@jeremyraucci1543 4 жыл бұрын
I looked up Donato Sabia the Italian runner who made the face at the beginning of the race and he just died form COVID-19 as did his father a week earlier. RIP to one of Italys finest runners.
@APBCTechnique 4 жыл бұрын
Wow
@gordonferrar7782 3 жыл бұрын
Shit. Such a Shame.
@dineshpratapupadhyay6583 Жыл бұрын
Sad. Rest in peace.
@paulgerardhosty9909 29 күн бұрын
That's very sad. Rest in peace, Donato. And his father. I was 24 years old in the Summer of '88 so Donato would have been quite young, I imagine.
@666zerowolf 9 жыл бұрын
can see Elliott is running with a strain...what a gutsy performance!
@maxscriptguru Жыл бұрын
I met Ereng back in 1989. I was a tiny little boy of 15 years old. He was so freaking tall, and super skinny. He had beautiful form, as I saw him in full flight win the 1989 NCAA men championship. I got his autograph afterwards, and he was very nice.
@ianwhitehead5435 3 жыл бұрын
Peter Elliot had to have an injection for a groin strain, as David Coleman described, and was going to scratch in this 800 metres final, as in not take part because of the injury, but he did compete and finished 4th. Thank heavens he got his silver medal in the 1500 metres in Seoul which he can be rightly proud of, with a groin strain!!!
@jimmason8502 5 жыл бұрын
British commentarors are the best. Gold medal performances every time :)
@mondegreen9709 Жыл бұрын
I'm from Germany and I agree. American and Spanish commentators on the other hand are the most annoying imo.
@rc2869 Жыл бұрын
@@mondegreen9709 Great compliment. Rich heritage of athletics and coverage in 2nd half of 20th century. Cram (4th in 1500m) is now the main guy on commentary. I saw him a few weeks ago and he is 63 and looks about 45.
@GeoAce777 3 ай бұрын
@@mondegreen9709 Yaaaaaaaaaaaas!
@chevrontrapp 10 жыл бұрын
Paul Ereng set the pace for Kenya's excellent performances in the 800K since then. So proud of my countryman
@madcow009 3 жыл бұрын
wow, that's a far race.
@simonedwards5564 3 жыл бұрын
800k eh??? 800k riiiiiiiiiight !!!!!!!!!
@cy8685 6 жыл бұрын
Ereng ran the smartest race. :51 & 52.3, staying as close to the inside as possible, even on the final turn.
@ClassicFairlane 8 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this race and cheering my fellow Wahoo, Paul Ereng!
@vanhalenrocksssss 7 жыл бұрын
You just don't go through in 49.5 and win it... David Rudisha: Hold my beer...
@hermes3430 6 жыл бұрын
That's because he had no intention to win it; he was setting Cruz up for the win.
@archiewoosung5062 5 жыл бұрын
@@hermes3430 Very clever; might just be true
@runcaz7802 3 жыл бұрын
Rudisha 49:28
@martynhanson 9 жыл бұрын
wow! ten years before in Prague in the Euro's, Coe and co - pardon the pun, went through the first lap slightly quicker than that and the times in 78 were only marginally slower, and that was an Olympics. It shows how good Ovett and Coe actually were - even though Coe was quite young then and some didn't class Ovett as a proper 800m runner then , ie Peter Coe.
@666zerowolf 9 жыл бұрын
Peter Elliott seems like he was stiff(groin pull)...definitely was ready to strike for gold on the last turn...seemed tight in his stride but ran a gutsy race...Ralph Doubell in 1968 final ran a similar race, but was able to keep driving down the stretch in a graceful way...injection for a groin strain 35 minutes before he ran...it was his day but for that injury!...nice going Peter Elliott!!!!!...the inner ticking of track will never be known, but for that small and brave group!
@franciscopantoja503 3 жыл бұрын
Super Joaquim Cruz👍
@SkyBlueKangaroo 3 жыл бұрын
Can we take a moment to recognise Said Aouita winning an Olympic medal over 800m.
@couch.patati-patata 3 жыл бұрын
He'd said he would win everything from the 800m to the 5000m. He could have too. But got injured and has just a gold and bronze from the Olympics.
