1979 Golden Mile-Seb Coe(WR),Oslo (with interviews)

From the pre race interviews it seemed that the other established milers assumed that Coe,who had walloped the 800 metres WR by over a second on this same track just ten days earlier,wouldn't like the pace over the longer distance if it was too fast.They were wrong.Coe just breezed it,taking nearly half a second off of Walker's mile WR in the process.

[@user-lj8fp8fb1f]

I was an ovett fan in my youth. the older I get the more I appreciate coe

[@62BillAD]

Supreme! One of the best middle distance runners ever. Bravo!

[@varietylife6847]

He is unbelievable! Amazing! Great runner, relax, calm and smooth running I have ever seen.

[@davidfrancis273]

That's definitive middle distance running. It's still spine-tingling to watch.

[@scrumpymanjack]

Great clip, this. I don't like Coe much as a person (at least how he presents himself in public) but what a hero he was on the track. Just amazing. Most interesting thing for me was the slo mo at the end showing his footfall - never realised he ran so much off the front of his feet.

[@simonedwards5564]

Mmmmmmmm YEAH coe ran,,,trained like a sprinter and even when competing over 5000m or 6/7miles cross country high knee lift = heels almost touching buttocks = was always relevant @@@Watch seb in the MOSCOW 1500m last 100m (12,1!!!!!!!!!!) FASTEST ever in OLYMPICS history even after a third LAP of 54,1 and straub kicking AGAIN at 1200m52,1 last 400m (coe) the third lap 54 and last 400m 52 was 1:46,low 800m !!!!!!!!!! Typically on the ball of his foot THE MODULE OF MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY ENGINEERING,,PERFECTION::%=/

[@kevinkilduff2064]

In my humble opinion: when healthy Seb was the finest miler in history. His speed over the final 200 m was unmatched. Yes, certainly El G would make it a race but I just don't think he could outrun Seb over 200 m.

[@richardmilliken8705]

Seb Coe and Jim Ryun had the best kicks. LG would pick up the pace dramatically with a wind up kick over the two last laps . Seb's best mile time was 3:47 while LG's best mile time was 3:43.

[@tazmanrehman]

This Man Sebastian Coe inspired millions my Idol as a kid 😀

[@stevestarr9769]

OMG, Coe was so relaxed going into the last lap!

[@MilesBellas]

Sebastian : amazing lap and and very decent man !!!

[@LakeErieOH1]

not just time, but quality, the best world record ever

[@booklover3959]

Wow...all I can think is wow. "Do you consider yourself a miler now?" they ask him after he sets the new world record in the mile. "Not really....." he says. What a strange situation and what a talent Coe was. And his Dad was his coach and a very good one obviously at that!

[@simonedwards5564]

I like your title radio CLASH...by pirate satellite..orbiting our living rooms cashing in the bill of rights @(joe strummer) CLASS @@@

[@petermcmanus7288]

I've seen Radio Clash lol

[@deangarratt4965]

Vintage Coe. Supreme. Goosebumps.

[@glenabel9251]

A very relaxed looking WR.

[@redd605]

I agree,was not the favourite , smashed His 3,57 ,3 British athlete who had better times than him,his father was a brilliant coach,and like at the inside track his reaction at his world record ,and encouragement.that he can look back on.like to see those coaches reaction.when they surprise you.

[@emiliatwomey6814]

When you think of Seb Coe as one greatest runners ever you also have to consider his father who is one greatest most influential coahs in history. Peter Coe made Seb Coe!

[@samhardy6319]

This video is gold. Fantastic to have the interviews.

[@sergelu]

"But I don't think I'll run too badly tomorrow......" PERFECT!!!!!

[@LPCLASSICAL]

Fantastic upload - great quality and awesome interviews.

[@davd1986]

Williamson's time as an 18 year old, 3.55.8 in 1979 was VERY impressive, to say the least.

[@steppings5645]

Williamson was an awesome talent!

[@runcaz7802]

Great coverage of a great race!

