Olympics - 1984 Los Angeles - Track - Mens 1500m Finals - Gold GBR Sebastian Coe imasportsphile

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[@fontane007]

Coe was my sporting hero growing up

[@tsee9013]

I was lucky enough to see this in person. What a treat. Incredible energy , and magnificent race by Coe. Amazing

[@xiropigado]

Sebastian Coe, supreme British hero of world middle distance running, absolute superstar.

[@woafy4967]

My right ear enjoyed this

[@mathematics5573]

yep, right ear overload. Left ear, underload

[@davidkaiser]

Thank you! I thought my computer jack was broken!

[@JamesBarraletMusic]

Majestic running. Coe looks like he is running downhill when everyone else is struggling uphill. Beautiful flow, not just talent, but also intellectually figured out. The Federer of the track!

[@craigsimons817]

Or Federer was the Coe of tennis! Seb did predate him after all.

[@paulrispin4989]

Coe was the smoothest runner I have ever seen. Sublime.

[@MrHistorian123]

In the 1980s, I ran in a 4x100m relay with Steve Ovett. He was opening a new stadium and he guested on the last leg of a challenge race. I handed over the baton to him and he didn't realise that I was a former sprinter and he sat off a bit late and I almost ran into the back of him. But he was a really nice guy, as was Steve Cram when I met him. Coe was a really cold fish by comparison. But all 3 were phenomenal athletes.

[@mikeymoo1291]

nice memories

[@moaningpheromones]

'guested' - ugh

[@MrHistorian123]

@@moaningpheromones What exactly is your problem with the past tense of the intransitive verb "to guest"?

[@MrHistorian123]

@@bfc3057 At least i'm an intelligent twat. You're just a twat.

[@mcharrisment4765]

​@@moaningpheromones = a 🛎🔚

[@peewee19652010]

Sebastian Coe actually had the 800m, 1000m, 1500m, and the mile at one time till Steve Ovett won the mile later in the day. But an amazing judge of pace. And the kick at the end was awesome!! I loved watching him race when I was a teen...

[@ccx806]

His 800m and 1000m WRs stood for 16 and 18 years respectively. They were among the last middle/long distance track records that were not held by African athletes

[@janicenicholls5924]

I think we all did. So effortless, so awesome!

[@buckfiden2594]

@@ccx806 the African athletes are doing for sure. Given modern techniques like altitude training along with modern tracks and shoes, still without dope, I'd give Seb Coe PR's of: 800M: 1:39.7 1500M: 3:24.6 Mile: 3:41.9

[@iangomes6654]

Good memories of my childhood in england

[@DrCrabfingers]

Coe looked extremely comfortable for the entire race. His training must have been perfect to peak for this event. This was the golden age of British 1500m running...Ovett, Cram and Coe running together...god...they made other world class runners look slow.

[@franzschubertv2874]

Even us American kids idolized the big 3 from the UK.

[@denisej4813]

@@bfc3057 Yes, it was something of a minor miracle that he came home with silver in the 800m and managed to defend his 1500m title. Quite a few of the UK sports journalists had written him off as a serious contender for either the 800m or 1500m, hence his fierce gestures towards the press corps just after crossing the line!

[@stefanjohansson2743]

His season certainly hadn´t been perfect. He had been ill earlier in the season.

[@kevinkilduff2064]

No human in mid-distance history would have beaten Coe this day. Race management was perfect and that final 100 m is, I think, as fast as any ever run at this distance. Utterly magnificent! Still energetic enough at the end of this Olympic record race, Seb gives the proverbial middle finger to an incredulous British press corps.

[@mathematics5573]

Kivin Kilduff: Kind of Disagree. Herb Elliot, Peter Snell could have challenged Coe, if they had done modern training. Ovett too, he did beat Coe in the 800m in 1980.

[@kevinkilduff2064]

@@mathematics5573 Well, of course we'll never know, F; however, given that he was finally healthy after spending months battling a mono-type virus, I am convinced that he was truly unbeatable this day. Cram was in shock after the race and could not believe Seb's closing speed over the final 200, especially the final 100, which was utterly stunning. Kindly note that Seb was barely out of breath after a race that was a mere 1.5 seconds off the world record, and that without the obligatory "rabbit."