@simonedwards5564 Жыл бұрын
Said was catching Cruz with 80m to go but got badly bumped by Peter Elliot which lost said a few metres,,, he lost momentum ,,,,, SHAME,,,,,And the commentator said NOTHING,!!!!!!!!
@tommytempo1 Жыл бұрын
@@couch.patati-patata He got too cocky saying he would win the 800m, 1500m and the 5000m! He fell between the stools, got injured and won none of them!
@PaulJohnson-zk1yr 7 ай бұрын
@@tommytempo1Olympic medal over 800 and gold over 5k......who has done anything close to that at world's or Olympics?
@tommytempo1 7 ай бұрын
@@PaulJohnson-zk1yr He never achieved the treble that he said he would! Ovett had the same range with 800m Olympic Gold and Commonwealth Gold over 5000m.
@robwoolley Жыл бұрын
Man that hurt just watching it. Brilliant tactics and patience and probably confidence from the winner, like who would’ve gone through the middle in a final, crazy but so smart.
@JohnHoulgate 10 жыл бұрын
Looks like Kiprotich set things up for his countryman, Ereng. He got Barbosa and Cruz to commit themselves to a fast first lap. Then he took it out again on the back stretch of the second lap. Then when Ereng came up, Kiprotich faded like he had just passed the baton. If you asked me, the Kenyans cooked up a good strategy for getting the gold.
@The1nvizibleMan 10 жыл бұрын
part of the reason they win is because they work together. a gold medal for one is the same as a gold medal for all.
@kambibolongo7530 9 жыл бұрын
Why would Kiprotich sacrifice himself for new comer, 20 year old Ereng, and yet he (Kiprotich) had won the East African championship and Kenyan Olympic Trials? Do you guys know how hard it is to make it to the Olympic Finals in the first place?
@robespierre62 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Kiprotich good enough to run the worst race (tactically ) of his career, sure, sure
@s.abugaarisa7597 7 жыл бұрын
This was a strategy, it is not a golden team meeting but Olympics you sacrifices for the strongest
@franciscopantoja503 3 жыл бұрын
Atletas q deram orgulho pro Brasil, Cruz e Barbosa
@ProjectDystopia 12 жыл бұрын
"You don't go in the 400 at 49.5"...the announcers hadn't met David Rudisha yet...lol ...thanks for the upload
@rjh6037 7 жыл бұрын
ProjectDystopia it's true you don't! well unless you're pumped full of juice!
@cy8685 6 жыл бұрын
Obviously. Rudisha came along 24 year later. He hadn't even been born yet when this race was run.
@---bk4lg 5 жыл бұрын
@@cy8685 it's true still 49 is too fast for the first lap . Even rudisha in the finals always get help in the first lap from kenyans because they knew this the only way rudisha could win
@kiswahilikitukuzwe2547 5 жыл бұрын
@@---bk4lg In London 2012 Olympics, like all championship games, there were no rabbits. David Rudisha led from gun to tape and won the gold medal in a historic Olympic and world record; breaking his own world record set two years earlier. The only other Kenyan in the race was 17 year old Timothy Kitum who came from the middle of the pack to make it to the podium by clinching the bronze medal.
@addie_is_me Жыл бұрын
Damn! That guy seems to come from nowhere! That was excellent tactics and strength for the 800!
@ianmagill4327 3 жыл бұрын
Great memories thank you
@birendersinghsachan182 12 жыл бұрын
fantastic race of its time !!
@rc2869 Жыл бұрын
The greatest 800m field of all time.
@user-lj8fp8fb1f 10 ай бұрын
1984 olympic final. Coe cruz ovett gray
@user-ui7zt6dc3b 4 ай бұрын
Ι agree with you absolutely...
@douglasvarley3633 7 жыл бұрын
Cruz is a complete shadow of the runner he was 4 years earlier.
@forest69ist 3 жыл бұрын
If Cruz ran 1 sec slower first lap and less jostling he could have run 143 low and won
@paulwilliams8389 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. The Cruz of 1984 would not have been caught there.
@harhailija6104 3 жыл бұрын
800m run is like a lottery.
@kennethwoods6525 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload. What an exciting finish. Unfortunately, I found the awful U.S. commentary upload of this race 1st. They kept calling out the wrong names. Even said Kiprotich was the winner.
