4x400m Relay - 1985 IAAF World Cup - Dramatic Finish

[@bakchormeeman7864]

This is how all running videos should start.. with the race beginning immediately

[@lgrhythm]

Disagree. I like to know all of the participants in the race.

[@christansdad]

Bullshit. They should all show the intro of every athlete (or relay team) in all the lanes, not just one or two performers, AND THEN the race.

[@samson9098]

This is, one of the best moments in 4x400m history.

[@JoeVideoed]

I've been searching for this long and hard; this was the greatest comeback in track I'd ever seen. Thanks for posting.

[@jaydenjeremie8937]

true

[@spandian8127]

My all time best 4x4 , never get tired to watch again, again,again.....

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

That anchor leg was TOUGH

[@bear1568]

AGREED!! On par with Wottle.

[@cosmasmutungi8017]

Who won? America or Africa?

[@spandian8127]

My all time best 4x4 , never get tired to watch again, again,again.....

[@billybussey]

Thank god we came back and won. That gives me chills!

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

Yeah, Frank's was putting it down.

[@christansdad]

This is part of the reason why it is illegal to move up in the exchange zone nowadays. Now the lineup for the exchange zone is set by who is leading at the 200m point of the previous leg. If you move up or attempt to move up then you are disqualified.

[@thomasmckenzie4584]

I didn't used to think that was the case. I would always try and sneak up if my incoming runner was passing people and were in lane 1. I can see why it is an automatic DQ though. The Russians should've been DQd and Clark from Oceania should've been too for the brutal shove. It was definitely done on purpose to knock the Americans out of the race.

[@trickygoose2]

Good point. This is 1985. I think it wasn't until sometime in the 1990s that a team could actually be DQ'd for moving out of position when waiting for the incoming runner.

[@nigelloflaveo]

Does anyone know when the 200m ruling was established ? And was there a protocol firmly in place in 85 for that matter ? 4 x 400 relays are one of sport's real joys.

[@binkyxz3]

The rule is IAAF 70.20: In the Medley Relay, the athletes running the final leg and in the4 × 400m race, the athletes running the third and fourth legs shall,under the direction of a designated official, place themselves in their waiting position in the same order (inside to out) as the order of their respective team members as they enter the last bend. Once the incoming athletes have passed this point, the waiting athletes shall maintain their order, and shall not exchange positions at the beginning of the takeover zone. If an athlete does not follow this Rule, his team shall be disqualified. I don't know when this rule went into place. The incident here may have had bearing on it.

[@RedDiamondXYZ]

@@binkyxz3 thanks for sharing. It was a much needed rule.

[@truth8508]

Can't believe USA still ran 3:00 min with all that pushing and lost time. Would have run a 2:57 if no interference. The Oceania team deserved the biggest DQ ever. They did the push that caused the whole problem.

[@robertquackenbush5547]

Yes they did remember watching this to because of Carl lewis

[@torym5478]

USSR wasnt suppose to be up there and that's what caused the ruckus.

[@JoeVideoed]

Well, 1st the USSR guy tried to cut in line, then the Oceania guy pushed the USSR guy into the American. Europe was way behind so they weren't even a part of that melee.

[@Chief_Brody]

What's Europe got to do with it you wally? It was The USSR and Oceania that were part of the controversy.

[@charleanparksfordistrict6s746]

This race was 🔥🔥. I just yelled "yeah" really loud. USA all day!!! Those guys were amazing athletes. I was smiling so hard. Tried to cheat and still lost. Smh.

[@richmuscle8316]

That was gangster and amazing all at the same time

[@cruz936]

I've never seen anything like this!! Frank's had to have run 43.3-43.6!! For his leg

[@matuh111]

Not quite, I would say it was closer to 44.0, BUT he did so starting practically from stationary position, so no doubt one of the most amazing anchor legs ever!

[@timn4481]

@@matuh111 it looked like 2:17 on the clock when he got it..so thats a 43.x, from a standing start indeedy.

[@pamela7651]

Yes terrific run

[@RealLifeFinance]

Played it on my computer and from time he got baton to finish 43.0 spot on. From a standing dead start. Incredible!

[@CYMotorsport]

literally standing still though keep in mind. like not even from block position haha probably in the 44s as anything 43 would be subhuman from a standing upright start not even hugging the inside lane

[@king-solomon5263]

This is the best of all 4x4!! I can not stop watching this.

