Allan Wells Powers To 100m Gold For Great Britain - Moscow 1980 Olympics

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11 жыл бұрын

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Classic highlights from the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games as Great Britain's Alan Wells wins gold in the men's 100m event.
The absence of the American contingent from the Olympic Games in Moscow did little to lessen the tension and air of expectancy before track and field's blue riband event, the men's 100m.
With the likes of Stanley Floyd and Harvey Glance being forced to watch from home in the United States, the favourites after the early rounds appeared to be Cuban Silvio Leonard, Italian floater Pietro Mennea and Pole Marian Woronin.
The fact that Scotland's Wells was there at all was something of a minor miracle.
The powerful Scot had been subjected to a barrage of propaganda, some from the British government itself, attempting to persuade him to join the boycott.
He went to Russia on the back of some excellent form: he had won the 200m Commonwealth Games gold in Alberta in 1978 and was the British champion over 100m and 200m.
While the likes of Mennea floated over the ground, Wells was a powerhouse sprinter. Barrel-chested and rippling with muscle, Wells possessed a raw power and an iron will which would prove formidable.
He broke the British record in the quarter-final, and his increasingly impressive performances saw him reach the final as one of the favourites.
In his way lay the mercurial Leonard, the multiple Pan-American Games champion.
The two key protagonists were unusually drawn on the inside and outside lanes for the final and with 60 metres of the race over, it was clearly a two-horse race.
Wells looked to have edged clear when he started an extraordinarily early dip for the line. Leonard seemed to strike back in the closing strides, but with both men given the same time it was Wells who won the gold on a photo finish.
He remains the last white athlete to win the men's 100m at the Olympic Games, and was the first Briton to win gold since Harold Abrahams back at the 1924 Games in Paris.
Wells missed out by a whisker on a memorable 100-200m double when the elegant Mennea pipped him at the line in the 200m final.
A matter of days after the Games, Wells accepted an offer to run against the best America could offer and in Koblenz went some way to showing he was the world's fastest man by beating Floyd, Glance and a young Carl Lewis.
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@hollowayranger
@hollowayranger 6 жыл бұрын
Following the Moscow Olympics, there was some suggestion that Wells's gold medal had been devalued by the boycott of the games. Wells accepted an invitation to take on the best USA sprinters of the day, among others, at a track meeting in Koblenz in Germany. Less than two weeks after the Moscow gold, Wells (10.19) won the final that included Americans[2] Stanley Floyd (10.21), Mel Lattany (10.25), Carl Lewis (10.30) and Harvey Glance (10.31).
@lancemangham997
@lancemangham997 5 жыл бұрын
hollowayranger I remember that. Wells was great sprinter! Would not have mattered if we were there or not. Great Britain has a Terrific history of sprinters.
@paulwilliams8389
@paulwilliams8389 4 жыл бұрын
Very true - and let's not forget that Wells would have been a bit jaded after running so many races in Moscow after competing in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay whereas the Americans would have been fresh. After the Koblenz race Mel Lattany shook Wells' hand and told him "You would have been Olympic champion no matter who you ran against in Moscow."
@SuperBlackted
@SuperBlackted 4 жыл бұрын
hollowayranger People conveniently always leave this story out of their “ he had no US competition in 1980” argument. He also won everything else medal wise in era.
@adelef8280
@adelef8280 3 жыл бұрын
Christian Haas West Germany, and Willy Gaunt were also in that race, Haas was 4th
@JesusChristISTHEONETRUEGOD
@JesusChristISTHEONETRUEGOD 3 жыл бұрын
SuperBlackted he dominated the USA and Canadian ped users many times
@raymondward3259
@raymondward3259 5 жыл бұрын
probably didnt get the credit he deserved for winning the Olympic gold...he never gets a mention nowadays...
@michaelhayes4231
@michaelhayes4231 4 жыл бұрын
@Ra HoWa haha you absolute tool. "Slated for extinction"? You're upper class that own you and who you're now in love with (because they talk your talk now lol) are doing really well though, they'll survive your 'extinction' and produce a Jeremy-Kyle-Show-guest-free white master race.
