Legendary Bob Schul- Last 3 laps in 1964 Tokyo Olympic 5km Final

History was made with the running of the 5000m Final at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
On this video clip you will see the final three laps of the race, perhaps the most exciting finish in American distance running history.
More details please go and check : www.bobschul.net/ to see the contributions what our Bob still working on!

[@Eltonman29]

I remember Mr. Schul showing us this race on film in class I think. He taught in Dayton Public schools and actually was a damn good teacher.

[@christopherlerude4]

Bill Delllinger. What a class act. I corresponded with him when I was a Nevada high school runner and he was at Oregon. Always wrote me back. I won State in the 800 and he was very happy for me. Still have all my letters from Coach Dellinger!

[@lowrider419fly]

Bob Schul used to train kids, from middle schoolers to college runners, for free twice a week at a track in Troy. Then he would take us to meets. He taught me so much about running. I am almost 60 years old now and still remember his words when I run.

[@MrSoxfan56]

"This was the same year that Billy Mills won the 10,000 meter race which was the first time an American ever won that race. Mills race was unbelievable. I was a senior in high school and loved watching track & field events. The Mills race on tape still gives me chills and I am 71 years old now".

[@runcaz7802]

MrSoxfan56 I would like to see the entire 10,000 meters but can only find short clips of the final lap.

[@mikecarmean6446]

💥 Billy's Still Alive and Looks Good @ 82 💥

[@richardlogan1021]

Billy Mills. American legend. Indigenous peoples’ hero.

[@jindersingh8361]

Bob shull was my couch in malayasia in 1971 he helped me to improve my times in the 5000 and 10000m after he left for the USA i followed his traning style and did well in the games held in Asia tq mr bob for all that u taught me

[@rickyferguson2362]

Jinder that is great!

[@pauljohnson5190]

Hope you didn't sit on him too much.. 😁

[@billybox7796]

I was 15 and saw this race thru a Walgreen's window at State St and Randolph St in Downtown Chicago. I was a HS runner at the time. It inspired all of us HS'er's that America could run with the best and win. Recommend the book by Kenny Moore: Bowerman and the Men of Oregon - more than a track book, its one of the finest biographies and historical treatments of America in the 50, 60s and 70s.

[@mauricepointer9555]

RIP Mr Schul. Thank you for your service to our country and your magnificent achievements.

[@michaeltanouye5470]

I was 12 years old and saw both 5,000 and 10,000 on TV. The Schul race is just as memorable for me. One difference is that Schul was a favorite to win because he had the best 5,000 time in the world that year and also had set the world record for two miles. Still, what an achievement on the most important stage and what a display of grit. Side note: Can't believe that elite runner Jazy looked back so frequently. Not looking behind is junior high school rule #1.

[@jamestiscareno4387]

@NBCeeUs! Yep, same rule #3 for me but her name was/is Sally Herrera. To this day she is STILL simply beyond gorgeous.

[@cy8685]

Last lap in :54 is BLAZING fast for that time in history.

[@MrJohnr47]

C Y? Probably was on a cinder track!

[@malcolmmay6088]

@@MrJohnr47 wet cinders

[@lestermount3287]

especially on a cinder track in the rain.

[@christopherlerude4]

68 was the first Games on a rubber or polyurethane track

[@brucewayne-bp2qw]

Not only cinder track but shoe technology too

[@nidabatayan3047]

What a final lap! Worth the watch...love these old clips....

[@mikesims6279]

I was a freshman runner at Miami U. when Bob Schul came back to school. His workouts were impressive. He lapped me in a 2 mile race and told me he felt bad since I had to drop out by rule. He was a classy gentleman.

[@kentrice1958]

What a great call! Awesome race by Schul!

[@johcafra]

The last American to win the Olympic 5K run, while another American, Bill Dellinger, dives across the finish line to grab the bronze from Frenchman Michel Jazy, who turns his head just one time too many. Schul had a murderous finishing kick. The video doesn't show his beatific grin when he wins. And there's Kenya's legendary Kip Keino finishing behind Jazy. One heckuva race...that is, after that Olympics' 10K run!

