A Breathtaking finish between Emil Zátopek and Gaston Reiff in the 5,000m - London 1948 Olympics

[@kingwilson06ad]

Kudos to whoever edited this clip to make it look so crisp. Thanks!

[@izabelaurbanova9193]

Our czech hero we miss you bro💘🇨🇿náš český hrdina chybíš nám brácho

[@blackdog6055]

Colour footage from 1948, very impressive. Can you imagine todays athletes running 5K in mud for an Olympic title. Zat-o-pek, Zat-o-pek, Zat-o-pek.

[@comeacross9]

I recall reading years ago that Zatopek's fans would chant his name in time with his pace. They would step up the chant to aid his finishing kick. It might be legend but it is interesting.

[@tundetheepic8631]

comeacross9 Agreeing with you

[@jonpogoda8797]

Yeah I can imagine it, distance runners are tough, a different breed.

[@gopher3737]

Great to see Zatopek run, one of the greatest distance runners of all time.

[@mtgne5351]

Emil Zátopek is a hero of my country Czech Republic.

[@lease2coach1]

Thanks, thanks! Outstanding quality.

[@babiskornezos4866]

Results: 1. Gaston Reiff (BEL) 14'.17''.6 Olympic Record 2. Emil Zatopek (TCH) 14'.17''.8 3. Willem Slijkhuis (NED) 14'.26''.8 4. Erik Ahlden (SWE) 14'.28''.6 5. Bertil Albertsson (SWE) 14'.39''.0 6. Curtis Stone (USA) 14'.39''.4 7. Vaino Koskela (FIN) 14'.41''.0 8. Vaino Makela (FIN) 14'.43''.0

[@jimmmy1941]

My hero, the great Zatopek.

[@venedig893]

thanks for these. I am inspired to show these to my students!

[@gakaface]

Incredible resolution film and digitisation. If only all great archive footage could be done to this standard. Great piece featuring Zatopek.

[@johncampbell463]

God opened up a door that spend 6 hrs with Emil at his house in Prague in 1990. Such a gracious man who shared freely with me. Took many pictures of him one even running. I praise God!

[@gabrielfriedel4754]

What a footage!

[@rebbulldesertduke]

Hands down the most extraordinary runner of all time.

[@runner2008]

When the announcer said `nineteen hundred and twelve` it gave me goosebumps. That is like an announcer today saying the record still holds from 1988.

[@opusdei1545]

Little did they know 4 years later.

[@gastonlopez8547]

ÙNICO!!! Correr con llúvia es maravilloso!!

[@raphaelledeutsch6159]

Gaston Reiff (and not gaston reiff, please, respect the capital letters), a legend of the Belgian athletics !

[@dooshunv.7429]

Just amazing !

[@pyrrusoverwinning]

まさかこんな映像が見られるなんて。感激！

[@bachmannstudios860]

my favorite Czech olympiad!

[@tundetheepic8631]

heheheh

[@lease2coach170]

*This is badly MISTITLED. This is about the **_5,000_** meters and not about the **_10,000_**, which Zatopek had won in commanding fashion earlier in these 1948 London Olympic Games.*

[@lease2coach170]

Thanks for having corrected the title!

[@222mozart]

Sunday, August, 2nd 1 Gaston Reiff BEL 14:17,6 OR 2 Emil Zátopek TCH 14:17,8 3 Willem Slijkhuis NED 14:26,8 4 Erik Ahldén SWE 14:28,6 5 Bertil Albertsson SWE 14:39,0 6 Curtis Stone USA 14:39,4 7 Väinö Koskela FIN 14:41,0 8 Väinö Mäkelä FIN 14:43,0

[@linglingjr]

Is thid super edited and remastered? It looks amazing.

[@skiddo1243]

What a guy.

[@muddu-awuliraedwardbernard4936]

Watching this in 2024 after witnessing S. Hassan exhibit greatness.

[@mnottri1041]

»Vogel fliegt, Fisch schwimmt, Mensch läuft« Emil Zátopek "Bird flies, fish swims, Human runs"

[@International1ify]

No no the title is correct. This occurred in an alternate universe where Gaston Reiff and Zatopek switched places.

[@MilanBroz]

:-D

[@raphaelledeutsch6159]

And this was the 5.000 m race. Zatopek won the 10.000 m, indeed.

[@facundozuniga]

Un genio Zatopek

[@andreagaribaldi1966]

Ho conosciuto personalmente Wim Slijkhuis a metà anni '90; veniva in vacanza nel campeggio dove ho lavorato per alcuni anni, a Cervo Ligure; una persona semplice e modesta.

[@silvanofraga6476]

Melhor de todos os tempos

[@stephanweaver1960]

Color!

[@leomurillo9381]

Zapotek was not very talented but for sure the most determined and psychological strong runner in history. What he developed (modern day training-e.g. 50 X 400's in approximately 65-70 each with resting 15 to 20 seconds in army boots-runs in the forest every single day) and did during those training sessions (for years) made him accomplish things that were unthinkable then and even today.

[@jonglewongle3438]

He had that bit of starch. I don't that that he ever did, but he was quite well capable of, run the 16 miles to the next village in time for the fete, and someone goes, " What ? Nah. Give us five and we'll run over you there by auto. ", and he replies, " Nah, I'll do it anyway. I'll be there in well under 2 short hours. ".