@michaelhayes4231
@michaelhayes4231 4 жыл бұрын
@FEDSJ I was replying to the first reply comment, not the original comment?
@michaelhayes4231
@michaelhayes4231 4 жыл бұрын
@FEDSJ _"B/c he belongs to a condemned minority, slated for extinction - the media has to downplay its members athletic achievements"_ I was refuting his White Victimization nonsense which is trying to explain away the reason that this guy winning against a weak field has been forgotten is because he's a white person "slated for extinction" rather than the more probable reason, i.e. that he won against a weak field in an Olympics that the world's primary country for sports reporting didn't take part in
@frankvonfrauner
@frankvonfrauner 4 жыл бұрын
@Ra HoWa No, it's because 66 countries boycotted the USSR because of they dared to occupy Afghanistan. Only a complete dumpster fire of a country would dare to do something like that.
@tricornclub9594
@tricornclub9594 Жыл бұрын
I was doing a summer job at the University of Surrey in the mid 90's and I saw his name and mug shot as a member of the science faculty. Never bumped into him on campus though unfortunately. I loved that era of British athletics.
@paulwiley8902
@paulwiley8902 3 жыл бұрын
Very underrated Wells, people saying he won the Olympic Gold because of this or that, but he was the World's fastest man in 1980...
@sirrobinofloxley7156
@sirrobinofloxley7156 Жыл бұрын
Wrong colour, Thatcher pressured him not to go, how's that for a leader of a country?
@paulwiley8902
@paulwiley8902 Жыл бұрын
@@sirrobinofloxley7156 Wrong colour, what do you mean? Jimmy Carter told his athletes not to go, as did many others, because the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.
@niaohui
@niaohui 11 жыл бұрын
he beat the best americans 2 weeks later (lewis, floyd, lattany and glance) in koblenz
@arthuronyejekwe2146
@arthuronyejekwe2146 2 жыл бұрын
He didn't race Lewis 2 weeks later
@ABB-bw6tc
@ABB-bw6tc 2 жыл бұрын
@@arthuronyejekwe2146 yes he did it
@francishunt562
@francishunt562 Жыл бұрын
@@arthuronyejekwe2146 yes he did, Carl came fourth in 10,30
@noelwilson5960
@noelwilson5960 3 жыл бұрын
Alan Wells a true legend. Bonnie!!!
@kochFan1
@kochFan1 11 жыл бұрын
Wells was a Master on the day... not the fastest man in the race... but he always pulled one out of the bag when it really counted. He did the same thing in 1982 Commonwealth games in Brisbane coming from behind to beat Ben Johnson and take Gold. Wells had the ability to focus 100% and perform even when he was not out in front. A Great athlete
@catloran3860
@catloran3860 7 жыл бұрын
LOL, he was also juiced up to his eyeballs....look it up.
@richardjohnson909
@richardjohnson909 6 жыл бұрын
Spot on.
@tvrtvr6984
@tvrtvr6984 2 жыл бұрын
@@catloran3860 name a top athlete who isn't.
@stevennicholas4160
@stevennicholas4160 7 жыл бұрын
People bang on about Americans being missing but the US were not that strong anyway during this era. There's no saying they would have beaten Wells on a cold Russian evening. Wells beat them all twi weeks later.
@darrenshaw767
@darrenshaw767 7 жыл бұрын
He beat them all again in the Golden sprints a year later to.
@catloran3860
@catloran3860 7 жыл бұрын
he was all juiced up.
@bikeangelsx8749
@bikeangelsx8749 4 жыл бұрын
An absolute hero and legend ! He did so much for sprinting , beating the Americans and Jamaicans too 💪🏼 with only the basic training methods! And still produced good wins 💪🏼Always remember cheering him on in 1980! So deserves more recognition for putting British sprinting in the map👍🏼
@aidenswords5809
@aidenswords5809 2 жыл бұрын
He had awful times, wos never a true great
@sirrobinofloxley7156
@sirrobinofloxley7156 Жыл бұрын
Was faster than you
@AidenSwords-md1do
@AidenSwords-md1do 4 ай бұрын
​@@sirrobinofloxley7156I'm only watchin event and commenting on the greats which he certainly wasnt
@billbailey8600
@billbailey8600 8 жыл бұрын
Comparing Bolt to Wells is like comparing Wells to Bobby Morrow or Remigino, completely different eras, doesn't less an Olympic gold medal.