[@lestermount3287]

Jazy was the world record holder for 2 miles and Clark for 5K but it didn't matter in this race.

[@cbtole1]

So great to see this. Last Olympiad on a dirt (mud) track. Fun watching Schiull kick. Dellinger just nosing out a bronze at the end. What a treat. Id love to see the whole race; 10,000 too. For all Olympics, not just this one. A blast. 👍

[@tominrochester]

What a kick, at the end. Incredible.

[@torpedobob111]

Great video. How have I never heard of this guy? Much respect to him for being the only American to win the Olympic 5000m run.

[@caydengalentine648]

I am a cross country runner from the same school as bob. milton union high school in west milton ohio. Proudnto be there. thanks bob

[@aed939]

Wow, I just saw this. How come I did not know about this? All I ever heard about from Tokyo is Billy Mills 10,000.

[@bumblebeemoi]

You weren't born yet? I was 12 and remember it vividly.

[@peterdoyle458]

I count myself as fortunate. I was glued to the TV coverage of the 64 Olympics and saw both races. They are great moments in USA sports history. “Americans win the five and ten!” Yes, they did. Schul and Mills.

[@debabeba]

I just met him today at a local 10K race in my area!

[@sananto6896]

Damn, i was a runner in the 70's and 80's and knew about Billy Mills and watched his movies. But, I did not know about Bob Schul and this race. Makes no sense that Schul doesn't seem to get the credit he deserves for being the first American to win Olympic 5000 meters.

[@Watkinsstudio]

@Charles Porter "Political correctness"? Nah, Mills was not expected to win, yet ran an exciting OR 10,000, only 9 sec behind the WR. Schul, however, was the favorite and delivered in a comparatively slow 5,000. nowhere near the WR.

[@diggerspantry5289]

Mills was the underdog or reservation poverty underdog. Literally won gold and retired. What a G.

[@lestermount3287]

Mills' race was first so Schul did not get the publicity that Mills did. Only those of us that actually are track fanatics remember this.

[@rickyferguson2362]

@@lestermount3287 yes sir Lester

[@johnkoziel789]

@@diggerspantry5289 Mills set the world 6 mile record one year later.

[@chrisvesy7245]

Love the announcers back in the day👍

[@gentlehorst]

Yes, Norpoth was Shul-Meistered by Shul. I still think the stoical Harald Norpoth winning the silver medal should be mentioned here also! Even when he beat Prefontaine in the 70s I am sure after the race they both had a nice chuckle in German. Great guy.

[@nunyabinis]

Happy Birthday, Bob Schul!

[@WaryBuck1]

Great race...some BIG names of that era in their wake.

[@lease2coach1]

"And Dellinger takes third!" Thanks for posting.

[@MentoringGrowingLeaders]

Go Ducks (Eugenean living in Cambodia)

[@billhuntington787]

And he passed Jazy right at the line just like Stewart passed Prefontaine.

[@velocybirr]

I remember the Miracle on Ice. I had not heard of the Miracle in Tokyo. That was rather exciting to watch. Thank you.

[@daddo2413]

This and the Billy Mills win of the 10,000 meters are so beautiful to watch. Simple, intelligent greatness.

[@angeluomo]

Great race. Thanks for posting.

[@anthonypayne2526]

WOW I have never seen this footage! Thanks for sharing it.

[@muham8]

Great clip!

[@ericsamuelson5656]

This was the very first Summer Olympics ever televised on NBC long before it became an NBC exclusive since 1988. Only the opening & closing ceremonies were televised in color.

[@rentslave]

It was on tape as the satellites to show continuous live telecasts around the world were not yet ready.

[@Dave-ol7cc]

The dawn of the running boom. Got me into high school cross country and have run ever since.

