Marita Koch Women's 400m World Record

Martia Koch setting the 400m record (47.60) which still stands today

[@Atombender]

She was basically a running pharmacy.

[@magischerteufel5734]

Wenn das so ist, waren es damals alle. Marita war die Beste. Da nützt Euer Neid nichts.

[@nikolaivista920]

@@magischerteufel5734 Sie sind ein Narr. Sie wissen genau, dass Marita Steroide nahm. Das ostdeutsche Team war nichts anderes als eine Organisation für ein Steroidkonsumsystem. Haben Sie jemals den Bericht von Werner Franke gelesen?

[@ramoydcampbell129]

She basically ran 400 meters flat out and was walking at the end like nothing happened...

[@arsenioseslpodcast3143]

ROIDED NAZI!

[@mioriduh3300]

@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 racist very much

[@afrobuddy4801]

I don't trust any world records from the 80's and early 90's and I definitely don't trust any world record still standing after 30 years

[@johncrabtree8857]

Too bad they couldn't catch cheaters back then like they do now

[@martincarmel9078]

@@afrobuddy4801 why not the drugs?

[@TheRANNOY]

Who is here after Naser and Miller Ulbo finals world championships 2019?

[@lizziecave2248]

Rannoy Davis came to see how it was possible Naser was so fast but did not get the WR... now I see why...!

[@mysticvetenks]

Yes ditto! I just came here to see this drug record. Let’s be honest that run yesterday is the WR, shame that moment and the record do not show that.

[@onlygodcanjudgeme360]

here

[@corrrrrona]

@@mysticvetenks lol just for reference: their splits were Salwa Naser the Athlete 🇧🇭 12.1 - 23.2 - 35.1 - 48.14 12.1 + 11.1 + 11.9 + 13.1 (+25.0) Shaunae Miller-Uibo 🇧🇸 12.1 - 23.6 - 35.7 - 48.37 12.1 + 11.5 + 12.1 + 12.7 (+24.8 ) Marita Koch 🇩🇪 WR 11.70 - 22.47 - 34.22 - 47.60 11.70 + 10.77 + 11.75 + 13.38 (+25.13) that 10.77 2nd 100m lol

[@redd605]

@@corrrrronaNasser is such a beautiful runner for someone so small has along stride and so relax and elegant . It looks like this record could go after 35 years next year.

[@stevie586]

Damn, that was some good assed dope they had in the 80's!!! She ran a 400M in full sprint, finished, then had tons of energy to jog even more at the finish line. This record clearly should not exist...not possible to run a 400M clean, especially in full sprint without pacing strategy, and not feel like you're gonna die at the end of the race and for days after!

[@timn4481]

nothing like dbol to take your 400m time down by 3 seconds...or add 50 lbs to your bodyweight, or take half a second off your 100m time.

[@dinalemond2591]

Just like the 10.49 of Florence Griffith - Joyner in 100m.......

[@stevie586]

@@timn4481 please elaborate. By the way, many folks have taken their 100M time down that much…Shericka took her time down in both events even more than FloJo. You may surprise yourself if you look at the annual progression of your favorite athletes today. Also, while it’s obvious 50 lbs of body weight is enhanced, 3 seconds off a 400M is possible if your time isn’t very fast. But, if off world record times, yeah, that wouldn’t make sense.

[@stevie586]

@@dinalemond2591 Shericka has shaved more off her 100M and 200M times than FloJo within almost the same time frame, and is still doing so, FYI.

[@ehLeanne311]

Wouldn't be anything you couldn't use today and athletes still dope all the time and can't get near that record, on faster tracks

[@steveb3bmwm5]

