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Cram had a brilliant racing brain, always made the right move at the right time but after 1986 never had the legs to keep going. 82-86 cram was brilliant

Carl was juiced . . . but Usain Bolt was the dirtiest drug cheat in the history of track and field. He tested positive many times but those testes were covered up by the corrupt IAAF to protected their star athlete. All of his teammates also tested positive: Yohan Blake, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell . . . yes this is true. Bolt had a private doctor in Germany (Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt) and was taking dosages of Performance Enhancing Drugs that would kill a horse. Drug cheat, juiced to the max!

What happened to the sprinter in lane 2 (Pierfrancesco Pavoni of ITALY). If you watch closely he has the second best start but then fades to jogging. Why?

Кто же это у нас так облажался на 3-м этапе?

I found this article online and thought it was very interesting especially regarding how Aouita's times improved dramatically from 1984 onwards. "Aouita avoided racing against Ovett until Ovett was an old man moving up to the 5000m. He did race against Cram in the famous Nice race in 85, but after that went out of his way to avoid him, even choosing the 5000m at the 87 world championships, and only dropping back down to the 800 and 1500m in 88 when it appeared Cram was burnt out, as well as Coe past his best and Elliot and Bile injured. He dodged Coe, Cram, and Ovett in 84, preferring to take on a 1500m icon from a decade earlier - John Walker - in the 5000m. He even backed out of a head to head with Coe immediately after LA, choosing to run the 2000m instead of racing in the 1500m against Coe. But more disturbingly is the doping scandal he was involved in as national coach of Australia, in which he was accused by several of his athletes of encouraging them to use PEDs, claiming it was the only way to win. Instead of defending himself at the subsequent enquiry, he elected to flee back to Morocco, where he astonishingly was appointed as national athletics director. Others here have detailed how he was at best an average b-level runner on the European circuit for several years in the early 80's, only transforming into the superhuman capable of running WRs at any distance in 83 (at nearly 25 years of age) after he moved full-time to Italy, where blood doping was rife in the 1980s. Later, he switched managers and was coached by Norwegian Vincent Modahl, husband and coach of Dianne - later to become the first British female athlete to ever fail a drugs test. Although Aouita was the first ever world class male athlete from North Africa, in his wake followed a stream of runners recording incredible times, coinciding with the availability of the most powerful endurance drug ever - EPO. Does this make Aouita the greatest villain in track and field history? Arguably, if Aouita did dope to the eyeballs as seems almost certain, it was he who killed our sport by normalizing the use of PEDs, particularly in Africa, and hence destroying the legitimacy of athletics. In the mid-eighties, athletics - and in particular middle-distance - had never been more popular. The sport had been blessed by a string of legends from Snell, to Ryun, to the Golden Brit generation of Coe, Ovett, Cram and Elliot. Along came Aouita, running extraordinary times from 800 to 10000, constantly denigrating the British runners whose popularity had almost single-handedly transformed athletics from an amateur past-time into a professional multi-million dollar global sport, and yet refusing to back up his words by meeting them on the track. In his wake, followed a plethora of obviously drugged up Africans, in particular a slew of North Africans that put WRs out of reach, records that are now seen as so obviously fake that the whole history of athletics is on the point of being put in the trash can amid calls to start all over again with a 'year zero'".

Everyone knows they were all on PED's. Ben and his team were morons for dosing right before the games. He deserved the disgrace based on that alone. It is what it is.

Bile had plenty of room on the outside with 120 to go. There was absolutely no need to impede Coe the way he did. It was deliberate and therefore should have led to a disqualification!

Best commentary timing ever

Christite was fast. That was a hell of a lineup

"The West Germans not out of the picture yet either"... Was the commentator watching the same race as I was? By the last 100 metres, the West Germans were most certainly out of the picture, metaphorically speaking, and almost literally in the TV picture.

O feel bad for the guy on the number 2 bless him

Tom McKean and Peter Elliott were world class, and only the likes of Coe, Cram and Ovett prevented they getting the accolades they deserved

Coen was very small cram had a massive advantage his stride length was very big that's a huge advantage also cram because he was taller obviously had more strength and power very difficult for coen because he was average height

They talked about how Carl Lewis been one if the greatest. He never defended any of his Olympic sprint titles he only repeat the 100m gold because Ben Johnson caught doping. However, Lewis is one of the greatest athlete in history he won 4 golds in the long jump which will never be broken.