[@matthewme8311]

Wow! USA flying at the end! What a thrilling finish🇺🇸

[@Snyc2030]

And after the meet we need to be kicking some ass.

[@cr3161]

It's one thing to make a comeback in a 1600m or 800m run but to be down by 12m on an anchor leg at this level and win is just unreal. He should have been given an 8m lead and instead got the stick 12m down. Unreal run. Split had to be sub 44. In the overall the team time would have been reduced by 3 or 4 seconds.

[@summern8041]

UNBELIEVABLE! BEST RACE EVER! 813 MIKE FRANKS, I WORSHIP YOU! YOU ARE A GREEK GOD, FROM ROME, HERCULES!

[@pacifiquembaraga5560]

This was an Extraordinary finish with much endurance and determination of the US athletes. It is best finish than that of Floria Guei at Zurich!

[@thomasmckenzie4584]

This was an awesome finish, but nothing is better than the finish of Guei, especially with the French commentators.

[@royestondsouza4069]

Oui oui....for sure Floria Guei was spectacular!

[@la4christ877]

This is just amazing

[@yudahel8521]

I can listen to the Americans talk all day

[@taylorfuller1935]

Both ray and Frank's are from st louis. I competed against both

[@zoearmstead755]

Ray my uncle

[@mikef0923]

Yes - Ray is my St. Louis Big Brother!

[@paulramsay1481]

Fantastic finish. Best team won simple.

[@nigelloflaveo]

Utter chaos - but brilliant sport - thanks for sharing.

[@joetrump5844]

A classic case of....... fight on..... It’s not over until it’s over. You keep pushing...... and good things happen. Great effort...... go USA 🇺🇸. 😎

[@johngonzalez2736]

That was soooo dirty! The runner from Australia should have been banned or received a major fine! One of the best comebacks ever recorded!!! I've watched this at least 20 to 30 times!!

[@Anonymous-nn4sk]

Mike Franks, what an effort...in a hard event like the 400. Does anyone know how fast he ran the lap? I bet it was the fastest 400 till that date.

[@Taedjaire]

Anonymous 44:47

[@dontaetrowell5011]

Dont know the time but no way it was the fastest at that time because he took of from a dead stop instead of the usual running start. Incredible nonetheless.

[@mikef0923]

44.47 was the winning time for the open 400 which I won. Mike Franks@@Taedjaire

[@ProfessorChomsky]

Love all the shenanigans in these old races, controversy galore, how it should be done!!

[@marcojuraine8763]

Greatest comeback of all time

[@pilgrimhere652]

You can see and Im glad everything , every detail is recorded , The other runners seemed to try to cheat, but did not work this time, What a glorious moment in U.S.A sport History.🇺🇸🦅💪👏

[@carlmorrow1600]

They should've disqualified the team that shoved him

[@ExotiqBeautii]

and the one who got in the way

[@phillipmain9144]

The Russians got DQ because they initiated everything

[@bruceseaman6592]

Wow!what a last 400m by the USA,ran it like a 200m...now that's heart!

[@Murfflemurffle]

HERE COMES FRANKS!!! Does anyone have the American broadcast of this??

[@Fm4lg]

I thoroughly enjoyed that

[@tage202]

Amazing finished.

[@trelawnny]

What is meant to be yours is simply yours!🙏🏾 There was no confusion about what was done.

[@sudhirtalekar5464]

great run with determination.

[@shockjay]

Wow!!! What a recovery!!!

[@scrumpymanjack]

Total dogs’ breakfast. Oceania should have been disqualified. But what a last leg by team USA. That guy ran his socks off. Amazing performance.

[@DrMjenno]

This isn't hard. The Russian runner was deliberately trying to disrupt the race. He was pushed out of the way. The only runner at fault was the Russian, and the USSR team should have been disqualified.

[@scottallright4654]

The Ozzy pushed the Russian in front of the American, the 'Oceania' team aka the Australians should have been Dq'd

[@ranhill62]

The Russian should have been DQ'd also for not being in position.

[@ozwunder69]

Scott the russian who was several spots out of position?

[@trickygoose2]

@@ranhill62 The rules on this were much less strict in 1985 than they are now.

[@kurtfrancis4621]

I agree completely. The Ozzy PUSHED the Russian into the Americans.. Russians were not at fault.

[@ROFusion]

@@kurtfrancis4621, the Russians were also at fault. The Russian runner had no business being in the 2nd position in the exchange zone when his teammate was in 4th place in the actual race.