[@mathematics5573]

Generally agreed

[@deano27671]

@@kevinkilduff2064 Totally agree. 12.6 last 100m and 1:49.8 last 800m. He looked equally as good a week or so later in Zurich with a 12.4 last 100m in another 3:32 race. Could have run 3:28 that night in Zurich had he decent pacing.

[@-The-Mon]

only a few days before this race, coe was soundly beaten in the 800m by a Brazilian runner called Cruz

[@user-cu1rp6lw9q]

As a young child, Seb Coe and Daley Thompson, were like gods. Halcyon days for British Athletics.

[@denisej4813]

We also had Ovett, Moorcroft, Wells, Sanderson, Whitbread and many more who were there or thereabouts, great days!

[@chrismia2402]

Coe, the greatest distance runner ever.

[@mjb4983]

Seb Coe never once mentioned this but he was stepped on 3 times in this race

[@pernskyw1289]

Coe is still my favorite since he came on the seen in 1979. It's remarkable he is the last athlete to hold the 800m, 1500m and mile world records at the same time. Let's not forget in the 800m he was the first under 1:43 & 1:42 and the first under 3:49 & 3:48 in the mile. It's to bad him and Steve Ovett didn't race more often head to head.

[@imasportsphile6247]

Great comment, as we at ImaSportsphile webpage just love it when a viewer like yourself gives us a short concise history lesson on one of the key participants in one of our 2000 vintage videos currently posted on our site....plus the truth is that back in the day that Coe was running....so, were two other great British middle distance and distance runners in Steve Ovett and Steve Cram....and we don't understand why they didn't face off with each other more often....for it is like they purposely avoided running against each other.

[@Daz555Daz]

@@mathematics5573 really? Which one.

[@mathematics5573]

@@Daz555Daz I was a bit mistaken,. He is the most prolific 1500m and mile WR holder since WW2. 5 in all.

[@redd605]

Pernell W coe and ovett , should of race in 1979,at Zurich , because when I was little I remember watching it live on the BBC,and David Coleman saying overt ,was suppose to be in the race when coe broke the 1500m world record in 1979,80 they faced each other,81,swapped record ,82 overt injury coe illness ,83,coe illness 84 faced each other overt illness 85 coe injury illness,then first faced each other in united kingdom,in 89 since 1972, when overt beat , coe in a cross country ,and coe won in 89 in the 1500m.they faced cram more times than each other.it was a shame,also they was to meet at 3,000metres at Crystal palace,but near did

[@mathematics5573]

Ovett was the first to get officially under 3.49. He ran 3.48 twice.

[@jontalbot1]

The interesting thing about Coe is he was considered too short to be a champion middle distance runner ( think of Juantarena) so he developed, with his father as coach, a unique stride pattern. As everyone says, a very elegant runner

[@dalegreer3095]

His feet look like they're on invisible wheels.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

The highest quality field ever assembled for a 1500 metre race and probably the greatest 1500 metre race of all time because of that and the tactics. But most importantly because of that devastating finish which no man including El G, Morcelli, Cram, or Aouita, could live with. Even a fully fit Ovett in his prime would probably just lose out over the final 100 metres. You have just watched sport at it's very best 👍

[@mikeryan7213]

Bullshit. Fantastic African runners came on the scene subsequently.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@@mikeryan7213 EPO clouded everything from the 1990's and 2000's. In the 90's EPO could not be traced and even subsequently if an athlete was advised cleverly by a coach, they could take EPO at the right times and be totally clean by race day!!!

[@mikeryan7213]

@KryptonitetoallBS you aren't seriously suggesting that the athletes of the earkt 80s were completely clean? It is well known that performance enhancing substances were used as far back as the 60s. There were terrific 1500 metre runners subsequent to the 80s, household names.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@@mikeryan7213 There were indeed state run doping programmes, however unless you know something that has never been said before, those countries did not include England or indeed the UK. Coe , Cram and Ovett were clean athletes to the best of knowledge from that era. Normally athletes who use steroids which were being used by East Germans bulk up. Look back at Seb Coe and tell me if he looked "bulked up" to you? It was Gebrselassie's era when EPO was rife and there were no tests when he started for EPO. Obviously that doesn't mean he cheated.

[@mikeryan7213]

@@KryptonitetoallBS middle and long distance runners don't bulk up. Do you know anything about athletics? To suggest there was no doping outside of state run programmes is naive and ridiculous.

