1988 Olympics - Women's 4x400 Meter Relay

[@ГСВГГота]

Могли же мы!!!!! Где все?! Куда делось?! Верните!!!! Девочки, спасибо !!! До сих пор смотрим и восхищаемся!!!!

[@panotak881]

With no doubt,the best 4x400m relay of all times!And i have seen ALL!

[@1973HenkY]

Two and a half drug factories were used in the fabrication of these performances. Most doped 4x400 ever.

[@joeortiz7715]

The Paris 2024 is the best of All Time.

[@aldrinalvarado3468]

Ahora dilo sin llorar ​@@1973HenkY

[@ИгорьТомский-я6ъ]

СССР, этим все сказано!

[@sergeyv6263]

А рекорд не побит до сих пор! СССР и ГДР- это сила!

[@valvalvalish]

Красивая борьба! На 3-м этапе не на шутку напрягся, американки не девочки для битья и 4-ый этап обычно бежали лидеры сезона... но, низкий поклон и обнимаю вас, девчонки! В тот день вы не только взяли золото и поставили мировой рекорд, вы нашей стране сделали самый афигенный подарок - наполнили гордостью наши сердца! Простите за высокопарность... ))

[@adrianonb6538]

Meus parabéns 👏, abraços do Brasil.🇧🇷

[@AndreaTAndreaT]

What In Tarnation Does That Say? Lol.

[@johncrabtree8857]

The russians can't win without using peds to this day they are still banned as a country filthy cheaters

[@Дребадан]

Олимпиада в Сеуле полный триумф Советского спорта. Во всех видах спорта.

[@kel8870]

A lot many drug cheats in Soviet Union. East Germany and US also

[@Samsquench]

So strange seeing East and West Germany again. I am definitely getting old but when I think back to the history of things that have happened in my lifetime, it’s crazy.

[@Sargebri]

Yep. As I mentioned in my post who would have predicted by the next Olympics that both East Germany and the Soviet Union would no longer exist.

[@Samsquench]

@@Sargebri we have lived through quite a bit of history.

[@Sargebri]

@@Samsquench amen to that.

[@JGldmn333]

I remember when Germany made up 2/3 of present day Poland ( East Prussia) and then lost 1/3 after W.W.1 and then the rest after W.W.2. But then I am quite old ( 153 years ). 1870 Germany was huge compared to today's Germany. Ditto for Austria.

[@RKRKRK78]

The commentating in this race is hilarious..."Smart move...SMART MOVE...she has the advantage, she can run from behind the whole way!!" and then later... "HERE SHE COMES...." followed by dead silence until they realized ya, Flo-Jo ain't catching Bryzgina. LOL.

[@carlkontermann5637]

Yeah i Was laughing so hard

[@wernerherzog3502]

Hey, RK RK, Bryzgina was specifically trained for 400 metres (and nothing else!), where-as Flo-jo was just doing the 4th leg of this race as a favour to the general team girl-ager at the time, and even though it wasn't her specialist distance she was still starting to close on the Russian bird in the last 50 metres, Flo-Jo came away from these Olympics with 3 gold and a silver, the bird was absolutely fantastic.

[@carlkontermann5637]

@@wernerherzog3502 lol

[@bgb5126]

Yep you have to laugh at the commentary. Typical American assholery. So focussed on their own (bell) ends that they implode into complete mardiness when they realise they aren't going to win and forget the Soviets break the world record. What a bunch of twats.

[@ianhirst1148]

@@wernerherzog3502 Drugs.

[@СосланРамонов-ы4д]

Аж прослезился.... Вот этот была настоящая команда СССР!!! Молодцы девченки!!!!

[@КасьянАлександр-ц6б]

Допинг жрали как кони и аналогично лошадкам бегали)))

[@Tutsi95]

@@КасьянАлександр-ц6б жрали и жрут все,но не каждый попадается,так что не надо ля-ля)

[@КасьянАлександр-ц6б]

@@Tutsi95 но рекорд до сих пор стоит не побитый. И близко сейчас результатов таких не показывают на 4*400

[@Tutsi95]

@@КасьянАлександр-ц6б ну вот в СССР питание было суперррр 👌все для победы!

[@azfotki]

@@КасьянАлександр-ц6б Гриффит Джойнер тоже жрала причем бегала так как сейчас не все мужики бегают

[@МайяДзодзиева]

Это была Родина, и Страна

[@РусланУрумханов]

Мир вашему дому!Как же это приятно слышать-Зовьет Юнион?Надо всё сделать,для возрождения СССР!А этот забег смотрел в прямом эфире!Тогда ещё не было у нас цветного телевизора,зато была уверенность в завтрашнем дне и стабильность!

[@elena19-73]

В одну воду нельзя войти дважды. Оставьте свои мечты при себе. Ни одна из стран из бывшего СССР не присоединиться, только Россия просрав все на свете, вместо того чтобы двигаться вперёд, катится назад и народ зомбирует.

[@АлексейУстенко-в2ж]

@@elena19-73 а России это надо к себе присоединять. Ведь их кормить надо. При СССР народ РСФСР жил даже хуже, чем в других республиках.

[@antisvin76]

Не было цветного телевизора в 88-м году?