[@pamela7651]

Now thats what you call a finish

[@MrVpassenheim]

2:40 - "...whether that gets a disqualification..." AYFKM?! - That shouldn't even be debatable. That is, at a minimum, a disqualification. Total BS, and the announcer's completely full of s***. This was an excellent example of the total moral failure to lead by the IAAF.

[@ericford6383]

Are you stuck on stupid how would he get DQ'd when it obvious that he was blocked out of bound literally, that was a American football blocking move and a unnecessary push that was obviously intentional to impede the American runner.

[@falcozor]

The last runner of african squad was Innocent Ebunike. It's a great period of 400m in Africa with Gabriel Tiacoh,...

[@AirOnTheAir]

So much happened in this one relay like omg🤣🤦🏾‍♂️🤯🤯

[@cornellstephenson2946]

Beast Mode!

[@gingerrhizome3303]

Am very proud of team Africa. Even though they were disqualified and ranked last, to me they ran valiantly and with honor.

[@ichabodon]

What a finish!

[@hudsonbruce898]

Had to run this race yesterday, it was tough

[@dudea729]

That was a real mess

[@delfinarosamontiel1705]

Espectacular carrera......👍

[@timmytheinventor4746]

The US, Oceania and the Russians should have been DQ. The US knocked the baton out of the hands of the Africans, Oceania had intentional contact with Russia and Russia slot himself in a different position than when he was before, which isn't allowed.

[@ericford6383]

You can't be swing the baton all wildly like that dude that can easily be seen as trying to impede the runner coming beside ur arms should be swing straight up and down not wildly to you side and pointing outward is why the American wasn't DQ'd coming to the finish line

[@ben3439]

amazing!

[@crystalgreen9441]

That was so dirty but no good comes from cheating

[@scrumpymanjack]

Crystal Green Yeah except that Oceania got third place so I guess this race proves that you must be wrong.

[@soniajones5279]

Typical aussies.

[@ernesthinds9019]

Nostalgic moments!

[@66fredo99]

@ 4:02"What's that?!"..like they're looking at a security camera shoplifting..LOL

[@sanjayshelar8460]

What a finish congrats u s

[@jesselee4405]

America is just the best. Plain and simple.

[@joew.6836]

The Russian runner on leg 4 had no business being there but the Oceania runner purposely pushed him into the American runner. They should both have been disqualified. The African runner got what he deserved for swinging his arms wide over the lane lane and losing his baton. This whole race was full of craziness, but the USA came through nonetheless.

[@observantvods9781]

ray armstead is my art teacher

[@yudahel8521]

Kaiden Chambers Are you serious??? Tell him we love him

[@larissaberry4560]

Kaiden Chambers WAIT HOW. ANSWER PLS. WHAT STATE

[@observantvods9781]

missouri STL jana elementry405 jana lane

[@observantvods9781]

yes andi will tell him

[@furtfurt]

Wow you're right, very cool!!! www.hazelwoodschools.org/domain/1920

[@Mixchur]

3:37 We call this SABOTAGE where i come from. Thing about where I come from,we THRIVE and OVERCOME when faced with the harshest conditions.

[@MsAqaqSwsw]

that was chaos but amazing

[@mxRian4]

I've never seen a 12-lane track before.

[@GoldCoastRecordsInc]

Why was Africa disqualified? Injustice!!!

[@yudahel8521]

The Africans wasn't destined. It's always been the Americans

[@efisgpr]

His entire baton was in front of Franks' leg, lol.

[@pakodd1879]

Baton dia trlepas

[@samuelaitembu5166]

Finished without a button in his hand.

[@mikemardut9469]

African anchor leg did not hold firmly his baton...what a waste!

[@stefanoleschko1958]

Great Finish from last USA Boy.respect from russia in 2020

[@alansamuel2454]

Floria Guei has the best finish race ever.

[@jayce556]

Great job USA 🇺🇸 I'm proud

[@aaadad1027]

How many lanes in the home stretch? 11 or 12?

[@nigelloflaveo]

Fantastic Chaos :-)

[@pudspud2005]

Innocent Egbunike, the best name in athletics ever.

[@chinezeolisah1308]

He was robbed of that gold medal.

[@alexlevy322]

Oceana, aka Austrailia should have been DQ. Their runner pushed the Russian who then fell into the USA runner which caused the chaos.