[@jean-mariepierre2629]

MARDI 19 mai 2020, 03H01, I WAS, TEN YEARS OLD, FROM PARIS, MES, PREMIERES LARMES. JAZY, ( 4 ÈME) . RAIN AND TEARS, MY FIRST SOUVENIR ATHLETISME... MICHEL JAZY, MON IDOLE... MERCI, POUR LA VIDEO.

[@yulanalow2395]

Did anyone catch the announcer's phrase when referring to the Kenyan: the boy, not the runner from Kenya but the boy. Now the Kenyan runners dominate the long distance events.

[@patrickmorgan4006]

I heard it. To him, the young runners were kids. That was the great Marty Glickman (as Jim Brown referred to him in an HBO documentary) speaking. Olympic sprinter in 1936, teammate and friend of Jesse Owens. He and teammate Sam Stoller were the only members of the team who did not get the opportunity to compete, replaced in the 4x100 relay. Not so coincidentally, they were the only Jewish members of the team.

[@nordicwilly6650]

RIP Bob Schul. I read his book. Fascinating training. Loads of relaxed aerobic intervals

[@lesliemcdermott2440]

What a great effort by Dellinger to make the podium!

[@GeoAce777]

BEST Olympic race that I never saw LIVE per the announcer

[@Tblillard]

What a race; what a finish. The announcer surely thought so, too!

[@cesarcoelho3012]

Bill Dellinger last 2 laps were impressive, Came from nowhere & extremely strong last 50 yards...for the medal

[@monettenucum367]

Wow what a refreshing time to watch such a classic race, only d best & d "beast" distant runners! Incredibly amazing...

[@lestermount3287]

Mills had won the 10K earlier so Schul never got the recognition outside the track community he deserved

[@dr.socrates1426]

Great race. Thank you for posting. Outstanding final lap of Bob Schul. I'm glad to see my compatriot Harald Norpoth winning the silver medal. It's a pity that nowadays there is no runner like he was in Germany. But the USA have since Tokyo a great tradition of long distance runners.

[@PeterPan-nh7yx]

@dr.socrates1426 remember barcelona 1992

[@dr.socrates1426]

@@PeterPan-nh7yx Yes you are right. But Dieter Baumann was an exception and he was the last german runner who was able to reach a medal at the Olympic Games or World Championship.

[@gerrymetzler8814]

Bob Schul ran one of the greatest races I”ve ever seen and there is rarely a mention of him as one of the greatest American distance runners. Why?

[@Gnomebe]

So true.

[@richardmilliken5651]

Schul should've got more attention and i believe he was overshadowed by Mill's incredible kick as well. Any other Olympics and Bob would've been the center of attention!!!

[@lestermount3287]

Because Billy Mills' race was before this race only track fanatics know who Schul was and what he did.

[@brianpowell7416]

@@richardmilliken5651 Come on, now. Bob Schul's ferocious kick was incredible, period. Jazy seemingly had the race won, but Schul kept pouring it on on a track reduced to near-quagmire! By scorching it in the second lane, that was very wise of Bob, as he would have better footing. A tour de force performance by Schul, indeed. However, you are oh so right; Mills's kick seemed to come out of nowhere after he had hung with the world record holder for all that time. The 1964 Olympics were truly very special for the USA in track 'n field.

[@charlesporter1148]

These replies are accurate but not the real reason...mills was Indian and so was the idol of the politically correct media...the corrupt media has always pushed racism and political correctness..

[@malvernwarmington4942]

Great run from the young Kip Keino. Figured he thought Ron Clarke would be the danger and realised too late that the danger was elsewhere.

[@fredt3727]

Michel Jazy past away on the 1st feb 2024. Rest in peace. Repose en paix

[@danprado3020]

Great kick at the end! What am amazing accomplishment.

[@hoopaholicstickum]

Awesome kick…. A true legend.

[@wernerschneider4460]

An unbelievable view today: A long-distance Olympic final with all but one white runners. How times have changed.

[@CanadaMath]

R.I.P. Bob Schul.

