Armin Hary - The World's Fastest 100m Starter - Rome 1960 Olympics

[@michaelhaller1762]

Fastest starter I have ever seen. The fantastic German sprinter Armin Hary!

[@shanelawson5072]

I believe Christian Coleman & Su Bingtian have quicker starts.... Have a look❗

[@pillepalle9828]

Herrlich, danke Armin Hary. Du hast uns viel Freude bereitet.

[@sacomapapagei]

Ja, das hat er. Ich kann mich noch sehr gut an diesen Lauf erinnern. Kurz vor dieser Zeit konnte ich ihn in Fankfurt live in einem 4 x 100 m Lauf sehen. So leicht wird es kein Deutscher mehr schaffen, einen 100 m Lauf bei den olympischen Spielen zu gewinnen. Armin war der Größte.

[@steffan20]

Er hat den Schwarzen gezeigt, was ein Weißer ist. Oder?

[@lufwaffeaircraft]

Christian McCaffrey the running back for the Carolina Panthers grandfather got silver medal in this race, the American on the outside lane.

[@BillVol]

His grandfather, Dave Sime, got it. Lane 1.

[@BreuckelensFinest]

10.00 flat dead to win the Gold Medal in these Olympics. That's incredibly fast on a gravel cinder track!

[@quadbravo]

Not exactly. the time was redacted because the track slope was greater than the approved 10cm over 100m. He did run a 10.2 later on cinder so very close and still very very fast by any standard.

[@hoytsigman6791]

He actually ran 10.25 with electronic timing systems

[@ketmaniac]

@@hoytsigman6791 It was 10.25 when he broke the world record in Switzerland. It was 10.32 in the Olympic final.

[@JesusChristISTHEONETRUEGOD]

ketmaniac it was 10 flat but you can spin away.

[@JesusChristISTHEONETRUEGOD]

Hoyt Sigman it was ten flat but spin away

[@clarencemendonca579]

My introduction to Athletics, and the Olympics, came about through this man Armin Hary. That he was the first to clock 10 seconds, is still, folklore.

[@thelog86]

10.2 was his olympic win time

[@clarencemendonca579]

​@@thelog86i stand corrected. Thank You.

[@geofflepper3207]

​@@clarencemendonca579 He did run the 100 metres in ten seconds, a feat equalled not much later by Canadian Harry Jerome. I guess that he did not match that speed at the Olympics though.

[@clarencemendonca579]

​@@geofflepper3207Thank You Geoff. I remember the name, Harry Jerome, too. Regards 🏃‍♂️👍

[@marcziegenhain8420]

Einer der großen dt. Olympiamomente.

[@evoman1776]

I wonder if sprinters today are really that much faster in reality? Put these guys from the 50's and 60's on today's tracks with today's running shoes and snug uniforms with high tech indoor training machines and see how much faster they run.

[@motorcitymj3853]

Nahh they would get destroyed lol

[@hermixtonen]

And all the PEDs

[@jeffreyelbert168]

Nope.Too many scientific methods of training today.

[@geofflepper3207]

​​@@motorcitymj3853 No. I don't think so. In 1960 Hary and Harry Jerome managed to run the 100 metres in 10 seconds flat on a much worse track than today and with much worse shoes. Look at all the results in the 2020(2021) Tokyo Olympics through all the heats and the vast majority of times were slower than that. A Canadian TV show had 2020 bronze medalist Andre De Grasse try to run a 100 metres with the same track and starting blocks (meaning none) and shoes that Jesse Owens had in 1936. He couldn't match the time that Owens had in 1936. Maybe he would with practice but don't assume that today's sprinters are much faster than the sprinters of 1960 or 1936 or even 1928 when runners started standing up without starting blocks.

[@jackson2fast]

Ok then do it yourself

[@aleksandrpondios]

I think this man could have been the first ever to break a 10 second barrier, if he had a chance to participate on today' s ftrackor even on 1968 Mexico and after tracks.

[@jondovik6250]

First White, Jesse Owen would be the first. Was this guy tested tho? Most germans doped at that time.

