Sebastian Coe-1000m.WR. Oslo,July,1980

Coe, showing good form on the way into the 1980 Olympics, took a half a second off of Rick Wohlhuter's 1000m world record to become the only man in history to concurrently hold the 800/1000/1500 and mile WR's.This distinction lasted for just an hour when his great rival and compatriot Steve Ovett took the mile record at the same meet!

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

For those too young to have witnessed Seb Coe running the remarkable thing was he set world records with virtually no help at all. Eg when he set this 1000 m world record he ran the last 400 m totally alone!!!!!!! And even then it took 26 years for anyone to beat it and runners like Ovett, Cram, Aouita, Morceli, El Gourouj, etc couldn't get anywhere near it. He is also the only runner ever to hold the 800, 1000, 1500 and mile record ALL at the same time. He's also the only man in history to win the 1500 m Olympic Gold in two Olympics in a row!! Simply the best ever. Coe is the GOAT.

[@Underhills]

Well, "with virtually no help at all" isn't very accurate. He had the juice. We all know what went on back then. They used PEDs.

[@APBCTechnique]

But no Olympic or world titles at 800m sadly.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@@APBCTechnique Yes he got it wrong tactically in 1980 and 1984 and the selectors got it wrong in 1988. As for the World Championships they didn't start till 1983 but if they did exist in 1979 and 1981 Coe would have had a great chance as he didn't lose a single 800 or 1500 in those 2 years! I think he missed them in 1985 and 1987 through injury.

[@simonedwards5564]

STEVE CRAM in 1985 ran a very windy cold 2:12'8 in Gateshead,,,,he easily lost a few tenths that night for the kilometre !!!!!!!!

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@@simonedwards5564 Cram was a world class athlete in his own right albeit his successful career was a few years shorter than that of Coe.1000 metres was a little short for Cram who's main strength was 1500 metres.

[@TheYanbibiya]

Coe really was a sublime athlete. Beautifully runner to watch. I'm sure with the professionalism and support today he would have been world and Olympic champion in the modern age

[@robinbauer1975]

Yes 1.500m/800m Double trust

[@martydav9475]

Coe was the Federer/McEnroe of athletics - sublime to watch.

[@servicekid7453]

51 seconds for the first 400m? That’s just insane…. 🤯🤯

[@leifnordqvist2527]

Seb Coe, My youth idol!

[@APBCTechnique]

😉 Only man to have world records at 800m, 1000m, 1500m and mile + only man to retain 1500m Olympic title🥇 Poetry in motion, graceful runner 🏃‍♀️ 🏃 Fastest last 100m in a 800m race 11.3 and fastest 100m in 1500m Olympics 12.1 Simply amazing at his best 😉

[@deano27671]

Actually his last 100m in the Moscow 1500m was even faster; 12.1 not 12.3.

[@APBCTechnique]

deano27671 yes indeed. Won’t see another runner like him in our lifetime

[@davidbaldwin133]

@@deano27671 couldn't beat ovett at 800m though. Prague 78, Moscow 80. Coe may of been fast but in the big races he fell short.

[@richardmilliken8705]

@@davidbaldwin133 Coe had the 800 meter world record for 17 years! Ovett's best 800 meter time was 2 seconds slower than Coe's WR!! Not even close! Now it's a shame that the 2 of them didn't race more often in the 1,500 / mile.

[@mikem9252]

one of seb's tougher races - really struggled the last 200m - incredible to run 1:45 in a 1000m race - what an amazing life...served track...his country and the olympic movement -- seb will be fondly remembered and admired decades after the jealous and nameless/faceless stone-throwers are gone...not every athlete who had success is automatically a cheater

[@jeremyhomewood9573]

You hear that john rogan,??? That means you YA twisted old fart !!!!!!!

[@simonedwards5564]

Coe had been suffering from respiratory problems as he had been taking antibiotics for a VERY bad cold....the antibiotics REALLY MESSED with his performance as well....hence his EARTH SHATTERING PERFORMANCE A YEAR LATER!!!!!!!!!!!

[@antoniobattisti1988]

It would be great if you upload the 1 000 m race by Steve Cram below 2:13 (2:12:88, 1985, if I am correct). The only two men from the eighties below 2:13

[@sbtbfanatic]

Coe would have run even faster if he hadn't kept looking back

[@666zerowolf]

a thief always looks over his shoulder!

[@jeremyhomewood7740]

John Rogan you fukkin wankaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!l

[@janicenicholls5924]

He had a habit of doing that.