[@markovelikonja5399]

I certainly knew about Bob Schul but it had never really sunk in that he and Billy Mills won gold in the same Olympics. Nor did I realize both Kip Keino and Ron Clarke were in this race.

[@mattgoodwin1286]

"The BOY from Kenya"?!!!!!! That was KIPCHOGE KEINO, one of the greatest runners of the 1960s. If the announcer had forgotten his name, the word "runner" was available.

[@richardthegingerbo909]

yeah, very cringeworthy old man language from another time

[@terrymcclure5325]

He became well known in 68 not before

[@pierrelermigeaux3636]

Michel Jazy,l idole de mon adolescence quand j’ai commencé à courir au Lycée..

[@bigwillie5717]

Awesome!!!! Schul!!!!!

[@Randylewus1958]

Bob Schul is the most underrated athlete in a American history

[@APBCTechnique]

Great run 🏃

[@Baskerville22]

The Australian Ron Clarke was one of the greatest middle/long-distance runners in athletics history. In the 1960s he set 17 world records from 2 miles -10 miles, and also the 1-hour record. However, he never won an Olympic gold medal.

[@AHC63]

What a great last 400m - world class.

[@bigbong620]

What a race!!

[@jmysterio100]

Dellinger who got third was very influential along with Bowerman for developing Steve Prefontaine.

[@mikecarmean6446]

13:48 In 1964 🏆 What a Kick... What a Race

[@jmysterio100]

On a wet cinder track too.

[@cliftonboyz1959]

Tremendous commentating!

[@1fromtheroad]

As you come into West Milton you can see the sign home of Bob Schul. Lots of runners in the area.

[@GMPage-ru5io]

"And Dellinger takes third!"

[@reggieglubber5420]

YEAH!

[@tromboneJTS]

1:12 Schul heard from the announcer that he was 📦 boxed-in and reacted accordingly.

[@borninparis]

There was no psychology coach back then. Jazy, who probably was the strongest in the field, is dissolving in the last 120 meters due to a panic attack (fear of winning) that had his mind betraying his legs, a result of coming into the race terrified by the stakes, confidence at bottom level, a condition we can well appreciate as he keeps turning his head checking on who's behind him. Later he admitted being totally flabbergasted seeing Schul unfazed, reading a cartoon, as the runners waited to get on the tracks. I was only 9 years old back then in France, we listened to the race on the radio, and that loss still hurts. He was such a great runner., by 1966, he owned 3 world records, mile, 1500 and 5000.

[@jeffjastro]

Not only that, Jazy wasn't fast enough.

[@borninparis]

darwinjeff I disagree, Jazy was a superb finisher, he won most of his races not by outpacing the competition like Ron Clarke, but by dashing in the last stretch. Just as he did in Tokyo, except that he froze with fear (back then, all of France was expecting to win gold, the pressure was immense and it did him in, he admitted so).

[@jeffjastro]

I see...it is tough to bring everything to the table in any competition, certainly. I would perhaps instead say Schul was better prepared, as it was a 'level playing field,' including emotional preparations available to all of the athletes of the time. Perhaps the pressure from France affected Jazy (unfortunate irony for him), but pressure came in different forms for each runner. Just my take from competitions I have been in (not running, but other stuff). Best regards...

[@cy8685]

You're a moron if you think ANY Olympic athlete who makes the final and is leading in the last lap of a race has a "fear of winning." They've been winning all their lives, and that's the entire reason they're there - trying to win! If they were afraid of winning they would have never made it to the Games at all.

[@binkyxz3]

The panic is not the fear of winning, it's the inability to respond when a competitor comes up and begins to move past you. All relaxation, which is key to good running, disappears.

[@cujospawn]

Who coached the US distance runners in 64? Hats off to him.

[@jeffbrower8773]

Yeah for sure. Did we ever have this level of success since at 5K and 10K ?

[@cy8685]

The quality of American distance running has actually improved. But notice - in this race there was one African. Today you'll see a host of African countries represented. It's hard for a white man to even get into the finals nowadays, due to the superior genetics of African runners. BTW, just as today, those runners had their own coaches. The USA has never had a national team with a coach training all the Olympic runners.

