A truly legendary race. Never were there so many great runners in one epic race.
@sanderslongdrive10 ай бұрын
An astute observation in which I concur. Being involved in the sport myself since 1962, for me it was the greatest race I ever saw, albeit only on the screen. Ian Stewart's snatching of the bronze from miles out ........ I have no words! The top four were legends - week after week unfailingly winning.
@bearperilli2815 жыл бұрын
It's 46 years later, and I'm still watching this and saying, "C'mon Pre". As if, my encouragement will change the 4th place outcome. Pre was my only hero in life. Used to watch him run in person at L.A. Times and Sunkist indoor races in Los Angeles.
@007tcby5 жыл бұрын
I agree. I am also still trying to will a medal placing for Pre
@PaulVinonaama5 жыл бұрын
@John Taylor-Cox And I have confidence that Viren will win, as I had in 1972 as an 8-year-old.
@robrobinson28744 жыл бұрын
To the Finns. Wasn't Paavo Naomi an olympic champion also. The flyin' Finn. I was told that Viren was the first to successfully blood dope before it was declared illegal. No illegal drugs just harvesting blood after moderate training span several weeks prior to competition than reintroduction that high protien blood prior to major competition.
@robrobinson28744 жыл бұрын
"Bear" who are you? I ran with Shorter and Pre in Long Beach in '72 and competed in Sunkist that year. Thought I might know you after all these years. Peace
@jackthegamer40194 жыл бұрын
Bizarrely Lackie Stewart actually didn’t want the Bronze afterward as he was just focused on the Gold. I’d given up on him winning the medal as he was out of the picture; I couldn’t believe it when he bolted in third. Viren definitely cut up the American , as he was getting ready to kick for home and it so put him of his stride.
@rt-yi1un Жыл бұрын
Lasse Viren forever, an unbelievable athlete!
@sanderslongdrive10 ай бұрын
I read at the time in a reputable athletics' magazine that just before a truly major race Viren had a (then quite legal) total oxygenating blood change. Viren has a blistering finish, even though not quite as quick as Vaatainan. Big Bren (Foster) took him apart several times mid-race typically with a 60 secs. lap.
@oldtimer76354 жыл бұрын
Lasse viren, an incredible athlete, and my compatriot! Thank you for this video.
@keithmaxine71634 жыл бұрын
No form for 4 years then wins easy. Drug user for certain.
@oldtimer76354 жыл бұрын
@@keithmaxine7163 Weak argument, could use to any legend, if wanted! At those days there were no annual Diamond league series or a like. So it was basically same for every runner who wanted to achieve something really big. So, get over it! ; )
@markcynic8083 жыл бұрын
@@oldtimer7635 Viren was something special. Winning the 5000 and 10000m in '72 and again in '76; even after falling! They still had to run in heats to qualify for the 5000 and 10000m finals at the Olympics in his day.
@stephenherring3 жыл бұрын
@@keithmaxine7163 Or Blood Doping.
@bror82283 жыл бұрын
@@stephenherring Bad loser...😎
@pigalow200210 ай бұрын
Pre was SUCH a tough little runner. He had to work so much harder than everyone else, but he had the most amazing vô2 max(STILL among the top 50 EVER recorded)& guys for days. Such a shame his life was cut short
@smudgersmith2650 Жыл бұрын
What a quality field, and Ian Stewart medals yet again, great runner.
@dgery81764 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch this, I have that glimmer of hope that he will medal, no matter how many times I see it...
@lotfigammoudi3 жыл бұрын
Mohamed gammoudi is my oncle
@SuperStrik93 жыл бұрын
He's SO close to getting that bronze...
@Rapora92 жыл бұрын
Who is "he"? Why are you talking about like the video is about 1 (unnamed) person?
@gunternetzer96212 жыл бұрын
@@Rapora9 Steve Prefontaine.
@JosephusAD704 жыл бұрын
Still painful to watch almost 5 decades later. Great clarity. I’ve watched this race over a hundred times. Pre ran a gutsy race. He never settled. Going for the win cost him a metal. Go Pre.
@vincec37734 жыл бұрын
do you think at 2 laps to go he doesn't grab the lead but lays back (against his every instinct as a runner)? he medals or better ? i feel yes he would have , he looked like the best in the field , how i wish we would have seen him run in Montreal and Moscow and LA
@anthonyparkinson55443 жыл бұрын
If he gad geld off the pace he would have win the bronze. One thing that was obvious was the absence of East African athletes. To think that as they entered the final lap Bekele would have been finishing in his world record race
@tommytempo12 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyparkinson5544 The Kenyans including Ben Jipcho, got knocked out in the heats and Yifter missed the start of his heat.
@rosecottage62563 жыл бұрын
Pre was all over the place, Viren hugged the kerb and saved energy he out thought Pre. I think with four more years experience Pre would have been ready for Viren in Montreal. Its a tragedy that it never happened RIP Pre.
@khersoncouple55633 жыл бұрын
With 200 to go, Pre ran out of gas. Prior to Munich, he inadvertently told the Press he was going to run the last 1600 in less than 4 min. That gave away his plan and Viren steamed up his training for that. Viren ran the last 1600 at 4 min! And Pre barely behind his prediction. Valiant effort and sad to see that he didn't medal. Still my hero. Fight on Pre!