[@SirPeter6464]

Broke the WR not 100 percent he was going to win. 🙁

[@brendanfelice6663]

Time- 2:13.40

[@redd605]

What I find incredible only one person has gone faster than him in nearly 40 years at this distance,and the person who did it ran only the last 200m or less out in front coe ran over a lap when he ran 2.12.18. and 1.44 800 m along the way,and you think of the greatest athletes over that period,

[@68munki]

Even after all these years he’s still my sporting hero

[@wayne39]

A great time- loved watching Coe and Ovett breaking records left right and centre

[@murkymurk8305]

Coe is a legend but respect David Coleman on the mic. We need someone like him now.

[@rustypiece2549]

Coe was pure beauty. Beauty!

[@kevinkilduff2064]

Truly one of the greatest to grace a track.

[@DIPPLEDORP]

Coe had 45 sec. 400m speed sometimes he would anchor a 4x400m relays.

[@Alex-pr6zv]

Willi Wühlbeck's 2:14.53 is still the German record today.

[@owenthackeray4195]

Was used to watching David Bedford then along came Seb Coe quite a change.

[@deano27671]

Great quality video. Cheers. He actually ran this while on antibiotics for a throat infection! Tied up a bit at the end.

[@APBCTechnique]

@@rogerfederer8117 exactly

[@APBCTechnique]

Coe was always sick on and off.

[@maltfusion6743]

With modern rabbit races he would have run 800m under 1'40. Silly talent.

[@denisej4813]

To be fair, Seb had his share of pacemakers. It got to the stage where, every time he ran in a race on the European circuit, there was an expectation that the world record for that distance would come under threat, and promoters felt that they and the crowd weren't going to get their money's worth if things weren't set up with a pacemaker in the field. The same also applied to races involving Steve Ovett and, later, Steve Cram.

[@alaincourcelles6664]

42 an après les 2'12"18/1000m de Seb COE est toujours le 2eme meilleur chrono tout temps confondu ! Seb COE est le plus grand coureur de 800m/1500m de tout les temps

[@rob1n792]

And we still were not told what bloody time he achieved. What was the point in showing us the race!

[@simonsedwards1513]

2:13'40 /

[@alanwright2696]

WR. Hero for me growing up. Hero for me today. We all get older.

[@nalaetsimba4400]

80-90, the golden years ot UK athletism, and even the whole athletism ❤

[@Brez6645]

A world record attempt with no electronic timing shown in the stadium. That's how to get the spectators involved.

[@peteralainszpiriev4750]

Simply terrific run. His 800 meter time was nearly world record.

[@kdsgirly5573]

We didn’t have to worry in those days we knew one or the other would win.

[@sedwards8870]

Sorry Jon shitton

[@guspleite]

Noah Ngeny 2min11sec

[@momoben9899]

Bravo a tous

[@eileencoburn8631]

Great athlete.Coe looked so thin.

[@jeremyhomewood9573]

I love the end bit at 4:21, / the youngster holding refreshments for the athletes trying to get sebs attention whilst SEB COE dealing/ ENJOYING the moment of holding FOUR WORLD RECORDS 😀😀😀😀for just one hour !!!!!!!! SEB COE looks down to be congratulated by this cute little kid,,, arms up clearly lapping up the adulation the world's camera men are seeping upon him,,, WHAT A FANTASTIC MOMENT,,,(for),that kid probably in his early 50,s now looking at that thinking wow,,,, "SEB COE,,, MADE YOU LOOK!!!!!!!" Huh,,,, indeed ,a year later SEB returned to Oslo and obliterated his 1 kilometre by over a second going through 800 m in 1981 THAT WOULD HAVE RANKED HIM WORLD NO,1 IN 1980 !!!!!!!!!! SEB ONLY RAN 1:44'7 IN 1980 !!!!!!! I think Andreas busse ran faster ???

[@cliveedwards9684]

Word has it they’re still waiting to confirm the time

[@ceesvegh4904]

where's the clock!??

[@CarlFredrik-uo1cu]

What was his 800m split?

[@AthletixStuffChannel]

@@CarlFredrik-uo1cu around 1.45 ...

[@CarlFredrik-uo1cu]

@@AthletixStuffChannel I found it. It was 1:45.2

[@richard141724]

Early pace way too fast.

[@marcoduenas5434]

Cuál fue el tiempo? 2:11?

[@rangersasc]

Bhahaha lmao no fkn joke there

[@jadgamer9432]

El tempo

[@jadgamer9432]

2:12

[@deano27671]

Strange how you claim to know Coe used anabolics! Perhaps you should take your evidence to the press and make a fortune! Do you know how many middle distance guys were on and caught for steroids in the late 70s/ early 80s? I'd love to find out from the man in the know!