[@antisvin76]

@@elena19-73 фашистское чмо, оставь эту поганую дурь себе! Надо быть абсолютно безмозглым и невежественным существом, чтобы такое нести

[@МуратКазбеков-ц6е]

Олимпиада 1988 года-лебединая песня Советского спорта!!

[@СтаниславЦыганков-э2ц]

Нет. ОИ-1992 --лебединая песня, несмотря на то что СНГ. Все вместе, кроме прибалтов. И 1-е место в общекомандном первенстве.

[@gx1922]

Даже в хоккей на траве популязировали, а сейчас и никто и не вспомнит, был журнал Физкультура и Спорт, помню ещё

[@МуратКазбеков-ц6е]

@@gx1922 Спортивные игры!

[@antisvin76]

Нет у нас никаких лебединых песен! есть временные трудности! Сейчас изживем из себя ублюдочного прозападного потребителя, и все станет хорошо!

[@blacksunshine1661]

You can just feel it😂

[@anupray9125]

One of the all time top notch relay races.

[@АндрейПастушик]

Блин, был второй месяц в Советской армии! Знал, что сделали всех по золоту и медалям и игровым видам спорта! но-об этом не знал! Думал, что джойнер нашу съест! ненавижу слова - гласность, перестройка, дерьмократия! Слава СССР!лично видел Сергея Тараканова(баскетбол) в УСЗ ЦСКА в сентябре 88-го с золотой медалью на шее! Кабздец, такую страну проеб. ли!

[@AC_Milan1899]

Olga Nazarova legend

[@64fairlane305]

and Bryzgina, my all time fav female 400m runner

[@AndreaTAndreaT]

THE 1980's Were Absolutely Lit!!!! Good Times.

[@leanajo754]

Valerie Brisco, still a 400 meter legend. That was her specialty event.

[@nuwandalton]

A "boycott legend"...Koch and Kratochvilova would have blown her to smithereens at LA 84

[@leanajo754]

@@nuwandalton You're absolutely correct 👍

[@arikoli1235]

МОЛОДЦЫ СОВЕТСКИЙ СОЮЗ

[@johncooper8398]

Best relay ever. At least 8 runners splitting under 50 seconds ( first two squads).

[@miguelval8834]

dopping .......... jajajjajajjaj dark ages ...... buffffffffffff!!!, what a pity ......

[@64fairlane305]

@@miguelval8834 yeah the us team were the worst dopers

[@MEECHIO]

'And here she comes'....haha!! As a few have mentioned biased commentary. Hilarious to listen to actually. Bryzgina is one of the all time 400m greats and is still the 4th fastest of all time over 400m. Flo Jo was never going to beat her!

[@Dee-zy5gh]

MEECHIO True. Try telling that to a partisan American😂

[@Poundcakebowler]

Best 400m runner drugs could buy

[@Dee-zy5gh]

@@Poundcakebowler Best 400m runner drugs could buy finishing ahead of the best 100m and 200m runner drugs could buy. Sounds about fair.

[@solveigthana2398]

​@@Dee-zy5gh Clever reply, although Olha Bryzhina didn't have a changed physique, was the most talented junior in the USSR, has had no evidence of drug use revealed, and was consistent throughout her career with no sudden increase in performance, unlike Flo-Jo.

[@Dee-zy5gh]

@@solveigthana2398 Totally. But sadly the fans of Flo Jo are not gonna buy that. My point was that even if Olga Bryzhina was on something (without evidence as you said), Flo Jo was also anything but clean. So let's not paint Flo Jo as the poor little American girl who lost to the doped up Russian. That's untrue and quite frankly hilarious.

[@aleksthegreat4130]

Olga Bryzgina was a reining World and Olympic champion at that time,stil keeps the top-5 time ever made.

[@64fairlane305]

a legendary 400m runner

[@Kosmos2101]

Вот она Великая держава! Союз Советских Социалистических Республик!!! Гордость берет,что родился в этом Величайшем Государстве! Лучшие во всем! Спортсмены наша Гордость!

[@samson9098]

Florence was an individual runner not a team runner...in this video it's a clear evidence...she didn't tried hard... Also in the 4x100m event in this olympic, USA was in the first position ( 1st and 2nd runner) after she received the baton , USA began to slow down ,by the time Evelyn Ashford received the baton from Florence, USA was in 3rd position.... noticed???

[@regworld1167]

4:23 AND HERE SHE COMES! Think the commentator was a bit cluelesss.

[@voodoochile80]

"She may die in the straight away"... mmmm NOT REALLY

[@buckholdboy967]

Typical yank!

[@juanguevara5010]

Felicidades por las sovieticas y una asombrosa marca de olga bryzgina 47,80 y olga nazarova 47,82

[@crishdz8259]

Era cuando las dos soviéticas en mejor forma estaban...

[@miguelval8834]

@@crishdz8259 dopping dopping dopping jajjajajjaja era de risa aquello ......que tiempos ....

[@mikedecarlo9057]

3:53 "She has the advantage...she can run from behind the whole way".........That's exactly what happened............

