4번앵커의 실력아니었음 금메달아니다 두선수 덕이니 감사해야한다 잘뽑아라 대표팀!축하해요

[@Biscayroad1503]

OJ....... wow

[@sundayashiedu7511]

Only innocent egbunike for Nigeria team had a decent baton exchange. How can an incoming runner gives you a baton and still passes you before you takes off running in a relay. Moses ugbusien and rotimi Peters killed the effort of innocent and Sunday uti’s effort with their poor baton exchange. Although Moses maintained the lead. JMO

[@hotscratch2842]

yes, Nigerians lost time in baton-exchange

[@sundayashiedu7511]

@@hotscratch2842 The exchanges were so elementary.

[@judgementravijudgementravi9930]

He n Jesy Oven

[@onelove1541]

OJ Simpson....the GOAT

[@JimmyFranny]

yeah he murdered the coverage of this event...

[@JimmyFranny]

@Scott Johnston The Juice is a Deuce

[@9175rock]

Was murdered by the public

[@evoman1776]

Sorry I can't listen to the Butcher of Brentwood.

[@RuffhouseNC]

OJ commentating

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

Who care about that murder

[@MrRoztoc]

0:35 Back then they measured high jump in feet and inches in US (TV)? 7' 5 1/4" (=2,267 m). Even that is incorrect. I guess the bar was lying at 2,27 m. Oh man! lol! The USA and its strange measurement system.

[@sudhirchandra9790]

Brilliant blacks

[@ikarooz]

Brilliant athletes

[@j246802]

If the glove don't fit, acquit!

[@j246802]

OJ commentating LOL.

[@tromboneJTS]

OJ

[@jaknap1]

Is that the killer OJ talking?

[@warrenholly2200]

I was thinking the same.lol

[@juliobonilla7951]

IN THAT TIME, ALL ATHLETES RAN DOPED

[@rodhartley3811]

C.L. didn’t thank the steroids😂

[@MultiGoldone]

Ahhh, back when we let our men cheat...

[@johnmendez7035]

Great run by US but awful commentary they hardly new their own athletes and only mentioned the other teams by their nationality. I recommend the BBC commentary team they do their research.

[@timmytheinventor4746]

Couldn't stand the black commentator. Always talking about how the athletes wouldn't care because they'd be in the lead by the next handoff. It was like no one else was in the race but the Americans to him, even though Nigeria and Australia gave them a run for their money.

[@fatbelly27]

Useless commentary

[@bluechip297]

What a drug fest that was? Those were the days.

[@ap5113]

Foul Doping

[@trevorclark5138]

Probably drugs involved

[@georgekiru3426]

Poor quality film .

[@westnyacktwins]

George Kiru Dude, it looks pretty much the way it looked on my TV 36 years ago. Do you have a better copy?

[@muddlepond]

Once again, American commentators are terrible. Great Britain wasn't mentioned until the home straight when they came in to win the silver medal. Apart from the USA, Nigeria and Australia and GB I'm pretty sure there were 4 other teams but not a mention of any of them. Such poor commentary.