[@deano27671]

***** Lol. Are you really serious about comparing to the women's 800m in Moscow? You clearly no little about that era and the evidence that has emerged since then. The Russians, along with the GDR and most of the other EAst European Communist states, were all on state sponsored drug programmes. This was particularly the case in women, who are scientifically proven to react more to the use of anabolic steroids and testosterone than men. This was used predominantly in power events like sprints and field events, hence most of the WRs in those events were set in the 80's. Steroids were not believed to be of much use in middle or distance events, but many field events benefitted from its use. The women's 800m in Moscow was the greatest race in history at that event, Olizarenko's (1:53.43) still puts her No. 2 on all tim list, Mineyeva ((1:54.81) is 5th of all time and Providokhina (1:55.46) is 15th. This was the greatest depth in any race. What was the UK record at the time? About 1:59.1 by C. Boxer. Where were the British women on steroids? There weren't any. What were the British women doing in the sprints? Nothing compared to the GDR and USSR. Your train of thought makes no sense. It is clear that the East Europeans were taking peds on mass, backed up by the fact that every year many Russian middle distance women have tested positive over the last 20 years. If you think this implies the Brit middle distance runners were using peds, where were all our great female runners and male distance runners, or did they only allow Coe and Ovett to take them? Moreover, the 78 European and 80 Olympics were held behind the Iron Curtain, making it easier for Russian and GDR athletes to take drugs and pass the doping controls. British athletes (e.g. Coe and Ovett) would have been tested at major champs and every time they broke a WR. They were also tested out of competition by UK Athletics from 1981 and randomly tested out of season from 1985. The IAAF didn't implement this testing protocol until 1989. The British were testing thoroughly before most other countries.

[@deano27671]

***** No, it wasn't copy and paste, it was straight off the top of my head. As I have already said, Coe and Ovett would have been randomly tested out of season from 1985 onwards. Coe had one of his best years and set his 1500 pb in 86, well into the random out of season regime. Steroids in big enough quantities are believed to have long term effects, though these would be damaging if started too early while developing. We're talking power events here, not middle and distance running. As I have already asked, how many British middle distance runners have ever tested positive for steroids? Now answer the same question regarding Russians, predominantly their women?

[@deano27671]

***** For a start, blood doping was legal in the 70's and early 80's. Anyone performing this technique was not acting illegally, but of course it is morally reprehensible and against the spirit of the sport, not to mention incredibly dangerous. The only known cases of blood doping at this time were the Finns from the 70's (one athlete admitted to it, another, Vainio tested positive in LA) and the Italians ( a couple of athletes have admitted to it as have some coaches) in the early 80's. Both sets of athletes were undergoing this with the knowledge of their respective national authorities. It wasn't banned until the end of 1985, when Coe and Lord Moynihan put forward a white paper calling for a ban, which was taken up by the IAAF for the next season. Again, Coe's best 1500 was in 86. The fact that when offering you "facts", your response is, "It doesn't mean anything", makes it appear that you are the one who has already made up his mind based on no evidence whatsoever. If this is truly the mantra you use in life, then we might as well convict every athlete that has ever lived and never tested positive as guilty of drug use as well!

[@deano27671]

***** Anabolic steroids, which I repeat he was tested for more than a hundred times in his career, do not make you faster. They enable you to train harder, do longer sessions and to recover from illness and injury more quickly. Coe's career was littered with illness and injury, which again does not set any red lights off for ped use. How many times was EL G ruled out of a Champs (or any big race come to think of it) during his career? Running at or close to WR pace week in week out over a season and over many years is more an indication of steroid and EPO use. I have no idea how you can state he had 'bone development around 1979' just by looking at him? I don't even know what that means. Bone density cannot be seen, your bones don't get bigger. HGH will make your jaw bigger. Coe's official weight was 58kg in 1979, which dropped to 56kg in his later career. If you followed his career at the time, then you'll know that he changed course from that of a 1500 (European Junior bronze in '75) and 3000m runner, to that of an 800/1500m runner in 1976. That Autumn he joined Loughborough Uni, where he undertook intense gym work, including weights, plyios, stretching and overall core conditioning under George Gandy, whose work at the time was not the norm for middle distance guys and was subsequently well documented. The emphasis was on speed, and his improved strength and speed evolved gradually over his next 3 years at Loughborough. By 1979 his legs were certainly more muscular, but his upper body was puny. He continued to do weights all year round for the rest of his career, something that was taken on board later by the likes of Aouita, Morceli, El G, and latterly Salazar with Rupp and Farah. Coe's frame and weight (around 9 stone for someone 5'9") is not reflective of someone on steroids. His weight is exceptionally low for someone of his height, even for an elite athlete. May I also remind you that Cruz ran within 0.1 of Coe's 800 WR 3 years after Coe's run. So that must mean Cruz was also on steroids!? What about Kipketer and Rudisha? The fact that Coe was able to run 1:43.3 in 1989, just before his 33rd birthday, at a time when all elites were being randomly tested throughout the year, vindicates that a time of 1:41.7 was more than possible for someone of 24. I also question your theory that steroid has long term benefits after use has stopped. When Ben Johnson returned from his ban, he never got anywhere near the same level.

