Marita Koch - Indoor 220 yards 1986

[@user-ui6kv2np8i]

Since it isn't mentioned in the video, for those of you who want to know the finishing time. It was 22.33, a new world record. The meet was held on 16th February 1986.

[@201081hero]

Not sure how you came to confuse a meeting quite clearly held in the USA to a meeting held in East Germany but you have. This is not 23.33 which was a 200 metre time run on an oversized track, this is 22.89 over 220 yards on February 28th 1986 during the US indoor championships.

[@dougraddi908]

Marita, the best sprinter ever in the 200m and 400m. She is the queen

[@Haraka111]

I agree with you on the 400 that's hands down, but not the 200 it's not even close in a 200... Flo Jo is the greatest..... In history..... At 100 and 200.... That is hands down....

[@dougraddi908]

@@Haraka111 Flo Jo one race she won in the 200m and got the world record, btw, she doped to do that. Whereas, Marita, won how many races in the 200m? Almost all the races she entered. What makes her the best is how dominant she was against the other athletes. Marita is the queen

[@anty1975]

@@dougraddi908 Flo Jo doped for 2 years may be and Marita doped for all her career ha-ha. There is plenty of evidence about this.

[@pietrodi1]

it makes me angry that you talk like this about athletes who without any shadow of a doubt have cheated throughout their careers; that the GDR has doped any sporty woman from an early age, and for about three decades, even the walls know it, and that sport should be a hymn to doping, I'm not in! obviously not only did they cheat; in Eastern European countries doping at that time was a common practice, but even the Americans were not immune, and among the established facts such as the positivity of Lewis and De Loach in Seoul, and other very probable ones, Griffith is certainly no exception indeed she, like Obelix, fell into the cauldron and drank all the potion! Today, however, everyone is suspicious, those who arrive ahead and even the last ones, that the culture of doping makes converts even among amateurs, who, in order to win the Sunday race, put their lives at risk, a stupid risk! if this surrogate is the Sport you want, here you are served!

[@szymon6207]

1/8 mile !

[@MrTelltale]

Go Marita...you are the best!

[@sarahwindow1266]

MrTelltale what do you mean?

[@user-co1gi7yd2r]

Sarah Window can you read?

[@jakkeday1]

She benefited from a state sponsored performance enhancing drug program that started in her teenage years - end of discussion!

[@MrTelltale]

Best sportswoman ever!

[@jakkeday1]

@@MrTelltale You must be joking! She isn't even a contender in Athletics let alone all of sport! Jackie Joyner Kersee, Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce, Allyson Felix, Marie Jose Perec, Katie Ledecky, Janet Evans, Margaret Court, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams, Sheryl Swopes, Mia Hamm, Simone Biles, Diana Taurasi ........and a few more!

[@TC-jj7uh]

Grace Jackson - big up from Jamaica

[@frb7968]

Doping Doping Doping Mrs. KOCH

[@kallenomalle]

Who is currently dead? Marita or FLO-JO.

[@user-ui6kv2np8i]

@jakkeday1 Many respected commentators would tell you why they consider Marita to be the greatest sprinter, male or female, of all time. Let me spell it out for you. No matter the era, EVERYONE, is on a level playing field, and yet, over 200m and 400m, Marita was still almost invincible. As far as I'm aware, she only ever lost 1 200m race, the 1979 World Cup in Montreal to Ashford, and 2 400m races, the 1977 World Cup to Szewinska and the 1981 World Cup to Kratochvilova. Just 3 competitive losses over 200 and 400 in 10 years of racing that included relays as well. (As far as I'm aware, she also won every relay over 4x100m and 4x400m that she ever participated in). She broke WR's over 50m, 60, 100m (an indoor WR of 11.11 that still stands today) broke the 200m multiple times, the 400 multiple times and still holds it, both of the relays multiple times and she is still also the unofficial holder of the 300m WR (34.1 made during her 400m WR). Therefore, Marita Koch, is the ONLY athlete, male or female, who has held, or still holds, EVERY regularly run sprint WR. People always talk about drugs etc, but, if it was just a case of drugs, the other GDR athletes would have been next to her as well and doing the 50-400 distances too. But, they weren't good enough to do so. And in all of her events, she still pulverised the rest of the GDR girls as well. Even if everyone in the world was 'clean' they'd have still metaphorically finished miles behind Marita. She is an utterly unique talent, a once in a lifetime athlete. She is more than a legend. She is the unquestionably the greatest sprinter, male or female, of all time. (For comparison, Graf lost more than 3 matches and if memory serves me correctly, she had a losing record against a younger Seles. If Seles hadn't been stabbed then Graf wouldn't have won as many majors as she did. I'm not even going to bother comparing Dreschler to Marita because it is just laughable).