[@Dee-zy5gh]

Hahahaha

[@edmundbojanowski93]

Cold war stuff

[@bbatjargal1549]

Yee, she did and ended in the second place next to the Mighty Soviet Team and Legendary Olga Bryzgina!

[@waynehentley4332]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mstk1803]

Flojo this is not your 11 second or 22 second affairs, this is all about 400m .ha ha you can't match with endurance and strength of Bryzgina .... Finally I am very very happy to see you tasting the defeat.. anyway RIP flojo

[@raf1923]

This record is awesome!

[@whatdidyousay3038]

Valerie Brisco-Hooks, what a good run

[@alisalisovov797]

Блеск и огромная гордость за нас, спасибо, девочки

[@Sargebri]

If I'm not mistaken, this is the last gold medal won by a team from the Soviet Union as well as the last medal won by East Germany. Who would have thought that by the 1992 games in Barcelona both countries would no longer exist?

[@BOOMSLANG85]

The soviet union has retained her title in 4X4 as the unified team in barcelone . Since the reunification of the germany, the level of his runner have been decresed deeply.

[@Sargebri]

@@BOOMSLANG85 a lot of that was due to improvements in testing as well as the fact that state sponsored doping programs were done away with after the wall came down; at least until Putin came into power.

[@thehalfeatendoughnut1798]

@@Sargebri The Ukraine are no innocents to doping, either.

[@terpetrosyan]

Wahaha

[@64fairlane305]

@@thehalfeatendoughnut1798 no, thei`re not clean as the americans

[@andyradionov]

'Congratulations to the Soviets, they ran well'. Really? They set the world record, the longest standing one in all of athletics relays, and they just ran well? How can commentators be so biased?

[@cbs70sfan49]

Stones and Enberg sucked. Seriously.

[@rodsean]

Soviets and E Germans were roided up.

[@captainamericaamerica8090]

@@rodsean So was Flo jo! And many other Americans too. Wake Up! You blind fool. USA, HAS THE WORST STEROIDS PROBLEMS. MARIION" JONES DID PRISON TIME SHE WAS THE SCAPE GOAT. LANCE ARMSTRONG RING A BELL??😕😕😕

[@joeortiz7715]

Because it's obvious they're doped. Since when do Caucasian women run 47-48 seconds for 400m on natural ability?

[@waynehentley4332]

@@cbs70sfan49 Charlie Jones and Marti Liquori.

[@nuwandalton]

"And here she comes" I'm still laughing...

[@prameeladevi3578]

As yours wish

[@BISH9484]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@selftaughtflippingtwins8501]

😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@prettyboimut1]

Lol

[@RedDiamondXYZ]

😍😍😜😜

[@shyam3391]

What an excellent 4×400m.relay 👏👌. I think if Flo Jo participate in 400m, she would be gets either gold medal 🏅or silver medal 🥈in Seoul Olympic. So that a close gape between Olga and Flo Jo from starting to finishing is the same.

[@essebi6251]

She was very very well dop... ehm, i mean, trained

[@waynehentley4332]

Nonsense! Flo was towed around the track by Olga. In an open 400m, Flo would barely break 50seconds.

[@fahrudincatovic8133]

@@essebi6251 😁😁😁😁

[@sethaldrich6902]

@@waynehentley4332 I think it you're smoking some crack

[@Dee-zy5gh]

2:11 "We have a shot at winning this relay" LMFAO

[@АлишерКарабеков-е7т]

Советские девченки просто молодцы👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@rayflaherty3441]

Они принимали допинг

[@fleckalexander5585]

​@@rayflaherty3441не гароди хуйню

[@Cherkeskyivolk]

В то время сборная СССР по легкой атлетике блистала и не было равных...соперниками была сборная ГДР...

[@renemorales1311]

The Olgas were the key

[@joeortiz7715]

Or Olegs

[@Kufencrack]

RIP Flo-Jo (USA) *1959-1998 RIP Helga Arendt (W.-Germany) * 1964 - 2013

[@cavaleer]

She ran a 48.1 400 relay after running a full Olympic meet for the 100, 200 and 4x100. UNREAL. FloJo is without a doubt the Goddess of Sprint.

[@robertcottam8824]

Drugs. Lots of ‘em….

[@simonlevett4776]

Very debateable.

[@barfuss2007]

she was doped and died because of this doping in 1998. Look a her "female" beard, her muscles. Pure doping.

[@johnnymora8363]

She was cheater!!!!

[@lalib.53]

