Montreal 1976 Olympic Marathon (highlights)

[@maddyhumphrey6081]

Barry Watson my Dad of whom I am so proud. Nice to get mentions in the interview with David Coleman.

[@frankmayer7960]

I was living 20 minutes from the stadium back then and I remember the blue lines painted on the streets for the marathon. They lasted for years and years after the Olympics. I don't know what type of paint they used but it probably was freakin good.

[@dawnrichardson8234]

I was so inspired by Frank Shorter in this race as a 14-year-old. Yale lawyer, Olympic medalist. I wanted me some of that kind of overachievement. I started distance running and joined the track team that year. 7 years later I got into Dartmouth Medical School. Thanks Frank for the inspiration :)

[@simolamsa8716]

Lasse Viren was fifth place in his first marathon.He ran 10 000 m final and 5000 m twice before that event.

[@cesarcoelho7227]

Simo Lämsä doper

[@smilodontiger5675]

Fantastic effort by Viren. Unlike Zatopec he had to run a heat for the 5000 and 10000.

[@simonwoods8809]

@@cesarcoelho7227 Well... if he was doing what the Finns were suspected of doing then no, it wasn't illegal but unethical. They were suspected of transfusing their own blood ie. taking blood out the body as if giving blood to a blood bank then reinjecting it which increases the oxygen levels in the bloodstream akin to using EPO. As I just said it wasn't illegal at that time but considered unethical. It became illegal not so many years after (as if that made much difference...) and indeed Czierpinski being a DDR athlete would have being doping so was Frank Shorter the real winner and thus the real double Olympic champion?

[@michaell8722]

And won both of those races….. with a bit of help, blood doping

[@marguskiis7711]

For Moscow he trained especially for marathon but his health failed during the run.

[@nidabatayan3047]

Frank Shorter was the legit Gold Medalist here.A great role model who won in 1972.Honest competitor. All time Great.

[@torstenrichter169]

Nonsense! Shorter just didn't dop enough! Cierpinski was clearly better and deserved to win!

[@nidabatayan3047]

@@torstenrichter169 Incredulous.Shorter did things the honest way-- ever since high school.In the two mile,the 5000, 10k, Marathon wins in Fukuoka, road race victories,National XC Titles,Munich and Montreal. CHEATING is NEVER OKAY! EVER!

[@nidabatayan3047]

@@torstenrichter169 Deserved to win?! No.That doping gave him a huge advantage Frank didn't have.You must be a millennial who was't even around then. Cheating in everything today is condoned(Academics,sports, work, etc).It is meaningless.

[@torstenrichter169]

@@nidabatayan3047 Shorter doped like all Americans! I know Cierpinski personally and believe him much more than a scribe who has no knowledge! They lie!

[@torstenrichter169]

@@nidabatayan3047 No, Shorter doped too little! Deservedly lost and you can cry as you like.

[@maddyhumphrey6081]

I was in Hythe Kent England aged four at the time but i am sure I was watching. I cherish the interview with David Coleman and the marathon coverage, still love watching both when I get the chance the interview with David Coleman and the marathon commentry, means everything.

[@mikelewis1436]

Was glued the box as they made those opening laps of the track and the whole family were SCREAMING for Barry Watson as he led the pack out of the stadium...don't think this clip shows it but vividly recall him giving a farewell wave as they disappeared down the tunnel...

[@maddyhumphrey6081]

it is lovely to get mentions in the marathon commentry along with my mum who was in the stadium.

[@maddyhumphrey6081]

We are a very proud family, very proud of dad and what he has achieved in his life.

[@pratikdevkar8800]

Pity that nothing is written about the Indian athlete shivnath singh he still holds the national record of 2:12 made in 1978 and remains unbroken till this date

[@NetworkGulf]

Sivnath Singh got 11th place in this race

[@pratikdevkar8800]

@@NetworkGulf yes right 😊

[@honestguide4552]

watched this video to look at him .. he did amazingly well

[@prashantkumar3978]

He was born in Majharia(Buxar). I feel proud that I am from same village..he was truly India' s greatest long distance runner.

[@anitabosse]

4:12 He's fighting for bronze medal and you can hear the announcer say his name

[@maddyhumphrey6081]

My Dad remains very proud of his olympic clothes.

[@tommytempo1]

David Coleman commentator at his best - no better.