[@jurgenvoogt1638]

He was flying. Wow! Legend

[@raffaojeda]

Sebastian Coe tenia una gran tecnica de carrera y un estilo muy depurado.

[@StarfieldRailway]

This is classic track footage gold right here.

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[@mikenealon4042]

thank you!

[@redd605]

And I was watching morning live programme today, when he revealed that he suffers from asthma and hide his condition from his rivals.makes his career and world record even more special,and his run in 1984 in the Los Angeles smog remarkable

[@davewanamaker3690]

Do you mean, Coe? Wow?

[@redd605]

@@davewanamaker3690 yes

[@craigsimons817]

Amazing to hear the commentary team talking about Steve Scott potentially winning this race when he was absolutely blown away.

[@TheJazzper1970]

Commentators talking up the prospects of their countryman shocker.

[@deannilvalli6579]

Typical American. Always convinced they're the best even when they're not in the same league.

[@warlaker]

Actually Scott finished 2nd behind Cram at the previous year's world championships. Today just wasn't his day.

[@PaulJohnson-zk1yr]

In my opinion, Scott was a mans man, along with walker. Those two would like up any day of the week and race anybody!! The same couldn't be said for coe or ovett. Maybe not always the best decision but never scared to toe the line. Don't forget he was also a 3.47 miler so certainly no slouch!

[@deannilvalli6579]

@@PaulJohnson-zk1yr Well my criticism was not meant for Scott or any of the athletes, but rather the media and commentators, who for the sake of an interesting story often hype somone more than they can live up to . Around 2000 there was a female American athlete competing in 5 events. So much hype was around her, about how she was going to win all 5, so much pressure was put on her. She must have felt it. I recall they were predicting her win with certainty, and while this was going on, someone else won the long jump, ending her "drive for five". I recall they were literally speaking about it like it was a given, and in the background another athlete was jumping farther than her as we watched.

[@darrenjohnbryant51]

Simply the best

[@theenglishalpinist5031]

Coe, a rare mentality for British sportsmen, a few tennis players could learn from him in 2024. Golden age for British endurance runners, and let's not forget Mick McCloud winning silver in the 10,000, Tim Hutchings 4th, and Charlie Spedding bronze in the marathon. Unimaginable these days now we are clueless against the African talent.

[@davidstokle2259]

What I really admire is Steve Cram going up to Coe to congratulate him. Win or lose, Cram always demonstrated class on the track.

[@bharatmahaan2991]

The fluidity in Coe's style is unmatched...

[@vilneimorais2732]

O TEMPO DOS CARAS NAQUELA ÉPOCA! MUITO BONS!

[@Bastad-Molle]

Magnificent race with alot of energy.

[@NPA1001]

Seb Coe, the greatest kick in Middle distance running ever.

[@richardmilliken5651]

Jim Ryun last 100m at 11.6 and last 300m at 35.8 at Dusseldorf in 1967 on a cinder track!!

[@david2804me]

@@richardmilliken5651 I think if Ryun had had a great kick, he would have ended his career with some gold medals. As it was, although he set several mile and 1500m world records, he did not win any of the big championships although he did get a silver in Mexico. Great runner though for his time.

[@robbiechandler7858]

Coe don't play!!!!!!! What a runner

[@andycrockett6301]

The golden age of UK middle distance runners - Coe, Cram and Ovett

[@peteralainszpiriev4750]

Mr Coe allways one of greatest in track and field found the way how to win

[@imasportsphile6247]

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[@frankraucci9110]

This is far more entertaining than the slow “tactical” races that are in the olympics nowadays.

[@nick5422]

I actually think both are entertaining, these because they display the actual potential of the athletes, but in those tactical races it’s anyone’s game and there’s always a great sprint to the finish. Definitely prefer these races though.

[@buckfiden2594]

I think there were like 7 or 8 under 3:32 in 2021, but they didnt do it off a slow first lap like Coe.

[@helpinghal]

They showed Mr. Coe this replay at a track meet recently. He said: "this is so old it ought to be in black & white"

[@CarlosAlberto-fx5uj]

Esse era fera!