@bengirox17 жыл бұрын
The picture quality is the best that I have yet to see for this race. Thank you. Go Pre!
@williedaniels38826 жыл бұрын
You know why--it is Finnish video! Can you spell Nokia? They have always been electronics wizards.
@MrKLindholm4 жыл бұрын
@@sikaerkki666hank you Viren... best quality.
@billplaney25853 жыл бұрын
I think it's because in Europe they had a different video standard for broadcast than we have here in the states. They have PAL-SECAM and we have NTSC - at least pre-digital signal days. PAL-SECAM is much higher resolution.
@MeMe-ph1wd7 күн бұрын
@@billplaney2585 Yes it was and is PAL in Finland, not PAL-SECAM. 3 things PAL, SECAM and NTSC .
@ammarbouzouar5497 Жыл бұрын
Yes Gammoudi's running style is unique in that he constantly looks back to check who's chasing after him instead of putting down his head and giving the race his all! This running style got him the silver! He might have been good enough for the gold!
@msp51382 жыл бұрын
This is my second favorite race of all-time. Seeing Prefontaine die at the end never gets old...lol
@christopherhosford78053 жыл бұрын
The 1976 5000 was a magnificent race for Viren, a masterpiece, but this one in 1972 is instructive. Notice how Viren - let's not forget, the recently credentialed world 2-mile and European 5000 record holder, and THEN breaks the 5000 WR 5 days after this race - holds the inside lane, never wasting time or distance, with economy of movement, patience, and control. In contrast, notice how Pre - with a US 5000 record but with very little international experience - is surging, relaxing, running wide around curves, hyper exaggerated arm swings and body movement, and the constant surges over the last two laps, all expending energy. And that last surge at 200m to go, only to stop himself yet again to wait for a straightaway sprint that never comes, is incomprehensible. No wonder he ran out of gas. Yes, he was a prodigy, from high school onward. But a world beater? From this race -- with true competition, unlike in the US where he overpowered inferior athletes - his flaws in racing tactics, patience, and ultimate speed become very evident. People often ask if things would have been different in 1976, when Viren destroyed milers in the 5000. Pre was never a pure miler and I believe would have been left floundering. But of course we will never know.
@haydenpadgett64312 жыл бұрын
I believe after Pre had four years to really hone in his fundamentals and get more experience internationally he would have a great chance at the gold in 1976
@MrMathExpert2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget looking around constantly for no reason.
@MrMathExpert2 жыл бұрын
@@haydenpadgett6431 More likely not; he was nearing burnout, sad to say.
@PaulVinonaama Жыл бұрын
@@haydenpadgett6431 Haha, there were many tougher racers in 1976, like Quax, Dixon, and Hildenbrandt. I think Prefontaine would have had hard time to try to defend his 4th place position.
@chesterwilberforce983210 ай бұрын
Pre probably ran 50 meters farther than the winner by running the second lane so long. He wanted to be a miler but just wasn't built for it. Bauerman was in the process of fine tuning him as a distance runner.
@babyblue69507 жыл бұрын
He was so stubborn. Pushing the pace constantly... i wish he had medald, it breaks my heart
@simonedwards88886 жыл бұрын
Baby Blue your right!!!!!!!!
@fishflake12096 жыл бұрын
This video shows the big tactical error Pre made in this race. He’s expecting David Bedford to begin pushing the pace around the halfway point, and is waiting to time his move with Bedford’s. Five laps in, Bedford moves to the front of the pack; Pre runs way wide around the next turn to stay on his shoulder. The problem is, Bedford isn’t in his best form on this day, and he’s not looking to finish from a long way out. Seven laps to go, six laps to go: Pre’s in a position to attack, but he’s waiting on a surge from Bedford that isn’t coming. Coming up to five laps to go, the contenders make their way to the front of the pack, and Pre is boxed in. He finds a way out on the next lap, but there’s only a mile left now, and the best chance to take the kicks out of the fast finishers has gone.
@raffaojeda5 жыл бұрын
Classic in american culture to feel the best. My respects for that overcome from 4th to 3rd place!!
@havrisen66204 жыл бұрын
I know nothing about running, so without the tactical error does Pre when this race or was he never going to beat Viren no matter what he tried other than substances?
@rpsnider854 жыл бұрын
If he had ran the way he normally did, front running from the gun, he would have burnt everyone else out. Unfortunately he didn't have the typical runner build so him hanging with the guys with the longer legs while they were running their normal race styles left him basically no chance to win. If he had run up front from the get, the only one who would have had a chance to run him down at the end would have been Viren and even he would likely have faltered due to the massive strain of trying to stay close to Pre while he was pushing them harder than ever. At that point Pre could keep running his top speed and the others wouldn't have enough gas to throw down their usual kicks and utilize their longer legs. The problem was two fold, they (his coaches) got a little gun shy and made up an unusual race plan for him to follow and it didn't suit him at all, and the other problem was that Viren was an absolute monster and they underestimated how much they'd capitalize on the first mistake with the race plan. I really wish he'd have just run his race the way he always did and left it all out there, they changed plans shortly before the race too, they initially were just going to have Steve run his normal (well normal for Steve) way but got a little twitchy after Viren won the 10k.