[@hoytsigman6791]

He actually ran 10.25 electronic time not 10.00

[@jeremyhelms8313]

Hoyt Sigman how do you know this?

[@normanlinden5786]

@@hoytsigman6791 - yeah, hand-times always were faster because of the starters' reaction times after the gun and many times anticipation of the finish.

[@VeridicusMaximus]

@@jondovik6250 No they did not!

[@silvermanirv175]

Frank Budd and I ran on our Asbury Park High School 1600 meter teams.Frank lost his gold medal on the relay team when Ray Norton of San Jose State was disqualified. He led off and I anchored; Over the next two years he set the 100 yard world record and was named the world's fastest human before Bob Hayes of Dallas Cowboys took title.

[@Kidsonss]

Discussions as to who was the fastest in the field - at 0.37 shows Peter Radford in last place - at 0.39 shows Radford closing the gap - at 0.42 was now on the heel of Armin Harry - and from last finishes in third place

[@dundukas7899]

in other words, he lost

[@dalepress1581]

So you're arguing third place was actually the fastest? Interesting.

[@Magnus_Loov]

In other words, he was a slow starter!

[@jozefserf2024]

Just how much slower those gravel/cinder tracks were is difficult to determine. But they were slower.

[@davidcouch6514]

We had such a track at my high school (laid @360m in 1924). It seemed the cinders had fused themselves together over the years so it wasn’t too helpful; not used for competition then.

[@stevecrocker6904]

this demonstrates how sophisticated camera work has become now. In many of the videos of this era they usually get a starter's gun shot instead of showing the sprinters' reactions to the gun, then a crowd shot in mid race. Unbelievably naff!

[@thespaceboundjd7584]

I'm trying to find film of a man named Gustav Ntiforo. He was a sprinter for Ghana in 1960. He was my middle school art teacher and now comes shopping at my store. We had a long talk today about his life during this time, and I was just curious if anyone has seen any film, or recognize his name.

[@VeridicusMaximus]

Probably not going to find much. He was eliminated in heat #2 of the 100m 1960 Olympics. I'm not sure they even got film of it.

[@brahimrouchdy9743]

Bonjour. Merci tout d'abord pour cette video sur le 100m des jeux olympuqued de 1960 Rome. Tres belle epoque où les pistes etaient en cendre. ARMIN HARRY, je ne l'ai vu que sur les miroirs de sport( athletisme). J'acais une photo en noir et blanc de ce grand athlete. S'il est en vie je lui souhaite la tres bonne santé. S'il n'est plus de ce monde que Diei l'accueille dans son Eden.

[@marcwage]

An Ihn wird in Deutschland niemals jemand rankommen.The Best for ever.

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

10,0 handgestoppt sind 10,24 elektronisch gestoppt. Da waren schon etliche schneller.

[@davidmor8539]

24 years later, in los Angeles84 the great man... Carl Lewis win with 0,01seg less. Amazing Armin hary...

[@hitbureau]

Super fast reaction time (0.04 sec), impeccable technique, world-class sprinter physis: Armin Hary was exceptional in every aspect. He ran the 100m in 10.0 sec in Zurich in 1960 twice (!) hand-timed (electronically 10.25 sec) because the judges could not believe what they measured in his first run. Both 10.0 and 10.25 sec. were world record back then for about four years. He is the last white & European world record holder on 100m. (Source: wikipedia)

[@CarlosAlberto-fx5uj]

Quantas saudades de minha juventude,de quando corria os 100 metros. Parabéns pelo vídeo.

[@U.N.V.S.U]

Never forget his name. Legend. He would best many more records without being hinderd

[@beowolf19751]

Very interesting video!

[@Bellinghamspence]

David Sime was an American, born in NJ, went to Duke.

[@tony195869]

+Spencer Albin yes his grandson is Christian mccaffery classic man

[@vinrusso821]

Christian McCaffery's grandfather. David Sime. He was the fastest man in the world if not for the pulled groin 2 years earlier.