@catloran3860
@catloran3860 7 жыл бұрын
wells was definitely juiced, it's documented.
@cranebeg
@cranebeg 6 жыл бұрын
Simon Ellis He was still white, give the guy a break, a chance.
@mrpurser3136
@mrpurser3136 6 жыл бұрын
cat loran no proof
@peterwhent66
@peterwhent66 6 жыл бұрын
If he was juiced, it wasn't very good juice. It was the slowest winning time in the last 60 years. You have to go back to 1956 to find a slower time.
@eddiemglass
@eddiemglass 4 жыл бұрын
I watched this on BBC television and remember it taking a long time for the result of the photo finish to be announced. In a replay, the BBC put an inset box showing Allan's wife, Margot, screaming "Go, Allan!" One of my favourite memories of 1980.
@andrewjohnstone963
@andrewjohnstone963 2 жыл бұрын
We Scotsmen have always been fleetfooted thats why nobody can keep up with us Alan your a bloody legend never forget that ❤
@aclark903
@aclark903 Жыл бұрын
Bolt 2009 9.58 seconds.
@andrewjohnstone963
@andrewjohnstone963 Жыл бұрын
@@aclark903 swellhead
@WetLettuce-kc2qm
@WetLettuce-kc2qm Жыл бұрын
Oh he's Scottish now is he? Funny how when someone loses he's British but when he wins he's Scottish.
@andrewjohnstone963
@andrewjohnstone963 Жыл бұрын
@WetLettuce-kc2qm and when they are English they are Anglo-Saxons 🤔
@WetLettuce-kc2qm
@WetLettuce-kc2qm Жыл бұрын
@@andrewjohnstone963 That's because you're a little Scotlander stuck in the dark ages.
@ftsjr
@ftsjr 9 жыл бұрын
The first Brit to win the 100 meter gold since Harold Abrahams in 1924.
@stewartcairns7277
@stewartcairns7277 9 жыл бұрын
And had Eric Liddle decided to run on the Sabbath, there might have been two Scots winning Olympic Men's !00 meter dash gold medals within a sixty year span
@cranebeg
@cranebeg 6 жыл бұрын
It might have been a clean race in 24' too.
@sphericalempirical9359
@sphericalempirical9359 3 жыл бұрын
Stewart Cairns And on 21/02/45 when he realised he’d spent a lifetime on his knees for nothing I wonder if he felt like he should have run that hundred. Paris Gold for THE most prestigious event in human athletic history, the fastest man on Earth, might it have tasted sweeter. We’ll never know.
@sirrobinofloxley7156
@sirrobinofloxley7156 Жыл бұрын
To be fair Abrahams was like Liddle, Jewish, so were kind of cuckoo's as they had no country to represent and aren't fully British of British stock.
@metsot
@metsot Жыл бұрын
I loved 80`s athletics.
@Media4hrtv
@Media4hrtv 2 жыл бұрын
So great to once again see this moment.
@naganokumas
@naganokumas 11 жыл бұрын
He was one of my heroes as a kid watching the Commonweath Games. Another was some middle distance bloke called Walker from New Zealand. And Raelene Boyle.
@jacktar5867
@jacktar5867 3 жыл бұрын
He spent a few Summers in New Zealand racing as well, Was quite a popular runner as it used to be televised back in those days
@thetoffeedigger
@thetoffeedigger Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Allen Wells when he won 1980 olympics.
@daviddarcy782
@daviddarcy782 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant only milli metre's away from the gold in the 200 metres loved it brilliant
@militaryhistorian67
@militaryhistorian67 4 жыл бұрын
The UK dominated the 100, 800, 1500. Awesome 👍
@sirrobinofloxley7156
@sirrobinofloxley7156 Жыл бұрын
Broke the 3 minute mile too, and Jonathan Edwards still holds the triple jump record I believe.