​@@johnnymora8363Yup. It's a moral issue: Flo Jo achieved her results through hard training. She didn't need doping. That's the point here. She changed coaches, she and her husband developed new training methods, which brought the long-awaited success, in addition to the work put in. A statement from Flo Jo and her husband, Al Joyner: “I know exactly what people say about me,” she said. "And that's just not true." I don't need to use drugs. If they want, they can come for testing every week of the year. I have nothing to hide." Her husband says all the talk boils down to jealousy. He said his wife's astonishing gains are the result of being "trained as a man." He added: “We bought a $150 leg exerciser and she did leg rolls every night. Over 20 pounds every night to add strength to your legs. She worked 12 hours a day.” Only those who have nothing to hide say so. Do 12 hours of leg training a day for months and you'll set the world record. Period. There are interviews with her from 1984 where her voice is exactly the same. She always had a deep voice.Her voice is also deep in the training video made in 1994, even though she hasn't competed in years. Flo Jo's death was caused by an epileptic seizure due to a congenital brain disorder, sadly drowned RIP. Florence Griffith Joyner retires from the field On February 22, 1989, five months after the Seoul Olympic Games, Florence Griffith Joyner announced her retirement from track and field. When discussing her retirement with Liguori, Florence Griffith Joyner said: "I retired in 1989 because I could no longer train at 100%, the way I used to train. If I can't give it my all, I don't want to give it at all." Florence Griffith Joyner moved on with her life. She became a mother, pursued fashion design and continued to combine sports and style. She even designed the 1990 NBA uniforms for the Indiana Pacers. After the death of Florence Griffith Joyner, doping allegations against her intensified. Many believed that illegal performance enhancers may have contributed to her death. However, after the autopsy, Dr. Richard Fukumoto, forensic medicine expert, clearly stated that no changes caused by steroids or other doping agents could be detected in her body. "This report allows Florence Griffith Joyner to rest in peace," said Primo Nebiolo, then president of the International Association of Athletics Federations. “Her family has had to endure incredible media attacks, many trying to undermine her legacy without any real evidence. This campaign harmed the entire sport and the anti-doping campaign. I expect more responsible behavior from media representatives in the future. I hope that after this, many members of the athletic world will assure the family of their love and sympathy." The 100m and 200m world record holder is Flo Jo, these are the facts. Facts are stubborn things. "Flo Jo was juicing". These are just assumptions. The truth is, no one has ever proven these allegations. So Flo Jo's world records are and will remain official. I don't see anyone who can topple them. Flo Jo achieved her results with the perfect harmony of body, soul and spirit. Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Florence Griffith Joyner's style and speed brought her international fame, but her Olympic performance was clouded by skepticism. A year after the Games, in 1989, a former American athlete named Darrell Robinson told a European magazine that Florence Griffith Joyner had given her money to buy growth hormones. Florence Griffith Joyner denied the allegations, telling the New York Times, "It's all made up lies about drugs. I'd be crazy to do drugs." In 1998, sports commentator John Feinstein said on NPR's Morning Edition, "The rumors were in Seoul in 1988, and I think the first thing to note is that he never tested positive," he said. "But she became a star late. She was 28 at the time... These rumors will always be there and she's been asked about them throughout her career, which she's always denied." The International Olympic Committee's medical board says it conducted rigorous drug testing on Florence Griffith Joyner during the 1988 Olympics - and it always came back negative. Florence Griffith Joyner spoke to journalist Ann Liguori about the allegations in 1991: "I knew I had never taken drugs, so I didn't let it bother me when people said that. I knew it was something that was in the news," she said. "People were looking for personal things to point at the athletes. Try not to buy it and just focus on what needs to be done and move on." I know it's hard to accept the fact that Flo Jo is the best in the world, pure. No one has ever proven that it is muddy. That being said, I understand that you are suffering and trying to smear Flo Jo's memory, but that only qualifies you. Your baseless accusations are just trying to reassure me, I am calm because I know the truth about Flo Jo's purity. So you can say anything until you prove that your words are empty. . She is the only woman to hold 2 athletics world records for more than 35 years. I'm sorry you can't understand that there are people in our world who can create admirable acts without any doping. DYOR The Jamaicans and Flo Jo's American opponents want to erase her official world records. I understand the reason for this: It is hard for them to bear that there was such an excellent athlete who achieved such fantastic results without doping. The envy, jealousy, anger that they may feel because of this becomes palpable to those who can sense it. It's easier for people to make accusations, find excuses, smear someone (Flo Jo) if their goal is not to acknowledge the wonderful achievements of a certain person. Such is human nature..

[@ВалентинЯкушкин]

Советский спорт - это мировой топ

[@partyguinness]

Cheats. Drug cheats everyone.

[@АлексейУстенко-в2ж]

@@partyguinness лучшая фармакология на Западе. И я не сомневаюсь, что западные спортсмены потребляли и потребляют допинг. Только многие вещества передовые и их ещё не запретили.

[@partyguinness]

@@АлексейУстенко-в2ж I agree. Western countries also used drugs. The US team in 1984 was well known for covering up positive drug tests among the US team. The drugs are always one step ahead of the testers.

[@sananto6896]

Great race. But the Commentators were terrible. One even said "I can feel it'. Corny stuff.

[@bbatjargal1549]

You are right! Their drugged up Flo Jo failed even when she is drugged up with all those drugs!

[@gilbertmatta5364]

the commentators knew the US would get second, nobody was going to beat SU - they were trying to sell it as best they could

[@ash27slick74]

@@bbatjargal1549 Drugged up? What FACTS do you have or are you relying on the bathroom wall?