[@peters6119]

Steve Scott was a great runner but when Coe came up alongside him with 450m to go and was moving so easily Scott had to know he had no chance. That was the easiest looking 3:48 you will ever see ... Coe was so dominant in his prime. Beautiful to watch.

[@booklover3959]

Yeah Steve Scott is a legendary runner and a great one but this had to be a bit discouraging I would guess. Scott is so far ahead of the pack and there is Coe with him. Then Coe just takes off like he has jet propulsion attached to his feet. Had to make Scott wonder.

[@simonedwards5564]

@@booklover3959 The previous months coe posted that remarkable 4 miles not only RUNNING 17:54 SMASHING Brendan fosters course record (this was sub 28 minutes pace for 10k@) he outsprinted eamonn Coghlan wins the indoor AAA 3000m CHAMPIONSHIPS ....and what 3/4 days before this ran 400m in 46.86 finishing 2nd and first BRITAIN past the post to el kashif Hassan from the Sudan (45,?) THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS COMING ON THAT LAST LAP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steve scott was taking on a sprinter with not only INCREDIBLE endurance 1=2 new 800m world record holder 3= coe had just run 46.8 400m took 4 days rest and ripped up the oslo track hitting the backstraight with a vengeance passing 1500m in a near world record (3:32'8) that was a PB for seb by TEN SECONDS MAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CRUISING,,,,,,,, COE litterally jogged the last 109 metres !!!!!!!!!!!! Sebastian could have run 3;46 that NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because there was no pressure on times all he wanted to do was win he crossed the line looking like he just jogged around hyde park 😅😄😁😎

[@richardmilliken5651]

Steve Scott was a great USA miler but he was not in the same league as Coe, Ovett, and Cram!! It's amazing how the Brits dominated the middle distance back then!!

[@simonedwards5564]

Its interesting to not that just 3 years later Steve scott ran 3:47,6/on this track in the dream mile,,,,3 years to late !!!!!!!!!!

[@mikem9252]

a star is born !

[@ralphpillinger1308]

One of the strongest fields ever, Coe was on his game and full of confidence! Timing issues, should be looked int by IAAF

[@mrgobrien]

i think the electronic clock failed in a different seb coe race that year - over 800m

[@raypurkissukwildlifeandlan5361]

What an Athlete Co was and this race was one of the best in History.....awesome 👌

[@jeffiles7953]

He's a lot of peoples hero including mine. He inspired me to run fast and I hope to meet him one day.

[@tomhaapala3316]

Seb Coe is a fu...ing a-hole..a dictator same as A Hitler..

[@tazmanrehman]

I'm sure he's a Conservative MP I've seen him at events on Tv hopefully oneday I meet him to thank him his Dad is a Legend aswell 👍

[@runcaz7802]

Didn't know what the record was, didn't hear his splits, and was just trying to win the race. Result? World record.

[@bernardfox9078]

The only missing Athlete was Ovett. Shame he and Coe ran against each other so fleetingly. Who knows what they would have done to the world record if they had competed more often. Coe is in my mind the best middle distance runner ever. To hold four world records at the same time ( if only for an hour or so), be the only athlete to win back to back 1500 metres Olympic titles and hold the 800m WR for over twenty years. Phenomenal. He ran do beautifully too.

[@johnmc3862]

The chose not to run against each other so often.

[@wieserf]

this is awesome love this

[@robertcolcombe6893]

Coe was poetry in motion

[@ericgeorge5483]

Astonishing bit of running from one of the world's best middle distance runners.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

Could have easily been 3.46. He just waltzed through the finish. 1.55 at 2 laps. An even 1.52 would have produced a much faster time. Great footage.