@stevestone07
@stevestone07 6 жыл бұрын
A Class athlete
@pbrickley6247
@pbrickley6247 7 жыл бұрын
That was a great win.
@golfsolved1559
@golfsolved1559 3 жыл бұрын
That's how you do it with pure talent
@derekharley7791
@derekharley7791 Ай бұрын
What a superb run. All of Scotland was proud of Allan Wells that day. Even though the cream of American athletics was absent that day, Wells beat them a few months later in the World Championships. A great Scottish runner-one of the best worldwide.
@connorduke4619
@connorduke4619 3 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite memories of 1980. I remember it well as it was my 90th birthday that day.
@ambivalentonion2620
@ambivalentonion2620 3 жыл бұрын
so you're 121?
@connorduke4619
@connorduke4619 3 жыл бұрын
@@ambivalentonion2620 Correction: 131. Oldest person world record holder and still not wearing a mask or social distancing!
@flynnterry9848
@flynnterry9848 3 жыл бұрын
Pure Olympian
@MrListenerman
@MrListenerman Жыл бұрын
My favourite sprinter from that time....Amazing devotion and dedication to his craft...looked the business too :)
@OMENAHILLOKFGHT
@OMENAHILLOKFGHT 3 жыл бұрын
ONE OF MY IDOLS
@DeanMk1
@DeanMk1 4 жыл бұрын
I was running high school track in those days and Wells was one of my heroes. I found out about him after watching the '78 Commonwealth Games. I was surprised to learn he'd won the 100 in Moscow, because he was primarily known as a 200M runner. I was also surprised to hear he used blocks in the Olympics, because one of his trademarks was to not use them. In fact, I stopped using blocks in any race longer than the 100, because of him. Like he did, I found it didn't really make much of a difference in the longer races.
@peterhoughton3770
@peterhoughton3770 3 жыл бұрын
Wells, Coe, Ovett. Not a bad haul... and nobody from anywhere would have beaten any of them in 1980.
@lexsoft3969
@lexsoft3969 2 жыл бұрын
Pietro Mennea beat Wells in 200m final.
@graemeanderson2141
@graemeanderson2141 4 жыл бұрын
Can still hear Margo screaming at him during this race :)
@letsdothis3332
@letsdothis3332 3 жыл бұрын
I can still hear his body screaming out for more PED's
@jimbolger264
@jimbolger264 3 жыл бұрын
@@letsdothis3332 He was juicing, the Desperate Dan Jaws are the give away
@MARMELADIKAKKUAYFGA
@MARMELADIKAKKUAYFGA 3 жыл бұрын
ALLAN WELLS IS MY IDOL
@davejordan7272
@davejordan7272 2 жыл бұрын
You have to feel sorry for Alan wells, never got the credit he deserves, yes they were no Americans there, but you can only beat who you’re racing against and BEAT THEM HE DID , and in an Olympic final, he’s is the 1980 Olympic 100 mtrs champion, NOBODY ELSE IS
@michaelboardman8810
@michaelboardman8810 6 күн бұрын
There is a legend he ran a 9.87 time in the highland games
@edd2097
@edd2097 Жыл бұрын
Class alan 😊
@chinembirimanyukwi1971
@chinembirimanyukwi1971 10 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is, he was actually a long jumper originally. Also used speedball in training which was rather unusual for a sprinter's training. He finished in a dead heat with McFarlane in 1982 final of 200m at Commonwealth Games. I think time was 20.42sec
@redrum4100
@redrum4100 10 жыл бұрын
He was a long jumper. He also raked the long jump pit in the 1976 Olympics. Had he trained for sprinting, he'd have doubtless been in the 100m final instead.
@gaelgarciabernal2434
@gaelgarciabernal2434 10 ай бұрын
IOC, please post complete footage of Moscow 1980 Olympics, including men's and women's gymnastics, track and field and swimming. People want to see iconic Eastern Bloc for themselves to see if the Western accusations are true or contrived. People, like myself, should have an opportunity to see and judge for themselves. Thanks!
@AndyCrowther
@AndyCrowther 11 жыл бұрын
Exactly! The only way we actually see Allan Wells running, is someone filming the scoreboard showing the replay!