Koch's 200m world record was broken by an athlete from the same era who Marita used to routinely beat by around 3m in major championship races over the distance - the athletes name? American 'superstar' Flo Jo - who miraculously improved out of all recognition very late in her career to break the 100m and 200m WR's, which still stand - Flo Jo retired almost immediately afterwards, and just prior to the introduction of out of season testing being introduced. Sadly, many utterly deluded Americans to this day will swear on a stack of bibles she was clean when she broke those records! I had a photograph of Flo Jo 2 years before her WR breaking exploits and one at the time she broke those records. And took them into a top London hardcore gym where elite level women bodybuilders trained. Without letting them see Flo Jo's face, i asked them if the woman in the photo's could have changed her physical appearance naturally, through hard weight training and good nutrition. They were adamant her physical change had not been achieved naturally. I said "how can you be so sure?" Because "we have used just about every strength and muscle building PED on the market, and know the side effects/body changes associated with each group of these drugs - she is displaying some of these 'side effects' to the extent that we can actually tell you the specific group/type of PEDs' she has been using!" With women's track records out of reach for even admitted druggies, the WR book needs to be wiped clean. The fairest solution would be to remove every mark set before track and field instituted random drug testing in the wake of the Seoul Olympics. That would get Kratochvilova, Koch, and Flo Jo off the books. Such a move would quickly raise the profile of women's track. Remove Griffith Joyner, and the 100-meter mark would have been broken six times since 1996, by such never-got-their-due athletes as Carmelita Jeter and Frenchwoman Christine Arron, who missed out on meet bonuses and endorsement contracts because they were pursuing an impossible standard. Athletics fans may just have to think of the 1980s in the same way baseball fans think of the late '90s and early '00s-as an era whose achievements don't deserve to be included in a Platonic Book of Records.

[@Clemsonshawty]

Mount Teide write many dissertations? Because that response seemed like one

[@marknorris1381]

It all comes down to nationalities for many. In the eyes of a lot of people their countryman could not be a cheat - yet in the eyes of the unbiased the performances are clearly suspect. National bias.

[@lvsoccerdad]

Mount Teide 💉💊💉💊 for all of them

[@sinsin1697]

You are a bitter human being with a wild imagination throwing dirt on people named without facts you must be a Russian or from an island Flo-Jo not even in this race and you wrote all of that nonsense about her..

[@imanjordan3050]

My Teide, your weirdo

[@andrewdelacruz2064]

47.60s is unreal, even in this day and age of modern science and technology. You hardly hear of any top femaleworld class athlete even going close to 49 seconds in the 400m, let alone 48 seconds.

[@boostmeup]

+andrew delacruz its called drug testing!

[@kevinlempfert4988]

Allyson Felix ran a 47 4x4 leg at worlds this year and she is no doper.

[@0innerself0]

+Kevin Lempfert 4x4 legs don't compare, it's a launched start.

[@jaesprint5702]

And how often do you see that? Almost never. Plus, a split of 47.9 converts to a low to mid 48 in the open 400m. You realize this time Koch ran was 1 47.60? That's pretty much unheard of in this current day and age, which is the crazy part because we as humans have advanced as well as our technology and supplements, so yes, his comment was 100% true.

[@averestless]

@Se Ou Carried off the track every night will give her guaranteed injuries and over-training both easily ruin a competition prep. But with PEDs, recovery is way faster that maybe the body may actually be able to handle extreme training routine... Not that I am saying she was surely using PEDs but very likely she was :) :)

[@chedbeckford8067]

Women today barely run under 49 seconds and I'm suppose to believe that this was a clean race. Nah I ain't having it

[@afrobuddy4801]

I don't trust any world records from the 80's and early 90's and I definitely don't trust any world record still standing after 30 years

[@WorldLeader12345]

@@afrobuddy4801 It’s funny because people always say Bolt’s era was the most doped (which imo is bs) but will hype up records from the 80’s which is easily the most doped up era.

[@Pumpxkin]

@@WorldLeader12345 Ben Johnson fans Bolt is a doper!!! And so is his partner Yohan Blake! Also Ben Johnson fans GOOOOO BEN BEN IS THE FASTEST ATHLETE OUT THERE AND IF HE EXISTED IN THIS TIME HE WOULD RUN 9.25 CELEBRATING

[@WorldLeader12345]

@@Pumpxkin Yep facts lmao

[@takeprofits1917]

@@Pumpxkin you don't think they tested him after every major race? Especially bolt? You sound jealous

[@eljanrimsa5843]

It gives me hope that something has actually changed for the better when today's top runners are flat out on the ground for a minute after record runs.

[@szymon6207]

Previous WR IN 47.99 !

[@benjaminmiller788]

I was trained to stay on my feet. Hands above my head to increase air into lungs. The modern Olympian is just an attention seeker laying on the ground.

[@Burst644]

​@@benjaminmiller788wtf does this even mean lol

[@johnnytest2914]

The roid is strong with this one

[@ivancervi1825]

In 2021 no?

[@afrobuddy4801]

I don't trust any world records from the 80's and early 90's and I definitely don't trust any world record still standing after 30 years

[@andresparks486]

Lol i found this way too funny🤣

[@calamityjaames1]

😁😁😁🤣🤣🤣

[@joddle23]

@@afrobuddy4801 the wikipedia page for marita koch says they unearthed a letter where she was complaining that one of her rivals was getting higher doses of steroids than her. you can't make this stuff up!