[@666zerowolf]

deano27671 coe and frank shorter...white papers so their records stand!...both devious cheaters...shorter's call of the 800 meter final in the 1988 final is hilarious...a mind scrambled by drug use!

[@АльфияКамалетдинова-о1т]

А им щас по 65 лет некоторым

[@nickcorleone8709]

Seb Coe would be held in far greater esteem nowadays (as he rightly deserves), if he wasn’t considered posh, and he hadn’t become the archetypal ‘Tory Boy’ Conservative MP that he did. He was unfairly thought of as elitist, and not a ‘man of the people’. He had very few chinks in his armour, and this meant the British public and media couldn’t metaphorically chop him down at the knees.

[@donkeykong4712]

Where’s the time?

[@larsosterberg8301]

Donkey Kong 2:13

[@simonedwards5564]

Maaaaaaaaaaaaan !!!!!! Time is so frigging weird,, that kid selling drinks (4:23) tugging at coes garments must at least 52/53 YEARS OLD now!!!!!! INCREDIBLE!!!!!!! I'm so surprised he hasn't written in to say"THAT'S ME there at the end pulling at SEB trying to get the quadruple world record holders attention!!!" What a wonderful day ❤️ that would to hear from that cute stadium drinks servant!!!!!! At this moment not only did COE HOLD 4 WORLD RECORDS,,,but he had a developing injury( slipped disc ) which he kept secret right through the entire 1980 OLYMPICS !!!!!!!!!!!!! And only his father peter/ and doctor knew about,,,, Many an athlete

[@simonedwards5564]

SORRY,,,,, 💖 Many an athlete would have said,,, I've blown all my chances , AND NOW I'VE GOT TO TAKE ON STEVE AT" HIS EVENT" HE HASN'T LOST A RACE IN OVER 40 RACES,,, with slipped disc and ASTHMA,,,, Seeing ovett not just beating his mile record,,but EQUALLING SEBS 1500M WAVING TO THE CROWD In the home stretch!!!!!!!! What a monumental mountain SEBASTIAN COE had to climb and never bailed out ,,, MOSCOW WAS TRULY( BOMBASTIC) THE COE VS OVETT GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And proved ( BATTLE AX) Maggie THATCHER WRONG!!!!!!!!! kill joy,,,,

[@swayambadhe]

Where are all the black dudes?

[@666zerowolf]

Seb...come forward and admit you cheated!...Olympic host for 2012...Rowan Atkinson would have made more sense!

[@RavishingSailor]

I don't mean to but into your old conversation but man are you for real or just being a troll? I do admit that the entire Toxoplasmosis thing really does appear somewhat shad. On a different note, synthetic epo wasn't around back in 1980. Albeit athletes back then would just transfuse there own stored blood back into them selves.

[@666zerowolf]

the Lance Armstrong of track running!...Coe....one snotty cheater!

[@holmanrodriguez7600]

ha ha ha ha. Infinite Ignorance. Please provide proof or else, shut up.

[@666zerowolf]

rick wohlhuter did his record free of enhancing performance drugs. Almost comical when Coe talks about his long "snell like" training sessions....one day he is struggling wih a respiratory disease ...the next day he is flying by 800 meters in !:45 enroute to a 2:13 1000 meter record..man that ephinephrine does wonders!....phoney hosts the 2012 Olympics...more comedy as he shakes the hand of another Johnny Gray like cheat...David Rasuida"s coach....wonder what athlete was not on epo prior to that final...so obvious when a 17 year old can run 1:41. ..poor lance armstrong...must pay all the cheaters sins alone!..

[@holmanrodriguez7600]

Please provide proof or else, shut up. Infinite Ignorance

[@jeremyhomewood9573]

Fukkin PRICK !!!!!!!!!!!

[@veridicusmaximus6010]

John your mom was a cheater - that's why you were born.

[@666zerowolf]

his self belief.....lol.....the Lance Armstrong of track.

[@deankeith830]

John Rogan stop trolling . . . . It's not big and it certainly isn't clever !