[@normanlinden5786]

Except that in so many calls on this and other videos he refers to Soviet athletes as Russians. Russia was not an independent country then. It was part of the Soviet Union (USSR), and some of those "Russians" he referred to may have been from Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia or any of the other republics that comprised the Soviet Union.

[@tommytempo1]

@@normanlinden5786 hardly a major issue.

[@normanlinden5786]

@@tommytempo1 -- I think it is. And thank you for all of your videos.

[@tommytempo1]

@@normanlinden5786 You are welcome. Hopefully, I will be adding some more videos in the coming months.

[@normanlinden5786]

@@tommytempo1 -- A final thought on my original comment. I think referring to a Soviet team as Russians is just as bad as an announcer calling a British relay team English.

[@altfactor]

I suspect this is the BBC coverage of the race. I believe the 1976 Olympic men's marathon was the first marathon to be telecast live from start-to-finish, and that the BBC, Canada's CBC, and ABC in the 'States all carried it in full.

[@simonwoods8809]

Definitely the BBC coverage with the great commentator David Coleman (RIP)! I remember watching this as a nine going on ten year old and getting excited as Barry Watson took an early lead and being told that there was a long way to go... What memories!

[@user-gotomasahiro]

懐かしい映像ありがとうございます。誰もがフランクショウターの優勝を信じていた。そこへチエルピンスキーという歩兵がスッと現れた。ショウターがはじめて負けた瞬間だった。

[@ああ-u8u2y]

そうですね。ビルロジャース、ラッセビレン、カレルリスモン、ジェロームドレイトン、レオニードモセーエフなどが、先頭集団にいます。懐かしい❗

[@jck9506]

The east german took part in their doping program. Frank Shorter was the best of his era and should be awarded the GOLD!

[@torstenrichter169]

Doping habt Ihr auch genommen!

[@mymine2537]

and Lance Armstrong was clean?? Ben Johnson as well?? You are such fool...

[@tabstabs1204]

@@mymine2537 you forgot Marion Jones, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay....the list goes on and on.....

[@mymine2537]

@Paul Kryder And?? Doping is doping... It is not an east german problem

[@nidabatayan3047]

Amen.

[@ArjunSingh-d9i]

My dad was 23 year's Asia No 1 long distance runner.still No 1 in India...and in world 11 it is great achievement from him . love you dad .🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@frankandrews1005]

Jerome Drayton of Canada. 6th in the world. No medal, but a gutsy performance.

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

All the participants including Germany, USA, Puerto Rico, UK, and many other countries, this marathon it's before the famous Kenyan domination on this olympic marathon, good to make a huge comparison about olympic marathon history

[@sidecar7714]

Except for Kipchoge, Kenyans have only won one

[@antoninaalmazora4727]

Also watched it live early morning in the Philippines

[@201081hero]

Too bad the best British athletes in 1976 Ron Hill and Ian Thompson were not selected, especially Thompson who was the world number 1 in 1974. Good to see BBC coverage of this event.

[@jamesfleming8142]

I watched it live from Ramey AFB Puerto Rico a few years before my running life began.Still run at 57.Was 15 at the time.Shorter was screwed.He should have gone down in history as having won back to back Olympic marathons.Cierpinski knows that the world knows that he knows that we know.Its almost as if he is in the German equivalent of a witness protection program. He has lived pretty much a guarded in the closet life all these years.Its just as well-no one wants to hear his obvious lies.

[@michaelhaukedalen1274]

Thanks to the Métro, my dad and I watched the race just outside the stadium at the start, at two spots out on the course, and made it back for the finish.

[@mahtivaari72]

It would be incredible if a Finnish runner became fifth in Olympic marathon. Lasse Viren did it but he had won already two golds before it.

[@tobyblack3803]

"Everybody was doing it ... " The cry of the cheaters trying to justify their cheating!

[@joemonteleonezollo4967]

Frank was a high altitude trainer.

[@ソーナンス-t1m]

今日エリウドキプチョゲがマラソン連覇してアベベ、チェルピンスキー、エリウドキプチョゲの3人が連覇したことになった

[@anitabosse]

From all those 67 runners, 12 have already passed away

[@smilodontiger5675]

If the UK selectors had picked Ian Thompson, he would probably have won it.

[@TermiteUSA]

Well, he was just 'following orders' right?