[@whooshka3051]

Can still remember this as if it was yesterday

[@OscarSanchez-un2rc]

SEBASTIAN COE!!!! Let’s Go!!! He ran that 400m like an 800m. Crazy how he became the president of the Olympics

[@TheEulerID]

Sebastian Coe is a member of the International Olympics Committee, but he is not the president. However, he is president of the IAAF, now in his third and final term in that post.

[@rc2869]

1980 Olympics his greatest race to beat Ovett and come back and overcome the odds but I think this was his best run of all including World Records. The field was stacked with talent (4/5 from previous year's Worlds) and he blitzed them. With proper pace makers he is in 3:28-29 territory

[@beorlingo]

4921 feet 3,118 inches won by Coe. Such a great distance!

[@seanoconnor5404]

At one point in his career, Steve Scott held the world record for the fastest round of golf.

[@davidkaiser]

Thank you for posting this. I remember it all vividly and had a tape myself for a long time. However, you cut it off about 10 seconds too early. Liquori had just begun reading a list, as he said, of Americans, including Cunninngham, Beatty, "Ryun, and myself, who were not able to do it." That was very moving. If you could redo the load with those additional few seconds I for one would really appreciate it.

[@dzucco1]

Golden era of British middle distance running

[@simonedwards5564]

As FANTASTIC as COE finished IN LOS Angeles 12,6 last 100m 53 last 400m he finished faster in MOSCOW 4years previously!!!!!!!! FANTASTIC,,,12.1 last 100m and 52,1 last 400m ,,,,in MOSCOW his last 700m was an astounding 1:33,9 1:46'9 pace for 800m!!!!!!!!!! NOBODY,,,including HICHAM EL g has got anywhere NEAR his last 100m in MOSCOW...NO.WAY

[@deano27671]

True, but this race was a lot faster pace. 12.6 in a 3:32 championship race is still pretty amazing. Very few athletes have finished as fast in a 3:32.

[@simonedwards5564]

VERY TRUE DEANO,,,I still can't believe that coe ran 12,1 last 100m in moscow (FASTEST in OLYMPICS history,,,,,, ) what after a 54, third lap everbody in that race was caving in with 300m to go,,,and at that very moment strain kicked AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With tired legs ovett still ran his last 100m in 12,9/13'0 WHICH CONSIDERING following the last 700m wind up by straub IS PHENOMENAL,,,the 800m win WOULD still have been in ovetts legs with a last lap that AFTER 42 YEARS is STILL THE FASTEST LAST 400M INTERNATIONAL HISTORY (50,6) As you well know my brother DEANO,,42 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY mother of FUCK!!!!!!!!!! Yes,,,,COES last 100m in los Angeles (12,6) in a 3:32 RACE IS ,,,,OUT OF THIS WORLD,,,,,,,When you see HOW COE ran his last lap (especially the last100m)in Brussels golden MILE and crams last 400m in 53,1 in the oslo mile_ 1985 )=HELL- CRAM AND COE DEFINITELY HAD ANOTHER 2 SECONDS in those HISTORY MAKING 2and a half meter eating legs,,,,cram and ALBERTO JUANTORENA looked like they were striding out to 3 metre strides let alone 2 and a half meters,,,,no WONDER ALBERTO was known as the HORSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you imagine what he must have thought when he saw this pale young skinny white kid come out from nowhere and OBLITERATE HIS 800M WORLD RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That does it I've gotta go watch seb COES born to run DOCUMENTARY,,,RIGHT NOW,,,,,Good on YA DEANO,,,,,,Lets try and get SEBS 1979 400m relay leg of 45,5 downloaded,,,,,,,coes 45,7 relay two YEARS LATER is even better tripped up by Steve scutt and crawling through the start easily WORTH 45,8 from the blocks start and a few DAYS LATER that relay up in GATESHEAD....his first 200m in 24 and next 200m in low 22 SECONDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Smashing the Italian international sprinter!!!!!!!!!" In the Yorkshire CHAMPIONSHIPS COE won every event from400m/800m/1500m 5000metres(in 1980,,OLYMPICS year!!!!!!!!!!!!) The UK 800m ESPECIALLY THE 1000m will probably be there looooooooong after we leave this planet for good,,if ovett cram and coe had today's fast tracks and these super fast spikes _which undoubtedly helped coe loose his indoors 800m uk RECORD)they would still hold records today,,,cram 3:42 mile coe 1:39 800m 2:11'3/1000m !!!!!! YEP @@@