[@olliewilliamson7242]

Can someone explain to me why this world record is still official? This is literally ridiculous 😂

[@1973HenkY]

It is comparable to the record of 10.49 by Florence Griffith-Joyner...

[@afrobuddy4801]

I don't trust any world records from the 80's and early 90's and I definitely don't trust any world record still standing after 30 years

[@afrobuddy4801]

@@1973HenkY Thank god for Elaine Thompson, we might finally see that record erased from the history books

[@pamelaleigh4225]

Drug testing

[@WorldLeader12345]

@@afrobuddy4801 Honestly I think Elaine Thompson is clean (or at worst far less doped than the 80’s female sprinters)

[@rikard1414]

100% doper

[@Aqua.man045]

This is just a second more than what Usain Bolt ran the 400M.

[@kloppskalli]

at least here we know. I can watch this without feeling betrayed, cause i know. nowadays we dont know. at least we cannot be sure.

[@MrWatson10722]

when you look at pictures of her you can see she has a body like a male sprinter nothing female anymore... all gdr athletes used performance enhancing drugs

[@vatansalvery]

What about Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz? Nobody knows what could have happened these days.

[@stevebbuk]

Actually I still thinks she looks if not feminine then rather boyish, but then some women are naturally so. If she was on illegal drugs she had a very small dose. If you want to see how steroids can affect a woman's appearance look at Kratochvilova's 800m world record.

[@johnblack8036]

Koch was obviously on drugs at the time of this race. There are letters she wrote to Jenapharm complaining that she was not getting enough testosterone in the early 80's. Well she must have gotten the right dose in this race. Regardless, Koch was an extremely gifted runner exhibiting near perfect mechanics even from a very early age. She would have smoked her competition even without the drugs. Given her already other-worldly talent, the Oral-Turnibol turned her into a superhuman. Just look at the first 200 meters of this race. She made up the stagger on four of her competitors in about 4 seconds. Just imagine if the Russian girl hadn't been in this race. She would have won by almost 70 meters. That's just crazy. I've taken testosterone and it does make a difference. It just allows you to work and train harder in addition to increasing muscle mass. In woman, the difference is even more drastic. She didn't need the drugs to win and that's a shame.

[@barrybeanstain]

+John Black The Russian girl was obviously on drugs too..

[@johnblack8036]

That was my point. All of the top track athletes in those days were on it. I know Bryzgina was taking something for her to be that close to Koch. It kind of confirms that FloJo was doping also. Watch the 1988 4x400 anchor leg. Bryzgina ended up beating her but for FloJo, who had no experience at that distance to come out run that close to the Olympic Champion, you've got to be taking something.

[@donfawcett8460]

Exactly, drugs or not,, look at her coming down the homestretch- almost appears to be accelerating . Incredible runner

[@londoner9051]

She might have been able to get under 47s with the dose she wanted lol!

[@ebojfmdboojoh4023]

of course she was obviously on drugs. Since 2000 a sub 49 second time has only happened on 5 occassions and yet she was able to record a time sub 49 seconds 16 times in her career. Complete crap

[@rdgguy11190]

how the fuck did she finish the race and act like nothing happened...doped af

[@BOOMSLANG85]

The stats show that Marita realised 48"97 in Berlin just two weeks before the "WR" 47"60 on the 6 of October 85, and no anti-doping control was made during this world cup. A difference from more than one seconde in two weeks ! Marita is a brillant athlete without drugs, capable of excelents time, but steroÏds is the secret of the world record time.

[@sscswimmer1]

A lot of people will be pretty far off their tapered time 2 weeks before. You can't just always be in perfect shape and also steroids compound in training, 2 weeks wouldn't do as much as a longer cycle

[@ohedd]

exactly. What people don't understand is that you still have to train incredibly hard to perform like this, and it's the psychology in the sport which separates the elite from the rest, not the just physics. Your body is only as strong as you mind.

[@TheTruthMerchant]

@kmb9624 Koch was robbed here. Pause the video at the finish, the time should be 47.3. Cheap timing devices used in Australia at that time.

[@DGK284]

How do you know the time on the screen is accurate?

[@winterweib]

This was GREAT. Thank you!

[@arsenioseslpodcast3143]

ROIDED NAZI!

[@magischerteufel5734]

​@@arsenioseslpodcast3143Selbstgespräch?