@johmcg64 3 жыл бұрын
Peter Elliot did awesome!
@tomazyakobo8556 8 жыл бұрын
PAUL ERENG - UNKNOWN KENYAN looooooooooooooooool No racial discrimination behind the backdoor... The winner comes from nowhere and smashes the yester-champions!! I LOVE ATHLETICS & GOD BLESS KENYA! The best God gifted people!
@kiswahilikitukuzwe2547 6 жыл бұрын
omaz Yakobo True! Paul Ereng was then relatively unknown even to Kenyans. He was only 20, a student at the University of Virginia and third in the Kenyan Olympic trials won by his teammate in this race, Nixon Kiprotich.
@colinbrigham8253 3 жыл бұрын
Peter was brave and great 🇬🇧🤗
@user-dr6uf3ju4i Жыл бұрын
Que gran carrera,de medio fondo,los 800 m es una de las distancias en las que siempre,hay espectáculo,me hubiese gustado que la ganase,alguno de los dos Brasileños,Barbosa,que al final se undio,o Joaquín Cruz.
@samhardy6319 3 жыл бұрын
Elliott gets bounced about 70 yards out - looks like that cost him the bronze.
@666zerowolf 9 жыл бұрын
elliott's race but for the abdominal injury!...sad!
@mahtivaari72 5 күн бұрын
Aouita is the greatest of them all.
@GeoAce777 3 ай бұрын
Said Aouita was an Atlas Lion! Also, 88 it appears was the start of the Kenyans taking medals all over the track!
@tommytempo1 3 ай бұрын
Check out Mexico 1968 and Munich 1972.
@MrMarco855 3 жыл бұрын
First 200 in 23.0 set up a late rally charge to win it.
@666zerowolf 9 жыл бұрын
ok Paul Erung...a Kenyan...University of Virginia....similar to the race that Frank Shorter called in 1980....no one but Rudisha has ever run wire to wire in an olympic final.
@runcaz7802 7 жыл бұрын
John Rogan: True, and Sebastian Coe said at the time that Rudisha ran perhaps the greatest race in the Olympics he had ever witnessed.
@isameco2942 11 күн бұрын
3m16 the shoulder of ereng puches eliott who touches aouita and coast him at least the silver medal.Aouita did stop and fight back with immense courage and took the bronze even he was injured in his right leg .You can compare that as running with your car at 100k/h and breaks suddenly ,you need time to restart but aouita did that in fraction of seconds.ELiott by blokking the first line coast him the silver medal at least.
@CanadaMath 2 жыл бұрын
The man who won lives in El Paso, Texas now.
@ianwhitehead5435 Жыл бұрын
Has this video been removed? Please put it back, I love watching this/
@tommytempo1 Жыл бұрын
No, it hasn't been removed by me.
@ianwhitehead5435 Жыл бұрын
@@tommytempo1 Thank you Tommy, I found it again.
@younesseraissouni 5 жыл бұрын
they set up the pace to get rid of aouita who injured himself 2 days before the race. amzing block from Elliot in the final straight
@musik102 6 жыл бұрын
If Elliott had just run the 1500m, he probably would have won.
@darrenshaw767 3 жыл бұрын
Elliot had a groin strain and had to have a cortisone before every round. He had a fantastic games when you take that into account
@paulwilliams8389 2 ай бұрын
Cruz was not quite the same razor sharp athlete he was four years earlier or he would certainly have retained his title here.
@fredt3727 2 ай бұрын
Respect to Cruz. Gold then Silver. Not sure many 800m runners have two Olympic medals...
@tommytempo1 2 ай бұрын
Eight male athletes have two 800m medals to date.
@fredt3727 2 ай бұрын
@@tommytempo1 how many of these have an 800m gold out of curiosity ? This is not a rhetorical question. I actually don't know 😂 Obviously Rudisha has 2 Golds, Cruz a Gold and a Silver, I don't know about the others.
@fredt3727 2 ай бұрын
So Snell, Whitfield, Kipketer, Cruz, Rudisha. There seems to actually be quite a few 😮
@stonekeeper86 7 жыл бұрын
the Kenyan smoked'em all.........good run.
@elouarch1656 4 жыл бұрын
L'athlète britannique elott a utilisé sa main pour freiner aouta de rentrer en premier.