@shangrila73eldorado5 жыл бұрын
i'm crying thinking about Pre right now! Rest in peace, brother! You ran a great race!
@markcynic8083 жыл бұрын
No he didn't. He wasted loads of energy running wide and changing pace to no purpose.
@lotfigammoudi3 жыл бұрын
Mohamed gammoudi is my oncle
@gerryhanly3194Ай бұрын
Agree Pre ran a very poor tactical race.
@shangrila73eldoradoАй бұрын
@@markcynic808 Technically you are right, but spiritually you are wrong. Pre ran according to his passionate philosophy.
@AbounawasTn2 жыл бұрын
Gammoudi run style is unique.. Great champion.
@ammarbouzouar5497 Жыл бұрын
Yes, unique in that it's constantly looking back to check who's chasing after him instead of putting down his head and giving the race his all! He got silver this way instead of gold!
@rabbitss116 жыл бұрын
Lasse Viren makes it look all so effortless, inside track, jogging along
@williedaniels38826 жыл бұрын
It was the result of the best training available and running many kilometers a week all the time on Finland's country roads! Finns have a storied past of long distance runners! You build up stamina with so much practice! Nothing tricky about that formula!
@vesalatvala53515 жыл бұрын
Cool as a Cucumber😊LASSE!!!!
@huzcer5 жыл бұрын
@@williedaniels3882 some blood transfusions came in handy also.
@keithmaxine71634 жыл бұрын
Drug user
@keithmaxine71634 жыл бұрын
@@huzcer along with the drugs
@anthonywallace51245 жыл бұрын
Excellent footage...incredible race
@erzug5 жыл бұрын
Nobody can ever question Prefontaine's heart. He gave it all he had.
@kargs5krun4 жыл бұрын
He needed more discipline, smarts combination IMO. Of all his big races I've seen on video, he runs like an animal in them, not a smart, wily, experienced professional....like Viren did. No denying his talent or heart....but was proven you need MORE than that.
@-ShootTheGlass-3 жыл бұрын
I thought Pre was going to surge into the lead with 300m to go. We’ll never know if he could have finished 3rd if he’s gone for broke at 300.
@kmantyniemi3 жыл бұрын
I think they all gave it all they had. It was after all the olympics
@ARCSTREAMS2 жыл бұрын
many gave there heart out in that race, there endurance to still have so many kicks is astounding to the rest of us, what pre lacked was better strategy and he never liked that to begin with that was his problem ,he had combo of speed and strategy but not enough strategy ,going for the gut race was his mistake here ,he should have either done that all the way or done just strategy and he would of possibly had the kick to beat them by a land slide
@ARCSTREAMS2 жыл бұрын
@@-ShootTheGlass- 300? i think he would have been dead at 100 left had he tried that
@user-ui7zt6dc3bАй бұрын
PRE IS WAS GREAT RUNNER.LEGEND FOR EVER YOUNG
@momoben98993 жыл бұрын
Super la vidéo, la belle époque.
@Tiburon876 Жыл бұрын
LASSE VIREN..the best of his ERA.. unique accomplishments..a DEER 🦌
@jamezkpal23613 жыл бұрын
Prefontaine wasted alot of energy in that race. He should've just stayed behind Viren and matched his kick. Thinking he could just run these guys into the ground was a mistake. This ain't college.
@DMGC5293 жыл бұрын
Agreed. A lot of unnecessary little surges that got him nowhere, he lacked the patience.
@runner20563 жыл бұрын
I am not sure in a 250 or 300m kick he could have beat them e. I think he did what he had to to try and win. Not being a speedster (kicker) his best shot was to run away from the competition. We see this discrepancy still today. The greatest runners set world 5000/10000 world records. The greatest kickers win Olympic 5000/10000 golds.
@maxglendale76142 жыл бұрын
@@DMGC529 Also wasted a lot of time looking around, he ran the outside lane. He needed more international racing experience.
@fanorydberg24243 жыл бұрын
I like the way Bootsy Bedford waits for his friend Juha Vaatainen to finish. That's what track & field is all about. He finished last, unfortunately, no doubt due to injury, but a beautiful runner to watch.
@robertlee8474 Жыл бұрын
Gained an appreciation for Ian Stewart after this. And I mean after watching this years ago. What an effort!
@AProntoDelivery6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Quality...One of the Best! #WeGetShipDone
@huddinge08 Жыл бұрын
Double gold for Lasse Viren ☺
@ostengrotell2405 Жыл бұрын
En finsk legend!!!!!! 👍🇫🇮👍🇸🇪👍🇺🇦
@crpnskie4 жыл бұрын
Every time I see this race I keep saying "C'mon Pre you can do it".....He was so good and had a passion for the sport which is incomparable even to this day.
@kuldiprai79303 жыл бұрын
interesting to watch this type of race. really toe to toe bravely not just like todays runner just wanting to keep following and at last kick sprint and win. salute for old days runners they are true fighter racer.