[@LightSnowOvernight]

great race. I remember watching it

[@Vitte4]

Editing job on this ruins the power of this event. From the typical wide angle, just as the runners are about to hit the tape, there's an inexplicable cut-away to Jesse Owens in the stands. Then, we see the race from a narrower angle that diminishes the drama of the race's end. So sad.

[@hunting69doehle62]

True, you can't really tell from this how close the finish actually was

[@gmoneys818]

That’s David Sims that got silver. Christian McCaffrey grandfather

[@tonykari5124]

Christian McCaffrey s grandfather brought me here. He was a sprinter in this era. His dad Ed was a Wr with the Broncos and mom was a soccer player. Great Gene's huh

[@Quadrant14]

Actually I have to say the other "blitz" start sprinter was , and excuse my spelling, Ravelmanatosa from Madagascar, he raced in the Pro Races in Australia after his amatuer career and Olympics

[@balamurugan-ds8cg]

Ho my god jesse Owen's was there.

[@joaotakanorijamjao1312]

I would see the photos of Olympic Games 1960- why brother used to buy a sport magazine - I was only 6 years and I remember the legend Wilma Rudolph and Armin Hary ! I was born on 23rd, Oct, the same day when PELE was born, The Athlete of CENTURY XX !!!

[@Hardside65]

10,2s on a cinder track !

[@Magnus_Loov]

On an Olympic level cinder track from the 60:s. Much, much better than the ones Owens ran on. The best cinder tracks in the 60:s were not far from the "hard" tracks. In the running up to the Mexico City Olympics they did run on cinder tracks and had a (automatic) time of 10.03. The world record was then later set at 9.95 in Mexico City and that was with an athlete that was in "peak" form to win the Olympic final. So that 10.25 that Harry did (he was also electronically timed in the same race) maybe would be about 10.15 on a similar track to the hard track one in the 1968 Olympics. Certainly nowhere close to below 10.00 even on today's tracks.

[@BANAANIKAKKU-nj5ch]

MY IDOL

[@normanlinden5786]

Hary's electronic time was 10.32, Sime's 10.35. Even though electronic timing had been around for years, in 1960 only the hand times were official.

[@saminieminen4871]

When he ran 10,0 in Zurich, 21.6.1960, his electronic time was 10,25. English Peter Radford ran 10,29 two years before but his record was officially only 10,3.

[@MadFlenser]

you do know that they have taken that into account, and nowadays there is a speaker behind every starting block, so that the sound reaches all of them simultaneously?

[@marvinraydalida7118]

0:43 is that jesse owens?

[@lloydrivera124]

Yeah

[@BoxHans]

Armin Hary hat nur 100 meter von mir weg gewohnt. Quierschied Rosenstraße Ich kannte ihn aber nicht mehr, war noch zu klein.

[@johnf991]

I think the point about being a fast starter discussed in the film and the introduction above is more about Hary's reaction times rather than his pick-up. He was subjected to tests, I think, which showed that he reacted to sound two or three times faster than normal, and hence was often pulled for false starts and, until the testing, was judged as somebody trying to cheat. If all that is true, he could react well inside the current 0.1sec limit for false starts and would be disqualified! If another sprinter comes along nowadays with the same rare ability, what will See Coe and World Athletics do about it???

[@uhwg1950]

Ich war 10 Jahre alt und Hary war mein großes Idol. Aber wegen meinen Berufswunsch, Koch, konnte ich nicht weitermachen.

[@tor-v1u]

Это последняя чистая Олимпиада, где торжествовал спортивный дух

[@calichekid8897]

It's a shame they didn't seed the runners then like they do now. Fastest times in the semis go into center lanes and then slower into lanes toward the outside. Back then they drew for lanes, that's why Hary and Sime were in eight and one instead of 4 & 5 and running next to each other. I think it would have been a different race in that case. Each of them could tell where the other was during the entire race. Also nowadays the starting blocks are hooked up to the starting gun and are dialed in with a certain amount of delay adjusted for human reaction time. If a runner pushes off before that time elapses it the starting block itself signals a false start and that runner is Disqualified. No second chances nowadays, like there was back then. Plus lane one is the most used lane on the track so in the sprints, it was a liability in the days of dirt/cinder tracks. (Which makes Bob Hays win in the 64 Olys from lane one especially remarkable, plus he won by 2 tenths. Only Bolt has ever done that.)