[@shanegill5091]

Great comment. She was supremely talented, drugs or otherwise.

[@sawanihon8262]

Yes, without a doubt - the greatest!

[@armart3875]

​@@shanegill5091 SHE ??

[@stephentooth]

Steffi graf has a 10 - 5 win history over Selves, of that 6-4 in finals

[@RedDiamondXYZ]

She ran a clean race. There was no dirt

[@ap5113]

D.D.R. the best.

[@mikeprevost8650]

Best runners and swimmers that pharmaceutical science could create. Kornelia Ender, perhaps the greatest woman swimmer of all time, was very outspoken about how their athletes were never told what they were taking, after the Wall came down. And even if they did, they had no choice but to follow the program. Life in the DDR was grim for ordinary people, and sport gave them the opportunity for privileges and to travel to the West. I'm actually surprised that their officials allowed Marita to be interview without one of them being present. But make no mistake, both she and Koch were naturally gifted athletes.

[@71ajax74]

@@mikeprevost8650 The doping of athletes of the GDR is a myth and a fairy tale for outright morons of the new millennium.

[@LizaPirelli]

The last question has been translated wrongly. She answered: "that's how it is with the old women.!" great answer.

[@Theodoros.K.Mouchtaris]

Flo Jo is already 27 years old and 2 years after this she was clocking out of this world timmings in her races! Is that considered as "normal" or as expected?

[@71ajax74]

Marita - 👋👍❤❤❤

[@wowsdd-guy5535]

The inside is not an advantage, it's actually a disadvantage. The turns are tighter. Runners run the same distances because they use a staggered start.

[@dennisrobinson8008]

Yes outer two lanes are preferred

[@ivancervi1825]

La voce di Marita Koch e' assolutamente normale..

[@joeortiz7715]

Ivan Cervi Agreed 👍

[@eluceanlestelle]

E' anche molto femminile in questo filmato.

[@NylonAdidas]

Go Marita world record at 22.89. She beat and even bigger drug cheat Flo Jo. So double standards again as the East Germans are always singled out but in the 80s there were so many athletes from so many country including the West where they used drugs for which there were no tests at that time. Well done Marita so entertaining and so good to watch

[@marknorris1381]

Flo Jo probably learned something from this race - she needed some of the same.

[@sinsin1697]

I guarantee you from Europa Jamaica either way you're ignorant tell me exactly what drug Flo-Jo was on I need the name of the drug why would you try to smear a deceased woman's name you are special nobody

[@victorwilliams1304]

Mmmmm Koch as well as all of the East Germans used PEDs.

[@igloozoo3771]

In 1986, I was in 7th grade and I won the 50 yard dash. Next year, they went to the metric system and I couldn't defend my title.

[@vincentpele6851]

Un panel de dopées ou futures dopées !Magnifique...

[@user-wl3ov1zy3c]

ياأبيض انت. كل الحب الك

[@thesage1621]

That's not what she said at the end....she said:" that's how it is with us older women" ... Bad translation...

[@lkfrostad]

The Meister genau

[@basehead617]

Jesus they never said the time! Meets are so much better now.

[@201081hero]

Well timekeeping has come a long way since but it was eventually given as 22.89

[@sinsin1697]

They will literally running on wood

[@blaakcoffee]

@@201081hero world record!!!

[@pw7780759]

Does Koch step on the inside lane on first bend?

[@carlamarie72able]

pw7780759 yup I noticed that right away

[@denniswhite4446]

I watched it carefully at 1/4 speed and I think she just avoids it. Watched at normal speed the shadow of her left foot in the overhead lights makes it seen like she touches but if you focus on the foot itself it stays in lane.

