Olympics - 1984 Los Angeles - Track - Mens 400m Hurdles Finals - USA Edwin Moses imasportsphile

[@Bigbot97]

This man was an amazing athlete...nearly 10 years without being defeated! The most underrated GOAT!

[@goprodog4304]

He was an absolute superhero in my country, Hungary :) I grew up on this, used to do this, it is murder.

[@pacus123]

He was doped to the gills. Just about every US athlete was. Don't believe me? Google USOC doping cover up

[@swampula]

@@pacus123 In this time, ALL athletes were doped......

[@mcharrisment4765]

@@swampula agreed. Just look at the Russians , East / West Germans from this era

[@BoDiesel]

Number of years undefeated is only relevant to how slow your competition is. He would have had a tougher time against the men running today. The doping standards are higher now too.

[@DantheArtMan]

I graduated from college in 1977. I ran track. That year the NCAA Division 3 championships were held at my college track. Edwin was running for Morehouse College. I got to watch him rim about 6 times over the weekend. TV pictures can't do justice to the power, speed and beauty of his running. It was an act of worship just to watch him run. I've always been thankful I lived to see it.

[@cjcurtis8944]

He was truly a beautiful runner. His form has never been matched. Grace in motion.

[@andre1987eph]

@@cjcurtis8944 Kevin young was really graceful too.

[@Twaddleful]

I am here because Ed Moses was a hero of my youth and today I watched Warholm run 45.94 which I find difficult to comprehend.

[@thelastdetail1]

I was 11 years old in 1984 when I watched this race, I thought that Ed Moses was an athletic old man with a beard. Now I watch it in 2020 and I can see he was an athletic young man with a beard

[@ervineokuboh7459]

Greatest hurdler of all time. Simply brilliant

[@imasportsphile6247]

The man whose vintage library of 10,000 videos we are currently in process of posting....who just happens to be the original Sportsphile....saw this race live at the 1984 Olympics....and he agrees with you.....as Moses was 'SIMPLY BRILLIANT"!!!

[@diosdadoapias]

I think this is brilliancy but physical fitness.

[@antonyramonmolina9382]

1-edwin Moses 2-felix Sánchez

[@pacus123]

He was a dope cheat

[@stevecrocker6904]

more reasonable perhaps to say best hurdler of that era and until that time. The present top tier group have moved the event on

[@geneellis6068]

God Bless You Moses !!! I saw you in 78 . Never forget you ! God Bless

[@SilverbackSS04]

Best hurdler of All Time. I meet him in 1983 Colorado Springs track meet along with Evelyn Ashford, and Calvin Smith (who broke the world record that day). All classy individuals

[@antonyramonmolina9382]

Edwin Moses AND Félix Sánchez 🐐🐐🐐

[@antonyramonmolina9382]

Edwin Moses AND Félix Sánchez 🐐🐐🐐

[@stevecrocker6904]

best of that era and up until that era. Great as he was, the sport moves on. The present group of top tier 400 hurdlers have gone to another level still

[@bartbutkis]

Mr Moses was the most dominant hurdler in T&F history. Magnificent!

[@imdoneguessing]

He and that British fellow

[@ChaosKingable]

The way he hurdled that body of water in the middle east - truly miraculous !

[@D-C.]

An incredible athlete. Nobody will ever come close to his achievements.

[@ChristopherCudworth]

I was competing in D3 track and Edwin raced for a small school in college. I watched him tear thru a stunning 400m anchor leg for their relay to win. It was so beautiful. And what a brilliant man and competitor.

[@darrylnelson05]

That small school is Morehouse College in Atlanta.

[@shonda79able]

@@darrylnelson05 yes. Not a small school at all

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

I bet his anchor leg was sick!

[@ImRanchWilder]

@@shonda79able 2,206 total enrollment

[@pijim96]

Small school?????

[@richardengel5866]

Edwins closest competitor was once asked if he could beat Edwin. His classic response “ I can’t even do his workouts “

[@SuperElott]

Lol

[@SuperElott]

Lots of folks don’t know early on, he coached himself and trained alone. Not many world class athletes do that!

