Peter Elliot = LEGEND. Worked full time in a steel factory yet achieved 4th in 800m final and won silver in 1500m. A local hero for South Yorkshire who continued to put his efforts into local athletics after he retired from competition.

You could always count on Peter Elliot performing at his top every championship final, what a great athlete!

Joaquim Cruz - LEGEND!!!!!

One of the best 800m fields ever? The grit of Elliot....remember, this guy went to work everyday.....the epitome of the great club athlete

Great effort Peter Elliot, what a fearless runner he was.

Paul Ereng was a truly phenomenal athlete. He produced the most sensational performance to come from nowhere to win this race. His stride was simply incredible.

Can someone upload a BBC version where the commentator actually manages to get the name of the winner right?

Great race by Paul Ereng. Hopefully the stadium announcer called the race correctly. Humble apology by television announcers well done

Peter , Very UNDERRATED good as coe , cram , ovett , Special ! Athlete .

Aouita ran this all the way to the 10000 m. Perhaps one of the most versatile runners of all time.

29 years later I remember this race like it was yesterday. watching World Championships 800m final today (Aug. 6, 2017) and heard the announcer listing the entrants say that a Kenyan attends UTEP and is coached by Paul Ereng, the 1988 Olympic champion. I immediately blurted out at my tv "yeah, I knew Ereng won the Olympic race but the idiots who broadcast the race didn't." When today's race was over, I googled the 1988 Olympic race; so glad I found this film on U-Tube. I remember one other broadcasters' mis-call in the 1988 Olympics track&field... women's 400m hurdles wom by Debbie Flintoff-King in her Australian green uniform. It was obvious that DFK caught the Russian at the finish line but the announcers simply ignored her, pronouncing the Russian the winner. Just like the men's 800 m race, the announcers discovered the true winner while they commented on the down-the-stretch replay. Gotta google the women's 400m hurdles now.

In 1987 I was in high school and was running the 4x800m relay with a club team at the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh NC. It was a college meet but had some High School participation. Paul Ereng won the open 800m for Virginia that day. I think he ran 1:47+ (very good but not great), but his long lean body and running style left an indelible impression like I had just witnessed greatness. His victory in 1988 was stunning, but had you seen what I had seen in 1987, it was certainly no upset victory.

He mistook Kiprotich from Grey first, then mistook Kiprotich for Ereng

Aouita had an injury coming into the final, which this race further aggravated, costing him a chance to race at 1500 or 5000m at these games. I think this is the only race he lost this year, a year in which he defeated the defending Olympic champion and silver medalist here, Joaquim Cruz.

Elliott was a gutsty runner

That was a fantastic race. Salvatore Antibo took out the first lap in 61 sec and the first seven finishers broke the existing Olympic record.

The interesting part is that Charlie Jones took the blame for calling Kiprotich the winner, but it was Shorter who made the mistake when Ereng made his move in the last 100 meters."And Kiprotich!!"

one of the best 800 mtrs event

Aouita got bumped twice in the 150m damn it!! He’s the greatest track runner the world has ever seen. His range and record breaking ability were unmatched...G.O.A.T

Que grande fue Joaquín Cruz¡!