Steve Cram 1985 - Weltklasse Zurich 800m & Dream Mile, Oslo
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- Two fantastic races from Steve Cram in 1985 - 800m against Joaquim Cruz at the Weltklasse GP in Zurich and setting a new World Record of 3:46.32 in the Dream Mile at Oslo against a loaded field including Seb Coe, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Steve Scott, Sir John Walker, Abdi Bile... to name a few.
Commentators - David Coleman & Ron Pickering.
BBC Coverage.
85 was an astonishing year for Steve Cram, he looked almost invincible and wiped the floor with pretty much everyone as demonstrated here.
Every time I watch this race, with the splits they had, I simply can not believe Cram ran 3.46 and smashed that WR. The shape he was in in 85/86 was a good as any middle distance runner EVER.
Britain's domination of middle distance running was incredible from the late 70s to the mid 80s. Coe and Ovett were a class above the rest, and then another world beater in Steve Cram comes along. There was also Peter Elliott and Tom McKean, who are often overlooked because they were merely world class rather than world beaters.
Cram was built on a computer for middle distance running. Just could run hard for any distance with a long stride. Came along in the Coe/Ovett prime and got well beat at first, but went faster than both of them in time. Big heart. His prime came between Olympics. The best runner never to be Olympic champion, although he was World Champion and that is as good.
Steve Cram was poetry in motion. For any athlete attempting to learn optimal running technique Steve is the man to study.
the british middle distance from 1977-1986,at its peak,what a great decade
For Brits this was the golden era of Athletics....in fact I'd say it was the golden area of middle distance running.
Cram was at his absolute peak in 85. Such a shame he never hit this type of form in the Olympics.
Bad luck for Cram there was no Olympics in 1985/86 - his best years for sure.
Cram Coe and Ovett would beat anyone, and they did. If they were fit and well nobody could compete as Cruz saw here.
So grateful for these uploads. We all need to remeber how class this era was from top to bottom
GB dominated middle distance in that era Ovett, Coe and Cram were in a league on their own great to watch again
Cram on the form shown here was almost unbeatable; a class of his own really.
Great memories of that Dream Mile - it came shortly after Said Aouita had broken the world 5000m record. Fantastic night of athletics, as always at Oslo in those days.
Cram had an unbelievable season in 1985. 3 world records and victory here over the Olympic champion Joachim Cruz of Brazil.
After a season of world-record record swapping between the Brits, would have predicted this British record would last 38 years! This was the end of an era. Love that the runners were wearing club vests on the world stage :-)
This race pretty much marked the end of what was a 6 year reign for British middle distance running for men, what a time to be alive.
Great run by Cram in the 800.
This is the best quality available of the races. Thanks for sharing.
Great footage of the Jarrow Arrow thanks