[@simonedwards5564]

Stuart??? GET YOUR STOPWATCH OUT MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN AND TIME THIS REMARKABLE FANTASTIC UTTERLY BRILLIANT 👍 RACE,,, I KEEP GETTING 3:46'8_!!!!!!!! THEY MUST HAVE CUT SOMETHING OF OFF THE ACTION RECORDING ,,,,DID COE ACTUALLY RUN UNDER,,3:47- *0 THAT NIGHT IN OSLO mmmmmmm??? His 300m sprint after the bell in about 39/40 seconds passing 1500m in 3:32'8 _thats That's __3:48__'0 mile pace at least,,, but you can SEE how SEB DELIBERATELY saunters down the last 109 yards,,,FAST FORWARD TWO YEAR'S TO BRUSSELS golden mile SEB passingy1500m/ in __3:32__'93_ AND ENDS UP CLOCKING 3:47'33 MAKING UP FOR "SAUNTERING" the last 109 yards of the previous 1979 BOMBSHELL,!!!!!!!!!! TWO/1# MILE WORLD RECORDS IN 9 DAYS IN 1981/3 #WITH OVETT, !!!!!!!!!! As coes mum said after 1979_INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Angel,,,,,a coe r,I,pxxxx

[@booklover3959]

Yeah Steve Scott is a legendary runner and a great one but this had to be a bit discouraging I would guess. Scott is so far ahead of the pack and there is Coe with him. Then Coe just takes off like he has jet propulsion attached to his feet. Had to make Scott wonder.

[@paulm2467]

Scott was very highly rated in the US but never really in the running in international miling/ 1500 metre competition, he was always behind Coe and Ovett. When he moved up to 5,000m he looked as if he was finally going to be internationally successful but then Moorcroft also moved up and was 30 seconds faster.

[@Fatima502]

At 9:20, that was the first time anyone had done something like that in athletics

[@scrumpymanjack]

Yes, that is why it's called a world record!

[@Fatima502]

@@scrumpymanjack No, I meant grabbing a flag and doing a lap of honour with it.

[@simonedwards5564]

@@Fatima502 YEEEEEAH @ !!!!!!! THAT LEGENDARY ACTION BY COE ZEITGIEST (how,d you actually spell that word.lol) FOR THOUSANDS OF PRESENT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETES AT ALL WORLD LEVEL CHAMPIONSHIPS @

[@ravewonder]

Love Seb Coe!

[@ravewonder]

Or should I say Lord Coe!

[@countnulin3044]

Or should you say Corrupt Politician!

[@whiff1962]

I was coming into my own as a distance runner in the late 70s. Although my running "career" only lasted me from about tenth grade, up to my senior year of college, I will always treasure those memories of a race well run.

[@scrumpymanjack]

I was a promising runner at school and even got into the England schoolboy's trials for cross country. In adult life, I struggled to remember why I loved running so much. I think my best answer is that, more than the running itself, I enjoyed the feeling of my body as a highly efficient machine that could run mile after mile quickly and always feeling I had more in the tank if needed. At my running club, we used to do 12x400 @65 seconds with a 200m jog between the each lap. Seemed relatively easy back then. How times change: ran my first 5k in probably 15 years of no exercise at all (I'm 51 now) a couple of months ago. Finished in just under 25 minutes, which is pretty lame. Also felt uncomfortable doing it. But it makes me curious about how fast I could do it with a few months of proper training. If anyone has any tips for older people who used to run well but haven't run in YEARS, please let me know.

[@jonnyy40]

I'd forgotten all about Robson until today

[@LPCLASSICAL]

3.25 Moorcroft looks like Tommy Steele

[@Pulsonar]

Stuart 😂 Spot on, I half expected him to duff a straw hat, swivel his cane, and break out into song and a jig, with a click of his heels of course 😂

[@peters6119]

He was in such good shape that it wasn't that hard for him. He set a WR without even caring about the time or knowing the splits and without even knowing the time for the current WR. He just seemed so relaxed at the end of 1200m. He even said that he was surprised that the 3rd lap seemed rather easy. It sure wasn't easy for the other guys who could not even hope to run with him. He was about as humble as you could possibly be when you set a WR. He ran almost 2 seconds faster for the mile before he was done, showing that this race in 1979 didn't require his very best to win it.