[@TheZoRetro]

but sanya's fastest time is 48.70 (american record) but would be still be about 11 meters behind

[@mizofan]

Another incredible record was the 800m in 1983 by Kratochvilova, who had the previous 400m record too (still 2nd fastest).

[@hearmenow909]

More drug fuelled records from the 80s.

[@jossconz]

Doper

[@MrRazorblade999]

Absolutely insane! She's not even tired afterwards...

[@Tropicaldolphin]

it's like she aligned two 200m record, impossibruuu!!!!

[@Akis_Peiraias]

Today former athletes of East German , who trying to make Jenapharm ( a former state drug pharma) pay for what they have done to them sometimes without knowing and sometimes who even know but they were forced to take steroids , say that Koch was like all the athletes of EG on steroids, and specifically Koch that time was taking massive quantities of oral Turinabol...

[@dr.options]

That dude was moving!!!!

[@Superhiknapada]

best ever

[@an9513]

she wasn't even SLIGHTLY tired

[@blackstersherron]

PEDS my man lol.

[@HF1600ie]

Not entirely true. No one is fresh after 400m. If she wasn´t tired, she wouldn´t have struggled in the last 50m. Just look at the running technique being affected. Of course, in the end, PEDs made her perform better.

[@RedDiamondXYZ]

Because she ate spinach, @$$hole

[@andrewdett]

@@RedDiamondXYZ LOL

[@Fatavocado88]

So glad we get to watch things like that on KZbin in 2022

[@bzach71]

Oh really..wow....just tell her that there are so many people who adore and respect her talent. I wish i can say that to her face to face.

[@kochFan1]

a great number of the GDR athletes never knew what they were even taking until they started growing hair in strange places

[@arsenioseslpodcast3143]

ROIDED NAZI!

[@thomasedwards4079]

Crazy stuff, hardly any people have run under 49 seconds since perec and freeman in 96 let alone 48 seconds.

[@jbird1777]

Wow, that was amazing! The 400 rules! :)

[@arsenioseslpodcast3143]

ROIDED NAZI!

[@magischerteufel5734]

​@@arsenioseslpodcast3143selbst Nazi

[@eliodruetta8887]

THE DOPE SHOW

[@magischerteufel5734]

Jede Woche in Santa Monica 😂

[@alasdairw]

drugs

[@CountOfWoodlands]

hard training

[@jkujami]

***** 400m women at zurich 2014 = 51 seconds,,,......47,6 is just ridicolous, complete on drugs,,,

[@asianewton1693]

***** she admitted in a letter to the heads of state , that she used steroids, do you research

[@CountOfWoodlands]

Innocent until proven guilty. I'm from Germany so I'm proud of her.

[@asianewton1693]

***** yeah proven guilty she admitted to it , tf what part don't you understand

[@kochFan1]

Even later challengers of Koch's WR by Perec (a 48 sec runner) are questionable as she was coached by Koch's Husband and former trainer Wolfgang Meier. In more recent times Kapachinskaya (Russia) who was medalling at world level with 50 or just under tested positive for Winstrol... Just look at the bodies of some of these women now, most of them a leaner and better muscled than Koch and many other sub 50 runners from 1980's, Many also show traits of HGH use.

[@Atlantikonrad]

Grandissima ,la migliore atleta

[@melthoidserendipity1332]

There'a a reason it still stands today...that first two hundred was impossible and she didn't get tired...HELLO!!!!!!! Perec and Freeman at least looked like they ran an honest race in 96

[@magischerteufel5734]

Sahen so aus? Hast Du irgendwelche Beweise?

[@devidia]

wow, nice prove of how good drugs work :p

[@Dyerson100]

One of the most doped-up record in track and field.

[@JohnSmith-yn9ie]

Only an idiot would pretend other records are less drug enhanced

[@WorldLeader12345]

@@JohnSmith-yn9ie They are certainly less enhanced so you’re the idiot

[@charliewatkins4571]

@@JohnSmith-yn9ie Well steroids are used, but they stay in your system a long time. Hence microdosing in smaller amounts is done instead. Still very effective, but not nearly as effective as the east german regimine. You can do more but you WILL be caught these days.

[@magischerteufel5734]

​​@@charliewatkins4571In Santa Monica, im amerikanischen Regime hat man Kontrolleure erst gar nicht reingelassen. Die waren nicht besser. Auch heute werden immer wieder Sportler erwischt. Leistungssport wird nie sauber sein. Ihr seid alle naiv oder einfach nur schlechte Verlierer.

