The Fastest Men On Earth (1976 - Montreal) 18/20

This part features Hasely Crawford (TRI)

[@62BillAD]

I was 13 when i watched this race with my family in Toronto, Canada. Dad had just purchased our first colour TV. Being from Trinidad we were all cheering for Hasely. What a feeling when won.

[@BreuckelensFinest]

Hasley Crawford was a tough competitor & he was strong mentality & physically. He seemed to have that killer instinct that you need to be a winner. I've always heard about him & seen a few videos on him but not this in depth. I'm always happy to see other Caribbean sprinters do well, considering I'm Puerto Rican. Salute Mr. Crawford. 🇵🇷

[@josephshepherd7142]

I remember living in Marabella (also the hometown of Crawford) when I joined the Texaco Sports Club and loved sprinting. I also remember him in his younger sprinting days prior to both Olympics (1972 & 1976) and coach Wilton Jackson introducing me to Hasely Crawford and another sprinter Carl Archer (his best friend) I was in awe of him. He was my Hero then and he is still my Hero NOW!

[@AHC63]

Superb start and first 50 meters and he kept his form through the tape - spectacular!!

[@rickygranderson9625]

One of the Greatest sprinters ever!

[@Chopper650]

A pioneer of Caribbean sprinters that would eventually follow

[@melvinlattany3120]

One of the real stars of the sport.Well done

[@1arttu]

Are you THE Melvin Lattany, an athlete?

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

4 years ago, in the Munich final he has gotten an injurie. And in Montreal he was at his top. And as far as I know he has always been a good guy. Love for Hasely from me, a german sprinter. (Not his class)

[@juanestadian8471]

Crawford and Quarry are the fathers of Caribbean sprinting

[@johnwesley3885]

I was a seven year old in Trinidad when Crawford won and thought he was faster than cars and horses.

[@arlenec7593]

I was 6yrs. Will never forget it! I salute you Sir Hasley Crawford! 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@peterfrank1572]

He denied Donald Quarrie, that's all I can remember in Jamaica !🤒

[@seanpierre7823]

I was 9 years old and at the Queens Parks Savannah when the news came over the PA that he won gold. the place erupted .

[@johnsrous1616]

Sean Pierre I was almost 9 when I watched the Montreal Olympics. Of course, these games were wrought by the poor management and financial problems of the two week competition. Hasley Crawford's 100m championship could have been the first of a few but he did have injuries and bad luck at the time.

[@dinaalcala2464]

What twitch you talking about man hasley had a clean start. He delivered as he said he would. Fantastic run Mr. Crawford

[@jonjon-ij9vz]

A well put together video. Thank you

[@davidphillips6424]

They mention Steve Williams was injured but no mention of Silvio Leonard of Cuba who got injured prior to the semi's. He was one of the favorites to win.

[@trinihammer]

what I remember about this race was that everbody was only looking at quarrie and borzov. that is when Trinidad are dangerous when everybody underestimates us. Crawford won when no one was watching him. typical tricky trini.

[@jonjon-ij9vz]

Well run Crawford! Wish this story could be shared more

[@buddyvilla7393]

Steve Williams is probably the greatest US Sprinter to never win an Olympic Medal!!! Steve went to the US Olympic Trials with an injured hamstring tried to compete and tore his hamstring at the trials. The US contingent was as noted Harvey Glance, Steve Riddick who didn’t make the finals and Johnny Jones who would go on to play in the NFL with the New York Jets. I remember watching Hasely win here in San Diego. After he won I looked up Trinidad/ 🇹🇹 Tobago on the Globe. I knew it was in the Caribbean but then I knew exactly where it was.

[@macvatu]

I remember a gymnast, Nadia Comeneci winning a gold, only 16 she was during the Montreal Olympics.

[@johngoogly]

She was actually 14.

[@couch.patati-patata]

14

[@warrencundy]

Hasley & Don Quarrie came to NZ when I was a kid at the time u didn’t realise what level of Athletics u we’re watching also Mac Wilkins Olympic Champion Dicus Richter West Germany 100m Champion 1976 Irena Swenski Poland 400m Champion Miklos Nemeth Javelin Champion & of course the great 3 locals Dixon Quax & the Superstar John Walker now we get no one anywhere near this Level oooh the good old days

[@mrgobrien]

one of the Olympic 100m finals that was ruined by the random lane draw which they had at the time - Quarrie only saw Crawford at the very end and Crawford pretty much had no idea where anybody was throughout (it was finally abolished after it ruined the 1980 race completely and after the adoption of fastest qualifiers in the middle in 1983 for the world championships had proved the better system).

[@johnclark9437]

Lane assignments were not officially seeded until the 1991 World Championships. At the 1983 World Champs, Calvin Smith won his semi-final but ran in lane 8. The 1984 Olympics was definitely still random lane assignments (Lewis won from lane 7 in both the 100 and 200 and the top runners in the 110 hurdles were all drawn in the outside lanes). I suspect that some seeding was done at the 1987 World Champs and 1988 Olympics, according to the methods which became mandatory in 1991.

[@mrgobrien]

@@johnclark9437 surely seeding is done by semi final time not place though? (you might be right but i just remember the moscow olympics forcing a re-think)

[@sheldonjames3431]

First (1) gold medal 🥇in the Olympics for Trinidad and Tobago🇹🇹 100 men's metres

[@nfelvis68]

I think this was from a programme called Olympiad if memory serves.

[@mrgobrien]

no - it was from a series called The Fastest Men On Earth and detailed the all men's Olympic 100m champions before 1988 (it was made that year - or certainly was shown then).

[@ThunderJuice]

No Jamaican toe drag, no drive phase, no front side mechanics, no gradual acceleration to top speed. Different time.

[@7silk892]

No Americans either

[@nfelvis68]

Crawford twitched on the blocks.

[@gordonwaldner9792]

That should have been a false start. I was in the stadium at the far end and saw the twitch. I'm surprised no-one complained.

[@trinihammer]

@@gordonwaldner9792 you must be a jamaican

[@trinihammer]

you must be a jamaican

[@carlbirjah7120]

Good

[@aartibenny]

What beach

[@trinihammer]

Looks like manzanilla beach.

[@Ariamaluum]

Jets should have drafted him.

[@trinihammer]

no the redskins should have drafted him

[@brianwyse5810]

How do you spell squeef

[@unknownvortex2311]

My uncle was faster than crawford he won all their races but he got addicted to coke and couldnt go to the olympics

[@jrnumex9286]

1 bum and done career

[@davesprague1542]

Oh, the names coming back to me.....Lasse Viren, Don Quarrie, Harvey Glance....