[@bbatjargal1549]

@@ash27slick74 Although they did not catch her like Ben Johnson in the 1988, it was very obvious that she was on something because you can NOT have that body and speed within two years. She probably was very clever chemically and mixed up substances so that her drugs and steroids did not show up! However, a "perfectly healthy woman who was a triple Olympic champion (100m, 200m, and 4X100 relay) in 88", died of heart attack in her late 30s or early 40s. Believe me - I am trained MD, and nobody of that caliber will die in that age if the person was genuinely healthy. She was not! That is why she died of a massive heart attack in her prime years. The answer is STEROIDS! Look at her contemporaries, Gwen Torrence and Jamaica's Merlene Ottey! They as healthy as horse, and Merlene is actually still on the track near 60 years by now! And interestingly, both Gwen and Merlene publicly said that Flo JO was on drugs! They know a thing or two about sprinting!

[@ВалерийДаракев]

@@bbatjargal1549 0⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰

[@dennissvitak6453]

I went to high school in Germany, on a US Air Force base. Two years later, in 1976, I was a young airman in the barracks, in Nebraska. I won a one hundred dollar bet that EAST Germany would get more gold than the USA. I won...and that was a stupid amount of money for back then.

[@stevecross3784]

The US commentary is hilarious! Your team was not even close PLUS Flo Jo was drugged to the eyeballs!

[@kevt3770]

Stop confusing her with Jones.

[@stevecross3784]

kev t I'm not. Her progress is just not possible clean when records in the 100 and 200 are boken by hundredths of a second and she breaks them buy tenths. Plus her death at 38. She was drugged up and so sad.

[@kevt3770]

I understand that's your opinion. No problem.

[@joeortiz7715]

The Soviets were DOPED, big time

[@joeortiz7715]

Flojo died from a epileptic seizure.

[@websurfer1000]

The two teams ran an insane time to go 1-2 that has not been equaled since. The Soviets won it with a superior team and an anchor with great racing tactics. The excitement was the 200m gold runner vs 400m Gold runner to anchor. The race was lost in the second leg for the US. The US needed to maintain that lead and then add to it. VBH had an amazing 3rd leg to get the US close but the only way the US was going to win was if FloJo got the stick with a nice lead so she could conserve energy for the last 200M to out kick the Soviet runner and maybe win by a hair. The soviet anchor properly removed flojo's advantage - superior 200m speed - by taking her out fast to neutralize her speed for the last 200M. The anchor runner knew exactly what she was doing - using her superior 400m strength to negate flojos superior 200m speed. This race shows why many of us track fans wanted Bolt tossed into a 4X400m at least in one of the games.

[@thehalfeatendoughnut1798]

I think it was lost when the Russian coaches handed out performance enhancing drugs to their athletes.

[@websurfer1000]

@Mark rapacki It wasnt just PEDs that gave the eastern bloc a huge advantage in that era. The amateur rules in that era really hurt the western athletes when it came to the Olympics. The Russian hockey team was basically an NHL level team thats why when the US team beat them in the winter games it was a massive upset and we all went insane watching it. It was even worse for runners. Most of our runners were on food stamps trying to work and train at the same time. They had to get jobs that would allow them to train and those were normally low paying jobs. The eastern bloc had programs to pick out top athletes at a young age then they were supported for decades while ours were on their own having to retain amateur status. Their PED usage was also state sponsored. Once the soviet empire fell the state sponsored programs went with it...except for Russia...still doping at the state level.

[@websurfer1000]

@Mark rapacki I only knew that because I ran in the tail end of that era. If you watch the movie about PRE they cover it... one of the best US distance runners of that time in the early 70's working in a bar, living in a trailer, on food stamps.. while the eastern bloc runners were fully supported with fake jobs....like policeman where they could train all the time and not show up for work while collecting a pay check for "police work" to retain their Amateur status. they were paid and supported to run while our guys where on their own until the hypocrisy was just too much... pros vs true amateurs....that they finally changed the rules then it was pros vs pros. Remember the dream team basketball team. We finally used pros vs their pros in the games...they got spanked.

[@sethaldrich6902]

They also won it with drugs

[@ЕвгенияЯ-к4ч]

​@@websurfer1000ни одного доказательства, одни лишь слова. Кажется кто-то говорил, что в России допинг? Ах, точно, я это слышал, пойду повторю в интернете, как истину😂 Щи и каша- пища наша.

[@beewalk34]

"Everyone's on steroids" -Nick Diaz

[@bisoafuayaa74]

Fanny Blankers Koen won 4 gold medals in 1948.

[@carlkontermann5637]

Olga! What a champion

[@claysmell]

Flo-Jo's split was 48 which I think is still the record for the US. Keep in mind the regular 400m record is 47.6 (held by Marita Koch 1985!!!!). as I understand it she wasn't prepared to run the 400 at all (comments confirm this).

[@lordscruton6160]

Naturally it was 1985! That was pre mandatory drug testing in 1989. And guess what? Post 1989, bar athletic events in their infancy at world level, it wasn't until 2016 that an existing female T&F world record was broken in a then Olympic event. That's despite improved technique, faster track surfaces and better footwear. That was the Olympics that damaged the sport of athletics beyond repair, (prolly would've been 84 but for the Eastern European tit for tat no show) in no small part because of Flo Jo and Ben Johnson. This was drug cheating on an industrial scale fueled by testosterone and HGH. State sponsored doping by East Germans and Russians. In European athletics in the late 70s and 80s it was very rare to see a Western European women in a final let alone a medal. This isn't like more recent cheating, like Marion Jones, the Greek pair and a whole host of Russians, Turks and Belarussians since dq'd from 2012 and the like, trying to avoid much more rigorous testing. This was turbo boosted cheating.