[@deano27671]

@@simonedwards5564 I agree with practically all of this. I still think the most impressive 1500m I ever saw in that decade was Coe's solo 3:31.9 with ridiculous pacing and no lap times in Stockholm 81. I can't see even a peak Ovett or Cram managing that scenario and running a faster time. Coe should have run 3:28.0 that night, even without competition, if he'd had laps of 55.5, 1:51.5, 2:47.5, which would have beaten the then WR by 3.3secs! I think Cram's 3:46.3 mile in 85 is the closest. His last 440 of 53.1 shows he had a lot left, possibly a sub 3:45, although he had competition pushing him close up to the last 200m. His first 2 quarters were pretty even - 57.2, 57.3, if perhaps a second (each) slower than ideal for a 3:45.0. The 3rd lap dropped to 58.6, and it was this drop in pace, on the back of 2 even laps, that gave him the reserves to run 'all out' from the bell. I could see him running - 56.5, 1:53.0, 2:50.0, 3:44 high that night with ideal pacing. I never saw that 45.5 relay leg in the 79 European Cup and would love to view it, although I fear that we probably wouldn't see much of him on the footage as he was towards the back of the field at the changeover and I think finished 6th at the end. Usually the cameras are on the front teams! We can but hope though. Have a great weekend.

[@mikearndt2217]

The last 100m of this race says it all..two milers in their prime in the most pivotal race of their careers. The best (Coe) and really good (Cram) period.

[@aaar2316]

Didn't even get tired... still running the victory lap

[@christianhaugaard5853]

No Vaporply, no Streakfly, just dedication and hard work

[@kevinstoneham1245]

Coe’s finger. Legendary.

[@phbarnes]

At about 2.53 (5.05 on the KZbin clock) Coe glanced across at Cram as if to say “Watch this, buddy!” As if he was just starting a 200M race. Amazing.

[@SkyBlueKangaroo]

He was holding his position, and wasn’t going to let Cram box him off. That’s how he missed Gold in Moscow. But no-one could have lived with Coe in that final 120m

[@ewaf88]

What a kick

[@thomas1630]

Mad respect for Jim Spivey, But Coe and that kick, WTF

[@ianmarsden6276]

Hell of a run.

[@bkmeahan]

I remember that era of middle distance running. Seemed like if you name didn't start with an S then you were running for 2nd place.

[@paulstevens9487]

Peter Elliott would agree with you.

[@user-en4sn5kv8m]

Себастьян Коу Легенда. Жалко ему не удалось выиграть на 800 метров в Лос Анджелесе и в Москве.. Величайший бегун снимаю перед Вами шляпу Сэр.

[@user-pp2cg3iw5d]

Totally agree with last comment

[@user-yf3ti8ry2v]

U r forgetting the New Zealand great last man 2 win the 800/1500m double at the Olympics Peter Snell ran 1:44 for 800m on grass & first time he ran 1500m was at the Tokyo Olympics he only ran 1 mile races held 800m 1000m 1 mile World Records not 1500m because he never ran it all these races were on Cinder Tracks same as 1920 tracks not modern Synthetic Tracks & modern shoes at least 1-1:5 secs per lap which puts his 800 time down to 1:42 range & Mile time 3:48 range could run a last lap in 52sec on Cinders so Modern Track & Shoes 49-50 sec no one ever out kicked him had 5 major races in his Career won them all 3 Olympic Gold Medals 2 Commonwealth Games Gold Medals & probably put Herb Elliot into retirement he beat him over 800m & he was a kid!So mention all these greats Coe Ovett etc & remember the Legend Snell New Zealand Athlete of the Century 3 Gold Medals in the 800/1500 no one else has 3 end of Story

[@direx364]

А ещё, и это немаловажно, Питер Снелл был настоящим Любителем! 😮😊 Все, кто после него - допингисты и профи.... 😢😂

[@michaelmisczuk1188]

At one time, in addition to running the 800/mile, was the anchorman on the Brit 4 x 400 team. He had real speed.

[@david2804me]

I think your memory is playing tricks....his best time over 400m was just 46.87 and that would not have got him in any GB relay team except perhaps as a last minute stand-in in a minor event. Anyway, Coe was the very best world-wide of his generation and he has since also proven that his drive, ambition and talent were not limited to running on a track.