[@dundukas7899]

well yeah, sime had the comfort of closing in his usual way. if he had seen hary crush him at the start wouldn't he panic?

[@joaotakanorijamjao1312]

At 0:43 THE BLACK KING .....JESSE OWENS !!!!

[@georgijivkov6150]

Jesse Owens watches a German athlete beat three Americans

[@joshyount5010]

btw sound travels WAAAAAAY slower than light; ist 1000fps (feet per second ) compared to 186,000mps (miles per second)

[@edwardbarrett845]

Interestingly I was in Berlin on a school exchange trip in 1955 (aged 15 years) and saw him training in the arena there - We discussed Armin Hary, he was a local hero and great things were expected of him even then. It was a wonderful trip and we were allowed to go behind the Berlin Wall to see the huge East German memorial park there.

[@hoytsigman5435]

That's amazing

[@donmillet7812]

Oh, that´s a outstanding performance, cause the berlin wall was build in 1961. You´re a real magician. Chapeau and greetings from Berlin.

[@waynehentley4332]

@@donmillet7812 Agree!!😀😀😀

[@ramadama2613]

@@donmillet7812 I was in Berlin when I woke to some horrible racket. It was caused by 6 Sherman tanks racing over cobblestones to the Russian sector. The Berlin Wall was about to be erected.

[@richardstauffer5697]

Hary and Sime, one and two. Dave Sime just could not react fast enough, but he was the fastest in that group. But Hary was the best that day. Great person Dave Sime. Great Athlete-Scholar was he.

[@tomflint8673]

Hary had the world record and won the race, saying Sime was the fastest is nonsense.

[@aliasanonym77]

Schon heftig, dass er seit 60 Jahren allen folgenden Sprintern aus D überlegen ist.

[@antonioieraca4102]

Forse le ultime olimpiadi umane.

[@ddenuci]

Interesting camera work to switch to someone sitting in the stands as the runners approach the finish line. Remember the series "The Olympiad" with Bud Greenspan? That documentary did a really nice job covering the 1960 100m final. The sprinter in Lane 1 is David Sime (very interesting guy, recommend reading up on him). He mentioned in the documentary that he didn't like Armin Hary. He lost to Hary in photo-finish.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

That "someone" was Jessie Owens, the most famous sprinter in history.

[@ddenuci]

@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 Nevertheless, not the best example of sports camera directing work.

[@normanlinden5786]

@@ddenuci - Agree.

[@roybean7166]

John, Apparently NO ONE liked Armin Hary.

[@ddenuci]

@@roybean7166 He was arrogant, and I guess that rubbed some people the wrong way. He's still around, age 83, and celebrated the 60 year anniversary of his Olympic win earlier this year.

[@irenegaltung9304]

amazing :)

[@johnwalters4792]

Peter Radford a storming Finnish for the bronze

[@SuperKamiGuruu]

*0:46* Homie real life kicked a bird 😂😂

[@MrMoritz74]

Armin Harry hält bis heute den Deutschen Rekord über 100m (10:00 Sekunden), die damals von ihm auf der Aschenbahn gelaufen wurde.

[@keinKlarname]

Das stimmt nicht. Hary ist 10,0 gelaufen - ein Riesenunterschied. Elektronisch wurden glaube ich 10,24 gestoppt, da bin ich mir grad nicht ganz sicher.

[@knutbodden1908]

@distance88 nicht ganz richtig.elektronisch wurde nicht gestoppt.man hat vor einigen jahren ein experiment gemacht und das ergebnis war...elektr. wäre der lauf 9,46 sec. gewesen..

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

@@knutbodden1908 Das ist Unfug. 10,0 handgestoppt sind als 10,24s elektronisch festgelegt.

[@tony195869]

the man that came in 2nd is Christian mccafferey grandfather ? wow

[@albertoca8955]

regge root20

[@222mozart]

great

[@luckyjean9432]

toller typ und Vorbild :)

[@kimberlybrown3388]

Happy Birthday young

[@kimberlybrown3388]

Harry a And David s

[@undermoonstars]

I Love the song! Does anybody know it?