@TheWonderStraw5 жыл бұрын
Prefontaine ran such a gutsy race but you can see that he pushed himself too hard too early in that last charge down the back straight (where he can't seem to over take mohammed Gammoudi). You can notice it in how he adjusts his stride and tucks in behind Lasse Viren. Movies aside, I bet Pre knew he was gassed and couldn't win but was thinking "I'm just gonna settle in behind viren and get me a medal" and he either didn't see or didn't count on Ian Stewart making his own late surge. The group was so close together right up to the end, it could have easily swung in Pre''s favor had he saved that last surge for the home straight He just got beat, lots of track races at all levels go that way: one guy runs a gutsy performance only to be overtaken at the end.
@joboots0075 жыл бұрын
TheWonderStraw Stewart admitted later that he was content on finishing 4th once the 3 pulled away on the backstretch but got surprised once Pre faded down the stretch which allowed him 2 make that last jump 2 steal the bronze!!!!
@ericestrada4135 жыл бұрын
could not agree more, that charge at the start of the last 300 was his problem, he used valuable atp he would desperately need in the last 80
@clarkfox69754 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@thomasmoen91104 жыл бұрын
Pre didn't push the pace EARLY enough. The race was too slow early on to play to his strength. He was the type of runner that had to wear out his competitors over the entire race with his endurance. That takes away his competitors' otherwise superior kick because they're exhausted. But maybe he'd have been beat anyway...he was only 21 here.
@alwaysright7063 Жыл бұрын
@@thomasmoen9110 Finally, an intelligent comment here.
@voicezful5 жыл бұрын
Such great colour quality considering it is almost 50 years ago. Thanks for all your uploads. These races first caught my interest as a child and I went on to become a fairly decent middle distance runner in my teens and 20s.
@Thomass75864 жыл бұрын
Pre never got his second chance at the next olimpics. Sad.
@markcynic8083 жыл бұрын
Viren would have again slaughtered him.
@Charleybones5 жыл бұрын
We can talk about would've and should've with Prefontaine in this race for 50 years, but the fact is we saw the whole race before our eyes and he was outrun by 3 other people in this race. he was young and he was naive to think that the world's best racers were somehow going to bend over and let him dictate the race. Instead, others dictated the pace. he must have thought that as long as stayed with the pack until the last mile, he could break the pack by running the last mile in 4 minutes. Prefontaine ended up running a 4:04 instead. He lost the gold by a full 2 seconds. He didn't even have a kick in the last 100meters, and didn't have the strength to chase the 3 runners who passed him in the final stretch. But he was very young here, and it was his first Olympics, and the 2 days leading up to the race were surrounded by the Black September events unfolding just a few hundred yards from where this race was held. Prefontaine was beat in this race. period. You guys should focus on the Dave Waddle 800 finals race instead. Waddle came from way in the back to steal the gold from the frontrunners in the final seconds. IMHO, it is one of the greatest races ever run.
@PaulVinonaama5 жыл бұрын
Wottle.
@johnjameson17794 жыл бұрын
Pre had a lot working against him in this race. I honestly think pre could of silvered. He burned himself out making all those moves and not running the bends, he ran so much in lane 2.
@michaelormondrobinson4 жыл бұрын
Pre ran a young man’s race. Rookie errors. No one was going to beat Viren that day.
@kenbrickman44123 жыл бұрын
Pre ran a lot further than Viren, but he was still improving and he was trying to win...agreed he should have just stayed inside behind vixen, and he would have medaled
@davidrose64453 жыл бұрын
Viren was world-class, and was always going to beat this field in a tactical race. Prefontaine would certainly have got a medal if he stopped his stupid surges off and on, slowing down and speeding up. Knackered on the last lap he had nothing left. He never learned to race properly, if he had done, who knows. Still never would beat Viren, on of the all-time greats and my favourite track runners, I was in no doubt this day, or with the 10000m.
@alwaysright7063 Жыл бұрын
Really what an idiotic comment, I remember this race. He was only effing 21, or something like that. And still, finished 4th against a drugged up Viren. Think before you post here moron!
@777237771 Жыл бұрын
Великий финн! Затем пришли эфиопы и иные негры.
@oldmanafraidof42364 күн бұрын
The voice of this clip belongs to Mr Anssi Kukkonen, he is now 90 years of age and plays golf very active in Finland and other countries ...
@lerssilarsson6414 Жыл бұрын
Men's 5000m On Roids- And Kukkonen slighly intoxicated. Oh Those were the days...
@carolmccook9344 жыл бұрын
The Americans underestimated the quality of the European athletes Ian Stewart. Came like a train and would have run through a brick wall to the end
@joeyguy19523 жыл бұрын
A tactical race , Pre made a couple of mistakes but still was there at the end ! Made mistakes near the mid point! My opinion! He was truly a great runner
@toordal3 жыл бұрын
I just watched that for the 15th time, and I don't believe it: Pre won this time ;)
@seatownfan4 жыл бұрын
Great quality! Even if I can't understand the commentary! 😜
@stevebbuk3 жыл бұрын
I was wondering myself what language it was-Finnish perhaps?
@fanorydberg24243 жыл бұрын
@@stevebbuk Yes. And even if you can't understand a word, it's still a lot better than bloody Colemanballs!