[@dctbass]

Apart from winning everything in sight, he moved so beautifully. Incredible to watch....

[@richrepublican3493]

Almost 10 years of unbeaten races. Untouched among men.

[@johnwhitfield5376]

This guy is the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) of this race....

[@imasportsphile6247]

We at ImaSportsphile web page responsible for posting this and 2300 additional vintage videos on our site.....agree 100% with your comment....as NOBODY compares to the Great Moses!!!

[@mohammedbhagat]

@@imasportsphile6247 thankful for posting this video.

[@Vascodagam333]

1984 Olympics was phenomenal. It showcased some amazing athletes

[@martinoamello3017]

I watched him in high school . He blew absolutely everyone else away. At the time he didn't seem to be human.. lol

[@rssempresas7478]

martino amello, thanks for your comment....for we at ImaSportsphile responsible for posting this video along with the 2000 others like it on our webpage....are of the opinion that many of the hundreds of 400m hurdlers that faced him during his streak of 122 undefeated races also felt like "he didn't seem to be human".

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

Wow!!!!! He was like this in HIGH SCHOOL????? HMMMMMMMMM.

[@richardengel5866]

He wan’t human

[@gswarriors-o9j]

His strides and technique over the hurdles is beautiful to watch

[@pamela7651]

yes it is

[@cjcurtis8944]

The greatest ever

[@dimensionexo.]

🙋🏼‍♂Were those intermediate hurdles ?

[@rickygranderson9625]

Edwin Moses was the greatest!

[@gustavosanchezmumary5]

Moses the legend of 400 hurdles!!! that best of atlete 122consecutive victories!!!! Amazing guy..

[@rxhx]

He ran his PB almost 40 YEARS ago and is still in 5th place alltime. LEGEND

[@angelmaldonado7967]

I saw the title and the name Edwin Moses just came out before I read it. Greatest 400 meter hurdler of all time. He was so smooth it always looked like he was just gliding around the track like poetry in motion.

[@cottonclarksa]

I recall a Sports Illustrated article about Edwin Moses where sport scientists measured just about everything about him. This was rather early in the whole concept of advanced testing for athletes, and what was absolutely astonishing was Edwin's near balanced strength on both the left and right side of his body. His legs, his arms, everything... perfectly in-synch. I don't recall the specific numbers, but they were within a few hundredths of each other, right and left. That was part of his excellence and one of the reasons why he switched legs over the hurdles; most hurdlers use the same leg to stride over the hurdle, but not Edwin. He re-wrote the book on how to run the 400M Hurdle event. I suppose it was the exacting scientist mind of his. After all, he has a degree in physics. :)

[@markdonovan1540]

That's great information, which makes him even more special.

[@TSUTENKAKU007]

He was one of the greatest in this event for US.

[@imasportsphileiii6483]

Patrick Murphy, thanks for your comment....cuz in this lil ole chiweenie Sportsphile's opinion....there has never been anyone greater at the 400m hurdles than Edwin Moses.....and my Bone Daddy was at the L A Colliseum on the very day that this event took place...as he saw Edwin run....so, you need to click at www.imasportsphile.com where I have posted 1500 vintage sports, comedy and music videos.....and visit my Olympics section....where I have tons of Olympics footage.

[@yianpap6093]

"One of" the greatest? "for US"? Come on, there has never been anyone at his level of greatness anywhere in the world in this discipline. Not even close.

[@airliadazen9495]

Imasportsphile III the love of a wife towards her husband really shiws and vice versa i am sure. didn't kniw much about moses,because he is american and before my time but i love him dearly. what a great looking couple. he was phenomenal and very gracious

[@rjjcms1]

One of the newspapers here in the UK described him as "so laid back he's horizontal" during the Los Angeles Olympics. First time I heard that description applied to anyone.

[@MickyTubbs1985]

@@rjjcms1 " THE BRITS" HAVE ALWAYS HAD A WAY WITH WORDS - " INDUBITABLY !" ☺😀😉🎓🗽

[@garyjones1287]

King of all FOREVER I will never forget him the Greatest

[@anglowarrior3871]

The legendary Ed Moses.On today's tracks,with today's footwear etc,I wonder what sort of times he could get.