[@marcodoering9776]

hehehe: Er fragt wie es geht dass sie immer schneller und schneller laufen kann. Sie antwortet: tja so ist es halt mit den alten Frauen. Er versteht das nicht ganz und übersetzt einfach: jeah that's a tough question. (Ja, eine schwierige Frage :-))

[@andrewcharles7873]

Flo Jo had never beaten Marita Koch over 200m during her lifetime. And the East German was smart enough to retire before dope testing became more stringent. She wouldn't have been able to set all her world records had she been clean. Her staggering 400m world record of 47.60sec set in 1985 still stands after 30 years. And even till today all the world's top 400m runners are struggling to break the 49 seconds barrier, let alone 48 seconds. The only one who came within 1 second of Koch's world mark was Frenchwomen Marie-Jose Perec. But what makes it more ironical was the fact that Koch's coach, Wolfgang Meier was also Perec's coach. Doesn't that ring a bell?? And she juiced her way to two 400m Olympic golds in Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996 as well as the 200m gold for good measure. She tried to attempt a treble in Sydney 2000 but was forced to widraw at the eleventh hour when news surfaced that she could be tested positive for stanozolol.

[@Hever73]

Very interesting, I think lots of records on track and field should be invalid or everybody should be allowed to use drugs

[@shottut]

It was Florence who retired before random drug testing came in, in 1989. Perec winning time in Atlanta was 48.25, which is 6 tenth behind Koch time. And Perec's withdrawal was not forced, we don't know why she decided not to run. And in all reality who cares. No of the women's running record are clean - none.

[@sandyacombs]

Probably true, but if we look at the men, who also took steroids in the 80's, there are only 3 records remaining. The answer isn't just steroids, because there have been plenty of undetectable performance enhancing drugs available since the 90's and yet no one has come very close to those records. There is a talent side to running that I think you are forgetting about.

[@SDfmm]

Thank you for that information! I was looking at the fastest recorded times at 400m and was surprised that there was one time from Perec in the 90's. This explains a lot (regarding having the same coach as Koch). Haha I am fascinated about the womens lap times in 100m 200m 400m and 800m, especially the record holders such as Kratovchilova (spelling) and Marita Koch. Hahaha so juiced up but so insanely good they were!

[@SDfmm]

Michael. RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ I am not crying about that my friend. I am just pointing out that I am fascinated about the russian and german athletes who still holds the WR today. I am aware that Flo Jo and most US athletes were doped up as well! Take care!

[@runnersguide5490]

That is some good graphics!

[@Theodoros.K.Mouchtaris]

How come they didn't use starting blocks? Anyone having any clue?

[@user-ui6kv2np8i]

Marita Koch - Greatest all around female sprinter of all time.

[@vernonhendricks867]

yes, thanks to turinabol

[@mattwad9738]

the Americans took simiklar shit and still do. Marita is just better then them.

[@sandyacombs]

Flo Jo was in this race, she really only had one good year in '88 becoming superwoman for a brief moment.

[@TC-jj7uh]

Steroids year - drugged up Flo Jo, killed her

[@sinsin1697]

@@TC-jj7uh new type of low-life you know that.. you are nobody nobody loves you... Your mama rejected you you are full of rejected..... You are a loser

[@sinsin1697]

How many good years do you have

[@Haraka111]

NCAA 400m champion 1984 Olympic silver medal 200m 1987 World Championship silver medal 200m.. yeah one good year Flo-Jo had one good year name your accomplishments bunch of weirdos on KZbin LOL

[@sinsin1697]

@@TC-jj7uh I guarantee you from Jamaica never realize y'all was so delusional must be that bleaching cream LOL

[@bobby1968100]

What duration was achieved ?

[@201081hero]

If you mean the winning time for Koch it was 22.89

[@tfrf0042]

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@steelermia]

what kind of a fkd up track is that lol

[@kallenomalle]

Marita didn't have to dope. It was from space.

[@helenvancougat3770]

Wierd thing is Koch was so good sahe probably didn't need steroids

[@woodyjagla328]

,,,,, LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@frankpagel39]

Never seen an indoor race with high curves.