[@pyrogian]

steve cram looks so funny in this video so young

[@jintsfan]

What a triumvirate Britain had back then. Scary.

[@tellthemborissentyou]

"We interrupt our coverage of this important event to show some ridiculously tall dude not jumping over a bar".

[@booklover3959]

I love how Coe gives the virtual finger to his detractors...He is like ...."Take that and eat it!" Ha ha ....awesome!

[@rjjcms1]

At least he didn't give them a real one Harvey Smith style!

[@josbruls]

He actually shouted "Who says I"m finished?" many times.

[@peterflynn6327]

All in their Pomp. No one's better than COE.

[@ziggymarsden6113]

Lord coe

[@adamjordan9535]

Aouita king of 80s

[@Daz555Daz]

By this time to be fair Cram had squeezed past Coe and Ovette as the top 1500m runner. Whilst I was happy for the legend that is Coe to win this it's a shame Cram was not in top shape for this one following injury. A bigger shame that Cram was unlucky at the next games with injury as well. Still, both are all time greats.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

If Cram had been in 1985 form in 84 the race would have been closer - but Coe was in exceptional form in this final.

[@deano27671]

Cram was definitely the best 1500m runner in the world based on what happened in 83, yes, but I don't think he'd yet matched the overall achievements of Ovett or Coe, or shown to be a better mile at this stage. By LA, Cram had still yet to break any world records, Coe was still faster over 800, 1000 and 1 mile than Cram (and only 0.3 difference over 1500m), and Ovett still held the 1500m WR and was faster in the mile. All 3 had injury problems and interruptions in training in the 6 months leading up to this race, it wasn't just Cram. Certainly what Cram did over the future 2 years put him up their alongside Ovett and Coe in terms of achievements, and he was ranked #1 in 85 and 86 over 1500m (despite not running the fastest time in either season), but imo he had hitherto not displayed the form to beat Coe on that day in LA. If Cram had been in LA in the form he showed in Oslo 85, then yes, it would have been much closer, but even then it is very difficult to compare form shown in a one off paced circuit race and that of a championship final after rounds (2 for Cram, 6 for Coe!). Cram should have won in 88, but was reckless in attempting that 1000m WR in Rieti and then attempting to do the double in Seoul.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

@@deano27671 It's strange to think that Cram won his top championship gold medal in 1983 before he peaked as an athlete. Imagine how many golds he, Coe and Ovett would have if there had been a IAAF WC every 2 years. Cram would have won in 85 I would think as Coe was not in top form. I thought Cram had a better PB for 1500 than Coe by 84.

[@deano27671]

Stuart yes, I wrote that by LA, Coe had faster pbs than Cram over 800,1000 & 1 mile. Only in 1500m had Cram run 0.3 secs faster than Coe. Cram’s pb was 3:31.66 iir, from 83, while Coe’s was 3:31.95 from Stockholm 81. We all know that his Stockholm race was worth much faster but for the awful pacing, and Coe’s mile WR was equivalent to around 3:30.5 anyway.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

@@deano27671 Yes agreed - Coe should have run sub 3.30 in at least 2 races had the pacing been correct. Dreadful pacing. Saboutage in Stockholm.

[@whiteboitrashuk]

Cos is the greatest middle distance runner. Ever

[@stoolpigeon4285]

Rubbish- Cram was faster at 1500, mile, 3k, 5k. Morceli, El-Guerrouj etc etc

[@deano27671]

@@stoolpigeon4285 The pure middle distance events are 800-1mile. Coe was faster than Cram over 800, 1000m, while over 1500m Cram was 0.10 faster; a time set in a close race as opposed to a poorly paced run by Coe. Cram was faster over 1 mile by a second, but Coe broke the mile WR 3 times (compared to Cram's 1) and was unbeaten over the distance from 1976 to 1983. Coe's achievements over all four distances was greater.

[@marka87]

Coe was phenomenal - 1:41:73 for the 800 set in 1981! Still one of the fastest times ever run.

[@andyallen4492]

if we take middle distance running as being from the 800 to the mile than coe was the best ever.

[@andyallen4492]

deano27671 spot on with your comment.cram was awesome but coe was the greatest

[@McElhinney65]

If someone asked me to name a sporting hero it would be Sebastian Coe.