[@drumtum]

Yes very good time. But you forgot one major thing. You can never compare a running start with a start from the blocks. The time 47.6 is from the blocks.

[@claysmell]

@@drumtum mentioned only to point out how fast the record is - running starts will typically be faster eh? which highlights how fast Marita's time from the blocks was (yes I realize there is controversy over the East Germans probably doping at that time)

[@JimmySwalleh]

The fastest relay leg by an American is 47.79 by Allyson Felix in 2015 Beijing Worlds.

[@caravaggio31]

These commentators are ridiculous. The most brilliant women's 4x400 m ever raced in history by the Soviet team and they say " They ran well". Stupid guys. And after the race they show and interview the losers not a single frame on the winners. Pffft!

[@JamieS40us]

Of course, this is still during the Cold War and these announcers are broadcasting on US TV. Why would they interview our enemies?

[@caravaggio31]

@@JamieS40us Because journalists are supposed to do journalism, not public relations to governments or political sistems.

[@СергейСамаркин-н3е]

@@caravaggio31 ж

[@АлександрЯщенко-ж3ф]

Точно подмечено.

[@ГенадийМаленький]

СССР это сила...

[@mikhailsavinskii4006]

Почему черных после финиша показывают, а не белых победителей?

[@annihilationHaven]

Unreal, I almost can't believe how fast they are going... the first Russian girl was absolutely unreal! It's no wonder that world record is still standing. This has to be one of the best relay races in history. The commentator couldn't believe they hung on and beat out Flo Jo.

[@clydebear6914]

Drugs.

[@alexsessoms6507]

Steroids were real ..the Russian and German women were manly 😳

[@64fairlane305]

@@clydebear6914 what team do you think were clean?

[@ciarypowykonie3096]

@@64fairlane305 why do you think today’s teams would not beat this record if they took the drugs from eightys?

[@michaellayman945]

Because they were on drugs.

[@couch.patati-patata]

How fast did Bryzgina run?

[@darrenshaw767]

47.8

[@Freddsche]

Those were the exciting Heydays of the Drugs.

[@stoolpigeon4285]

Commentator: after "smart move smart move", he offers us "she tucks in behind Olga..." (checks notes) "...Bryzgina"- well, why should he remember her name, she was only the gold medallist in the 400M.

[@666dr]

And the runner who finished second to Marita Koch when the WR was absolutely smashed in Canberra 1985

[@adelsobernalchacon6318]

Que tal el camarografo , enfoca al equipo de EEUU el cual qllega segundo y no enfoca al equipo de la URSS quien fue el ganador

[@АлександрЯщенко-ж3ф]

В точку.

[@mavjagmaverick1527]

Great move to stay behind her the whole way and never pass her.

[@staxter6]

My exact thought

[@colinmccrone4990]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@ПооНолшг]

Великая страна- великие победы!

[@АлександрЗаваров-е1ы]

Да, было время и племя, не то что нынешнее племя.

[@olegpetrenko4318]

@@АлександрЗаваров-е1ы Была великой...остались только пыль и понты

[@iamtheralwus]

3:49 Flo Jo lost it right here when she casually dropped behind the Russian and wasn't able to make up the ground, and the comentator said "smart move". I bet she regretted it.

[@riracks]

She ran 48.1 a top 5 female split ever. She was running vs the Olympic champ who ran 47.9 ish and the 2nd leg from Soviet team ran 47.8 ish The fastest relay splits ever came from this race

[@tumicduguar2583]

Who knows. I think if she goes out hard and passes Olga, she gets tired, and fades badly towards the end and Olga passes her, winning by more than she already did. She isn't a natural 400 runner remember, no matter how much drugs she was on (and Olga was also doped bigtime and is a natural 400 runner).

[@websurfer1000]

Dude that was the top 400m runner in the games and they broke the world record. FloJo didnt lose anything. They had the better team that day and won. FloJo needed to get the stick in the lead to have any chance. Kind of like the 3rd runner for the soviets who was hawked down by V B. Hooks but just handed off in first. FloJo with a big lead may have won by a hair but not from behind. She ran 48 making it look easy. How many 400M's did she run that year? I dont remember her running any that year.

[@WorldSacred]

@@websurfer1000 keep in mind the concept of slipstreaming. FGJ was assisted by the lack of wind resistance. Had FGJ tok the lead and ran hard, she would have tired and let the Soviet pass her and get an even better world record time.

[@websurfer1000]

@@WorldSacred yeah in my day running track we used to call that drafting. True but that doesn’t work against a superior 400m runner. FloJo needed to be handed a big lead to win. With the lead the Soviet runner took the first 200m out fast to negate FloJo superior 200m speed for the second 200m. Common tactic for stronger runners to defang runners with superior speed/kicks. FloJo was out of gas in the last 200. The Soviet runner knew what she was doing. FloJo ran amazing with her 48 split but she was not going to win handed the stick in second.

[@ОлегКотрубенко]

Ай, молодцы девчонки!