[@muggensan8611]

the lievin's track is pretty curvy too and it is famous for all the wr on 200m broken there , that helps to perform on that distance

[@markculshaw224]

The answer to his question .... Is only if I get more drugs. Flo Jo obviously got more drugs after this race tho 🤣

[@juanfrankazofeifagonzalez6583]

WonderFull and ToTal PowerFull MariTa Koch...BuT,Why She Don'T Goes To Seoul-88...?!?-

[@mattwad9738]

Problems with her federation. She asked for more recovery because she had issues with tendors. They told her "if an athlete has health issues, she has to retire". So she retired when she was still faster than anyone else who ever walked on a track.

[@vordman]

Marita Koch is often suspected as being as a steroid abuser, but I have to say she appeared rather feminine in the interview. Maybe she was just a phenomenal athlete after all.

[@zaneclone]

Here's the thing... if everyone in the eastern block was "at it"- why was she the only one setting world records for fun over a long career ? Wouldn't there be many others "in the mix" otherwise ? I think she was an exceptional athlete... and as you say- there was no evidence visually she was anything other than a fit, feminine woman- and remained so many years after she retired. Many other "users" of ped's had physiological changes- many which impacted their health long after retirement...

[@Johnrap]

Well, it's been 31 years, do you they know if MK beat VBH yet? By the way, my older sister once beat Diane Dixon on that track. It was an 800 though, not a 400 which would've been epic. For some reason when my sister was in 8th grade she could run an 800 faster than most male high school seniors. It was sort of weird that she could do that at 13 years old. You'd never guess that she was a runner know. In fact, by age 14 she already didn't look like a runner.

[@sinsin1697]

Seems like you're proud of your big sister there's nothing wrong with that

[@stephentooth]

They met over 400m in 1986 Koch won easily both, In 1984 Weltklasse 200m Koch smashed it ,In 1985 before the world cup It seemed Koch was in training & came 2nd

[@peterhammer6915]

it makes me laugh crazy that people here accuse Koch of doping (which she surely did). Some hypocrites.

[@jamesnazon8714]

Marita, the best sprinter ever. Look at Flo Jo and her ridiculous hair

[@iancorbett1471]

Best drug cheat you mean proven in the East German Stasi files

[@jamesnazon8714]

@@iancorbett1471 cry harder

[@iancorbett1471]

@@jamesnazon8714 over what a dishonest well known drug cheat.....not likely!!!!

[@jamesnazon8714]

@@iancorbett1471 come on, you started crying because I said Marita Koch was the best sprinter ever. So...... Cry some more

[@jamesnazon8714]

@@iancorbett1471 i bet you weren't even around to see them perform. Here you are, a sheep, following the rest of the world in condemning the East Germans when in reality, most of the world was doping, at least the European countries. So, be a follower and a Nancy-boy. Cry my son, cry!!!

[@sage6336]

no blocks

[@dennisrobinson8008]

That'sa tenth or so

[@mattwad9738]

Marita Koch over Floyo.

[@jakkeday1]

Being part of a nationally controlled drug program from your teenage years VS doping for a year as an adult!

[@mattwad9738]

@@jakkeday1 for a year?? Americans start as teenagers even today.

[@jakkeday1]

@@mattwad9738 You said Koch over Flojo! There are documents outlining the German state sponsored doping program and Marita Koch's drug regimen. Of course we don't have any official evidence but it's highly probable that Flojo doped for about a year. It's the rapid increase in her performances from 1987 to 1988 that suggest this. In this 1986 race, I doubt Flojo was on anything whereas Koch was already benefitting from years of doping. In any case, Flojo had many advantages over Koch & every other woman in the history of the sport as a sprinter. She had the fastest foot strike in recorded history, meaning her foot was in contact with the ground for the least amount of time. Her combination of cadence and stride length, particularly with her lower leg forward motion was unmatched. At her peak no sprinter, male or female, could match her relaxation. If we recognise that the vast majority of female sprinters benefitted from drugs at some point (and even discount the 10.49 which was blatantly wind assisted), Flojo was a marvel!

[@mattwad9738]

@@jakkeday1 I know, I´m also german. I also know the dude who got 2nd highest amount of drugs. But the americans did and still do the same

[@wowsdd-guy5535]

Not impressed. When I was in high school, a 7th Grade boy ran the 220-yard dash in 24.0. The boy's high school record in the U.S. is 20.5 seconds, which was done 10 years before this meet.

[@ynotnilknarf39]

not indoors it wasn't meathead and not without starting blocks nor on a super tight track, this is a 170yd track, totally different to run on compared to a 440yd/400m track and run a 220, you're clueless!