[@bertiebrady7251]

Truly an UN-believable record

[@DocNinini]

It is unbelievable because nobody believes it

[@matthewkaram9615]

Sydney come break this please🤝 that 47.91 split after the rounds of the hurdles. She’s gonna give it a go hopefully 💫

[@Kxng._.Camp1]

that split equals about 48.5 over flat 400

[@EliHank]

Absolutely disgusting how the IAAF haven't scrapped this yet

[@magischerteufel5734]

Niemand wird verurteilt, wenn man es nicht beweisen kann. Weißt Du wieviele Rekorde dann aufgehoben werden müssten? Alle also nimm es hin oder lass es. Das ist egal

[@vintagecopycat]

Amazing Run! ❤

[@arsenioseslpodcast3143]

ROIDED NAZI!

[@dickhead5964]

'Showing all that graceful power' . . . . . . do me a favour David

[@DortmunderTdmt]

@mellostar youre right ,i dont trust any world class athlete to be 100% clean!! i would love to see a prime ben johnson runnin on these mondotracks today!! would be great to watch

[@youngcontender]

Touche! Yes, it would be impossible to determine great performances from drugs than hard training. However, the motive for the idea of possible adjunct records would not be for punishment of Koch, Flo Jo or anyone else; but to make the sport as fair to everyone as possible. Since there is no real way to determine whether the older records are faulty or not, perhaps there is a way to give today's athlete a chance - just in case they are. That way no one loses.

[@magischerteufel5734]

Stimmt aber gedopt wird heute auch noch.

[@garyhughes1202]

record needs to be disqualified

[@phoenixforce6595]

That will never happen. There's no evidence unfortunately. Plus the IAAF have just inducted Marita Koch into athletes hall of fame so that tells you where they stand on this record. It's going nowhere.

[@800mEric]

+Gary Hughes Most of the women records should be, but it's such a dirty sport, sports in general are, so whatever, just legalize it already, rofl.

[@jamestofflemier7593]

Why?

[@garyhughes1202]

+James Tofflemier no one has come close to this record since it was made. In addition, the Germans were infamous for taking PEDs.

[@jamestofflemier7593]

Cmon man, I've posted on other videos too many times to educate people. Of course she was on drugs... But so is everyone today. So its legitamite

[@davidliers9215]

Sie war eine tolle Sportlerin...unvergessen....

[@basehead617]

what a great call by the commentator

[@IwontSay]

Yes, she is probly doped, but 47,60 is unreal. Thats almost 2 seconds faster then the fastest woman this year. So dope or no dope, she was an incredible athlete. its not like you run 2/3s faster when you use dope.

[@bajen3]

***** "Yes, she is probly doped" LOOL, it was a big UNDERSTATEMENT for sure..She probly eat anabolic to breakfast like you eat cornflakes!!!! Unreal how this cheater can get so many pos wote!!!!????

[@bajen3]

***** Btw, DDR was a BIG cheat-fabric. All about result, doesnt matter if it was drogs for horses and the atletics get cancer and after time looks more like a gorilla (but mutch more uggly).

[@IwontSay]

***** Thats right, Under the same circumstances they still were the better Athletes. The whole Olympic final used doping ( Including that prick Carl Lewis ). If Johnson was from the USA and not from Canada he would still have his Gold medal. Sad but true. Same with cycling, they were all using doping and Lance was still clearly the best. So he was the best Athlete already.

[@docsmithdc]

***** All of the imported malcontents from Canada still don't get it.

[@rataplan88888]

+Dennis Barnhoorn Only Americans think Armstrong was the best despite the doping. The bull about ''even level playing field'' is a very weak argument.

[@jm3083]

Best 400m female runner of all time. This record will never be broken steroids or no steroids.

[@sinsin1697]

Man stop listening to people and look at this woman body.. not only have she never failed a drug test ever in her life.. look at her do this woman look like she on steroids.

[@basehead617]

What a call!

[@southpawjab4749]

That first 200 is downright scary. Drugs or not, I have never seen anything in athletics close to that.

[@LukeReed627]

Here's the ironic thing, if she'd got her 200m split right she could have gone even faster !

[@jamessmith9622]

22.4 first split

[@markperry3904]

The cadence she maintains to the end is unbelievable. Doping or no doping, this is a masterclass of 400m running.