[@xxx-mz3ny]

Had to laugh at Eamon Coghlan......at the start he grimaced down towards Seb Coe as if to say your 800M credentials mean absolutely nothing over this distance and in this company...…...what a shock he got when he realised Coe wasn't stopping.

[@johnmc3862]

Lol!

[@johntechwriter]

Thanks for including that spoiler in the description. I'll just skip to the end.

[@wolfgang757]

yikes, it was forty years ago, everyone already knew except you.

[@giorgosarnokouros3989]

SEBASTIAN COE BEST EVER!!!

[@peterh1353]

I agree. Looking around, breaking concentration and seeming concerned with other runners. And yet smashes the WR. Smoothest sprinter ever so good you don't even think he is sprinting. Just floating on air.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

I just timed this in real time on a Casio stopwatch and got 3.46.8!

[@Trigger_000]

*Buy a better watch.*

[@kevinjames7012]

Yep ...I timed it at 3:46.86 and again at 3:46.83

[@steppings5645]

@@kevinjames7012 Definitely a 3.46++ time!

[@Brez6645]

I just did the same and got 3.46.73. The clock on the screen is out even by the end of the first lap. I wonder if anyone's ever brought this to Coe's attention?

[@andrewdeacon8315]

From memory it wasn’t unusual in those days for the tv displayed time to be out of sync with the official timing , I’m sure also it would have been hand timed as well (though if it was they must have been crowd side). Perhaps also speed issues with the video conversion ?

[@nomatesman]

amazing! has there ever been a break through race like this, before or since?

[@simonsedwards1513]

Mmmmm mm and now the 2 miles world record of 7:58'6!!!!!!! They said sub four minute mile would never be broken!!!!! Sub 8 minutes for 2 miles??????? The world record for 5000 metres is 60,5 each lap which means bekele was around 8:04 for 8 laps!!!!!! That is horrendous, sub 1:40 800m and sub 2 hours marathon are the all time trailblazers,,,, yes????? One day,,,, i hope we are here to see it but the closer we get to these impossible times the longer it's going to take 1:39'9???? Maybe another 30/40 years ago????? When coe ran 1:41'73 in 1981 it took, 31 years to take 7 tenths of (1:40'91!!!!!!) 31 YEARS!!!!!!! COE TOOK 1 SECOND AND 7 TENTHS OFF THE PREVIOUS ONE (1:43'4'=141:73) 1977'ALBERTO= 1981'COE!!!!!! IN FOUR YEARS!!!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!!??? IMAGINE IF SOMEONE DID THAT NOW THE 800 WOULD BE 139:2/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FREAKING FREAKS OF NATURE!!!!!!!!!! ROGER BANNISTER WAS THE GREATEST!!!!!!! STILL IS,,,,, RIP!!!!!!!!!!!! CHRIS CHATTAWAY AND CHRIS BRASHER!!!!!!!! AMAZING PEOPLE!!!!!! AND OLYMPIC STEEPLE CHASE CHAMP (brasher) coe could have run 3:46 that night!!!!!!! EASILY!!!!!!

[@Parislaugh]

​​​​@@simonsedwards1513now the world record on the 2 mile is 7,54,10. Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Norway. 2023. Anyway it is fantastisk pictures to watch from my young years growing up in Oslo, i saw this on TV with my dad. Sebastian Coe was a big hero at Bislett and in Norway and still is .

