World Games (Helsinki) 1987 men's 1 mile

Said Aouita just missed the world record by 0.44 secs.

[@gakaface]

Great video. Aouita was brilliant, a real legend. He was the first athlete to break 13 minutes for 5,000m and the first athlete to break 7:30 for 3,000m. And he broke Steve Cram's 1,500m record. The irony is, the 1,500m record was a tougher record than the mile, yet Aouita never captured the mile record. I think this was the closest he got to it.

[@booklover3959]

Saïd Aouita the GREAT. One of the LEGENDS folks. He ran 3:46.76 on this mile!

[@chefhamid]

super formidable super, vrai champion allahe i7afdo

[@maartenvanderpoll]

great running ! anybody knows who the pacemakers are, they did some pretty good work too...

[@booklover3959]

I was wondering too...especially the last one to stop. Excellent powerful running form by him. These guys were all flying!

[@tommytempo1]

It looks like Simon Hoogewerf of Canada pacing Aouita to 1200m.