[@goonervillegonad3662]

pffff... It's doping. Doping allows all you see. Nobody's denying it can be aesthetically pleasing. She runs away from everyone from the start. It's no 'masterclass'. The manufacturers of the roids take the plaudits.

[@gamblemadman]

Goonerville Gonad Still looks good tbh ... drugs or no drugs, I enjoyed watching it.

[@goonervillegonad3662]

***** lol So did I. I love seeing a procession in any kind of race. It's savage to watch!

[@szymon6207]

Previous record 47.99 !

[@KAM_777]

She was 100% clean. I was there that day & there was nothing unusual.

[@jeffvanderwerf3391]

McLaughlin has run 50.6 in the 400m hurdles. Do we think if she really focuses on the 400m that she can't run a sub-48? I think she can truly challenge this record.

[@xavierchurch6237]

This is the fakest wr ever

[@mysteriousdoge1298]

+xavier church Kratochvilova's Women's 800m record and Flo Jo's 100m record are in the same category. Obvious dope enhanced bs records. And wind assisted in that last case too.

[@arathgomez615]

You're fired! Flo joes 200m? Allyson Felix is the real record holder.

[@alfymiami]

Can you explain why?

[@marsbars2889]

@@arathgomez615 it would be Daphne schippers before Alyson felix

[@McKottfars]

"Regardless of sport too. The tests are a joke, absolutely useless..." - O_

[@sandocean17]

Allyson Felix run close to this in London 2012 in 4x400m relay with leg of 47.8

[@somniavitasunt]

From what I've seen Felix must be the most consistent and determined (clean) athlete in womens sprinting. Very much hoping she'll medal in Tokyo.

[@PeopleThatDie]

Now the same is with Bolt on 100 and 200.

[@stevie586]

Ok, drugs or not, you've gotta admit, this beotch KILLED this event! Look at how she comes out killing the stagger; by 200M, she totally made up the entire stagger! That is something amazing to watch!!!

[@davidv5963]

LMFAOOO I dont agree with anything in this comment but it made me legit laugh out loud so i support it fully

[@morgonz]

Doped or not doped, this is the best ever!

[@stevebbuk]

She doesn't look as if she was, unlike the Czech runner, but I guess documents unearthed after the fall of the Berlin Wall prove she was.

[@williamdavidcraigjr7841]

@@stevebbuk Wikipedia says - Koch's achievements, along with the performances of many other East German female athletes, have long been under suspicion that they were achieved with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs.[9] These drugs were and remain illegal, but were not detectable at the time. In 1991, German anti-drug activists Brigitte Berendonk and Werner Franke, were able to save several doctoral theses and other documents written by scientists working for the East German drug research programme. The documents list the dosage and timetables for the administration of anabolic steroids to many athletes of the former DDR, with one of them being Marita Koch. According to the sources, Koch did use the anabolic steroid Oral-Turinabol (4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone) from 1981 to 1984 with dosages ranging from 530 to 1460 mg/year.[

[@stevebbuk]

@@williamdavidcraigjr7841 Yes I was contrasting the two physiques in my own mind, which although both drug-induced do appear different in a musculoskeletal way. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX-kdpqvnLOIedE

[@gorhman]

Man, 48.25 is an incredible deal. Vladikynas 48.25 was the second best time in 400m for years after kochs 47.60. Ill tell you something; runnig under 11 sec in 100m, 22 sec in 200m and 49 in 400m is not possible without using drugs. Check Grit Breuer from GDR in Split (European Championships 1990). She ran over 49 and she was full of steroids. Perec can be your idol but it doesnt mean shes clean.

[@traderjoe2]

here is a new interview of koch in terms of this race. youtube prohibits to post directly, so make sure you visit the page european - athletics org and then search in the forum for koch 47,60 .... very interesting view on this race!

[@arsenioseslpodcast3143]

ROIDED NAZI!

[@magischerteufel5734]

​@@arsenioseslpodcast3143selbst ein Nazi.

[@erikrichards5072]

​@arsenioseslpodcast3143 she was under a Commie / Bolshevik regime. Marxist cousins, but not the same. Learn some history.

[@besty222]

Hilarious.

[@sinsin1697]

What's funny this woman just ran fast as 400 m in history as a woman.. she's so fast it's 2020 and you still have cornball people in disbelief... That's when you know you have hit hyperdrive..

[@1984sebb]

People talk as though modern athletes are not taking performance enhancing drugs, and they most certainly are. Christine Ohuruogu (who served a ban for doping) has a 400m personal best of 49.41 which is a disgrace compared to Marita Koch.