[@johnhayes1916]

The Olympic coach does not really coach the athletes at the Olympics. He is a manager for them. Igloi was Schul's coach. I am unsure about Mills.

[@johnstirling6597]

Vale, Bill Ballie and Ron Clarke, two great runners from down under.

[@francescomariucci3563]

Meraviglia!!!!!!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@drsonnysell4471]

Dude!!

[@weavedog67128]

I went to the same high school as Bob Schul :)

[@cy8685]

Big deal. I was born in the same country as Bob Schul.

[@jaydonsvlogs4367]

I got a signature from him I saw him at one of my cross country meats

[@johnkoziel789]

@Air Cardinal Kenya Olympic trials in the distance events are a meat grinder.

[@GLD516]

RIP Robert Schul

[@joeyguy1952]

Schul , amazing kick for the V

[@richardl772]

That was a pretty partisan commentary.....

[@juanmoczo401]

No other runner was referred to as "the boy from ..."

[@josepaulinogarciaperez7955]

Viva. El. Atletismo. 🥇🥇🥇🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

[@_marli_3577]

At my school, are cross country team gets to buy tshirts and Bob schull will be there to sign them, sadly he won’t be making it this year:(

[@normanlinden5786]

There is an interview "out there" on KZbin with Ron Clarke and in it he admits this was the only 5K/10K that he ever gave up on.

[@addie_is_me]

What a thrilling finish! The "Boy from Kenya?" oh, this 1964 (sigh).

[@jmysterio100]

Who was none other than Kip Keino.

[@malvernwarmington4942]

I noticed that also; apparently he didn't have a name.

[@addie_is_me]

@@jmysterio100 and the only runner who the announcer did not mention by name.

[@billhuntington787]

Ironically, Dellinger passed Jazy at the end identically to the Stewart passed Prefontaine in 1972!

[@afnafaisainbabamami3598]

Imagine if someone commented "i remember watching this as a kid"

[@michaelhatch1994]

"The Boy from Kenya" .....any other "boys" in the race.

[@1hwmarlow]

Pretty callous by the narrator. Kip was 20 years old at the time.

[@juanmoczo401]

Exactly. Just incredible how embedded racism still was in our language

[@lanagorgeous9485]

Bill Dillinger's last sprint though for bronze , WOW!

[@alessandrodorsi9800]

Che bella telecronaca

[@rentslave]

Strangely,Schul didn't even hold his college's three mile record for very long as Jack Bacheler broke it only a few years later.

[@davidhamburg7868]

Wow

[@RaysDad]

This race was a bit boring until the last lap. Then it was great! The leader Jazy was "rubbernecking" at the end, paying more attention to the other runners than to his own form. That slowed him down so much he didn't even medal. Schul was much stronger than anyone else down the stretch and ran full-steam for the last 200 m.

[@gary1961]

A great performance considering they were running on porridge.

[@pasi.klemetti2832]

We don't know that for sure. We allways underestimate people from past. We can still enjoy these races. Running is a beautifull sport

[@bumblebeemoi]

They say "Michael Jazzy" Phonetically, it's "Michele Yatzee" if I'm not mistaken.

[@GeraldLafon]

+Philip Bourdon It's Michel and the announcer pronounces Jazy correctly.

[@bumblebeemoi]

+Gerald Lafon Gerald Lafon. "Jazy" is French and the "J" would not be pronounced like "Jazzy." Trust me, I'm right. Plus I know very well how Michel is spelled since I saw this back then.

[@kenkur27]

@@bumblebeemoi It's pronounced like 'ZhaZEE'

[@AncientPharaoh]

“ the boy from Kenya” and later on “the Frenchman”.

[@patrickmorgan4006]

If you are accusing Marty Glickman of racism, you should do a little research on the man.