[@kennethisaacs3391]

Good enough times to compete for either a world or olympic medals. His 19 step racing strategy was difficult to beat as he ran and defeated all comers. A pleasure to watch.

[@DMS-pq8]

Moses also won a Bronze medal in the bobsled in the 1990 Winter Olympics

[@TSUTENKAKU007]

I watched all these and he was the best at this event back then. Very consistent.

[@nolimittee94]

This man is so motivating and inspirational! And the fact that he’s from my home state Ohio makes me so frickin proud!

[@wickedpawn5437]

Edwin Moses and Daley Thompson: The reason I got hooked into the Olympic Games forever. My heroes, my gods.

[@ProBloggerWorld]

Earliest memory of him. I loved his style and his dedication. Fantastic athlete!

[@Paul-fm3cf]

It's a real shame the USA boycotted the Moscow games 4 years earlier, otherwise he'd be the 3 time Olympic champion

[@gregjames9875]

Amen.

[@gregjames9875]

President Carter was, and is,ba high character individual, but he didn't do much right as President.

[@generalzod7959]

Carter boycotted the Olympics in Moscow. I will always oppose boycotting sporting events and using our athletes as political pawns. For many of those athletes in 1980, that would be their one and only chance of their lifetime. It's just wrong.

[@garyspence2128]

It was just one more nail in the Soviet Union's coffin. Don't forget that they had the disaster in Afghanistan against the mujahaddin fighters, who we were slipping arms to, in the mid-80's. Carter was boycotting because of that Russian invasion of Afghanistan. Then came Chernobyl in 87, and finally the Berlin Wall coming down in 89. One time when American foreign policy from Carter through Reagan to Daddy Bush was consistent, and actually achieved the goal they were aiming for. Sad for the athletes, but good for the planet..? Don't forget that the Soviets boycotted us in 1984, so the disrespect was returned. And of course, W. Bush decided to invade that same Afghanistan in 2003. So we could get our butts kicked by the Taliban. Great...some folks never learn.

[@paulwilliams8389]

@@gregjames9875 In fairness to Carter any US President would have done the same thing. But it's always a shame when sport and politics get mixed.

[@terencewinters2154]

Maybe the greatest Olympian so dominant for so long .

[@pwhit59]

I was living these times and running the 400mH and was in a race with him in 1979. Like I said in a race, with him 45m ahead 😅

[@jeffrazak]

The original GOAT 🐐

[@cerimite7674]

I watched Mr Moses run in a College regional final track meet and his form reminded me of an antelope; absolute perfection.

[@crosslink1493]

I always thought of a cheetah when seeing him run a race - long, powerful strides generating incredible speed even with 'obstacles' (ten hurdles) in the way. Pure perfection.

[@pat_welsh]

Edwin Moses was a hell of an athlete. Saw him at some Invitational Race at Villanova around 1982. All the giants were there...Sydnee Maree, Eamonn Coghlan, and Edwin Moses. He was cool as a cucumber. Relaxing before the race then utterly destroying the competition.

[@vanjohnson9837]

One of the great athletes of the 80s-also out of ohio-105 straight wins.june2020.

[@lescorlett4133]

Done with his shoelace untied. Absolute legend.

[@SGGAMMER10]

Moses was like the Moses of the Bible. Simply incredible. I like the anxious reactions of his wife. Nice to see her worries before the race turn to Joy after the race thanks to Edwin Moses the legend.

[@mariohall1179]

The greatest, ever, in my book! One of my all-time sport heroes!

[@joemorrow8411]

He was great to watch 🇺🇸

[@senben9180]

This beats anything since. Todays Olympics are UNWATCHABLE. 1984 best olympics ever. Almost every event also outside of gymnastics had an inctedible duell going on! Soviet boycott didnt make an impact these were and still are the best athletes ever to gobto olympics. Michael Jordan went to these olympics as did Michael Gross, Ian Fergusson, Carl Lewis, Sebastian Coe, Thom Daley, Edwin Moses, peter michael kolbe, Mar T Maghear, kopainnen etc etc etc etc etc the list just goes on and on and on unbelievable!!! 1980s forever!