@peteryoo4211 3 жыл бұрын
Donate Sabia 7th in final, not good?
@ahmosethemelanite9325 8 жыл бұрын
Lol .."ERENG THE KENYAN HAS COME FROM NOWHERE"...RIP DAVID COLEMAN...
@archiewoosung5062 5 жыл бұрын
Colman didn't notice Ereng until he moved into 2nd...maybe they should have gathered that those who didn't set off like hares might show up at the end
@somersetfan1 2 жыл бұрын
At least he got the name right unlike the US commentators
@musicplateau1 6 жыл бұрын
That was some kick....
@mickeymouse7861 4 жыл бұрын
No kick. Every single athlete generally slows on the second lap in the 800m, it was just Ereng slowed the least. In fact, that is why he took the first lap more slowly, so that he could run two more even-paced laps.
@patsquires3654 2 жыл бұрын
there can be on question that peter elliot is a superp runner, but i belive that had seb coe been in that race he may have won it
@Ruda-n4h 4 жыл бұрын
What was Aouita doing running the 800m? He should have concentrated on the 1500m as I would have put him down as the favourite for it. Similarly he opted for the 5K in LA '84 which I was glad about as I think he could very well have beaten Coe there.
@tommytempo1 4 жыл бұрын
Aouita ran the 5000m in LA to avoid Coe, Cram and Ovett. He also avoided Coe in Zurich after the Olympics in 1984. Who knows why he ran the 800m in Seoul 1988?
@darrenshaw767 3 жыл бұрын
I think Coe would have been too much for Aouita in 1984. The only reason he got a bronze in Helsinki the year before was because Ovett went to sleep before the last lap and let the leaders get a jump on him. Tommy is right, Aouita was definitely dodging the three Brits
@Ruda-n4h 3 жыл бұрын
@@darrenshaw767 In LA definitely, but I would have put him down as a favourite for the 1500m in Seoul as he was surely as good as any in that field but rather wasted himself in this race.
@andrewdeacon8315 11 ай бұрын
Felt like the 1500m could have been one of the great races of all time but Aouita pulled out cram was out of shape think Bile was missing and of course Coe missed selection
@joaquinbarreto7905 Жыл бұрын
Pongan final 5000 Seúl 88 hombres
@erikstein212 6 жыл бұрын
He coaches at UTEP rn
@wiredmadness 8 жыл бұрын
that form would make michael johnson cringe
@ewaf88 3 жыл бұрын
Poor Peter
@666zerowolf 9 жыл бұрын
paul ereng.....1988...villanova?
@kambibolongo7530 9 жыл бұрын
Paul Ereng, University of Virginia.
@randyevermore9323 9 жыл бұрын
He was the NCAA 800 champ that year, and anyone who saw him in the NCAA final knew he had a good shot at winning in Seoul. So it really wasn't out of the blue. Massive, massive stride. Maybe the reason he had placed only third in the Kenyan trials was that he had been in the States all year and wasn't acclimated to altitude.
@ivansanders8459 10 жыл бұрын
The pacing of this race was almost as awful as we usually see from the women. Even Peter Elliott was too fast over the first lap which may have cost him the bronze.
@kambibolongo7530 9 жыл бұрын
This was Olympic Final; there were no pace setters.
@wiredmadness 8 жыл бұрын
+Kambi Bolongo you dont need pace setters to define the pace in a race.
@user-lj8fp8fb1f 10 ай бұрын
3:11 I just noticed how Elliot impedes Aouita multiple times in the stretch run. Were it not for that Aouita gets Silver, possibly Gold. I'm former 800m runner, so I know
@GN-qx5fl 8 ай бұрын
So was I and you protect your space. Elliot was a part time athlete. How good was he to compete with some of the best of all time
@rickicoughlan8299 9 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't call this a "wise race" as much as a "clinic on how to kick home" :) The commentator's blurb about team running was nonsense. They all went out like cut cats and had to push the piano up the home straight and Ereng ran a great kicker's run . . . never ignore the kicker.
@cy8685 6 жыл бұрын
Ereng's "kick" was about 1.5 seconds slower than his first lap. It wasn't his kick that won the race - it was the leaders going out way too fast and running the 2nd lap 5 seconds slower than the 1st.