[@RAFAAMARILLAS]

“No woman has won 4 gold medals at the same Olympics in Track and Field” hahaha did he forget Fanny Blankers-Koen?

[@bronzevillecomics2581]

Didn’t he say “American”? Been a while so I’m not sure.

[@mothertree]

smart move...smart move LOL ok ranhill get in there lol hope you are doing well my friend!

[@Mr-ye1vu]

It’s funny how woman were faster and stronger in 1987-88 than any other time in history 😂

[@edwinkoffijberg5402]

It's not funny Jack it's doping.

[@joeortiz7715]

The Eastern Bloc had the Oral Turinabol advantage.

[@elaustraliano]

Awesome last lap by both runners.

[@gilbertmatta5364]

flojo really did quite well to stay with her.

[@ash27slick74]

@@gilbertmatta5364 She sure did. She actually ran a faster time than lady from the Soviet Union, 48.1 vs. 48.9.

[@64fairlane305]

@@ash27slick74 they started side by side and she ended up 6 yards behind

[@ash27slick74]

@@64fairlane305 Negative. Watch the video again, pause it at 2:27 (that's the TIME OF THE RACE not the video), and you can clearly see the Soviet runner ahead of Flo Jo (as the baton is being passed), by several meters as well as Bryzgina being more further inside which gives her a clear advantage. I only go by facts, good day.....

[@64fairlane305]

@@ash27slick74 oh shut up fanboy

[@eojedal]

Wtf! Soviet runners won the run and camera director only showed American runners...

[@cbs70sfan49]

These commentators sure knew how to spin a loss into a moral victory. Geez! Shut up already! USA lost! Just because Flo-Jo runs around the final curve doesn't mean "Here she comes!" and presto! She overtakes the Soviet for the gold. Simply means she is running around the final curve, period.

[@анатолийбельков-е4е]

О времена были!Там еще и футболисты взяли золото

[@АндрейПастушик]

Хрен на них, самых богатых а Союзе! золото взяли гандбол, баскетбол и волейболистки!

[@andrewpaul7363]

fanny blankers-koen won 4 golds in the 1948 olympics!!!

[@bobjacubas6818]

And 3 individual golds

[@claysmell]

"hey Flo-Jo, I know this is last minute and all, but could you run the 400?" "ok"

[@alvinsingh1438]

Great run by Olga bryzgina & Co. A time of supremacy of Soviet Union.

[@imrichdo]

And Nazarova

[@diffened]

Not to disparage any individual, but weren't the Soviet athletes known heavy dopers back then? I think that is why the commentators couldn't believe that East Germany was so far behind because they were the worst of all, if my memory serves.

[@АлексейУстенко-в2ж]

@@diffened нет. Ты умоляешь. Лучшая фармакология всегда была на Западе. Не сомневаюсь, что все принимали.

[@sunnyhill5119]

She was amazing.....simply the best.....as the Tina Turner song said.🤘🌹❤️😇🙏✝️👍

[@garrison6863]

This is the best relay I ever saw. The girl who ran the second leg for the USSR was amazing.

[@wowawowa5164]

Yes, Olga Nazarova made the most significant contribution to the victory!

[@chuckie102883]

It’s called doping

[@ernestoriveroll9842]

Olga Nazarova 47.8 her leg

[@pojuellavid]

Мой любимый номер легкой атлетики

[@МихаилГроменко-с1ю]

Давайте скажем правду. Сегодня в лёгкой атлетике на всех соревнованиях мирового уровня это уже соревнования не мирового первенства, а африканского и южно-американского континентов. А то, что эти спортсмены представляют Европу и США просто блеф...

[@EngineerACE]

При СССР такого бы: а) не было, он мог и не допустить современной вакханалии, б) это ему бы не помешало побеждать. Как и ГДР! Но с Путирашкой, все понимают, можно делать всё. И делают. Особенно старается некто Путин.

[@trenthuff7145]

"you can just feel it" lmao

[@maryellenharkins5106]

Can't out run flo jo

[@maryellenharkins5106]

Okay I will take it

[@joeortiz7715]

Oral Turinabol outran Flojo, not natural talent.

[@ceesvegh4904]

Great... You wonder how it is possible that they ran that fast in those days...

[@ashthebash66]

No need to wonder

[@РыбинЕвгений-ч3м]

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[@Diddy1970AD]

Those red USA leotards back in '88 were way ahead of their time and paved the way for the widespread use of them in elite women's athletics in the 90's.

[@MerkinMuffly]

How did the East German men, I mean women, lose this?

[@BrookeAppleton]

LOL....Stamina

[@stevebbuk]

They improved their time on Canberra 1985 but with no Marita Koch and two teams setting new records they lost out.

[@cy8685]

Not much of a difference between those two teams.

[@pandzida98765]

+ stevebbuk Not true. The world record that beat the Soviets in Seoul was established in East German city Erfurt in 1984. In Canberaa 1985, the GDR scored 3:19.49.

[@enricoknaak9683]

The by far best athlete of the 80's, Marita Koch, abandoned her carrier 18 month bevor. Ah, U wanna talk about doping? Watch your own team and shut up.

[@dorothyarrington4345]

Flo Jo is not a 400m sprinter..Soooo I think she did pretty darn Good

[@philiprose7942]

Flo Jo is still my favorite sprinter of all time!!