[@AncientPharaoh]

@@patrickmorgan4006 Tell on more of him such as he is angel and sings in choir. I directly quoted him. Can you say I misquoted him? Can you say I’m wrong with this quote? No, you can not say that. It’s his words I used and it’s powerful. You’re blinded by being a fanboy here. The irony is, if you or that racist bastard were called a “boy” in a similar platform you both would be seeking a damned apology.

[@JoeMac1983]

@@AncientPharaoh Have a drink. Your cancel culture blood pressure is through the roof.

[@AncientPharaoh]

@@JoeMac1983 Your days of blatant disrespect are over. Get with the program ya inbred fool.

[@juanmoczo401]

@@AncientPharaoh Spot on !

[@borninparis]

RIP Michel Jazy! 😢

[@frankvoncobbenrodt885]

Silbermedaille für Norpoth 👍

[@mtgne5351]

B.Hayes run on this dirty track 100m 10:00 sec!

[@brianoidperson]

Ron Hill (?) was close to bring gold to USA in 5000 m in 1932. But certain Lauri Lehtinen from Finland came first. Lehtinen was accused of blocking Hill in final meters and wss booed at in medalceremony.

[@user-wy8sj3ed3f]

Супер финиш 38.7 последние 300 м,по колено в грязи.С таким финишем Шуль мог выйграть в тактическом забеге у любого современного бегуна

[@rentslave]

The "boy" from Kenya?Times have changed.I should have my shoe salesman,Peter Rono,check out this video.

[@99theohiostate]

The boy from Ohio won.

[@GrenvilleP710]

Well tal😊k about bias

[@bobhillgrove4473]

...the OLYMPIAN in black was Bill Baillie(?) of NZ & was a SUB 4-minute miler and WR holder @ the 1-hour run on the track, BREAKING Emil Zatopek's long standing record....believe JAZY had it won, BUT, Schul was sub 4 for the mile, as well and WR holder at 2-miles @ the time

[@ahmedbaig7279]

To say it was an old sporting event. But Bob Schulz was excellent to win this event. By the way Pakistan got Silver Medal in field hockey Tokio Olympic 1964. Again the same event is going to be held in Tokio Japan but with only Japaneese spctstors.

[@MrAntman36]

Its called 5,000 metres. Don’t be lazy in your description

[@johnrogan9420]

Did Jazy did a bronze medal at least?

[@normanlinden5786]

Bill Dellinger.

[@dr.socrates1426]

@Clean Up On Aisle 5 You're right. Michel Jazy won the silver medal in the 1500m race 1960 in Rome.

[@ralphfurley123]

I had to replay it just to make sure I heard it right! But one of the commentators said “The BOY from Kenya...”! Is the commentator from the South? Why use that term? ☮️🖖🏽

[@LtEdPell]

Should we find the announcer's headstone and remove it? The world has changed. Accept it and keep moving forward.

[@JoeMac1983]

How about you go and dox Marty Glickman's surviving family members and cancel his contributions to the sport of track and field. ❄❄❄ To judge a person from another generation without context or empathy for the world and society in which they lived makes you a very ignorant individual. Moreover, to think that you are so righteous that you wouldn't have behaved in a similar manner under the same circumstances makes you a fool.

[@JoeMac1983]

@@matthewerulkar3164 1.) Upon replay, I don't even think it was Glickman who said it. 2.) It was a poor choice of words considering how sensitive people like you (you as an individual, don't go getting all butt hurt by using your group identity to take offense) but it didn't sound like it was meant to be derogatory. 3.) Glickman, and likely the other announcers, was double the age of Kip and it may very well been a comment about his youth instead of what you're thinking. I don't call men in their early 20's "boys" (because that would be assuming their gender, right?) and instead refer to them as "kids", because that's what they are until they hit 30. 4.) If it was Glickman then I highly doubt with his past that he was making any sort of racial slight. He faced discrimination as well for his ethnicity and his teammates on his relay team were of the same complexion as Kip. 5.) I could be completely wrong about the announcer's intent but it doesn't change the fact that you're an overly sensitive individual who needs to toughen up a bit.