Carlos Lopes - Bislett Games 10,000m, Oslo 1983

[@Pertemba40]

Carlos Lopes is just so awesome to watch, his stride is so perfect and fast making it look beautiful and effortless. One of the best runners ever, period.

[@paulbagnall5910]

this brings back some real nice memories. was at school in the early to mid 1980s and ran for my cross country team. used to love it and i was always intent on watching athletics championships with my now deceased father. what a time of life - so much simpler then! Carlos Lopes is a name i will never forget. absolutely incredible runner. such endurance and what a mindset he must have had. one of my favourites. the 10,000metres, cross country and the marathon, this man was ace at all of those events. especially cross country running.

[@tommytempo1]

What a beautiful running style Lopes had.

[@minolta7i]

Lopes and Mamede. The "heart" of Portugal running back in the 1970's and 1980's. Great posting.

[@redrum4100]

And Rosa Mota.

[@murkymurk8305]

And Castro brothers, Leitao, etc.

[@tommytempo1]

Antonio Pinto in the 1990's.

[@serafimsousa5383]

@Vic MAC sim a ENORME Fernanda Ribeiro.

[@yahow9297]

António Leitão in LA in 1984 finished less than 4 seconds behind the 5 km's new Olympic record. The race was so fast that the top-6 beat the Olympic record lol

[@pyrrusoverwinning]

Lopes's running form is beautiful and cool.

[@emiliofuentescerda9655]

Carlos Lopes, un verdadero fenómeno, Corría bien en la pista,(27:17 en 10.000 mts) en la calle (campeón olimpico de maraton y recordman mundial)y en el cross( campeón mundial 3 veces). Crack!!!!

[@hermes3430]

Thx alot for posting this 3'03 for the last 1200 with 40 athletes in the field...36years old amazing.

[@eoinMB3949]

Watching calos lopes run is like watching a graceful swan in full flight. His win the following year at the olympic marathon was incredible against one of the greatest fields ever assembled.

[@ruisilva4282]

I saw this race on TV that day- The idea was to beat Rono's world record. At the middle of the race the commentator said that it would be not possible. As you can see, the last 4 laps were amazing and the record at less than a second. And look to Lopes perfect running style! What a champion!

[@jimmason8502]

And a year later both Memede and Lopes broke that record in the same race with mamede winning

[@tommytempo1]

@@jimmason8502 Stockholm 1984.

[@Pertemba40]

He achieved the marathon world record in 1985 in Rotterdam at 2:07:12, super fast in those years.

[@scp4849]

He already said more than once that he was ready to run the last 10 Km in 29 mins at the 84 Olympics if needed to win the Gold Medal. He was methodical and very strong mentally.

[@cosmos121122]

Most extraordináry ever. Lopes is the best

[@jeffreykicia6534]

I finished in tenth place in this highly competitive race for the United States, in 28: 07.34 for the 10,000 meters! It was grueling and very fast as the World Record was missed by less than one second by Lopez and his teammate finished off the Record by a mere 3.21 seconds in the same race of Portugal !!!

[@Josecarlos-ct3sj]

MrBadabimBadabum Carlos Lopez, an former Portuguese athlete who competed in Olympics and won this 10,000m race

[@ricardo_run]

@@Josecarlos-ct3sj His name is Carlos Lopes, not "Lopez"

[@serafimsousa5383]

God bless you, you are a Champion too, many thanks for sharing and taking the time to write a comment. Best regards from sunny Portugal.

[@jeffreybayles1162]

Congratulations on such a fine time

[@jeffreybayles1162]

Ran against Rose in college but he had shoulder length hair then

[@joseanibaldamatabarbosa2023]

Carlos lopes atleta fenomenal um super homem talves o melhor atleta do mundo era uma máquina invemsivel

[@ISABELMARIAVICENTE-c4g]

❤❤❤

[@murkymurk8305]

Beautiful running by the future Olympic marathon champion. Great commentary by the legendary Coleman and Foster. I feel for countryman Mamede who was a brilliant runner but was so erratic.