@gordonwaldner9792
@gordonwaldner9792 3 жыл бұрын
Agree, very poor video.
@binkyxz3
@binkyxz3 3 жыл бұрын
1 Allan Wells Great Britain 10.25 2 Silvio Leonard Cuba 10.25 3 Petar Petrov Bulgaria 10.39 4 Aleksandr Aksinin Soviet Union 10.42 5 Osvaldo Lara Cuba 10.43 6 Vladimir Muravyov Soviet Union 10.44 7 Marian Woronin Poland 10.46 8 Hermann Panzo France 10.49
@aidenswords5809
@aidenswords5809 11 ай бұрын
Awful times
@binkyxz3
@binkyxz3 11 ай бұрын
@@aidenswords5809 In big meets, all that matters is winning. In this meet, Hasely Crawford, Don Quarrie, and Pietro Mennea failed to make the final. Some of the quarterfinal races had better times with Wells dipping to 10.11
@leijona-mq9lj
@leijona-mq9lj 9 жыл бұрын
MY IDOL
@TwinFraser
@TwinFraser 11 жыл бұрын
even though after the games he raced the americans and still beat them. still would have been champion
@LSturdy
@LSturdy 6 жыл бұрын
Dopper
@MrJeepsters
@MrJeepsters 5 жыл бұрын
C'était un très bon coureur.
@redrum4100
@redrum4100 11 жыл бұрын
Is that the same US who hadn't won an Olympic 100m gold since the 60s, and of the other medals up for grabs in the same period, only one?
@andrewbruce4807
@andrewbruce4807 8 жыл бұрын
I need some help acquiring some video material from the 1980 games. can you provide a lead?
@johnbruce6460
@johnbruce6460 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant should have been one of the greatest
@sirrobinofloxley7156
@sirrobinofloxley7156 Жыл бұрын
Was pressured by Thatcher not to go, some support eh
@jasonleetaiwan
@jasonleetaiwan 5 жыл бұрын
This took me about 10 minutes to realize that the winner of the race is not actually pictured in the video. That is rather disappointing. I kept looking for him and realized he is off camera...
@TheMrPeteChannel
@TheMrPeteChannel 10 ай бұрын
I also think it was very cool that day & many sprinters aren't used to running in that type of weather. Unless you're from a place like GB which rarely gets "hot".
@iverar
@iverar 3 жыл бұрын
Gotta like the Cuban Leonard out there in a t-shirt! Compared with the aerodynamic stuff the sprinters wear these days that likely cost him a few hundredths of a second.
@ChubbyChecker182
@ChubbyChecker182 8 жыл бұрын
the music is pure 1990
@user-du3vo5ld2j
@user-du3vo5ld2j 3 жыл бұрын
The LAST European man to win the 100 meter dash !!!! There will never be another like him. LOL
@SurfandPoleVault
@SurfandPoleVault 9 жыл бұрын
Why did he take the commentary out and replace it with this awful music?
@dapperdonmilli
@dapperdonmilli 7 жыл бұрын
right era!!!
@giulioproietti5588
@giulioproietti5588 7 ай бұрын
lui e Mennea si sono approfittati bene dell'assenza degli americani
@johng1634
@johng1634 3 жыл бұрын
Did they not put the fastest guys in the middle lanes back then? Strange that 1st and 2nd were in lanes 1 and 8.
@hawkerrielly9317
@hawkerrielly9317 5 жыл бұрын
thees a kid in wales at 18 running 10.27 ....well was great
@LucilleMilo
@LucilleMilo 4 жыл бұрын
haha. they don't even show welles. he's off in lane 8
@JoMcKenzie1972
@JoMcKenzie1972 6 жыл бұрын
Wells won it in the 2nd round.
@MrDarryl90210
@MrDarryl90210 2 жыл бұрын
And to think, Alan Wells won with a time of10.25, which would likely place him in last nowadays!
@francishunt562
@francishunt562 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps, but you can't really compare eras. In a similar way Mark Spitz probably wouldn't make the final in some of his events he won in 1972. Magnificent in his day, but that's the nature of sport, times improve because of better training, nutrition etc.