[@СашаСимшов]

Добиваться успехов позволяют природные данные Тренировки позволяют набирать соревновательный тонус и не более того Не понятно как он не угробил свое здоровье таким числом повторений Если это не дезинформация

[@ObscureAuteur]

Great footage and in colour! (as they write in London). Good clear compression on the upload video, not pixelated and grainy beyond recognition like so many. Unfortunately, it is Gaston Rieff (also balding to confuse matters) winning the race barely holding off Zatopek's late charge as they lap what appears to be a Finn. probably Helge Perälä.

[@thomhill7540]

0:27 nice hat

[@oneputtsteven]

The Title is completely messed up. Zatopek's amazing triple was in 1952, not 1948 and this is the 5000M from 1948 not the 10,000M in 1952

[@englishman1960]

it does say the 10000m from 1948 though even though the clip is from the 5000m of that year

[@ronaldparker6726]

💀Madame butterfly

[@AlexCheng42]

now that, fellas, is how and why you finish strong.

[@ObscureAuteur]

The uploader should edit his title to reflect the actual outcome of the race.

[@ivansanders8459]

Cinder tracks were rarely that messy. I've never before seen track runners with such filthy uniforms.

[@mariowildner5874]

In Krasna Lipa is a brewery that named a fine tasting light beer after Emil Zatopek. Falkenštejn Brewery🍺🇨🇿

[@turniptod12]

It is almost hard to believe that this video is from the 1950's!

[@KF-cx8bm]

It clearly says in the title 1948, so not the 50,s

[@222mozart]

great old testamenticly

[@alevit3442]

Nejrychlejší čech😀

[@emildegra9423]

Bol Moravak ty blbečku...

[@stephanweaver1960]

Love running in the mud usually, but not when I'm in the Olympics (-:

[@Watkinsstudio]

Showing a running event in slow-motion is a bad idea. Smh.

[@CowCommander1]

It looks way newer! This camera must of been expensive!!!

[@roblee1909]

...must HAVE been.....

[@CowCommander1]

@@roblee1909 Dude this comment is literally almost a decade old what the heck? lol

[@simonhindley65]

I bet Rob Lee us fun at parties.

[@raffaojeda]

This video is not from the title!!

[@stevelafler]

Zatopek finishes 2nd in this1948 Olympic 5000 meter race for the silver medal. That is Gaston Reiff of Belgium taking the gold. Emil later took the 5000 gold in Helsinki in 1952.

[@doposud]

actualy 3 gold medals in 1952 -one from marathon which he ran for the first time , and his wife Dana won gold in Javelin throw at same olympic games

[@lakycz2435]

Yes I'm from Czechia

[@jby8768]

Reiff 14mn 17 s 6 Zatopek 14mn 17s 8 Slijkhuis 14mn 26 s 8....... Zatopek "Le terrassier de Prague". Quelle course.

[@avdreader1]

Zatopek discribed his strategy in this race as "very very stupid."

[@athleticscoach2012]

The uploader of this know nothing about athletics history and has not even bothered watch their own video and see or listen to who actually won the race.

[@tundetheepic8631]

Zaropek!

[@tundetheepic8631]

whoops wrong spelling

[@qq331002556]

i like

[@avdreader1]

Mine too.

[@matthewcrook4663]

Ummm...Zatopek didn't win!!

[@jamesball5743]

Zatopek is a legend wow. This footage is stunning. But sad to see an Olympics without black athletes.

[@TheLutrien]

There were black athletes in other disciplines. They won gold medals in the 100m, 400m, 800m and long jump. In the long distances, Ethiopia and Kenya had not yet emerged.

[@ДмитрийС-з4з]

Бег в грязи. Неужели в 1948 году нельзя было технологичней дорожку сделать?

[@jeanmariebasset2544]

>Zatopek,un nom qui sonne bien et que l'on retiens

[@zsuzsapfeffernevolgyi9169]

Igen, volt ilyen is.Mindenért küzdeni kellett, nem is kicsit.

[@reinismartinsons]

Zatopek looks like an upgraded version of Danny DeVito

[@saminieminen4871]

It´s not Zatopek, it´s Gaston Reiff who wins the race.

[@willtheprodigy3819]

Why is some black and white and some color?

[@HamzaKhan-yb6ev]

Lol

[@geneclemetson4779]

A muddy cinder track, rain soaked leather spikes, heavy soaked cotton uniforms . . . . . The runners today have no clue how BAD they've got it!! LOL

[@javiervegaluna5217]

¿Que chocho le abran puesto?

[@jakubjanik5901]

Czech forest gump

[@zeroceiling]

My father went to athletic trainer school and his teacher was non other then..Emil.. After 1968...whet the Prague Spring was crushed and Zatopek ..having signed a Charter of human rights, The communist government created a new job for him....he became a garbage collector for a number of years.

[@eddie4324]

Probably the last steroid free Olympics. By 52 the Soviet weightlifters were using gear, with the USA soon following.

[@fanuelafela8152]

Cross country in stadium

[@nickbamber268]

hopeless editing

[@carloseduardovalim]

I believe it is the European Championship, before the Olympic Games.... maybe 1946

[@lease2coach170]

Nope, OG 5,000 metres of 1948.

[@bazs6472]

Amazing, however, all the runners are white - where are the Africans?

[@simonhindley65]

Yet to achieve independence.

[@saminieminen4871]

Black athletes won many gold medals in those games. Arthur Wint, JAM 400m, Harrison Dillard, USA 100m, Mal Whitfield, USA 800m, Willie Steele, USA long jump.

[@reinismartinsons]

Why is Danny Devito here

[@jacure123]

At least we know a white guy will win.lol

[@roustabout4fun]

I am grateful for the spirit that moves US! An extremely amazing competitor. 🤎😸