Steve Ovett - 1 Mile Run

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Steve Ovett - 1 Mile Run - 1977

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21 year old Steve Ovett begins to emerge as a force to be reckoned with in the Mile as he squares off against John Walker, at the time the World Record Holder in the Mile Run at 3:49.4.

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@basilcruncher 14 жыл бұрын

Twenty-one years old and destroyed the reigning Olympic champion. Such a great athlete.

@simonsedwards1513 4 жыл бұрын

A young 20 years old seb coe beat filbert bayi a few weeks later, 1500m world rec holder at that moment!!!!!!

@nickpilgrim1966 Жыл бұрын

Young Ovett was untouchable. Pure racer. Legend.

@deano27671 14 жыл бұрын

I don't think he's the forgotten man at all! Their names will always be linked. Ovett was an Olympic champion and a multi world record holder. His place as an all-time great in the athletic firmament is assured. He did enough between 77 and 81 (83 if you include the WR) to be remembered.

@raykinsella6895 2 жыл бұрын

Ovett..THE great racer, who always looks like loving the race!! Pure class.

@markgregamy 14 жыл бұрын

magnificent athlete and now magnificent commentator. 2 world mile records, 3 x1500metre world records 2 x mile world records olympic 800metre gold medal european 1500metre gold 2 world cup 1500metre wins commonwealth 5000metre gold LEGEND

@user-ro7ee7 2 жыл бұрын

The Best Comment Thanks..

@deano27671 14 жыл бұрын

Don't forget 77 1500m European Cup gold and his 45 consecutive wins over 1500/Mile. He really should have also won the 800 & 1500 double in Prague 78. Beyer was late named as part of the GDR national state doping programme.

@s1ckshit65 12 жыл бұрын

i'm a 14 year old kid and i got 7 minutes 34 seconds on my mile run.But damn this guy is a machine!

@nomatesman 14 жыл бұрын

deano certainly as someone growing up in this era I remember Ovett as an athlete who could do almost anything and was basically unbeatable. I still remember the day of the first Ovett/Coe race at the Moscow Olympics and can remember exactly where I was and being unable to really decide who would win. My comment really stemmed from a number of newspaper articles in the UK where Coe's name was used and there was no mention of Ovett. By the way, I'm not a Coe-hater, both were superb :)

@LPCLASSICAL 11 жыл бұрын

He won a silver at the 1982 Commonwealth games behind Cram. I thini in this race and the World Cup that year he realized his time as the world's best miler were well and truly in the past. He spend the next 8 years on the European circuit getting to know the heels of Coe, Cram, Ovett.

@cliffhatton9864 9 ай бұрын

Golden times with the main man

@vinniex3098 24 күн бұрын

Walker intended to run the legs off Ovett but only managed to run the legs off himself! Ovett didn’t panic when Walker bombed ahead…he knew he was a faster finisher than the great New Zealander and timed his attack to perfection. Ovett was an amazing racer and master tactician.

@simonedwards5564 3 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine OVETT was gonna end up running WHAY??? 6 SECONDS faster than THIS REMARKABLE FANTASTIC UTTERLY BRILLIANT 👍 time of 3:54'7 ,,,,six seconds in two years STEVE OVETT IMPROVED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BACK IN 1977/1979 WAS UNHEARD OF,,,,,, imagine somebody venting destruction upon the world record by ‽‽:3:41//_3:42 mile,,,,,,, that's exactly what, OVETT n COE did.,..,.,sheeeeeeeeeeeeiyaat!!!!!!!!

@fitzieo1 14 жыл бұрын

The one and only Steve Ovett at this time 1977 to 1979 he was unbeatable,only in the euro's in 1978 when Beyer beat him but that was drug assisted

@nomatesman 14 жыл бұрын

Breathing problems in the 84 olympics because of the LA smog robbed him of another Olympics. If he'd won gold there then his achievements would rank him alongside Coe. Unfortunately he seems to be the forgotten man when people write of that era with Coe's name often appearing as the dominant player. As it was an amazing athlete who seemed capable of almost any feat between 77 - 80/81

@szymon6207 8 ай бұрын

Get HIM ON YOUR MARKS And underway

@LPCLASSICAL 5 жыл бұрын

Not sure if this is after or before the WC in 77. In any case I am pleased that Walker did not do another step off the track stunt and was soundly beaten. Ovett in this form would have won in Montreal.

@kenmaclaren5748 3 жыл бұрын

This was several months before the World Cup - to be fair to John Walker he'd had an extra long flight from NZ (delays all round) and only been off the plane for a few hours. To be fair Ovett was a much better 1500m runner by 77 not so in 76 when he was eliminated in the semis.

@siypic 2 жыл бұрын

Ovett really pressed the bye bye button at those WC

@LPCLASSICAL 2 жыл бұрын

@@siypic True - I don't think any runner up until that point had left a world class field for dead like that. Maybe Ryun did - Schnell - only the absolute best.

@peteralainszpiriev4750 5 жыл бұрын

Ovett had to make a new Track like 2000 metres. And Athletics is absolutly perfect but Ovett"s talant is very special not only a middle distance runner a but longer.

@jamesfitz2000 Жыл бұрын

Walker was a great athlete but had this habit of giving up ( or even dropping out ) once he lost the lead , often letting 3 or 4 runners pass him in the last 30-40 meters. It was like if he couldn’t win , then he didn’t care where he came …

@jeansilvas 12 жыл бұрын

Steve ovette was too physically gifted so he didn't have to try hard, I think he would have been a 1500m 3min25 if he went all out.