@WetLettuce-kc2qm
@WetLettuce-kc2qm Жыл бұрын
@@francishunt562 Also 100 metres has shrunk over the decades due to Earth shrinkage..
@twaflyer1
@twaflyer1 7 жыл бұрын
Technically, Woronin of Poland was the first European to run the 100 meters under 10 seconds...9.998! Closer to 10 yes, but under 10 seconds nonetheless! This was in the early 1980's too, with the Great American sprinters as his competition! Who knows what records he could have broken with top flight coaches and motivators?
@adelef8280
@adelef8280 3 жыл бұрын
He’s in this final.
@dogcalledalfie
@dogcalledalfie 8 жыл бұрын
Scottish and so proud, not British or English but Like Andy Murray , Scottish
@johnnorth2671
@johnnorth2671 8 жыл бұрын
l Read Some Things About Allen's Training That Really Were Were Good AND I WOULD To Learn More I Am A Sprint Coach And Master's 🏃 Sprinter ( Age 65 )
@mattlkemp
@mattlkemp 8 жыл бұрын
Lewis Hamilton,Ricky Hatton,Tyson Fury,Linford Christie,Steve Cram,Seb Coe,Paula Radcliffe,Kelly Holmes,Ben Ainsley,Greg Rutherford,Bradley Wiggins,Steve Redgrave,Daley Thompson,Bobby Moore,David Beckham,Ellen Mcarthur.....all ENGLISH,not Scottish or British.
@simonwoods8809
@simonwoods8809 8 жыл бұрын
+D A Scott Scotland is in Britain old bean...
@jamieowens4898
@jamieowens4898 8 жыл бұрын
+matt kemp Liz McColgan , Yvonne Murray , Allan Wells , Ken Buchanan , Jim Watt , Rhona Martin , Chris Hoy , Graeme Obree , Ian Stark , Jim Baxter , Billy Bremner , Matt Busby , Kenny Dalglish , Denis Law , Ally McCoist , Bill Shankly , Colin Montgomery , Ross Montgomery , Willie Carson , Colin McRae , Jackie Stewart , Andy Murray , Gavin Hastings just a few all Scottish not British , English or imported from Africa on a residency ticket ......
@simonblack9577
@simonblack9577 8 жыл бұрын
+Jamie Owens.... your missing the point.......why are you reeling off a load of famous scottish people and saying Scottish not British , of course they ARE scottish but they are also british... you just want them segregated because theyve done well!!! ..... do you think THEY want to be segregated????? ..... and how much time do you think i would need to reel off famous english people!!! ... well i dont need to because they are british!!! ..... not JUST english !!! .... you seem to be a racist !!!
@darenwright1071
@darenwright1071 5 ай бұрын
Every single Great Britain race on you tube dubbed over with this music, and no commentary, absolutely ruins it, no other countries have done this.
@Worldeditorer
@Worldeditorer 11 жыл бұрын
He is Actor Wanted
@mohammadosman1544
@mohammadosman1544 3 жыл бұрын
Woah 9.95 was already WR back then?
@tyroneearl1133
@tyroneearl1133 Жыл бұрын
We won't ever see this again!
@TheArtimusMaximus
@TheArtimusMaximus 6 жыл бұрын
That was a sssllllooow 100m time for a gold medal.
@johndoe-pk6tj
@johndoe-pk6tj 6 жыл бұрын
Nah....he just did it without drugs!
@seanseanston
@seanseanston 6 жыл бұрын
Or maybe just that his drugs weren't as good as Usain Bolt's. Also perhaps developments in footwear, running surface etc. could be a factor.
@niaohui
@niaohui 11 жыл бұрын
a shame, because it's great quality for 1980
@metestingdude
@metestingdude 11 жыл бұрын
i think it would be good to put videos with the commentary at the time if its available. or at least have a narrator, its hard to know the full context of whats going on
@grecosgreecedaz6026
@grecosgreecedaz6026 4 жыл бұрын
He was good sprinter he beat gatlin too
@wilhelmw3455
@wilhelmw3455 2 жыл бұрын
Justin Gatlin was not even born when Wells won the Olympic 100 metres in 1980 and retired long before Gatlin even took up sprinting you must mean someone else !!!