[@paulwilliams8389]

I agree - the '84 Olympics were my favourite ever. It was just before I left school and so I was enjoying the holidays and staying up late here in the UK to watch it. I'm a massive athletics fan but really enjoyed the other sports at these Games as well.

[@patszer8314]

I still get goosebumps and feel enormous pride at being an American.❤

[@cnelsonlv999]

I still remember watching this live as a kid... so dominant!

[@thaddeusbrown8783]

The man was the best hands down.

[@davidburns3480]

it don't matter how long ago it was or who has gone faster he is still one of the best of all time

[@jonathansmith3742]

My track and field hero. One Baaaad Man!

[@adam872]

I loved watching Ed growing up. What a magnificent running action, absolute poetry.

[@joesmith942]

This guy is smart as anything. I think his analytical brain (on top of atheltic ability) really made him so brilliant in this event.

[@blaakcoffee]

Exactly spoken. He is a Physicist!!

[@CamelSportsWorld]

Yeah no shit🤣 that’s his whole persona being the physicist that made a formula for the 400m hurdles

[@donaldgraham6414]

Indeed. He has as many science degrees as gold medals.

[@dimensionexo.]

Edwin's poor beautiful wife was a nervous wreck - But after the win she calmed down and enjoyed the moment *

[@divo253644]

Orgulho ter um Alisson dos Santos correndo regularmente abaixo de 47s, batendo o tempo de uma lenda como Edwin Moses.

[@mga2899]

Don't be nervous Mrs. Moses. Edwin is going to win.

[@nothaviniteither]

thanks to spike lee and da 5 bloods for making me remember the GOAT

[@aristotelisacd538]

YESS

[@aristotelisacd538]

Watching it right now

[@nothaviniteither]

@@aristotelisacd538 that's wts up...great movie...

[@aristotelisacd538]

@@nothaviniteither i agree.

[@navalobservatoryu.s.1574]

40年近くの動画だけど今見ても色褪せない。正にハードルの神様だった。

[@ouiouipekpek]

Marvellous champion. Une fan de France

[@johnwhitfield5376]

HE IS THE GREATEST TO RUN THIS RACE.... HE IS THE GURU...EDWIN MOSES IS THE KING F THE 400 METER HURDLES...

[@imasportsphileiii6483]

And that is why we at www.imasportsphile.com responsible for posting this video of Moses....along with quite a few of THE KING OF THE 400m HURDLES videos in our Olympics and track & field section....agree with you completely.

[@generalzod7959]

Edwin Moses gets my vote as goat in this event!

[@kingfish4242]

His father was a Tuskegee airman. He also has a masters degree in physics.

[@mauricioteixeiraokanu.4753]

Moses the G.O.A.T, sou fã 🇧🇷

[@bradleyj5514]

Unreal! The greatest

[@martinhill2583]

What an athlete, I'm speechless def the goat of 400 M hurdling

[@andre1987eph]

The good ol’ days. 🙂

[@peterovenden4489]

Moses was poetry in motion,a bit like Federer playing tennis

[@Drbigchungusmdphd]

Anybody else here after “da 5 bloods?”

[@metsyman5566]

Lol so funny YESSIR

[@waynepoole15]

Spike lee lmao

[@vensonj]

Yep

[@tomaskuli177]

I just asked that question.

[@rustyjames6622]

Indeed i am 🥇

[@paulokyoshidecastro2388]

Um dos melhores atletas de todos os tempos, um gênio das pistas.

[@rasse1965]

Bien por Moses Edwin un gran atleta.

[@pangkeattung6346]

Who's here after neil degrasse tyson's interview with Edwin Moses?

[@travelnerd2353]

Schmid being very strong. Always chasing Moses. Always fighting. Both could never relax.

[@darrylnelson05]

Edwin Moses was a Mechanic when it came to the 400 hurdles.

[@emmettorafferty1006]

Ed Moses made athletics cool 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ltcolumbo9708]

When camera cut to Edwin's wife for the umpteenth time, I was thinking about the hysterical Mom on The Airplane movie. My weapon of choice is my bare hands

[@DMS-pq8]

They got divorced in 91

[@nafisahibrahim4291]

Here from startalk

[@crackerjack9320]

American icon!