[@edronax1]

She didn't serve a ban for doping. It was for missing some tests. It's not the same thing.

[@1984sebb]

+Malachy Mc, athletes don't miss drug tests for no reason....

[@darrenshaw767]

Marita koch and the rest of her east german athletes from that era are a disgrace.

[@JohnSmith-yn9ie]

Only idiots think doping is limited to certain eras

[@qeuchniot]

Doping at its highest!

[@steviesly7908]

I DON"T CARE WHAT YOU SAY 47.60 .ALOT DUDES CAN'T RUN THAT TIME! 8/22/.

[@TheTruthMerchant]

The commentator mentions the 200m split of 22.4, this was rounded up from actual 22.31. The fastest 200m for any 200m race in 2010 season, 25 years later by any European athlete was 22.32. Marita Koch beat this in a 400m race! = Legend

[@arsenioseslpodcast3143]

ROIDED NAZI!

[@boostmeup]

Well if those other European athletes were on the drugs marita was on then i doubt that would be the case.

[@NianiNzingha]

22.4 first 2? mmkay.

[@sblizzy]

EastCoastChick She almost ran as fast as Carl Lewis lol.

[@WorldSacred]

Final 200 in 25.2.

[@carolina5131]

In any era you can only ever be judged against your peers. In Koch's case, she was way way way better than anyone else. She set numerous world records from 60-400m and would STILL be a multiple gold winner if she was racing today in her prime without drugs. (But nobody ain't ever gonna convince me that the present sprinters are clean either). Best female sprinter of all time, and this WR record will probably still be here in the next century.

[@WorldLeader12345]

Present day sprinters are clean or at least far cleaner than she was, and no she’s not the best female sprinter of all time, especially not when she’s a blatant cheat lmao. You old heads talking about “back in my day these athletes would do this” or “he/she would smoke anyone today” are so boring lol.

[@idum01]

@@WorldLeader12345 Can you prove your claims? If not, shut up.

[@smartDefender4all]

so true

[@kochFan1]

When Koch ran WR 47.60 she took off like a cut cat... her reported split times were remarkable: 100m 11.3 sec 200m 22.4 sec 300m 34.2 sec I predict that Koch's record of 47.60 will last many more decades to come. A well deserved record from the days when Women athletes put in the hard training needed to run WR performances.

[@arsenioseslpodcast3143]

ROIDED NAZI!

[@samj1185]

are you high? 'well deserved?' she was doped to the gills and roided like a body builder. She's an example of the absolute worst sport can be.

[@peterjamieson2441]

Sarcasm@@samj1185

[@magischerteufel5734]

​@@samj1185Das kannst Du nicht beweisen und wenn waren die Gegnerinnen genau so gedopt und auch heute wird gedopt. Sie war so oder so die Beste. Da nützt kein Neid.

[@magischerteufel5734]

​@@arsenioseslpodcast3143selbst Nazi.

[@amethystiumm]

Wow they used to allow men compete with women..

[@saintcasper91]

I love at 0:26 when the commentator wants to say 'and Koch is flying' but realises that it might sound a bit inappropriate to some viewers!

[@gildosantana9997]

Infelizmente muitos atletas antes da fiscalização intensa do doping se submetiam a usar certas substâncias para alcançarem o pódium. Muitas marcas são suspeitíssimas.

[@sskgrs]

No one beating this unless a female Bolt comes to scene... same in 100m/200m with Florence Joyner who was a doper for sure...

[@cameronrolle1512]

He does have kids now yano

[@josephvonhammersmark796]

Come on! Don't tell this is not doping! There are many reasons to believe that she was doped! 1. It was the 80's, everybody was using it, doping controls were not trustable and she competed for a country well known for its doping abuse. 2. She broke the world record by a huge margin (0.39) in a sprint and no one has ever come close to that. 3. Don't tell me that after running like that you are going to finish like nothing happened, just smiling. A natural athlete would be hyperventilated, feeling cramps and basically lying on the track. This is all bullshit!

[@DAYLU1]

👏

[@cy8685]

"A natural athlete would be hyperventilated, feeling cramps and basically lying on the track." ..... says an idiot who is clueless and has obviously never been in shape in his entire life.

[@andrewscott7649]

Lol she wasn't even tired after she crossed the finish line

[@user-he2jv9lw8c]

Koch best!!! Not drug !!!

[@boxdrinks]

DRUGS!!!