@anjelyto40
@anjelyto40 Жыл бұрын
Cuba done the SAME time. The judges in Moscow committed a terrible mistake. Wells wasn’t alone on the first place…
@danx3504
@danx3504 3 жыл бұрын
The Last Great White Fella. Since then no other white fella won the 100m
@TheMrPeteChannel
@TheMrPeteChannel 2 жыл бұрын
The Italian who just won is half white.
@danx3504
@danx3504 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheMrPeteChannel true dat. The bloke is more Italian than American. He eats more pasta than baked potatoes
@dakotamiller6155
@dakotamiller6155 3 жыл бұрын
is this official olympics channel? if so why dont you remove racist comments like 'The LAST European man to win the 100 meter dash !!!!' - linford christie won in 1992. Shame on you IOC, where are the values?
@paulwhikemoa4008
@paulwhikemoa4008 4 жыл бұрын
100 event from 1896 to 1928. Were all white sprinters. Time from 12sec quicker to 10.5 sec. Most black sprinter enter Olympic s from 1928 till today. Eddie Tolan the first black person to win 100 meter final. It got taken variously by black sprinter and white sprinters with times from 10.7 to 9.89 . Sprinter like Jesse Owen.Harrison Dillard. Lindy Remigino. Bobby morrow. Armin Harry. Bob hayes. Jim Hines.Valery borzov. Hayley.and at last Alan wells.Then after that it was all black sprinter. And the greatest sprinter of them all is Usain Bolt with super fastest time of 9.57.
@desretroreels4949
@desretroreels4949 2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what his winning time was?
@lexsoft3969
@lexsoft3969 2 жыл бұрын
10.25 secs, tied with Silvio Leonard of Cuba. Alan Wells won after photo finish
@ericgeorge5483
@ericgeorge5483 8 жыл бұрын
England, Scotland Northern Ireland and Wales...GREAT BRITAIN, BETTER TOGETHER.
@markbway0131
@markbway0131 8 жыл бұрын
+Eric George Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales... BETTER WITHOUT England.
@ericgeorge5483
@ericgeorge5483 8 жыл бұрын
markbway0131 Whats your beef with the English then?
@ericgeorge5483
@ericgeorge5483 7 жыл бұрын
BadgerTvJordan Absolutely correct.
@macvatu
@macvatu 7 жыл бұрын
Oey you, stop campaigning . . .!!
@ericgeorge5483
@ericgeorge5483 7 жыл бұрын
Who??
@naganokumas
@naganokumas 11 жыл бұрын
Is it just me, or is almost every comment here made by the same silhouette?
@timothywright5411
@timothywright5411 Жыл бұрын
Given the footage available, this has to be the poorest edit of the race I've ever seen. Not a single capture of Wells even crossing the line. The front on shot shows every athlete other than him.
@charlesnelson7781
@charlesnelson7781 Жыл бұрын
What was the point in showing this you didn't even see him win.?
@LPCLASSICAL
@LPCLASSICAL 2 жыл бұрын
Drew McMaster
@michaellebron7383
@michaellebron7383 4 жыл бұрын
Great performance but what was the time.
@lightningstrikes7314
@lightningstrikes7314 2 жыл бұрын
10.25
@juliomiguel6597
@juliomiguel6597 Жыл бұрын
It was just presented a front view of the race, which does not facilitated to ascertain the positions at arrival, and then a view of the race on the giant screen in the Stadium, just a fragment, with mediocre resolution and without the ending. Very bad.
@CostantinoAngelonas
@CostantinoAngelonas 6 жыл бұрын
Make a video about Pietro Mennea!
@martinjones8861
@martinjones8861 2 жыл бұрын
I hope Wells winning the gold shows athletes that aren't black that sprinting is for everybody
@davidmor8539
@davidmor8539 3 жыл бұрын
The last final race with more White atlethes than black atlethes
@tony195869
@tony195869 8 жыл бұрын
MAN I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE DECATHLON ?
