Men's 800m Final Atlanta Olympics 31-07-1996

[@andre1987eph]

Johnny Gray had a great career. Johnny Gray participated in four Olympic 800 meter finals. He competed in the 800 meters at the 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996 Summer Olympics.

[@Dynamics416]

WELCOME BACK! The best in T&F videos from the 80s/90s.

[@jonahmagut2191]

I was in form two watching this... Amazing sepeng's killer kick and he got the boys at the tape... Tshepo of this era

[@pursueweazmarecoverall486]

South Africa's proudest moment.

[@englishman1960]

Yes Jakob Ingebritsen was not the first Norwegian man to win Olympic gold on the track

[@jasonstewart194]

Great race, have to love the legendary botched commentary job at the end. "Rodahl wins..... hangs his head in despair..... SepONG becomes the first BLACK South African to win...(oops he didn't win).... a medal of any kind on the track" - jesus David, not your Sunday best mate! Great video though and one of the great championship 800m races ever.

[@라메르-z5d]

애틀랜타에서 남아공이 잘했구나. 800m 금메달, 마라톤도 우승.

[@nsainah]

Kipketer had Malaria.

[@jasonstewart9919]

Not here he didn't - he was cleared to compete for Denmark by the IAAF but not under the IOC rules which said if he wanted to compete it had to be for Kenya (which he didn't want to do). So he tragically missed these Olympics. Malaria was in 1998.

[@jjayyoung7335]

If only Johnny gray had a brain about running tactics

[@johnstirling6597]

Gray first at 600 meters, finishes 7th. Rodal 6th at 600 meters finishes first. Just once in his career you would think Gray would sit and kick.

[@robinbauer1975]

he had no kick wdym

[@rsatterth]

@@johnstirling6597 51 and 51 gets a gold

[@johnstirling6597]

@@rsatterth Sadly not for Johnny!

[@robinbauer1975]

Kipketer would have won still so happy for rodal and the South African

[@richardmilliken8705]

I doubt it. The Kipster choked in the 2000 & 2004 Olympic Games.

[@brandonmroe265]

@@richardmilliken8705 he whooped Rodal, the winner here, four out of four races the summer leading up to this. By 2000, he was past his peak and still got silver. By 2004, he was a shadow of his former self and still got bronze. I guarantee he would have dominated this race had Kenya not chosen to be petty and block him from running for Denmark.

[@hansdekorver7365]

@@brandonmroe265 Kipketer was good in 2000. But in a very slow race he took a tactical wrong decision. He stayed behind and at the end he did not have time enough.