[@Hannu73]

Not so sure the others didn`t use stereoids aswell , like DDR athletes did.

[@jorgeanguas9220]

Just remembered, African countries boycotted this Games. However, they have come a long way and now dominate this event in particular.

[@coryholland1811]

Currently 200+ Kenyans on doping suspensions.

[@brianoidperson]

Winner from DDR. surely clean...

[@degreeO]

Cierpinski was doubtless doped to the gills.

[@deannilvalli6579]

@@degreeO What evidence can you provide for this claim?

[@torstenrichter169]

The winners from the USA were definitely clean ..... they doped a lot more!

[@nidabatayan3047]

@@torstenrichter169 The US runners did not dope at all.WC the cheater did..and you shamelessly defend it!

[@1158scott]

@@deannilvalli6579 Evidence ? How about he was identified on a Stasi secret police list of doped East German athletes uncovered in the 1990's.

[@2020-h3e]

동독은 약물!!!

[@tabstabs1204]

Not a single black runners back then. Some on shorter distances though !!

[@degreeO]

The African nations boycotted to protest the IOC. The racist IOC broke its own rules to include New Zealand despite the fact that New Zealand, an ultra-racist nation in the 1970s, had carried on with sports matches with Apartheid era South Africa. New Zealand should have been banned but the IOC chose New Zealand over all of Africa. None of the track outcomes beyond 400m would have been the same

[@seamusweber8298]

African nations boycotted 1976 Olympic Games

[@garyhanson638]

Doper.

[@olmar71]

Waldemar !!!! He humiliated everyone, Waldemar is the strongest marathoner of all time, he is a DDR brand!!!!

[@torstenrichter169]

Waldemar...a Hero!!!

[@mjstephenwriter]

Ein Held nur Betrüger.

[@torstenrichter169]

So einen Unsinn kann man nur im Netz lesen! Weder kennen Sie den Mann, noch haben Sie Beweise dafür!

[@jamesball5743]

Cheater

[@nidabatayan3047]

Nein.Cheater.

[@torstenrichter169]

@@jamesball5743 Liar!

[@jorgeanguas9220]

Strange, an Olympic marathon with white folks only...

[@johntate5722]

Numerous African countries boycotted the Olympics in 1976 - not sure of this was something to do with Apartheid, possibly - sad thing of course was that so many great African distance runners couldn't show their ability. Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) was perhaps the best then...couldn't take part. Probably would've beaten Viren in the 10,000 and maybe the 5 as well. Shame.

[@PaulVinonaama]

@@johntate5722 Hardly. Yifter wasn't as good in 1976 as in 1980.

[@johntate5722]

Paul thats intetesting. I have to admit i didnt look at times, performances etc. I guess i just went on age and i know that yifter was a bit older than most. Still he did have his "day in the sun". As someone else has said here, if british selectors had any sense then they would have preselected ian thompson who was then both commonwealth and euro champion. He wouldve given shorter a real run for his money. He wss our best chance. Still no uk winner of the marathon. We have had silvers and bronzes but no gold. If farah wasnt able to do it, i dont see us ever doing it now.

[@MrSideways01]

Not all East Germans were on drugs. Yes, there was systematic doping in the GDR. But that also happened in the USA, Russia or the BRD. But you can't judge everyone. Because there were also athletes who were clean. Waldemar Cierpinski is a German runner of the century. Which one has to show respect!

[@nidabatayan3047]

No respect accorded.Cheaters deserve none. Shorter the real Gold Medalist.

[@seamusweber8298]

Dr.Wade Exum Google him

[@cryo9216]

This is what steroids look like.

[@coryholland1811]

Low dose steroids - still the program now. No epo in 76 though. No thyroid meds or asthma meds either.

[@SuperEino]

An East German...obviously not on drugs?

[@torstenrichter169]

Waldemar Cierpinski war der beste Marathonläufer! Hat der den Shorter abgekockt....der hat wohl zu wenig Doping genommen....die Amis haben doch viel mehr gedopt!

[@nidabatayan3047]

Cheater !

[@torstenrichter169]

@@nidabatayan3047 Liar!

[@nidabatayan3047]

@@torstenrichter169 You are not a runner ,are you,Torsten. You're as bad as that scumbag Cierpinski. Defending him? No integrity.

[@seamusweber8298]

Cierpinskis running style is metronomic. Superb cadence too. He looks like he could run and run.