@mikelewis14362 жыл бұрын
Lot of 'if only' comments regarding Pre here but speaking as a Brit I well remember how disappointed we were that Stewart's amazing finishing kick was too little and too late - Ian himself was so disgusted by his race tactics that day he had to be talked out of flinging his bronze medal over the stand...
@MrTrackman1002 жыл бұрын
Viren ran a totally smart race. Pre did just the opposite.
@oldtimer7635 Жыл бұрын
Prefontaine ran the longest distance, being almost all the time in the outer lanes. Viren did the opposite.
@peters61194 жыл бұрын
I watched this to remember Virren. I had forgotten that Pre was in this race. Man, with about 500m left it really looked like Pre was going to just destroy them all like he often did in those days, but he just didn't have enough juice. Look at how things have changed in the world of distance running. There wasn't a single black athlete in that race. Now there are almost no white athletes at that level ... at least not in any leading group of the best 8-10 runners. Why weren't there any Africans running in the 5,000m final? There were 3 Kenyans, 2 Ethiopians and a Moroccan in the heats but incredibly none of them made the final.
@btqy4 жыл бұрын
Mohammed Gammoudi was from Africa .
@robrobinson28743 жыл бұрын
It is all about purposeful investment in African athletes. They are on a more level training with western countries. Finally nutrition, acceptable facilities and opportunity to compete on highest leavel have brought them great success.
@gunternetzer96212 жыл бұрын
Miruts Yifter of Ethiopia the bronze medallist in the 10,000m arrived too late for his heat and didn't make the final.
And also 1976: marathon #5 (less than 24 hours after the 5000m gold)
@fleetfoot754 жыл бұрын
Cheater... blood doper
@saminieminen48712 жыл бұрын
@@fleetfoot75 , just rumours. How do you know that Prefontaine wasn´t doped?
@russhartman49274 жыл бұрын
The Flying Fin................VIREN!!! Oh, what might have been........Pre would have DOMINATED the Montreal Games. RIP Steve Prefontaine.
@johnwilson57434 жыл бұрын
Russ, we will never know of course but it's great to speculate. However, the flying Kiwis had come to the fore. Dick Quax (new world record holder) Rod Dixon. 1500m bronze medalist from 1500m in 72 plus others, had all surpassed Pre. He had improved: but many others had improved more. So it is doubtful Pre would have been successful at Montreal. (I was there but only watching!) Although the lack of the African runners due to the boycott would have helped Pre to at least make the final. There were at least a dozen Africans faster than Pre at that time. Note: Viren was brilliant in the final at Montreal.
@sunnyfletcher48444 жыл бұрын
to dominate the field he would have to change his event, may by shotput, as he has the right build
African boycotted the Olympics in 1976 and the only chance that Pre could've medal was in the 10000 meters.
@bloqk165 жыл бұрын
I had seen Pre race several times in the US in the years leading up to the '72 Olympics, and in the years afterwards. This is not meant to be disrespect towards him, but he never impressed me as a runner with the talent to have a strong finishing kick, as he usually managed to put distance between himself and the competition leading up to the finish. Outside of the '72 Olympic Games, I saw where those competitors staying close to Pre, that they could out-kick him at the finish. What vividly comes to mind was the mile race at the San Francisco Examiner Indoor Track & Field Games at the Cow Palace, in the Winter of 1974. In that race, Pre got dusted by South African Fanie Van Zilj, Marty Liquori, and Len Hilton, at the finish, because they had finishing kicks, and Pre didn't.
@sunnyfletcher48444 жыл бұрын
he was not in the same class as the European athletes. Trouble is, he did not know until it was too late.
@joeyguy19523 жыл бұрын
So sad seeing Pre not medal! A true grit runner from Coos Bay
@yusakusan12953 жыл бұрын
Une course vieille de 48 ans et les athlètes turbinaient comme des dingues ! Chapeau bas.
@archlutesmith4 жыл бұрын
Pre seems to have run most of the race in lanes 2 or even 3. A lot of extra running. Viren almost never outside lane 1
@binkyxz33 жыл бұрын
Yes, Viren even filtered out the middle of the pack late in the race when he was boxed in.
@richardmilliken87055 ай бұрын
Pre ran an extra 80 meters and had he set a fast pace he would've broke everyone except Viren.
@abeltadesse68464 жыл бұрын
just beautfull
@jameshaney1713 жыл бұрын
I think Pre would have made an excellent Marathon runner. He probably had several sub 210's waiting for him. But it wasn't meant to be.
@davidrpriest2 жыл бұрын
He had good speed but not great speed compared to competition in the 5000. His ability to run through pain might have made him a great marathoner.
@Stacie452 жыл бұрын
Prefontaine spent so much time running on the outside of the group he must have run an extra 50 meters.
@craiggordon51134 жыл бұрын
Greatest race of all time...Bedford not only screwed the pooch but completely knocked Pre from medaling...Viren was magnificent...but The winning time here was sooo slow and was hugely behind Pre’s qualifying time at the American Olympic trials...a total luster f-k!
@randyevermore93234 жыл бұрын
It was only 4 seconds slower than Pre's winning time at the Trials. Not a "hugely" difference. And right after this, Viren took the WR down to 13:16.