[@drrunner]

The greatest winning streak in history!

[@jimholder6656]

Edwin Moses: a true American hero!

[@Inercycl1]

those were memorable times

[@glywnniswells9480]

I wonder what time he would run now with the new go fast shoes and better track?

[@VeridicusMaximus]

Overrated marketing BS.

[@Racedoc]

I saw it live…Edwin was the best.

[@averdadeincomoda1876]

Edwin é um dos maiores atletas de todos os tempos.

[@antomus]

The Greatest! My favorite athlete ever.👍

[@marlenesmith1076]

Poetry in motion!

[@juniormcclure8501]

I got the chance to see him run in Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲when I was young

[@pamela7651]

@He was really the best for 9 consecutive years if I'm not mistaken. Unbeaten

[@ejb5659]

Back when men were men- and some men had 10 foot strides.

[@ejb5659]

@That One Oh true for many- even today- but EM never cheated- that is just a fact. EM is the Man.

[@diskoeric2248]

and some women were men

[@DMS-pq8]

@@diskoeric2248 East Germans

[@edwardbrown4615]

@@DMS-pq8 Don't forget the Chinese. They were rather dominant along with the East German women...

[@DMS-pq8]

@@edwardbrown4615 The Chinese really weren't much of an Olympic power until recently

[@katomiler843]

Super inspiring. Great post.

[@helpinghal]

I love when the P.A. Announcer chews out the photographers for causing the false start

[@rssempresas9699]

David Weaver, thanks for your comment....and great observation on something that we at ImaSportsphile never picked-up on until now....so, thanks....and we hope you enjoyed this video...cuz if you did....we have the most in depth collection of vintage Olympics videos already posted on our website that we are sure you will enjoy.

[@chrischammas1]

Not too many know this: had a secret technique that was born out of his educational background in physics. He was able to deduce that riding the inside line of his own lane as close as possible could save him several meters of distance around the 400m track. He facilitated this by going over the hurdles with his left leg. He also was able to calibrate his 13 steps to achieve a very consistent streamlined hurdle step every over every hurdle. He did this for his early success in the 70s. Eventually everyone else started to notice and adopt those techniques… which is testament to how he was able to stay head of the competition into the 1980s. Best hurdler of all time and probably one of the most cerebral athletes

[@RedBar3D]

You also coming from Neil's video? Haha

[@netw52]

One of my T&F heroes. 😎

[@timothygalvan1005]

He was my idol in the early 80's when I ran hurdles in school.

[@jamezkpal2361]

@ Edwin Moses was my hero after Montreal. I converted to hurdling and ran the 330yd IMH and made it to state. I would imagine I was Edwin Moses and that actually helped.

[@timothygalvan1005]

Yes. 2nd place in 83.

[@jamezkpal2361]

@@timothygalvan1005 Awesome! I was 4th in 79 in Washington. I also went to state in the triple jump and got another 4th.

[@davidrosado9642]

Hurdles? Hurdles?! I have been going over hurdles all my life! AND AM STILL HERE.

[@SB25-n6j]

Somehow this pops up in my recommendations outta nowhere after watching Godfrey talking about him

[@ceebee8042]

Now. He would have been out of race with that false start. Totally amazing was his dominance.

[@serignesarr4898]

Great athlete who dominate his opponents during yrs. If I m not wrong, 4 yrs later during Seoul Olympics he had been beaten by Amadou Dia Ba from Sénégal

[@nikolakrstic7139]

Moses is the legend!no doubt about it!☺

[@sblizzy]

The Goat!!!!!

[@Dave-lr2wo]

Let's see Karsten or Rai run in THOSE shoes.

[@MARMELADI-xn7vm]

ONE OF MY IDOLS

[@darrylnelson05]

Nehemiah was robbed of two gold medals. The 80 boycott and 84 he was ruled a professional because he played pro football.

[@josegaston1257]

Con juantorena compitió moses?

[@landlordnation]

The greatest race in track and field!