[@user-ej8yy7tm7y]

Времена были сильные белые мужчины идеальный бег себастьяна

[@athleticscoach2012]

Look at the times of the runners nearly all well over 3:50. Over time Coe and Ovett dragged them all under 3:50 trying in vain to catch them

[@jeremyhomewood9573]

Mmmmmmmm Steve Scott ran 3:47,66 in1982 !!!!!!! Coe was ill, ovett was recovering from injury, what happened? David moorcoft, and Steve cram step up,.for the fallen ( two) super stars and,SMASH THE WORLD !!!!! To this day i still can't believe what an awesomely , amazing FANTASTIC era! British athletics produced!from1977=1986!!!!!!!! BRITAIN Ruled!!!!!!! 800,1,000 metres,1500 mile 3000,5000(not forgetting ovetts2 miles in1978) john treacherous tracy from Ireland TWICE beat the world over the country 1978,1979!!!!!!! WHAT INCREDIBLE DAYS !!!!!!!!! That fantastic win by David moorcoft over 3000 metres at crystal palace 1982 just missing Henry rono,s world record STILL upsets me especially the two miles which moorcoft should have well under 8:10 seeing as though mo ran8:04 indoors with a 3,000 m of 7:32! FROM Roger that to peter Elliott! Right through to PAULA RADCLIFFE,S wonderful 2:15,25 MARATHON !!!!!!!! The whole world stood still, to this day !!!!!! One day someone is gonna run sub 1:40,00 for 800metres!!!!!!! SEBASTIAN COE opened, SMASHED open the doors to that inevitable barrier and i still believe if he hadn't got ill in 1982/1983 coe DEFINITELY would have run 1:40*5 for 800METRES !!!!!!!!! DEFINITELY,!!!!!!!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 we Ruled, undisputed

[@jeremyhomewood9573]

Sorry supposed to say from ROGER BANNISTER to peter Elliott !!!!!!

[@mtsflorida]

This was a very unexpected event except Coe. I would never be a rabbit as Lacey did probably planned by US coaches. While I was stationed at Fort Ord 77-'78 I saw the mile times decimated. The greatest in the world at the start was Walker who did a miraculous time in '78. When the US boycotted the '80 games any chances of qualifying were gone for my brother or me with Sub 4 times. Had the same coach Len Miller from UC Irvine. I did go to the '84 games and warned Mary Decker in the semi about getting tripped but wasn't at the final. Coe was happy again to win there in LA. Saw Steve Scott who was still involved with running clinics despite set backs in 2018 Atlanta. Some of our best runners came up empty handed in these games as it was just too political.

[@Hertzultra]

Another RIPE ole prune... think I may have actually watched this at the time 80's memories okay 79 then lol ;)

[@martinfoster9848]

Steve Scott is obviously wearing his shirt for a bet.

[@jeremyhomewood9573]

When COE ran3:47'33 boit finished over two seconds behind him in Brussels opening up in the last 200/ then really sprinting in the last 110 yards !!!!! COE could have run 3:44/3:45 THAT NIGHT, coz he held back and sprinted going through 1500m in 3:32*9 ??? No !!!! Because when COE ran that absolutely FANTASTIC 1000 metres of 2:12'18 !!!!! Only one man,in nearly 40 years beat it,by only two tenths !!!! Noah niyengey then ran the mile in 3:43 ,4 just behind the great hicham ell gerouge !!!!!! Noah is Kenyan!!!!!!! COE ran 3:29'7 1500 well past his peak in1986!!!!!!! Morcelli ,Noah and hicham came along and did exactly what COE was capable of, 3:27 1500/ 3:43/3:44/ MILE !!!!!!! Steve CRAM running 53 last lap means he was also DEFINITELY capable of running these times!!!!! Here's some serious hindsight,,, said aquita in almost catching STEVE CRAM when breaking 3:30/first time (both of them!!!!!!) Ran the last 💯 METRES in 11'*7 !!!!!!!!!!!! In a first time sub 3:30 1500 metres!!!!!!!! THAT is unbelievable which means said aquita should have run 1500 in,3:28 CRAM TOO !!!!!!!!

[@mathematics5573]

Could HeG have kept up with that with 1970s training?