[@mariaana9129]

Grande Carlos Lopes!! Hoje fazes 76 primaveras 🎊 🎉 MUITOS PARABENS 🎊🎂👏👏👏👏👏

[@mancebo7]

It's really frustrating to us, the Portuguese, that foreigners always pronouce Portuguese names making them sound Spanish: it's NOT "Low-pez"; it's "LÓPSH" (the "e" is totally mute, unlike the Spanish "e"). Also, the man's first name is "CARLOS" and not "Carlo", which is the italian version of the same name. Damn it! (lol)

[@paulbagnall5910]

those were the days when the commentators were funny and legendary themselves. coleman was hilarious i found. brendan foster was a retired distance runner himself at this time and champion in his own right. I read his book when i was competing myself back then.

[@jaquelinponce4561]

Excellent

[@pauloandrade2268]

Grande altleta

[@christopherfletcher5384]

Not bad considering Lopes ran 2:08:39 at Rotterdam earlier that same year. He did even better the next two years.

[@sananto6896]

40 runners in the event is totally idiotic. The slow runners cost Lopes the world record.

[@MrAlvaroFurtado]

Quiet right about the world record.

[@HeraclesdelaCosta]

Lopes made too many meters by running on the outside part of the inside lane during the race.

[@glywnniswells9480]

Portugeuse runners were naturals

[@andrewcook1752]

Is that Salazar standing in front of the Intersport sign at 1:33?

[@runcaz7802]

I looked, you might be right, Salazar indeed.

[@randyevermore9323]

Don't think so. Looks like another Athletics West athlete.

[@joaojunqueira6385]

2.32 62 - in the last km.

[@DASDmiser]

The commentator’s comment about Lopes’ marathon ability is priceless.

[@MyChristine6]

Steve ran the race to obtain GB selection, which he achieved.

[@athleticscoach2012]

So close to WR

[@kennyj851]

7:50....javelin just hits a runner, all part of the job I guess!

[@cesarcoelho7227]

60 last lap for a great complete runner . Imagine Lopes on EPO?? 53/44 for sure.

[@jamesrivas6394]

The guys from Monty Python's Flying Circus, were responsible for this crackin narrative.Well done boys.Love the Javelin bit.

[@nunoalexctx]

Spooooooooooooooooooooooorting!

[@mikewhelan9561]

lopes not lopez ? 7:55 Javalin bounces out and hits runner !!

[@silvanabaralha8665]

Lopes

[@redd605]

mike whelan ,I wonder,in the next few years they will have to change the javalin again , Mr storey said 97 metres, with the old one the new javalin, they are throwing average 93/94 metres in ,2017.

[@michaell8722]

Pronounced Lo pesh not Lopez

[@cesarcoelho7227]

Pat porter getting lapped 🙏

[@rayfreeth5156]

He looked so light on his feet

[@bannister359]

Jos Hermens at 11:14.

[@robertbrowne4049]

The runners being lapped easily cost him the world record.

[@simonsedwards1513]

Robert Browne they did not move out of his way unlike runners of today

[@simonsedwards1513]

Sorry they did move out of his way unlike the runners of today

[@jaqmart]

Carlos Lopes had achilles tendon trouble but did he really have surgery some time before this - thought he used acupuncture to get better?

[@serafimsousa5383]

He is runnin/flying...

[@WithBACON]

Does anybody know why Lopes did not run this aggressively in the world championships later in 1983?

[@MadSlantedPowers]

No one ran aggressively in that race. Most of the runners were still in it until the last lap. Lopes just didn’t seem to have the flat out speed that the others did. It seems he was better at something like this race, a longer sustained drive. Perhaps if he been bold enough to take off with 3 or 4 laps to go in that one, maybe he would have at least got a medal. He got the Olympic marathon gold, two more World Cross Country Championships, and another fast 10,000, though.

[@jesboysen3958]

Tak for de super fine information er så er der lidt og hygge sig med I eftermiddag 👮👮👮😂😂😂

[@cesarcoelho7227]

Good old days without Kenyans and Ethiopians .,

[@runcaz7802]

Good ole days? Nah, those were the SLOW old days.

[@a690ac52ed7]

Henry Rono, a Kenyan, was the world record holder at the time.

[@cesarcoelho7227]

Robert Harrington no ??? Really ?? Thanks for the information👍

[@jeanjacqueslundi3502]

What do you mean?

[@deplorablepatriot8605]

Back in the days when British runners absolutely dominated the middle- and long-distance races ...

[@murkymurk8305]

Um the winner and runner-up were Portuguese...