Michael Johnson vs. Butch Reynolds & Quincy Watts - Men's 400m - 1993 USA Outdoor Championships

[@edwardgutierrez2638]

One of (if not one of the greatest) 400m fields ever assembled.

[@idontsignin]

That is 1 of the greatest line ups ever in a 400m Johnson - world number 1 Reynolds - world record holder Watts - Olympic champion Valmon - Olympic gold medallist on relay Pettigrew - defending world champion Mills - future Olympic gold medallist on relay Hall - Olympic gold medallist on relay Smith - future Olympic gold medallist on relay

[@gazzelle4]

This is when the track athletes went at it! If this was on pay-per-view, I would order it. Year after the 1992 Olympics?

[@tevans5144]

idontsignin: the last person to beat Johnson was Antonio pettigrew in 1988 at this point. Johnson was the man until Donovan Bailey beat him in the 150 meters in Canada making him human that year. Johnson a couple years later would break the 400 meter record

[@kyleatherton88]

@@tevans5144 johnson is a legend of the sport. But that day against bailey...he definately chickened out no doubt about it.

[@fender1000100]

@Idontsignin Not one of the best. That is the BEST and JOHNSON,REYNOLDS,WATTS,VALMONS 4X400M relay record from the 1993 world championships still stands 28 years later. Now the longest standing record in mens track. It may not be broken for 50 years.

[@jeffryhammel3035]

Loved watching this. Quincy, Butch, Michael, ect. My heroes.

[@colt_45.]

People used to appreciate track and field so much more

[@Charliemeehan7]

Very true

[@kennethwoods6525]

Wow! This must have been a great era for American mens 400 meters. Harry Butch Reynolds to Steve Lewis to Quincy Watts to Michael Johnson to Jeremy Wariner to LeShawn Merritt.

[@chicnoir29]

It absolutely was, then that man from Grenada came along giving LeShawn hell, just as LeShawn hit his prime.

[@kennethwoods6525]

@@chicnoir29 : Karani James didn't come to play. He will go down as one of the all-time greats with his 3 Olympic medals 🥇🥈🥉

[@chicnoir29]

@@kennethwoods6525 - Yes I believe Karani just turned 30 so he has at least one more olympic games in his legs.

[@shawnyoung8752]

To Shawn Young. I trained on marlboro and Bud.

[@fender1000100]

At this point they had no idea Johnson was going to be the GOAT at 400M.

[@herbertjreid3rd253]

They knew this in ‘92

[@DGF2]

A bunch of legends in this one! Thanks for the upload!!

[@mrbigshot1986]

What an era!

[@EricForney-uz4iz]

Awesome race. That field was stacked with Talent!

[@mejo7254]

Nice race...Thank you for posting.

[@62BillAD]

"See who the man gonna be"...that was MJ!

[@jamrats9441]

Undefeated 400m of Michael Johnson 1993-2000

[@johnbyrnes6117]

Undefeated from 1989 to 1997...58 races I believe

[@jamrats9441]

@@johnbyrnes6117 1999-2000 Are he lose ??

[@Dynamics416]

MJ lost in Oslo in 1998.

[@Ezekiels1]

Michael Johnson is the most dominate athlete I’ve ever seen. Who more so than anyone else, left it all on the track. His only regret may be those sunglasses. Not being mean, my mother had a similar pair and we siblings still poke fun at her.

[@kitcachapp3094]

He could of been the best ever if he knew how to run properly....I mean instead of with his back straight and his chest stuck out.

[@chilled99]

@kitcachapp3094 You want to tell Michael Johnson how to run?

[@aaronkoeppe9057]

The top 4 finishers set a world record that still stands today

[@timn4481]

2 of them failed drug tests and were given penalties.

[@johnbyrnes6117]

@@timn4481 Watts, Johnson, and Valmon all clean for their entire careers; and Butch won his drug case in court. Think you might be confusing it w/ the 98 team in the Goodwill Games, where Pettigrew & Jerome Young later went on to test positive.

[@kyleatherton88]

@@johnbyrnes6117 talented athletes definately but i highly doubt they all stayed away from ped's throughout their careers. Some just dont get caught thats the difference

[@gothops2632]

Quincy is a popular name for 400m athletes!

[@thesituation6208]

You can feel the tension between MJ and Carol lmao

[@PresbianTier]

Why was there tension?

[@201081hero]

Presbian116 Tier1 I would guess it was likely something Carl said but not sure what.

[@Dynamics416]

MJ and Carl Lewis had history of issues which started mainly in 1990. Carol, being Carl's sister didn't help. She also used her platform in the media and on TV to support her brother and throw slick comments towards MJ during his rise in the sport.

[@---bk4lg]

@@Dynamics416 she kept it professional , she didn't support her brother on the Media .

[@Dynamics416]

@@---bk4lg she may have kept it professional for the most part but she did have her moments of shade towards MJ. In fact I recall a moment two years later at the 1995 USA outdoor championships where MJ called out Carol Lewis on television during the ABC broadcast for a comment she made. It got to the point there was time before commercial break and reporters, cameras followed MJ wanting more details which he spoke upon. Not sure if Jim has the full 1995 USA Champs, but if he does from those 2 weekends of ABC coverage it's in there.

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

Michael Johnson.....GOAT 🐐

[@michaelcarmean4906]

💥 Great Field ✅ Great Race… Michael💥

[@shanarobinson7672]

Commentators are the best…pay per view

[@steveomo2001]

Going where there is competition...

[@francismuiruri9064]

Hio flag..

[@hiranom20]

Butch's footlocker kit lmao

[@mduduzigama5534]

The Day Johnson took over 😮

[@caveman726]

To me tension was between Butch & Michael

[@octopusmagnificens]

Good video!

[@GeoAce777]

4:06😎

[@fulviovisani9498]

Johnson top

[@timn4481]

its kinda weird that Butch Reynolds ran 43.29, then got 'busted' for steroids, appealed his case and got it overturned, but his times were never within half a second from what he did prior.

[@kennethwoods6525]

Not so weird. It was more mental than physical. He spent his own $ to hire lawyers, had to force his own federation to allow him to run, and endured great criticism from fellow U.S. athletes and coaches. Oh, and guess what happened to his sponsors. Meanwhile, Primo Nebiolo and the IAAF refused to acknowledge that it was sample H6 that was documented twice as testing positive and not Butch Reynold's test sample H5. I don't think we ever found out who sample H6 was. I don't even remember the samples being retested.

[@keybuckley]

haha he runs like Foghorn Leghorn

[@user-cielbland]

カールルイスとは口を利かないけどキャロルルイスとは口を利くマイケルジョンソン。

[@martintownsend6694]

Pretty sure he broke 44 before this race

[@jimmuchmore5854]

You’re right. He did it in 1992 (43.98).

[@kitcachapp3094]

Imagine how good Johnson would have been if could run properly??? I mean instead of running with his back straight and his chest stuck out. I can't believe that none of his coaches over the years didn't teach him to run correctly in a running race.