@siypic 2 жыл бұрын

He trained very very hard.....

@nzburger 7 жыл бұрын

I met Walker in NZ in about 83 I think...it was the Paraparaumu Beach mile...

@iMaDeMoN2012 13 жыл бұрын

@yellcarreon Everyone gets injured that is life. He did the best he could with the time he had just like the rest of us mere mortals.

@Fatima502 4 жыл бұрын

Oh for the days when we just heard the crowd and watched athletes

@joemcm1 13 жыл бұрын

hlelo deano,ovett at his most majestic no1

@szymon6207 8 ай бұрын

4 laps

@deano27671 14 жыл бұрын

Same goes for Coe. Their double act would have continued up to LA. More records would have been set and more medals won. There was nothing Cram, Aouita, Scott, etc did in the 82 & 83 seasons that matched the ability of Coe & Ovett from 79-81.

@mathematics5573 6 жыл бұрын

no entirely fair. Cram 1985 year could have challenged Coe between 1979 and 1981. Ovett wasn't breaking WR in 1979. But I agree, Ovett and Coe set millions of WR. more than Cram.,

@martynhanson 13 жыл бұрын

what about Ovett in 1984 had he not been ill

@lanagorgeous9485 5 жыл бұрын

I would have still favored Coe. He had something to prove after being ill most of that year and the British press counting him out :)

@luciferdracul7320 5 жыл бұрын

Agree a fit Ovett would have been too strong, remembering is health issues in his early years, & in Moscow Olympics where rumours were of his girlfriend being threatened if he won played on his mind.

@simonsedwards1513 4 жыл бұрын

@@luciferdracul7320 SERIOULY??? WHAT THE FUCK??? PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@siypic 2 жыл бұрын

1983 ran into a railing in Brighton....... was never the same..

@martynhanson 2 жыл бұрын

@@siypic Steve was running with his training partner, Matt Paterson, in December 1981 when he looked up at the xmas carols in the run up to xmas as they passed the church. He went over a railing and was operated very soon after on his thigh. Whereas it's it's true he wasn't the same as he was in 77 78 79 80 81, he still had some highlights, including his 1500m WR in 1983 - thus becoming the first man to hold it three times since Haag in the 1940's. No one has done it since. Of course, if we are fair he was in great shape going into LA in 1984 but the pollution badly affected him. However, in spite of that his performances in those games considering everything were outstanding.

@nickbamber268 Жыл бұрын

Tactical mess by Walker. Paunonen doubtlessly doping.

@Hreinn91 13 жыл бұрын

@Giodamus Yeah you're right, that was pretty bigoted of me. Don't be alarmed that's not my opinion =P

@cesarcoelho7227 6 жыл бұрын

Fuck Wilson ran first 3 laps in line 3

@JamieMonk 11 жыл бұрын

Did Walker ever win anything after the 1976 Olympics?

@onefoot7 5 жыл бұрын

Ran a SLEW of sub 4:00 minute miles up to like 1984!...always in the race, but not winning....big chubby beer drinker today

@brettwilkinson9529 4 жыл бұрын

John Walker was the first man to run 100 sub 4 minute mile races.. Ran a total of 130. Still running competitively till 1990.

@capt.lovestarii2752 3 жыл бұрын

@@onefoot7 Walker won silver in the 1500 at the 1982 CG and was still competing in 1990 when he ran the mile in 3:55 at 38, running in all an amazing 135 sub 4 minute miles.

@pipmagwitch 3 жыл бұрын

And of course he was the first person to run the mile in under 3.50.

@joseismexican1 12 жыл бұрын

Im also 14 and have 4:34, I am thinking of doing to do the 1 mile event for track, should I?

@mathematics5573 6 жыл бұрын

Ovett should have run 2>59 for 1500 and 3.29 for 1 mile.

@forest69ist 5 жыл бұрын

325 1500 and 3:42 mile be realistic

@mathematics5573 5 жыл бұрын

@@forest69ist I can't believe that you fall for humor.

@Strabanna 12 жыл бұрын

im 13 and did it in 6:38

@Giodamus 13 жыл бұрын

@Hreinn91 Not true. That's like saying they're the ultimate race. Don't be ignorant and post irrelevant opinions.

@thepeach12345 14 жыл бұрын

thats all bs, i can do a 12 min mile, and still have time to do a 50 to 60 hr work week of oil minning and support a family

@boyboy2000ful 13 жыл бұрын

i love to watch the runners suffer...

@BackseatBoyz27 12 жыл бұрын

Ok if you getting 4:38 second miles at 14 years old r totally lying you would atleast maybe hit the news or on KZfaq...

@LPCLASSICAL 2 жыл бұрын

At 15 I ran close to that time and believe me - I had no talent. It's not that fast for a 14 year old club runner.

@heimihenderson4543 4 жыл бұрын

Brexit means Brexit

@Hreinn91 14 жыл бұрын

Blacks... That's all I have to say -.-" not out of hateret or despice all I'm saying is they're fast and really really good at sports

@iLikeCookiesVG 12 жыл бұрын

Fuckin 240p.

@TheXbxeh 13 жыл бұрын

это каша!!!

@vinniex3098 24 күн бұрын