[@tomsmith6878]

shut up gary

[@BreuckelensFinest]

MoonlightBae I love you! 😍

[@edsonbahena5406]

Yeah but havent you seen the olympics now a days they have a speaker behind there starting blocks so now its all fair.

[@charles125]

Well firstly sound travels no where near the speed of light. Secondly, you're technically right, it could affect the racers.

[@JBG84]

@0:31

[@CWBush73]

He has long legs and a short torso. That helps

[@BreuckelensFinest]

Helps what?

[@duncanidaho9492]

no that's Phelps lol

[@Quandussy]

ender wiggin No, Phelps would be the complete opposite lol

[@duncanidaho9492]

i know , it was a joke !

[@roybean7166]

Helps a lot.

[@Schimechlyn]

Hary jump started perfectly, didn’t get caught. He never increased his 1-1.5 yard lead but Dave Sime came within a couple of feet of catching him. Hary was a notorious jump start cheat, and knew that starter’s pattern well.

[@KK-hp1sx]

🥇🇩🇪ハリーも素晴らしいのですが、🥈🇺🇸シムに注目してほしいです。彼を最後として、米短距離界で白人が代表になることはなくなりました。しかし欧州や豪州では、男子では、ノーマン、ボルゾフ、メンネア、ウェルズは大活躍しました。白人スプリンターの短距離での可能性は、まだ極限まで行ってない筈です。

[@vincentbaynes6403]

Jesse Ownens 100 olympics record of 10.3 was broken that said year.24 years later

[@amp3cx10000a7jp]

Harry is great. it is a world record of for 10.00 seconds through the course of the ground those days -- it is because it carried out. If it will become supposing the players of the present level of 9 seconds run through the course of the ground, the level of 9 seconds will not be able to be taken out. Conversely, if Harry runs in the present stadium, the level of 9 seconds will be able to be taken out. Saying is that the power of 53-year before and a player is changeless.

[@InfernoTrials]

Has anyone got any water? I'm dying of First.

[@samhardy6319]

Yes, great time. But he was known for his rolling starts, as explained in the "Fastest Men on Earth" book and documentary from 1988.

[@annetteelliott1494]

wow how things have changed.

[@BreuckelensFinest]

Not really.

[@Ivery1010]

The last european world record, maybe the last european record in 100 meter of all time?

[@cashcrop70]

He specified the 100 metres.

[@dominiccart8967]

Ivery1010 there are a lot of records owned by European athletes dumbass

[@darrenshaw767]

Dominic Cart he has stated 100metres. Why do people not read the poster comments properly before throwing needless insults. The dumbass is the person who does not read the correct information. In this case you.

[@kevinconlin3980]

nfl 40 times are bogus. they start the clock when the runner moves...that subtracts .1 - .2 seconds from their real times

[@gordonwaldner9792]

Not true. The timers watched for the smoke coming out of the gun. This is a reaction. The problem came when the timers anticipated the runner crossing the finish line. A well trained timer focused on the finish line and reacted to the runner getting there.

[@superredlion123]

Do you mean thirst ?

[@yannickbourdoiseau2607]

Je crois que l'on voit Jesse Owens dans les tribunes

[@MrVpassenheim]

Talk about terrible footage. You would never know how close this race was.

[@gordonwaldner9792]

True enough. However, the video people didn't have today's technology and neither did the runners. How fast would Usain have been on a cinder track using 1960 shoes? I don't know, but he certainly would not have run 9.6.

[@Teflonslick]

It's irrelevant now. Everyone is on some kind of perfomancing drug. Bob Hayes was probably the last clean American sprinter.

