3000m Steeplechase Final - World Athletic Champs, Helsinki 1983.

[@ABPerlov]

Patriz Ilg was a great and underrated runner. It was unfortunate he couldn't run in the 1984 OG.

[@rc2869]

Agree

[@GeoAce777]

that's the most packed last lap in a steeplechase EVER!

[@APBCTechnique]

Great race ! Saw this live in 83, as a 13 year old boy

[@cashcrop70]

i was 13 too. i was inspired by the inaugural champs and took up athletics.

[@jmysterio100]

Could never understand why Marsh ran the way he did. Never medalled in a major championship it obviously didnt work for him but he never changed tactics.

[@Ruda-n4h]

The consensus was that he psychologically preferred to pass people rather than being overtaken himself, as it gave him greater confidence but he often overdid it by saying back too far and giving himself too much to do..

[@michabartoszak9981]

Fantastyczny bieg! Great race!

[@darrenshaw767]

Poor old Henry Marsh, i think he finished 4th in LA the year later to

[@classicalgreekintroductory6045]

Had he just settled for the silver...

[@rc2869]

Marsh hits the ground and pays for staying off the pace. Ilg would have beaten him anyway

[@Ruda-n4h]

Henry Marsh will have nightmares about this for this rest of his life. His one great chance to win a big one.

[@DanielBeyeler]

He would have finished 2nd. Ilg was gone...

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@DanielBeyeler I'm not so sure.

[@cacheton490]

Que pena el traspié de Henry Marsh, emocionante carrera. Se agradece el esfuerzo por compartir estos videos.

[@josepaulinogarciaperez7955]

Campeón. N. 1. Viva. El. Atletismo. 🇪🇸🇪🇸🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🥇🏆🏆

[@kiwinesss]

Only one African in the field. These days you'd be lucky finding anything but Africans in the field :)

[@tommytempo1]

Julius Korir, Commonwealth Champion who went on to win the steeplechase in LA a year later. Great technician. Something you don't see with many of the Africans.

[@kiwinesss]

@@tommytempo1 True words!!

[@siypic]

Couple of Essex Beagles runners there

[@freewheelman68]

Colin “it was his own bloody fault” Reitz