[@prathamyadav3105]

Hi

[@Beast777Mode]

Caitlyn Jenner actually holds the Womens World Record

[@dhnsh1843]

Nova B That transgender

[@magischerteufel5734]

Bullshit

[@Irishsam]

@candymanGR7 Only U.S athletes are clean? Marion Jones? Tim Montgomery? Justin Gatlin? Antonio Pettigrew? Jerome Young? Oh yes what a shining beacon of light the U.S is.

[@orlandoduran9850]

good his specialty from 1976 to 1986 10 years-they were 400 meters, but during that period under 5 -five times 22 seconds in the 200 meters and only 2 women dropped it during that same period even in 100 I reach 10.83-I do not understand the critics did not surprise me never his 47.60 of 1985-his training was tremendous

[@HotChixAndMusic]

The greatest run ever, male or female

[@WorldLeader12345]

Nope, especially since she’s more rounded than even the likes of Ben Johnson but the later was thrown under the bus and didn’t have the backing of a country like America or East Germany in the 80’s. So many other races more impressive.

[@johnslairclan114]

Yeah... Drugs.

[@ErniePi]

this should be expunged from the record books, no one not even today can get within 2 seconds of this. just goes to show how riddle with doping with this performance was

[@ncode03]

Femke and Sydney are closing in the flat 48sec mark with Bolt running a low 48 indoors. Sub 48 is a possibility for them but 47.60 is probably still gonna stand for a little bit longer.

[@ErikMalkavian]

Marrita Koch was so Steriod up that it wasn't even funny!

[@EliHank]

It is kinda funny how IAAF has done nothing about the blatant steroid usage that led to all three World records in the 80s. Nobody has even come close to them in nearly 30 years lmao

[@badonkamonk9531]

All DDR athletes were in the State Doping Program. Marita Koch would have been exceptional as an athlete without it, but we'll never know how exceptional. She might have done 49.0 without it, who knows? The same of course applies to Fast Flo. She had been one of the world's best sprinters for a decade, nudging a few hundredths off her best times over 100 and 200m in her best years (around 1985). Then all of a sudden, in 1988, at age 29, she comes out of nowhere (no previous races, just 'practice') to take half a second (that is 50/100s of a second!) off her best 100m and more than a second off her all-time best at 200m). That is AT LEAST as incredulous as Koch's performances. It showed in her physique too. I really felt for Eveleyn Ashford, who was by far the better sprinter in 1988 and should have taken the gold.

[@davd1986]

+klaas Christiaens Can we be sure that Ashford wasn't on drugs?

[@frogexpat]

i agree 100% here, perec is to me the true record holder

[@magischerteufel5734]

Nope

[@steveb3bmwm5]

Yes, very familiar - David Coleman of the BBC

[@JTDutch]

... Pretty sad that certain people can't simply appreciate an amazing sporting moment without clinging to their unfounded "steroids!" accusations.

[@ashleymeggan]

These aren’t unfounded… lmao…. The East Germans invented modern doping. It was like their major export.

[@siddebgupta9620]

The greatest runner of all time. Followed by Jesse Owens, Michael Johnson, Bolt and Carl Lewis. But she is the greatest.

[@WorldLeader12345]

Hell no, all of the runners you named are better than her, far less juiced too.

[@WorldLeader12345]

In fact for the men you mentioned you can’t really link them to doping like you can for her, the thing is she snuck by it.

[@biffybud]

Crazy this still stands. A sub 50 secs is mega these days

[@KRSsven]

It's pretty clear to be honest. There are only very few athletes in all time who were quite so ahead of the pack in their sport. This race should have triggered an immediate drugs test, Ben Johnson was found to have doped after a similarly astounding performance in his event. But then msot of athletics and 99% of cycling is dirty. The others just haven't been caught. On the BBC's programme on Armstrong many cyclists admitted they knew fine well he was doping, they just never spoke out.

[@EliHank]

Gets funnier every time I watch this...one of the most blatantly drugged up athletes of all time. IAAF should be ashamed of themselves for not scrapping her record decades ago

[@Superhiknapada]

proof

[@WiselkanaszTS]

Steroide, Steroide, und Steroide.Das ist deutschen "Super-Sportler" (NRD).

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

The idiots commenting her, not realizing that her in other competition she didn't break the 48m mark. She was in top Form that year. People are still taking drugs now, even better and stronger ones than before!

[@kallenomalle]

Drugs or no Drugs. The best for the next 500 Years. Marita Legend !