@saturavalt1818Ай бұрын
Hyvä Lasse !🤗Hurray Lasse! Hurray Suomi Finland! 🤗 The "Flying Finns"were 💯 Never forget when i carried home silver spoon with win in running competition. Thanks goes to my father ☀️who put trust in me 💯
@amarasiriekanayake30183 жыл бұрын
Love it ..
@jeffreylancaster75714 жыл бұрын
If you look at the body types vs todays athletes it is almost funny. Pre was still a tough gutty runner! RIP Bro!!!!
@ShunyamNiketana2 жыл бұрын
Isn't #904 the same guy that Billy Mills passed in the final straightaway in Tokyo '64? (Gamoudi?)
@ledtargaouschi5831 Жыл бұрын
Yes ! Gammoudi: Gold medal - 1968 Mexico City 5000 metres Silver medal - 1964 Tokyo 10000 metres Silver medal - 1972 Munich 5000 metres Bronze medal - 1968 Mexico City 10000 metres
@APBCTechnique5 жыл бұрын
Pre didn’t relax first 9 mins running wide wasting energy and metres. I think running in lane 2 and wide in lane 1 he lost 15-20m. Really in a 5000m be relaxed and run on the kerb and only run 5000m. I believe if Pre relaxed and run on the line he’d of got the fight for the gold in him that day. Tactically looking at Viren he was relaxed on the kerb all the way.
@erzug5 жыл бұрын
His first and last Olympics and Viren was an old pro at that point.
@PaulVinonaama4 жыл бұрын
@@erzug Viren was neither old nor pro. He was 23 years old and was, like Pre, in his first Olympics. Moreover, he worked as a policeman.
@sunnyfletcher48444 жыл бұрын
believe what you will, he was out classed by so many other great runners
@JoseRamos-ek4cz8 ай бұрын
Dios todo poderozo te bendiga
@APBCTechnique8 ай бұрын
@@erzug indeed 👍
@VADELMAHILLO-cw7jm4 жыл бұрын
NICE TO WATCH IT
@i64stupid7 жыл бұрын
4:04ish last mile..
@alejandrotorres7126 жыл бұрын
i64stupid is slower than world record 5k pace
@alejandrotorres7126 жыл бұрын
i64stupid but still an amazing performance
@jounihautamaki59866 жыл бұрын
Viren runs about 3.59,2 those last 4 laps. I don`t think he used allmost five seconds for the missing 9 meters. I would guess around 4.01.
@alemao1352 Жыл бұрын
Viren ran always from the inside, it made the diference at the end
@bloqk165 жыл бұрын
I think one reason the video quality is so good is with the PAL format used in most parts of the world at the time, which has a higher video resolution than what the North American NTSC format offered.
@williedaniels38825 жыл бұрын
BTW--the announcers were speaking Finn! I know - I am 100% Finn. And this was just before Nokia and the Finnish rise in electronic superiority.
@bloqk165 жыл бұрын
Thanks for informing us the spoken language of the announcers, and for writing your comment in English, as I'm clueless when it comes to Nordic languages.
@AnthonyMcqueen19873 жыл бұрын
There was just too many mistakes Pre did during this race. If he was a little more patient and stuck with Viren he would have had a chance. But we know he was arrogant and had a large ego but that can lead to your downfall. Either way he was a great runner in his day may he rest in peace. The sport of distance running requires patience. Pre should have realised this was an Olympic final competing against the best in the world. This was not some throwaway college race where he could have raced with arrogance. He paid the price for it.
@richardmilliken87055 ай бұрын
Had Pre set a fast pace like he usually did, he would've been in the inside lane instead of running in the 2nd lane, and he would've broke everyone except Viren and got a silver medal for himself. Was he cocky? Absolutely but so was Ali. As far as Viren, we will never know if he blood doped in 72 & 76. It was legal back then.
@vadelmakakku-xb1xn4 жыл бұрын
nice to watch this
@brunolepriol2302 Жыл бұрын
remember this well very well
@dashriprock31653 жыл бұрын
The reality is that should have Prefontaine survived, the best he would have done in 1976 is get the silver. I think we could all agree that Pre could not outkick Viren in the 1976 10,000. Lopes and Pre would have fought for the silver. Had Prefontaine run the 5,000 in the 1976 Olympics, his only chance would be to do the same race as in 1972 and try to run the last mile under 4 minutes. Cause Quax and Dixon had beaten Prefontaine on kicks consistently. Still I don't see Pre getting any medal in the 5,000 only the 10,000. Hard one to swallow for this big PRE fan.
@gunternetzer96212 жыл бұрын
Had he competed in the Montreal 5K it's very likely he would have finished 4th again. As some people have said he might have been a better marathon runner as he got older.
@kazj17282 жыл бұрын
If only Pre had been coached by Salazar! Wow I felt dirty just typing those words.
@JoseRamos-ek4cz8 ай бұрын
Saludos y Abrazos desde la nasion de PANAMÀ
@gmnboss2 жыл бұрын
built to run....so smooth and efficient
@OMENARAHKA-pt7zl3 жыл бұрын
NICE TO WATCH THIS MY IDOLS PREFONTAINE VIREN AND THE GUY WHO LEADS
@KaiHellmann3 ай бұрын
Lasse Wiren in München gold 5000m and 10 000m fall and win.