They talked about how Carl Lewis been one if the greatest. He never defended any of his Olympic sprint titles he only repeat the 100m gold because Ben Johnson caught doping. However, Lewis is one of the greatest athlete in history he won 4 golds in the long jump which will never be broken.

Which one is Carl lewis?

Coe … best British middle distance runner of all time.

A fast run, but still over 3 seconds outside of Sebastian Coe's world record at the time.

Passing of the torch

Katrin Krabbe aus Neubrandenburg

A memorable race. Great days for athletics!

And a wonderful wonderful win by Great Britain, but tragedy has befallen young Brian Whittle, as his shoe fits one of the ugly sisters.

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One of Seb coes best wins!!! the Golden era of British middle distance running!! great battles history and Numerous records/titles Thank you Lord Coe Steve Cram and Steve Ovett for the wonderful memories. 3 x Legends of British track and field.

I remember watching this with my dad.

Unless there is a delay on sound, Johnson got a 'Flyer'

John Regis was build like a Toyota landcruiser. Strong and reliable.

John Regis was build like a Toyota landcruiser. Strong and reliable.

The speed that Coe put on down the last straight was astonishing at the end of a 1500 metre race. He simply ran away from everybody else.

I think ovett broke world record later that year in rieti but no video here? Cram beat ovett in classic 1500 layer that year at c palace. Ovett my favourite. I dont think he ever the same after 1981 injury.

Acabusi doing a 45 on the second leg from the outside

Incredible speed from coe down the back straight.....what an athlete he was......Great time

He was brilliant sprinter Ben rapidly fast infact they’ll all quick

See was Pure class

I REMEMBER THIS VERY WELL AND FOR ME ITS BROUGHT UP SUSPICIONS OVER THE WAY DUTCH WOMAN FEMKE BOL WON THE LAST LEG OF THAT 400M RELAY IN WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS RECENTLY SHE WAS SO FAR BEHIND YET RAN DOWN THE BRIT THEN THREW HERSELF OVER LINE TO BEAT THE JAMAICAN GIRL I'M SORRY BUT ALARM BELLS WERE RINGING FOR ME EVEN THE GREAT MICHAEL JOHNSON SAID ERM SHE MUST'VE DONE SOME EXTRA TRAINING TO WIN THAT HE DIDN'T SAY WELLL DONE OR AMAZING SHE WON THAT NO COMPLIMENTS AT ALL HOW CAN FINELY HONED TUNED UP PHYSICALLY PERFECT SPECIMENS WHO'VE TRAINED TO THE MAX SOME OF WHOME ARE MEDAL WINNERS BE BEATEN BY THIS PALE SKINNY GAWKY LOOKING WOMAN AND NO ONE SUSPECTS ANYTHING? REALLY? REMEMBER MARION JONES? SHE WAS MY FAVOURITE AMERICAN ATHLETE AND LOOK WHAT SHE DID GOT JAILED AS WELL NO SORRY I'M NOT HAVING IT I STRONGLY SUSPECT FEMKE BOL IS DIRTY ITS JUST TOO OBVIOUS PLEASE TELL ME SHE IS TESTED TO THE MAX EVEN THE OTHER ATHLETES IN THAT RELAY LOOKED BEWILDERED SHE SHOULD HAVE ONLY JUST GOT BRONZE BUT NO GOLD WAS THE COLOUR AND I'M CALLING HER OUT NOT HAPPY AT ALL I HATE CHEATS SERIOUSLY SORRY FOR RANT BUT SURELY I'M NOT THE ONLY DOUBTER 🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿➕🙊🙉🙈😔

СССР самый сильный в мире!По-любасу!Во всех сферах жизнедеятельности!

Legend has it... his ancestors were in Dunkirk.

Cram the man

9.87 0ne tenth out of the world record awsome for a brit athlete

Yugoslavia !!!❤😊

I remember watching this as a 11 year old and screaming at the TV 📺 😅

The late great David Coleman on commentary for the BBC, a giant in broadcasting terms.

Really a gold.

Really a gold....

The IAAF World Championships seemed so much bigger and more prestigious when it was only every 4 years.

it's just not supposed to look that easy

Ben Johnson jumped out, by two tenths of a second. Switch to 25% speed, and you will see it. In addition, he used steroids, he was later disqualified, and his results were revoked.

80 likes for 91k views is tooo insane Idc if he was a cheat 80 likes for 91k is still toooo wild

Lewis & Christie where both on gear too but they had to make an example out of Johnson because his win was too much of a margin.