[@sinsin1697]

Do you realize they were running on wood those were actually boards the track was made out of plywood

[@Mojo16011973]

Slo Jo

[@JaymoJoints]

World record and they didn't even start in blocks

[@lionelwitherspoon762]

Koch was the greatest all around female sprinter ever. But, I guess Flo Jo realized she needed the same juice the East Germans had after this. By 1988 she made the Germans look like chicken. Still standing the 100, 200, 400 records held by Flo Jo and Marita almost 30 years! So, it was great talent and juice, since today they all are juiced up. 1. KOCKH,2.FLO-JO 3.Ashford (clean!!).4 V. Cambell-Brown, 5.Frazier-Price,6. Ottey.7 W Tyus, 8. M. Gohr, 9.E. Thomson 10. H Dressler. All East Germans, USA, Jamacian. Greatest sprint nation,. ....BLACK AMERICA, Jamacia, East Germany.

[@mothertree]

Thank you Lionel for the nice way you put Evelyn Ashfords credentials up...I can see we all appreciate her.. we love her

[@bobjacubas6818]

No she wasn't Irena Szewinska was the greatest all round female sprinter hands down ! Only one to hold the world record in all 3 events the only one to have Olympic medals in all 3 events. (Olympic Champion at 200 m and 400m) The only sprinter to ever be ranked # 1 in the world at all 3 sprints in 1974. She was ranked in the top 3 from 1964 to 1977 in the 200 meters (7 times # 1). Ranked 4 times #1 at 400 meters and 2 times #1 at 100 meters. Koch was never ranked #1 at 100 meters and never held the world record at the distances either. Szewinska was also ranked the world's #1 long jumper 3 times.

[@mothertree]

That is quite impressive!

[@lionelwitherspoon5410]

+Bob Jacubas Koch was much better than the Jew

[@shottut]

Yep Irena was in a class of her own. The all-round female sprinter we have seen. The first woman to break the 50.0 second barrier. And lets not forget beating the favoured and younger east german's Wockel (200m) and Koch (400) at the first world cup in 1977 at 31.

[@woodyjagla328]

,,,,, drugs won again.

[@swiehahn4]

Drugs came 3rd in that race......2 years later nobody can touch her and she is twice as mucled

[@woodyjagla328]

@@swiehahn4 ,,,,, please, stop smoking that funny stuff.

[@kallenomalle]

Who is currently dead? Marita or FLO-JO.

[@normanhurst8517]

Glory to the DDR

[@fergusalex]

then the tv caption was wrong ffs usa are a bit amateur

[@Fm4lg]

He ran inside the lane he should have been disqualified

[@sashamoore5547]

Marita was full of drugs Boo

[@kallenomalle]

Who is currently dead? Marita or FLO-JO.

[@ronaldekman7637]

Wow doping bingo 😡😡😡

[@kimcavagna2082]

This is your life on drugs

[@smoothnubian]

Koch ran out of her lane. should have been disqualified

[@mothertree]

I think she may have too...but hey lol I guess we will have to call the congressional congress have a great day my friend

[@wowsdd-guy5535]

She never went out of her lane.

[@zabaleta66]

She wasn't the only one, Cheeseborough too l .....tough on those inside lanes.

[@kallenomalle]

Ja so ist das mit den alten Frauen. Falsch übersetzt.

[@user-gj8fr3vg5k]

Великая Кох и убогий манеж

[@pietrodi1]

it makes me angry that you talk like this about athletes who without any shadow of a doubt have cheated throughout their careers; that the GDR has doped any sporty woman from an early age, and for about three decades, even the walls know it, and that sport should be a hymn to doping, I'm not in! obviously not only did they cheat; in Eastern European countries doping at that time was a common practice, but even the Americans were not immune, and among the established facts such as the positivity of Lewis and De Loach in Seoul, and other very probable ones, Griffith is certainly no exception indeed she, like Obelix, fell into the cauldron and drank all the potion! Today, however, everyone is suspicious, those who arrive ahead and even the last ones, that the culture of doping makes converts even among amateurs, who, in order to win the Sunday race, put their lives at risk, a stupid risk! if this surrogate is the Sport you want, here you are served!