[@piotrkowalski537]

favorite doper you mean?

[@philiprose7942]

@@piotrkowalski537 Their was not even a hint of doping with Flo Jo. Hard work is not banned. No one worked harder than she did.

[@pingisola]

@@philiprose7942 everyone was doped back in 80is....you dont think flo jo beating the doping russia clean?..i think everyone worked hard aswell...

[@philiprose7942]

@@pingisola I respect your point, but she was lean and conditioned. She didnt have the look of a Ben Johnson. Theyve analyzed her stride. She was just perfect.

[@pingisola]

@@philiprose7942 hiieke drechler and The other germans and russian Girls didnt look like ben Johnsson either=)

[@alanmoskowitz5779]

1 world and American records still standing today aft 33 years

[@margaridacosta270]

World record

[@mosesm6040]

Still proud of US women efforts at this very event!

[@AndreaTAndreaT]

Bet They Werent Proud Not Winning 😒

[@dignature123]

Whoo I found it! This is the current record.

[@BMW02463]

On steroids

[@scroogekvadmcduck2scroogek764]

Терапевтическое исключение в сша было уже тогда?

[@BazookaIke]

FloJo.....just amazing to watch her. What a runner.

[@64fairlane305]

more "what a doper"

[@BazookaIke]

@@64fairlane305 blocked, you dirtbag

[@paulaparker5405]

@@64fairlane305 You prove it

[@simonlevett4776]

Is this a proven fact ?@@64fairlane305

[@pastina000]

I dont know if any of the American runners were on drugs, nor do i know if any of the Soviet runners were on drugs, The only 2 people DEFINITELY smoking, popping, shooting or snorting were the COMMENTATORS!!!......what race were they watching?

[@ndspeedster]

none of the America women runners ever tested positive..

[@Ineddiblehulk]

Neither did lance armstrong

[@renemorales1311]

Flojo is dead because drougs

[@azerogliev6520]

@@ndspeedster LOL. Stop being a moron. wake up, open your eyes. FloJo died due to been drugged to the gills as were everybody else.

[@tigersharma1443]

Flo jo will alwyas be alive in many of hearts....

[@nigelpanton5725]

Everytime I watch this race I 've to give credit to the greatest female sprinter of all times up to now after so much running at the Olympics still managed to pull off second if she get the baton first she would taken gold.

[@evertonvarsely8550]

I would tend to differ with your statement even though its your opinion but honestly speaking i would say Shelly Ann Frazer Pryce 2 time Olympic Champion and 4 time World Champion she's the second fastest woman in history and fastest woman alive 10.63secs and she's aiming for her 3rd Olympic Gold medal in the 100m at the Tokyo Olympics... Flo Jo only had one successful Olympics 1988 plain n straight...

[@saas-lk2oe]

the 2024 Olympics are officially over and the USSR girls still hold the world record. Amazing!!! It hasn't broken in 36 years! That just says it all. Great run from the USA girls too, but i think USSR back then was unbeatable.

[@user-zu1pk7lv6h]

The way the commentators we're say " she's coming " oh dear ...

[@cbs70sfan49]

1234 5678 I thought that was a very presumptous call and a stupid one, also.

[@valvalvalish]

После финиша режиссер упорно показывал только сша

[@mbogokuria6826]

Let's agree here Flojo was never a 400M runner and unlike the East German who was was the 400M world record holder at the time. The expectation that Flojo would beat her was just too much.

[@waynehentley4332]

WR holder Marita Koch was not in this race. Look again!!

[@htownhomie06]

88 GDR women's track team just proves that steroids don't work after a certain age, lol!

[@couch.patati-patata]

I think they were told to lie low. They didn't want a Ben Johnson happen to them.

[@waynehentley4332]

Nonsense!

[@mistertrevor]

My mind is still blown.

[@MrLoaded2012]

Heh, I had this taped back in the day. I was 12 and I think I watched the track and field finals 100 times. These 1988 Games were a doping festival.

[@mr.sinjin-smyth]

Typical coverage by the "White supremo" U.S. corporate media. Awesome race by the Soviet gals. Always fun to re-watch.

[@ГавриилСтаростин]

Э5эрдэ ,это СССР !

[@kurtfrancis4621]

Given both WR & AR, along with the German record, have lasted now 30+ years, it shows that this race was EVEN-STEVEN. I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

[@pandzida98765]

+ K Francis Yes. The best result in history, after the Olympics in Seoul 3: 16,71, won the American women at the World Championships in Stuttgart in 1993. And the best result in the 21st century 3: 16.87 from the London games, also belongs to American women. It must be added that Bryzhina and Nazarova received on their changes 4 and 5 respectively the best time in history, obtained from a flying start. Bryzhina 47.80 and Nazarova 47.82. In the 21st century, American women started the relay several times, so that at the first change they were over a second faster than the pace for the world record of the Soviets, but then only lost to them.

[@aleksthegreat4130]

Flo-Jo 100 m and 200 m records stand to our days,the conclusion all yours.

[@Dwyfor-yq2ul]

Surely you are not implying......nooooo!@@aleksthegreat4130