@steveoconnor70694 жыл бұрын
My cross country team did a training run and then stopped at one of our team mate's house and watched the race together. Gutsy race but his strategy was a little off. He did beat Viren in a different race a year or so later and with the additional experience would've been an even stronger contender next olympics. Broke my heart when he died.
@flamingored9603 жыл бұрын
I don't think so! Look at the 5000 meter race in the 1976 Olympics. It was absolutely stacked with former 1500 runners that had a big kick and that Africa boycotted the olympics.
@richardmilliken87055 ай бұрын
@@flamingored960 That race was slow for 1976. If Pre had set a fast pace in 72 he would've broke everyone except Viren and he would've broke everyone again except Viren. So another silver medal.
@Arturo-sm1tb3 жыл бұрын
God what heartbreak. He made one fatal error with 300 to go, making that gigantic move too soon. He may not have won, but certainly a medal if he had not wasted 100 meters of sprinting on the backstretch.
@Rapora92 жыл бұрын
Who "he"? There's no names mentioned in the title or description.
@OMENAKAKKU-ex5rw2 жыл бұрын
MY IDOL
@bronxcheer14843 жыл бұрын
Pre is the most celebrated 4th placed Olympic athlete of all time
@FenceThis3 жыл бұрын
Among Americans
@magnusrylander Жыл бұрын
And for good reason
@rampart65575 жыл бұрын
Pre's splits 3 months earlier when he ran 13:22.8 at the Olympic Trials: 4:26, 4:20, 4:11, 25+ last 176 meters. Pre's splits at Munich when he ran 13:28+: 4:27, 4:30, 4:03, 28+ last 176 meters. For some reason known only to Pre's coaches, they gave him a different strategy in Munich than in Eugene, when he ran and won with an excellent strategy that was suited to his style--come through 2 miles in 8:45ish, run a 4:10/4:12 3rd mile, and kick it home. The damn sad thing was that Pre was in better shape at Munich, he was running phenomenal workouts in the 3 weeks prior to the Munich final. He was well-capable at Munich of running his first 2 miles in 8:38, 3rd in 4:10 and 25 point for last 176 meters, that's a 13:13 and that's his race. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Instead, his coaches told him to sit back for the first two miles at Munich and then run a sub 4:04 last mile, forgetting that when you come through the 1st 2 miles under 8:45, you have a definite advantage and are in excellent position to nail a 4:10/4:08 last mile and kick it home. The first 2 miles at Munich were 8:57 and that played right into Viren's hands, just as the Finnish coaches had planned. The Finns out-coached the Americans, hands-down. And Viren ran a stellar last 800 meters, nobody could've touched him and nobody did.
@freddiemassone36604 жыл бұрын
Well said. If Pre had his way, that is exactly how the race would have went.
@LPCLASSICAL2 жыл бұрын
Viren had plenty in reserve at the end - he was in such supreme form frankly however the race was run he most likely would have won. Pre was dead on his feet at the end running a 13.28 and whichever way you try to spin it there is no evidence he had a 13.13 in him.
@richardmilliken87055 ай бұрын
Bowerman is the one that told Pre to draft off the other runners for the 1st two miles. But he wanted Pre in the inside lane and Pre used up his energy by running in lane 2 for most of the race. He probably ran an extra 80 meters. Those crazy & mindless surges stole some of his energy at the end too. There should have been a contingency plan if the pace was slow, if Pre had taken over the pace/lead he would've broken everyone except Viren. Viren's conditioning and master racing strategy was too much for his opponents.
@richardmilliken87055 ай бұрын
@@LPCLASSICAL Viren was unbeatable at the Olympic Games. He always seemed to peak perfectly and his racing strategy was flawless.
@velielfvengren6413 Жыл бұрын
OLI LASSE TOISESTA MAAILMASTA ON. SE VAAN NIIN,👉👉👉
@jozla4 жыл бұрын
nice to watch it...my idols viren. bedford
@anthonyparkinson55443 жыл бұрын
Bedford was my favourite runner before Ovett. Unlike Ovett he had no kick
@missasinenomine4 жыл бұрын
Ha! ha! Good one! You fooled me. At first I thought he must be an athlete. Then Spanish or something........Yes, I remember the "flying Finn". I watched the whole Munich Olympics on TV in 1972. Never done that since.
@joandar13 жыл бұрын
I heard the opening of these Games on a Cristal Radio that I had just made/finished on the day. I was 11 and happy to to be able to lay in my bed listening and then SHIT invaded, I was too young to understand. Great Race and they all put their heart into the sport they loved. John, Australia.
@lecinquiemeroimage4 жыл бұрын
At that time (early seventies), nobody in the world could beat Lasse Virén, even Gammoudi ! I remember Munich (I was a young teenager), also with the great and so elegant Russian, Valeri Borzov in 100 m ... Thanks a lot for this video, with so very good colors [for that time] .....
@djangorheinhardt3 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree that at first sight Viren appears to have been an athlete from another universe,he was so good.Unfortunately the revelations in later years about the Finns using unorthodox means to help win races,which at the time was not illegal ,but very immoral, has tainted Virens image for life.Many people within the sport believe the rumours to have some credibility, especially after Virens 1976 triumphs. I don't think that dark shadow cast over Virens victories will ever be lifted ,not helped by his off the cuff, evasive answers when asked about the rumours ,even to this very day ,so perhaps we will never know..