[@ozwunder69]

....who was out of position fixed it for you

[@DrMjenno]

This isn't hard. The Russian runner was deliberately trying to disrupt the race. He was pushed out of the way. The only runner at fault was the Russian, and the USSR team should have been disqualified.

[@endersonmirandamiranda1978]

Por isso é que eu tenho muito orgulho em ser Americano

[@ЧеловекСвободный-д8д]

А я гожусь, что я Русский!!!

[@muwoyasamuel8563]

Unbelievable.good history to eatch

[@henryigon603]

God bless America 🙏

[@fanzyp3099]

I miss those shorts

[@thomasmckenzie4584]

Said John Stockton.

[@shams8327]

Great American team proud of you

[@raymondgreenwood1]

The Soviet runner obviously did that on purpose.. I’m certain that was not his first relay, then the Oceana runner was obviously involved because he push the Soviet runner back into the runner getting the baton from the US. By law Oceana and Russia should have been DSQ. There was a lot going on in that race .. that if it where hot headed collegiate kids it would have been very bad.

[@ricardoreyes2654]

I’ve heard. That so many times,”the next best thing…” after 30 years they are still single! 😅

[@Youaintseenmeright.......]

Look at the time at the start of the 3rd leg, 1 minute 30 seconds, the finish time was 3 minutes. They didn't even lose time despite getting shoved off the track!

[@JohnHoulgate]

That sure looked like a setup.

[@ltcolumbo9708]

The regal American sprinters before the swag, chest thumping arrogance

[@shunedel]

It is unreasonable that Team Africa is ultimately losing the most！

[@timn4481]

that looked like a low 43s leg..from a standing start.

[@carlosjosereyes653]

Emocionante !!! ... 💨💨💨🏃

[@socman3988]

Holly shit !! The messiest 4X400 I have ever seen! Not even in high school this mess can be seen

[@toddherrmann3813]

Straight out of Chariots of Fire

[@haahuvai7159]

This should be a world record If wasn't the push off!

[@hairtoss7975]

Nah, he was motivated to run faster because of the incident. He wouldn't have tried so hard if he was leading.

[@stuartsmith5308]

They all took drugs, race to see who had the best drugs.

[@camdensamuli162]

Thank GOD ❤️✝️🙏🏾

[@ndimumnini5894]

2:16 No confusion he was pushed

[@ozwunder69]

Russian shouldn't have been there

[@DrMjenno]

This isn't hard. The Russian runner was deliberately trying to disrupt the race. He was pushed out of the way. The only runner at fault was the Russian, and the USSR team should have been disqualified.

[@warlaker]

I remember watching this race on ABC American TV. Their commentators sounded like they needed to be committed. They totally lost their minds during the last leg, especially at the finish.

[@JoeVideoed]

I was hoping to see that version cause that's initially what I saw too.

[@ericford6383]

I'm sure many countries protested this final but considering that this was the very last event of the meet doing a re-run was possible considering the rest time that was going to be needed, so that wasn't going to happen that's why I believe three countries should've been DQ'D... The USSR, Oceania, and sadly the Africa team because even though the American anchor leg unintentionally knocks the baton out of his hand, one you can't be swing your baton all wildly like that to your side outwards plus he crossed the finish line w/o his baton automatic DQ.

[@sydboski]

USSR definitely should have been DQ'd.

[@mikey6538]

12 lanes stadium... amazing

[@ynotnilknarf39]

the track was removed and placed outside to the former warm up track stadium next door since the late 80s to be used for rugby league and occasionally rugby union.

[@silasnew15]

that is mad bruv

[@shaneydelatorie2941]

I love u.s.a running... big fun here.. from philippines

[@kirkcherry1076]

OOOOHHHH WOOOOWWW!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@sanjayshelar8460]

Best

[@solomontan6572]

Who won? The African or the USA

[@sydboski]

USA won.

[@landvtraveltours5060]

its a great run usa go..go. go..

[@pacifiquembaraga5560]

How this hatless called incident had been handled???? that guy should have been eliminated from the athletism forever! That is ridiculous!

[@pilgrimhere652]

U.S.A is always making History, This is "In GOD we trust Nation"

[@socman3988]

Holly shit !!! Never seen such a mess in a Relay !! Australia should have been disqualified.

[@ozwunder69]

The russians actually

[@eh5507]

Wow, Eddie Murphy runs really fast

[@Clemsonshawty]

4:41 damn those are some short shorts!