@pelagiushipbone7968
@pelagiushipbone7968 3 жыл бұрын
Fun (or not so fun) Fact: He is the last white guy to win a 100m olympic final
@dakotamiller6155
@dakotamiller6155 3 жыл бұрын
what a joke is this snippet of the race anyway, famous for its photo-finish, and you never get to see it here
@voicezful
@voicezful 5 жыл бұрын
What's with the music? if I wanted music I would have searched the music channel. I wanted to watch Alan Wells win the 100m at Moscow 1980 in peace, not with that din in background BOO YOU
@temp850
@temp850 2 жыл бұрын
The music is so annoying... ✌
@michelmarill2358
@michelmarill2358 8 жыл бұрын
Since 1980, no white sprinter has reached the Olympic 100m final.
@KeithWilliamMacHendry
@KeithWilliamMacHendry 8 жыл бұрын
+Michel Marill The best bit is, he was a Scotsman. Alba gu bráth (Scotland forever) lol
@michelmarill2358
@michelmarill2358 8 жыл бұрын
Your country is the oldest allied of mine, France. Alba gu bráth.
@TheGraciefighter101
@TheGraciefighter101 8 жыл бұрын
+Michel Marill never understood why
@safarektal8380
@safarektal8380 8 жыл бұрын
And they only did here because so many countries boycotted the '80 Games.
@mrhook2859
@mrhook2859 8 жыл бұрын
+safar ektal 65 nations boycotted, but only 2 of them would've properly challenged Wells.
@TwinFraser
@TwinFraser 11 жыл бұрын
also last white man to appear in the olympic 100m final
@luislanza5477
@luislanza5477 2 жыл бұрын
loose sped with those sox.
@someone4907
@someone4907 8 жыл бұрын
:)
@iiiii655
@iiiii655 3 жыл бұрын
The last white guy to have won it.
@diegogeneral1217
@diegogeneral1217 8 жыл бұрын
Never heard of him
@skababooshka
@skababooshka 8 жыл бұрын
+Diego General your obviously a yank you have heard of Carl Lewis but never heard of Usain Bolt, have heard of Sandra Patrick farmer but never heard of sally gunnel you have heard of Galen Rupp but never heard of Mo Farah do you want me to continue, ok you have heard of Carmelita Jeter but you have never heard of SAFP Shelley Ann Fraser Pryce, enough or do you want more please advise i can give you at least sixty more examples, but let me help you before you continue to make an ass of yourself, Yanks will win and continue but not with any dominance in athletics Jamaicans are ruling the planet in the sprints that is just how it is
@raysprint4923
@raysprint4923 8 жыл бұрын
+david j Kumar he's not even Jamaican though so where are you getting this from
@catloran3860
@catloran3860 7 жыл бұрын
not missing much, he was a juiced up cheat.
@duncanidaho9492
@duncanidaho9492 6 жыл бұрын
PANZO
@imarginacionmxd
@imarginacionmxd 4 жыл бұрын
wanna be amigos? xd
@acohen1980
@acohen1980 6 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget that Wells was roided off his head....
@seanseanston
@seanseanston 6 жыл бұрын
As opposed to clean athletes like Usain Bolt :DDDD I think what makes Usain Bolt such a great sprinter is that he managed to run almost 1/5 of a second faster than Ben Johnson did in 1988, when Ben Johnson was provably on drugs, and Usain Bolt wasn't on drugs at all at any point. Both of which were miles ahead of the last Olympics where drug testing did not take place in 1964. All of this without taking drugs ever. Truly an amazing accomplishment. Incredible, one might say.
@ronniep9272
@ronniep9272 3 жыл бұрын
They're all on drugs.
@user-oz3ps5mp6v
@user-oz3ps5mp6v 5 жыл бұрын
A man who was heavily on steroids and deserves no recognition
@thomashalliday-e2d
@thomashalliday-e2d 18 күн бұрын
WAS BORDERS AT BORDERS BOOK FESTIVAL ALAN WELLS EILIDH DOYLE SALLYY MAGNUSSON GREAT
@tatewalker9577
@tatewalker9577 11 жыл бұрын
Was that a white man?
@jamaicantriniyute
@jamaicantriniyute 11 жыл бұрын
back when white guys cud win this race
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