@genghiskhan88353 жыл бұрын
Borzov isn't Russian, but Ukrainian!
@mikkovaltanen39853 жыл бұрын
Hyvä Lasse
@martinsalas91272 жыл бұрын
Great athlete Pre gave it his all...I used to run ..I pretend to be him...man just go !..just go..all this was 1972 ..run Pre run.
@PaulVinonaama Жыл бұрын
Haha, I always pretended to be Lasse Viren as a child.
@jukkakeranen3928 Жыл бұрын
Julma-Juha on vielä myllikässä liikkeellä silloin tällöin
@MARMELADIAHGT3 жыл бұрын
NICE TO WATCH THIS
@SITRUUNAKAKKU-pl3jj Жыл бұрын
I LIKED IT....VIREN IS MY IDOL
@user-sg9sv5hj7s10 ай бұрын
le mie prime Olymbiade che ricordo'' con apertura fantastica'' tutto in onore della Greccia
@hannusiiskonen6163 жыл бұрын
❤✌🙂
@herbelliot4 жыл бұрын
Stewart said Pre was to out of touch with the class in Europe,. Pre said he would run 4 mins in the last mile in the final like that it was a threat when Stewart knew he could run 4 in the last and that Viren could definitely run a 4 in the last. He was a bit naive but you had to had it to him he had balls.
@djangorheinhardt3 жыл бұрын
Your posting name is the name of the man who I think was the greatest athlete of the last 50 years of the 20th century, Herb Elliot.The greatest middle distance runner ,probably in history,never mind the 20th century .Unbeatable.
@richardmilliken87055 ай бұрын
@@djangorheinhardt I think Seb Coe & Peter Snell were more dominant in the 800m & 1500m at the Olympic Games.
@djangorheinhardt4 ай бұрын
@@richardmilliken8705 Yes,Elliott would have kept to one race,the mile/1500 metres.I would still put Elliott at number one,the winner ,but for just that one race / mile / 1500 .,no other !
@sergiomella7606 Жыл бұрын
Gran carrera
@michaeladrian22104 жыл бұрын
If you watch the tactics, quite a few racers were taking lead n shifting positions. With 800m, Pre pushed arnd 60 but all top guys were with him. Maybe he shouldn't have surged w 300m because it did nothing, he seemed to wait and geared up for last 100m but a guy smoked him n almost won
@jaskajoku25223 ай бұрын
Pro Pekka Peltokallio .
@abbassiahmed32045 жыл бұрын
au dernier tour , notre champion Gammoudi a démarré un peu plus tôt , il aurait dû attendre et suivre lasse viren , il a mal calculé .
@lecinquiemeroimage4 жыл бұрын
Peut être pas, car Gammoudi avait déjà été battu sur 5000 en 1968 (médaillé de bronze) ... Virén fut aussi le gagnant du 10000, après être [bizarrement] tombé, et avoir entrainé dans sa chute, Gammoudi et plusieurs autres coureurs; il s'est vite relevé (tiens ?!), mais Gammoudi moins vite : il avait du abandonné un peu plus tard. Virén a facilement récidivé 4 ans plus tard à Montréal pour le doublé, Gammoudi étant absent (boycott de tous les pays africains). Gammoudi était un champion : déjà médaillé d'argent sur 10000 en 1964 à Tokyo [surpris par le superbe finish de l'outsider américain]; mais absent lors de la finale du 5000 (on sait pas pourquoi, puisqu'il était qualifié); et bien sûr champion du 10000 en 1968 !
@MrKLindholm4 жыл бұрын
Hyvin mahdollista.
@kmruhgrdsvrojh Жыл бұрын
Very strange finnish to this race (no pun intended) halfway down the back straight Gammoudi passes Viren followed by Prefontaine, who looks full of running at this point, but who then checks himself at Gammoudi’s shoulder and inexplicably turns and stares into the crowd which stalls his momentum and allows Viren to slip by him on the inside. It's almost as if a pre-race plan to be on Viren’s shoulder with 150 to go was so firmly fixed in Prefontaine’s mind that he couldn't compute the fact that it was instead Gammoudi in front of him and thus he ‘tricks’ Viren into compliance. PS….The way Stewart finished like a train to grab the bronze makes me think the man must have been wearing earplugs not to realise it was the last lap.
@JoseCastro-nq6dc3 жыл бұрын
Viren was just playing with everyone. I don’t understand what the Prefontaine allure is about. Never for one moment did it seem like he was going to win anything.
@magnusrylander Жыл бұрын
I do, its the fact that he didnt wait around like a coward and did something, Its his style.
@mtsflorida Жыл бұрын
I was on a calif track team 72-73 getting the MVP award in '73 but as I watched this race all cameras were on Steve Prefontaine. The problem was he was too much into parties and drink. He should have retired to bed early but he celebrated instead. Without Lasse Viren Pre could have won as the race would not have picked up till the end. Viren was a Fin, a cop and trained for the marathon. Doing 35 mile runs. No one was as serious about winning. Even falling down in the 10k he won. Who does that?