[@CaneFu]

What makes you think Bob Hayes was clean??? Steroids have been around since the mid 1930s and have been a part of the Olympics ever since. In 1960 Sports Illustrated documented the widespread use of drugs in American athletes. At this point in time it is impossible to confirm whether or not Bob Hayes used steroids or other PEDs for the 1964 Olympics but his illegal drug use became public knowledge in 1978 when he was arrested for distributing cocaine to finance his drug-habit, convicted, and served time in prison for it. Bob Hayes, a self-admitted drug addict, died prematurely at the age of 59 from liver and kidney disease, which are the most common ailments linked to steroid use. Certainly there is more than a small chance that Bob Hayes, a muscular standout in his era and convicted drug dealer and user in 1978, used steroids or other drugs to gain an advantage in the 1964 Olympics.

[@davidfranciscodasilva9559]

Teflonslick right man!

[@r.crompton2286]

Teflonslick Calvin Smith was clean. He's made so much of the fact that he was. Those who are/were dirty say nothing because by making any drug-related comments, they come under the microscope.

[@CaneFu]

R. Crompton Lance Armstrong also made so much of the fact that he was clean, even successfully suing people for millions of dollars who accused him of using drugs. In fact every top level athlete who was ever caught using drugs initially claimed their innocence. Calvin Smith may or may not have been using PEDs but you should at least be aware that his claim, no matter how adamant and sincere his denial might seem, is absolutely meaningless.

[@r.crompton2286]

CaneFu Fair comment. But there's a distinct difference between Lance Armstrong and Calvin Smith. The former was challenged due to his superhuman performance and thus he chose to lie to cover up his guilt. Calvin Smith was never challenged about his performance because there was nothing extraordinary about it. He did manage to set the 100 m. world record at 9.93 that logically, he should have been able to improve on substantially had he been dirty. In the subsequent years after his record run, I don't believe he ever ran 9.90 sec.

[@ebenburger111]

the winner hardly has any muscles but he moves like lightning....

[@simonhindley65]

You're joking, he was built like a brick shithouse.

[@biscuitbuilder]

"physics proves that sound travels almost to the speed of light" HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA WHAT

[@efisgpr]

biscuitbuilder It travels faster than light through a wall.... ;)

[@hugodenizart1]

1080p? Useless or useful? XD

[@MrMiles2105]

Jesse Owens looks a lot like a young Morgan Freeman

[@hypesboi]

I don't know why people do that.It's kinda weird. -iobsepyh

[@bigboyedward]

pietro menea valery borzov, konstantine kenteris whitch u mean mang

[@arealmench]

Check out Morgan Freeman at 0:43 ...I guess he was a track fan.

[@chipschannel9494]

Jesse Owens

[@jeffmax2941]

To me hese just as fast as the top sprinters cause 9f the track starting blocks and shoes

[@maxwa6920]

Wenn er nicht 1960 sondern 2016 Profi wäre, hätte er das Potenzial, der schnellste Läufer zu sein...

[@MostlyBrenda]

See kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5jMYol_q6h-a6c for Sime's story.

[@oneputtsteven]

Thank you so much for that link

[@MostlyBrenda]

You're welcome. Unfortunately, Dr. Sime died of cancer in January of this year, age 79.

[@tameimpala4029]

No, it's a joke - he got first comment on this video, so he means first as a joke :) -Tame Impala

[@joseojos8599]

Dios mio🤗🤗🤗😂😂😭😭🇵🇦🇵🇦🇮🇱

[@evad7933]

I wonder whether his reaction times were inside the limit set currently? Back then the apparatus for detecting breaks was relatively primitive, furthermore. Yes, I agree with the comment that the man in the crowd looking on in disbelief was a young Morgan Freeman. That was my first reaction, too.

[@tosh369]

Man in the crowd was Jesse Owens...

[@macvatu]

Cassius Clay was there too as a 19 year-old light-heavyweight boxer. Needless to say he won the Gold for USA.

[@keithsmith4780]

Hard had a fantastic second and third step. There's a film about Dave Some with still photos of the start of the race. If I remember correctly Hary was a little ahead after one step and quite a bit ahead after three. It's probably on KZbin somewhere.

[@donnaradford8390]

Peter Radford is there

[@donnaradford8390]

My balmy is there

[@-waltt3467]

White men can run fast.

[@harryananda286]

Èurosport

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Owens is like "Wuddup all these fast white boys?"