[@paulsmith3966]

How sad the pollution didn't allow Overt to show in the final the form he had going into the Games. The UK could well have taken all three medals.

[@petergoddard262]

Pity Steve Ovett had to drop out or it would have been G.B 1,2 and 3

[@anthonyquinn6009]

Did he have to drop out though?

[@-ShootTheGlass-]

Anthony: yes, he wasn’t 100% and couldn’t breath properly

[@anthonyquinn6009]

@@-ShootTheGlass- I'm not convinced but I maybe wrong. In the 800 metres semi-final when he flung himself over the line to qualify for the final he virtually equaled his PB for the distance. He then trails in last in 1.52 in the final a time which would suggest there was something seriously wrong with him. Yet he recovers to get through two qualifying heats of the 1500 metres. Looking at the footage of the final here he eased past Scott going into the last lap and along with Coe, Cram and Abascal was clear of the rest with 300 metres left. I have to be honest I have a suspicion that he just did want Coe in particular and Cram to beat him. As well as virtually equaling his 1.44 pb in the 800 metres semi, he had run 1.46 and 1.45 in the first round and quarter finals. He finished second in the quarter final looking quite comfortable and his smile and bow to the crowd just after the heat is hardly indicative of a runner with breathing problems. The only races he had problems it seems were in the two finals which strikes me as odd. It's history now and there no doubt he was a great runner. Here is footage of him in the 800 metres quarter final and his reaction after. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oITEkIB4pdqHnrs

[@TheJazzper1970]

@@anthonyquinn6009 the commentator near the end did say Ovett had been in hospital the day before this and had been hyperventilating. These are finely tuned athletes. If they are not 100% fit they have virtually no chance of winning or getting a medal.

[@helpinghal]

There was that brief moment at the start of the last lap when all three British runners were lined up behind the leader. I remember thinking to myself "the Empire Strikes Back"😊

[@daveyork0]

Why tf is the high jumping height being quoted in Imperial units?

[@richardtuson605]

American coverage. It's ridiculous because it's actually measured in metric and had been in all international competitions for decades before this Olympics. The broadcaster must have done the conversion to feet and inches for the graphics. Same in throws. Ridiculous if you know how far 100m is not too hard to work out 80m in javelin!

[@irishlad8797]

Lord Coe hahahaha

[@vordman]

Coe, he ain't bad for a Chelsea fan 😁

[@vincentvangogh8092]

better at running than as a politician thats for sure

[@user-eh3zv1ex5o]

Disagree....he's worth £36m, as a result of the connections he made in politics. He learned to "play the game of compromised moralities".... an essential aspect, to become a member of the "Country Club.".....Admirable ?....NO.....Practical ?....YES.

[@MrAntman36]

How many finals were there for the mens 1500 metres? You should check the grammar in your title before you post it

[@Petespans]

mens or men's?

[@onefoot7]

Coe was not Fucking around

[@TheTmny876able]

When you think Steve cram held world records and ovett best middle distance time in our history

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

Coe once said screaming at the British press that they were wrong was a big highlight for him. The British press I've heard love to build up their heroes and then smash them. Not this time.

[@marksmyth5505]

Pity Ovett had to drop out on last lap in was definitely in contention for a medal too.

[@bailinnumberguy]

Was the entire British press assembled in that one spot where Coe was yelling?

[@rssempresas7478]

Awesome presumption, cuz Coe and the British press had their differences...and Coe being the competitor he was....probably was indeed inflicting the British press with some verbal barbs.

[@booklover3959]

@@rssempresas7478 It does say that in the commentary.

[@martydav9475]

@@rssempresas7478 Coe shouted: "I'm number one! Now will you believe me!"

[@soulyrasheed]

one of the dumbest races of Steve Scott's career - he just had to medal in this final... what a bomb,,, all credits to Coe - he was the real middle-distance legend and perhaps best 800/1500m combo ever...

[@kevinkilduff2064]

Feel badly for Scott. Arguably the greatest American miler but one who found himself coeval with Coe, Ovett, Cram outdoors and Coughlin, and later O'Sullivan indoors. Scott was Incredibly consistent for 10 years and was a credit to the sport.

[@philippemonteret5326]

Not even a look at Steve Ovett after the race.

[@certificate98]

The British Press! Discuss!!!

[@AProperPaddyORourke]

Juice yea?