[@simonedwards5564]

3 year's later Steve Scott wins this race(now called the dream mile) in 3:47*6 !!!!!!!!!!And another athlete who finished just behind 3:49? Barely failed to break 13:00 for the 5k just a few days later. What an era,,,,,, and COE was warming up for a 45,5 ,400m relay and 3 world records in 41 days in 1979 !!!!!!!!!!!,,, NEVER AGAIN,,,,,, Peter coe George gandy and Frank horwills 5000m 5 tier multi pace system also helped SEB hold 4 world records simultaneously,,,,,(just for an hour),steve ovett was a monster 👹 who else ( MAGNIFICENT) could equal seb coes 1500m rec waving to the bisslette crowd with 80 yards still to run,,,,,,,,,,,

[@AthletixStuffChannel]

Yeah,another one of those good British milers(his fellow Scot Williamson was another) who had the bad fortune to come along at the same time as Coe/Cram/Ovett..Virtually any other time they would have been our no.1. Poor timing!

[@ajs41]

17th July 1979.

[@nickbamber268]

"So modest!" haha!

[@user-ej8yy7tm7y]

Обратите внимание какой шикарный мах бедром

[@mikehopkins4040]

If you put a candle in front of Coe at the end it would still be flickering. If he would have been pushed on the last lap could have run too 3,46.

[@Sargebri]

Wow. No wonder this was called the Golden Mile. This field was so stacked it wasn't even funny. The only thing that could have made it better would have been if the Africans were there.

[@MilesBellas]

it was perfect as it was

[@archiewoosung5062]

Is Steve Ovett African?

[@darren2514fv]

ITV with Metcalfe and Pascoe

[@TheSecondWitness]

Coe ran 3:46.97 this day, but horrendous timing errors gave him credit only for a 3:48.95 mile. So in reality, he beat the previous World Record by nearly 2.5 seconds. Notice that the time clock does not appear on screen until the 400 meter mark, yet by the time it finally shows, it is already over a second over the actual time. When Coe finishes, the clock shows 3:47.90, yet continues running until it stops at 3:48.95. How could this have happened, and at Oslo of all places? This was a monumental failure by the timekeeping crew! I demand that the IAAF look into this, and that it corrects the mile time for Coe, and possibly others as well.

[@Amethyst_Friend]

+James Twining Any sources to back this up? (Other than the video.) I'm not saying you are wrong by the way.

[@entiller]

+James Twining That clock is not the official timer.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

I timed it at 3.46.8. I assume they had several hand timers as well as elec timing so not sure where the difference is. Maybe slightly fast video.

[@shangrila73eldorado]

Does anyone know the times of the other runners?

[@AthletixStuffChannel]

Scott was second in 3.51.1,,( missing the American record by .01!!) and Masback third in shade over 3.52.Coghlan ,Robson,Walker, Williamson and Wessinhage( in that order ) all came in either side of 3.53.

[@rinaldomeira9262]

Sebastian Coe maior britânico da história!

[@peteralainszpiriev4750]

I liked all of them as all fantastic athlet Walker was probably fantastic and Sebastian Coe still could win. Coe was most natural athlet one was follower is Borzakovsky from Russia . Coe may be a Tűzszekerek 2.

[@user-lr8ex7iz2c]

Если бы мне спросили,кто настоящий Англичанин или джентльмен,то Я ответил бы после Черчеля-Себьястан Коу.

[@philipholman4888]

Upside down Union Jack..........but a right side up Seb Coe.

[@MyChristine6]

Not a East African in the race

[@MilesBellas]

Paul Watson nor a Chinese person, Canadian etc. ... ......and it didn't snow either

[@janicenicholls5924]

Too early, my friend

[@thomasmain5986]

Stop calling him the little Japanese, in Japan he is not all that small🤣

[@countnulin3044]

I bet a couple of Kenian runners could beat him easily

[@MilesBellas]

Count Nulin false dilemma fallacy

[@bear1568]

Sorry, but you know nothing about track in the '70s.

[@jeremyhomewood9573]

Not a fukkin clue

[@andymacfaul2852]

Perhaps, but then Coe is in his sixties.

[@jeremyhomewood9573]

No kenyan could get anywhere near coe in those days!!!! Mike boit got the closest in 1981!!!!! At Coes peak