[@knutbodden4055]

für mich der beste sprinter a l l e r zeiten...elektr.gestoppt wären das ca.9,55 sec. schneller als usain boldt

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

Trinken Sie keinen Alkohol mehr, das macht dumm.

[@johnrogan9420]

White men 1 and 2...

[@gratefuldead3750]

Thats no surprise. This was before professional footsball in Europe started. In Germany, the bundesliga started in 64, and since then no sprinter anymore. And also in East Germany footballers had the highest lifestyle in sports

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

10.00 flat.

[@GODINhiphop]

the white man can run very fast

[@arealmench]

There have always been black Germans living in Germany but you never see black Germans athletes.

[@normanlinden5786]

There are a lot of them competing these days, both men and women.

[@user-op6ig1dr3l]

You're all forgetting Peter Radford of GB the bronze medallist ( Fastest finisher after a terrible start ) If he'd had a better start he would have beaten Sime of the US !

[@tameimpala4029]

I don't know, only idiots do that. -Tame Impala

[@mikahamari5994]

I am annoyed by you, who is standing on the crowd. It is very selfish. Someone may have travelled thousands of kilometers to see Olympic final once in a lifetime and then what he/she sees is your back. But of course only thing that matters to you is your own pleasure.

[@evoman1776]

Well that's Jesse Owens sitting there. Looks to be a guest in a government seating area.

[@tonyalee3642]

German maybe we were not testing for drugs and why historically are they not sprinting this fast now ,🤔

[@VeridicusMaximus]

Plenty of Germans have run 10.25 or below nowadays. I'd be more worried about PED today not then. Please!

[@thehumanracehasfailed]

Fastest 100m starter????? Have you not seen Ben Johnson?

[@robprewett3075]

Not without the steroids

[@chinembirimanyukwi1971]

Dave Sime the Canadian who was supposed to win the gold? Tragic story. Surprised nobody's made a movie about him...

[@ketmaniac]

You're probably thinking of Harry Jerome.

[@r.crompton2286]

+Chinembiri Manyukwi There's a very good Canadian Broadcasting Corp. documentary on Harry Jerome that cites the massive muscle tear he suffered in '62 or '63 that would have left most others limping along for the rest of their lives. Most amazingly, Jerome recovered so well he was able to qualify for Tokyo in '64 -- even gaining the bronze medal in the 100 m. He improved so much over the next two years that in '66 he matched the world record for the 100 yards in 9.1 sec. Jerome had regained the peak form he had prior to the injury. But by '68 at the Mexico City Olympics, he had lost his edge. He ran decently but was out of the medals in the 100 m. final. After that race, he retired from competition.

[@chinembirimanyukwi1971]

Thank you very much indeed!

[@tony195869]

+Chinembiri Manyukwi DAVE SIME IN AN AMERICAN NOT A CANADIEN THATS CHRISTAIN MCCAFERTY GRANDPA

[@chinembirimanyukwi1971]

Thanks grandson

[@georgijivkov6150]

criminal political correctness: Question- why there is not a single frame of the final meters? Аnswer-because the three white athletes finish first and the three black athletes finish last. instead of the finish, they show us the dissatisfied Jesse Owens, dissatisfied that the gold medal was won by a German athlete!

[@ShengYu1995]

The 100m race is always not fair to the guy in lane 8 or 9... The starter fires the gun from the inside lane.... physics proves that sound travels almost to the speed of light... but the guy in the far lanes hears the gun last... thus, reacts slower compare to others. If a race comes down to less than 0.05 seconds, it could easily come down to which runner had a better lane.

[@calichekid8897]

This is total BS. Sound travels about 1125 FEET per second. Light travels about 186,000 MILES per second. The difference in distance from lane one to lane eight is so miniscule that the runners hear it at virtually the same time.

[@justclosing]

Is that a young Morgan Freeman in the crowd?

[@robertbrandywine]

Jesse Owens.

[@davidslott]

Jesse is the GOAT.

[@BreuckelensFinest]

+Mike Rourke OMG are you serious? Morgan Freeman! LMAO