[@eoinbrennan3949]

Why was he so angry at the end?

[@mauricepointer9555]

He was angry at the British press about the the articles written about him of his failures to win the 800 in Moscow as well as Los Angeles. Coe essentially told the British press to take those words and stick them!

[@billywinfield7275]

We Americans love our Steve Scott..the hands down greatest hero athlete of the 70's and 80's US running craze years!! It's not even close.sorry coe, sorry cram. It's always been Steve Scott, our great American running hero..in Upland, at Irvine, at Sub-4... He's our guy..win, lose or draw🇺🇸

[@paulm2467]

He wasn’t in the same class as the 3 Brits, he never won a major international championship.

[@kingcurry6594]

Show us his gold medals, please.

[@mattgray3703]

Look at the 5 min 58 second mark: its TOM CRUISE

[@brantnuttall]

brilliant. I remember this when I was a kid. but you yanks are weird: 7 foot 7 inches and 3 quarters? Don't you know what a centimetre is? lol

[@elliebellie7816]

Strange to hear them say "West Germany" even though I was alive at that time.

[@MrGranfield]

7ft 7” equates to 2.34m.

[@dzucco1]

Who says I’m finished now?

[@bharatmahaan2991]

The 3 Britons dominated the track before Said Aouita usurped their glory...

[@DominicClark-cy8mq]

A bit ridiculous when you see D wifht stones missing out

[@MrAntman36]

Final NOT finals

[@kenrunciman8706]

The Redcoats are coming! Oh, they ran straight past us....

[@Albert-ct6tt]

Horrible video...chronometer is visible on the screen only in the last 200 meters, nobody can see the times at 400, 800, 1200 meters. Who was the TV director? Maybe Lumiere brothers could do better...

[@odrauderojas2576]

Horrible comment...

[@Albert-ct6tt]

@@odrauderojas2576 Do you want to deny THE TRUTH? I cannot bur repeat it: HORRIBLE VIDEO!

[@Lebowski53]

Anyone else think that this entire generation of UK middle distance runners was doped? They might not even have been aware of it, but their times were just too good.

[@garetht9666]

I was maybe too young to remember how the media reacted to Coe being selected over Peter Elliott in 84. Was this why Coe was so angry towards them? I do remember that in 88 they were 100% supporting Coe over Elliott, and even depicted the latter as a donkey (the 'working class' paper the Mirror). Were they trying to make amends or something?

[@anthonyquinn6009]

The selectors were in a no-win situation in 1988. Had Coe showed even a glimpse of his best form in 1988 I think he would have been selected. He did not however even qualify for the fInal of the 1500 metres Olympic Trials.

[@philipmarsden7104]

I'm not too young to remember. He wasn't popular with the press, who thought him a posh southerner at the time when Conservative politics was especially divisive in the north of England and bitterness was on show. Peter Elliott was a good athlete from the northern county of Yorkshire who had recently beaten Coe but was controversially not selected in Coe's place. The decision was the right one however because Coe won the gold medal at 1500m with Elliott only selected for the 800m, but it was hard for anyone not called Coe, Cram or Ovett because they were so much better than the rest, barring occasional blips in form or fitness. The press, or rather some of it, always felt justified about the selection furore in 1984 because in 1992 Coe became a Conservative politician!

[@archie6945]

Why do they leave the filming to people who couldn't care less about the sport? Breaking from the race for the HJ is cretinous.

[@kennethlandau5396]

Steve Scott choked so sad

[@sulastinasulastina9936]

Bilyard

[@kingcurry6594]

Pity Ovett was ill. If he had been on top form, that would have been a 1-2-3 for GB. He was also a much nicer guy than Seb Coe (and I've met both). Cram deserved an Olympic gold because he was just as good as Coe and Ovett but never had the luck to be fit and on top form for the Olympics. There were some great athletes in that field, but Coe and Cram made them look ordinary.

[@mathematics5573]

Seb could have beaten HeG.

[@richardmilliken5651]

How would he beat El G without EPO???

[@mathematics5573]

@@richardmilliken5651 use jakob ingebrigsten.

[@riracks]

no El G runs him off his feet that last 500. ElG also ran 53 his last 400. Now Morceli and him burning up a 50-51 last 400 that's a whole nother issue

[@mathematics5573]

@@richardmilliken5651 Because he had the potential to be faster.