not even blowing

faster and faster

It's even more impressive when broken into the 100m intervals 1100-1200m (14.0s) 1200-1300m (13.5s) 1300-1400m (13.1s) 1400-1500m (12.6s) Each 100m was significantly faster than one prior to it.

All rolling starts.

@@johnmc3862 So what, these are not being compared against specialist sprinters, but something that happened at the end of a middle distance race. That the last 4 100m splits got ever faster in an Olympic run is remarkable.

Blue riband

Not in the 1500m but in the 800m, Cruz was too much for Coe over the final 100m.

@@richardmilliken8705No that just isn’t true.

Classic running style, economic, poetry in motion!

@@georgeknowledge7671 i always thought he was a bit of a waddler tbh,his dad even got gandy to work on it as it was a bit coat hanger.ovetts running style pre-railings was perfect.coe was quality in this one tho,i just wish ovett hadnt had his problems in l.a

I remember watching Seb in Olympic action.

For style and compaction as good as I have ever seen. Athletic version of Nijinsky. Just floated over the track.

It's 1984 yet you talk about 86

@@deirdrecatherinemoroney5682 eh? I'm just using both as a comparison.

Coe should have been in the '88 Olympics

@@shangrila73eldorado I agree with that

It's been forty years. The training methodology, the science of nutrition, have made great strides forward. But talent remains talent. Such a sprint Ingebrigtsen will never do it !!!!

I was there just feet away when he crossed the line to gold at the finish and he said "about time"! He was truly the best and most brilliant middle distance runner in history. He had the respect and the girls and needed nothing to distract from his success. Being in parliament he has lost those looks that made him an idol among top runners.

Yeah. Shit air quality and that infection were not good combos

I remember it well (or thought I did), he actually stayed in it for 3 laps, incredible.

because he had 45 second 400 meter speed

@@shangrila73eldorado no he did not, his best 400 m time is 46,87s

@@francishunt562 recheck

Brian Washington, that was your lowest shot ever!

Steve Scott wasn't in the same league as Coe/Ovett /Cram.

It's a shame that we couldn't get a healthy & prime Coe, Ovett, Cram and Aouita in a World Championship 1500m race. They had the potential to push each other to 3:27 in 1983-1984. That's assuming that Cram is not injured & Coe Has no strange blood disease that set him back from reaching his full potential and Ovett never suffers the railing leg injury that set him back. And Aouita has the balls to run with the big boys in the 1500m.

It's a pity Cram wasn't very gracious in defeat.

The First Witness yes, my opinion as well! No debate in my mind

1980 800m Moscow?!

@@steffanhoffmann8937 Tactical errors explain this unexpected defeat. Coe never allowed himself to get boxed in like that at the back of the field ever again.

@@graemechristopher4008 ovett was not in the zone in the 1500m in Moscow his win in the 800m affected him. Much has been made of straubs tactics helping coe win but I feel the race was won before it began just as the 800m was won before it began. Don't think there was anything between them in Moscow, one gold each was a fair reflection. In Los Angeles if ovett had been fit he may well of medled in the 800m probably bronze, coe just edging him. In the 1500 cram had a calf injury 8 weeks before and missed 6 weeks training only running again two weeks before los angels. This must of affected him and he did well to take silver. A fully fit ovett? Well it's speculation and people tend to go with whoever their personel favourite was, but ovett would of had a good chance of winning this race. Whether he would of? Well that will never be known but will always be discussed by fans. My own view is that though they were only 1 year apart age wise really they were 3 years apart because ovett was an earlier developer. Ovett in 1977 was at the same stage of development coe was in 1980. Ovett declined 3 years before coe because of this. Ovett in 77 and 78 was the best I have ever seen. Better than the coe of 80 and 81. When he started running for times to me he lost something of his essence. Coe preffered running against the clock and it showed.

@@Always_ponder agreed - nobody was gonna stop Coe on that day

Coe had a great kick, no question, but he never ran a 45 second 400m. His best 400m time was 46,87 ran in 1979.

Coe will not be able to follow the pace of Rudisha

بعد انهزام عويطة في بطولة العالم سنة1983 في بطولة العالم امام ستيف كرام وستيف اوفيت اختار عويطة ان يجري 5000m وكان ناجحا في اختياره لأن بكل صراحة كو وكرام اقوى منه بكثير.

wonderful run

Had they been contemporaries, I’d wager you’d see El Gerrouj take some of that kick out of him, starting at 600m to go. No one in their right mind would bet against him. Would have been great to see the two of them.

