A Breathtaking finish between Emil Zátopek and Gaston Reiff in the 5,000m

A Breathtaking finish between Emil Zátopek and Gaston Reiff in the 5,000m - London 1948 Olympics

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11 жыл бұрын

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Classic highlights as of the incredible finish between Emil Zátopek and Gaston Reiff in the men's 5,000m at the London 1948 Olympic Games.
In the final of the 5,000m. Trailing by 50m at the start of the final lap, he closed the gap with a stunning sprint finish. But he had to settle for silver finishing just 1.5 metres behind the victor, Gaston Etienne Reiff of Belgium.
Zátopek had a distinctive running style. He would pant and wheeze and would look visibly shattered during a race. This led to him being nicknamed "The Locomotive". When asked about his rather inelegant looking style, he replied: "This isn't gymnastics or ice skating, you know."
Emil Zátopek is the only runner to win the 5,000m, the 10,000m and the marathon at the same Olympic Games at Helsinki 1952. He went undefeated in his first 38 races over 10,000m from 1948 through to 1954, and is recognised as one the greatest runners of all time.
Find more about Emil Zátopek: www.olympic.org/emil-zatopek
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Пікірлер: 96

@johncampbell463 3 жыл бұрын

God opened up a door that spend 6 hrs with Emil at his house in Prague in 1990. Such a gracious man who shared freely with me. Took many pictures of him one even running. I praise God!

@blackdog6055 8 жыл бұрын

Colour footage from 1948, very impressive. Can you imagine todays athletes running 5K in mud for an Olympic title. Zat-o-pek, Zat-o-pek, Zat-o-pek.

@mtgne5351 2 жыл бұрын

Emil Zátopek is a hero of my country Czech Republic.

@runner2008 14 сағат бұрын

When the announcer said `nineteen hundred and twelve` it gave me goosebumps. That is like an announcer today saying the record still holds from 1988.

@kingwilson06ad 9 жыл бұрын

Kudos to whoever edited this clip to make it look so crisp. Thanks!

@lease2coach170 9 жыл бұрын

This is badly MISTITLED. This is about the

@avdreader1 11 жыл бұрын

Zatopek discribed his strategy in this race as "very very stupid."

@raphaelledeutsch6159 8 жыл бұрын

Gaston Reiff (and not gaston reiff, please, respect the capital letters), a legend of the Belgian athletics !

@ObscureAuteur 10 жыл бұрын

The uploader should edit his title to reflect the actual outcome of the race.

@opusdei1545 10 жыл бұрын

Little did they know 4 years later.

@izabelaurbanova9193 4 жыл бұрын

Our czech hero we miss you bro💘🇨🇿náš český hrdina chybíš nám brácho

@babiskornezos4866 4 жыл бұрын

Results:

@gopher3737 11 жыл бұрын

Great to see Zatopek run, one of the greatest distance runners of all time.

@jimmmy1941 11 жыл бұрын

My hero, the great Zatopek.

@gakaface 11 жыл бұрын

Incredible resolution film and digitisation. If only all great archive footage could be done to this standard. Great piece featuring Zatopek.

@leomurillo9381 3 жыл бұрын

Zapotek was not very talented but for sure the most determined and psychological strong runner in history. What he developed (modern day training-e.g. 50 X 400's in approximately 65-70 each with resting 15 to 20 seconds in army boots-runs in the forest every single day) and did during those training sessions (for years) made him accomplish things that were unthinkable then and even today.