@@sundromos9456 El Guerrouj didn't have the kick that Coe and Ovett had and so would have had to go from a long way out, similar to Cram. This is a weakness of theirs because they could only win one way. Coe/Ovett could win races every which way. But I agree with you that El Guerrouj would have been a huge challenge for them both even when fully fit. I believe that Morceli would have been also as he destroyed Guerrouj in their early battles!

@@KryptonitetoallBS Yes, but for me there is a big question mark over what ElG and Morcelli achieved, because they ran their fastest times (practically every week, and rarely injured) during a period when EPO was rife; being used in all endurance events and there was no test for it until 2000, and no effective one until 2005. Of course EL G was beating everyone else in his era and was a phenomenal athlete, but his times were certainly enhanced. His 2000m WR was/is a joke! A 3:49 mile and then a 55 sec last 400m! Please! There is a reason why no athlete has approached his WRs in the 20 + years since he run them.

Respectfully I disagree here, Neil. Coe, after running almost 12 flat for the final 100, was hardly breathing at the end(watch closely) and I am sure could have run faster. He was in perfect condition for this race, having beaten off a mono-like virus that almost ended his career months before. The wonderful Steve Cram was the favorite here but was no match for Seb. Steve says so in his interview, in which he looks stunned. I am not sure anyone could have beaten Seb on this day.

@@bfc3057 If they were all healthy & had no trials and it was a world championship race with Aouita, Coe, Ovett & Cram, we are looking at a potential 3:26 for the 1500m. Coe & Ovett & Cram & Aouita should've raced more often.

@@kevinkilduff2064 Looking back on it now I think you are right, but I always though Aouita should have run 1500m more.

Laughable - he would have finished 3rd at best in this race. Steroids and all

Coe would eat him alive.

An athlete is either fit to compete or they're not. Can't lose and then have people make excuses for them.

Coe wasn't fully fit until about a week before the Olympics

The 800m actually ran Coe into peak condition to win the 1500m but ruined Ovett.

@@paulwilliams8389 Ovett was ruined in the 800m semi, if you recall. He was a sick man but had no one to make excuses for him.

Its close, but I think Cruz in the 800m for me....that kick with his long, differing leg lengths broke Coe

Morceli had a NASTY last 400m kick 😈

Somewhat?

We can argue 'what if' for an eternity. The fact is what happens in the here and now. Cram lost, Coe won.

He was unlucky with the timing - had the Olympic Games been in '85 or '86 he would certainly have won a gold medal at either 800m or 1500m

Agree, no noticeable kick from Cram at 400m or 300m out, he had enough champs experience to know he could only beat Coe by getting to 1200m ahead of him. Total dominance on the day by Coe

He gambled on winning gold as he knew if it came down to last 300m he couldn't beat Cram or Coe

Cram was tactically very astute but he was given a masterclass on this day. Shame he couldn't have won in 1988 - I really like the man

DEFINITELY !!!!!!!!!!!!

Coe would have destroyed Aquoita

@whatwerepeatedlydo No. Aouita would definitely have won if he ran in the 1500 instead of the 5000. He definitely had the form that season to beat Coe. What he may not have had is the confidence, and there but for the grace of athletics, that slight hesitation gave us the result that we have. It's funny that in this and the following 5 seasons that both Coe and Aouita were active and at their peaks, they never raced each other. I think that was more about Coe avoiding Aouita than the other way round. Not from fear or weakness but because he did not want to give Aouita an ounce of credibility. Perhaps he knew something?

@@PrentisHancock1 What nonsense...."Aouita would have definitely have won"....what a Clown you have just labelled yourself...They didn't race against each other so no-one knows what would have happened. What we do know is that Aouita 100% avoided Coe in this race as he has admitted publicly. He felt his best chance was in the 5000 and guess what? He was right!!!

@@PrentisHancock1 I completely agree. Aouita was asked by his athletics federation to run the 5000m instead of the 1500m as they thought he wouldn't have the same potential tactical problems in 5K as in 1500m. He was extremely impressive in winning the 5K in a very fast race and he could well have beaten Coe here. With a fully fit Cram and Ovett it could have been the race of the century. .