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Sebastian COE, was certainately poetry in motion as a runner 😊

My first time playing organized basketball in San Diego 5th grade summer going to 6th grade . I had the privilege to be coach by Joaquim Cruz who at that time I didn’t know he was a Gold medalist in 84 Olympics for the 800m in Track and Field . He is a class act and great all around guy . Very professional and just loved to coach the youth to see them grow

Why the Brit winner so angry? What's he unhappy with? He just won didn't he??

Rip Roddie Haley….high school class mate.

Im proud of overt for this performance.

Nice run

10mn25 of race the first jumping like a horse

Cruz foi um atleta que mereceu as vitórias que conquistou. Um BRASILEIRO ficar entre os 3 primeiros já é uma vitória, levar o ouro e uma grande alegria.

That was a master class from Carlos Lopes! He is simply a legend 🤗

Number 6 chris kelong my dad he pass away 2000 through road accident rip champion 🏆

Paul n' Paulo

This was a very difficult but courageous race for Steve Ovett! He probably exhausted himself profoundly, which - in addition to his smog-induced bronchitis - probably led to his lacklustre performance in the 800-meter Olympic final (8th place in 1:52.28). Yet we should admire his determination to qualify for the Olympic final, and to finish it - although he ran several seconds more slowly than he would have run in his top physical condition.

Idolo Joaquim. Te recordamos siempre cuando pensamos en el olimpo.

Prophetic commentary......."lopes will be a threat at the Olympics later this year"

The ONLY man in history to pull off the double

lópes simplemente pulverizó a la competencia, sin contemplaciones, un preludio d esu fabulosa carrera en Los Angeles, quizá uno de los más grandes maratones jamás corridos por la calidad de competidores y las condiciones extremas de calor y humedad. Un corredor con un estilo perfecto, tranquilo y callado pero una verdadera bestia en pista, campo y carretera. El corredor total

Коеч ,тогда ещё не мог осознать что он обошел будущую легенду-;Бекеле

really nice, fun video even if not just starting. Thanks for posting this

GRANDE CARLOS LOPES! Lembro como se fosse hoje. Despertar com a certeza que este grande Atleta, seria o Vencedor! Um Orgulho para Portugal.🌹🇵🇹

Carlos Lopes semplicemente un mito

I bought Coach Roys t shirt at a flea market in Atlanta GA. I didn't expect so much lore behind my shirt. Neat

Its coe v el gerrouj for the ultimate

Grande Carlos Lopes!!!

Almost 40 years later and I get butterflies in my stomach like I did watching it live in 84. Coe. What an athlete.

Seb COE was my favourite British Middle Distance Runner . 🏃‍♂️ Then Ovett . Australian's ❤ there MDR.

Look at those long legs on Cruz! How could anybody outrun that stride?

The Coe ‘kick’ is the most devastating change of pace In middle distance running ever

What an amazing final. Coe was absolutely superb - one of the GOATS without question. Cram had an astonishing career but I did feel a little sorry with how the Olympics went for him. Too young in 80 against the might of Coe and Ovett, injured all season in 84, and sadly all done by 88 due to career ending injury. He had an undiagnosed issue that was easily fixable with surgery had it been known. Still nothing to be ashamed of - along with Coe, Ovett & Aouita he was one of the greats of this era.

Suicidal first lap, borderline awful to watch

My favourite! When i was a child i runned with my friends screaming "SEBASTIAN COE!!!" every time i won ours "Olympic games" around the house 😂

Enorme Abascal eliminando a Owett con unos 600 metros asfixiantes para conseguir medalla

The heats and final of the 800 were good sharpeners for Coe for the 1500.😊

コーちゃんすげい。オベットどしたん？この時期英国人つえい

3:58 -- Ohmigod! That last kick of Coe's - I just swore out loud for 10 seconds straight! What a machine!

I was there! Thanks for posting!

Coe made running look so easy - cruised and his change of pace kick was devastating - be it from the front or to take the lead and move away

ATÉ HOJE NINGUÊM SABEM QUANTOS KM FOI ESTA COMPETIÇÃO....😅

Kenyans 👏💕💕💕💕🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

Really perfect, they got him ready to run angry, like watching Iron Mike in his prime. Watch out if you piss them off.

Lopes made the break early as he knew he couldn't outsprint Hutchings - Storey keeps saying Lopes had a tremendous kick and was "2nd last year" - Lopes was phenomenal but NEVER had a kick in fact and was beaten in the sprint in 1983. This comment is inaccurate -also Lopes hardly ever ran 5km either! Oh well.

Canadian commentary. The legendary Don Wittman as lead announcer unfortunately paired with someone who apparently thought there was an Ethiopian called Gabriel- Selassie. Wittman was often paired with the way better Geoff Gowan. Nobody could call a race like those 2 guys. RIP both.

1999

Blood doper...like having pure oxygen without any lactic acid build up.

Cruz Control

Sub 4 Track Club

I remember this race so well because I was there! This took place at the meadowlands arena in East Rutherford New Jersey (first world cross country championship in the US) This was just at the heights of the cold war, and I remember that the Russian team and the American Team arrived in the same bus. Also, this was the first race where the Kenyan participated in cross country events (Kip Keino was the coach of this team) At the end of the race, I approached Kip Keino for an autograph, but he refused telling me that I should get an autograph from some of his runners since they were going to become world championships. The place was packed, and I was sitting on the stands. The crowd went crazy every time Pat Porter would run by in leading the race. At the end of the race then a large group of the Portuguese crowd (about 40) just went wild and picked up Lopez and parade him around. This was a very glorious moment for the Portuguese community since there was a trial of Portuguese who were accused of raping a woman in a Portuguese bar and this was very difficult and painful for the community. Carlos Lopez was not a tall looking runner, he looked more like a short, or medium size runner (about 120 lbs.) but he was very agile and very efficient in his running style. Many though that he was not going to be a threat at the next year Olympic games (which eventually he won the Marathon in an Olympic record-about 2:09 and something) He was a true underdog but what no one thought about him is that he was a cross country champion in 1976 and a silver medalist in the 10.000 meters at the 1976 Olympic games in Montreal (just behind Lasse Viren) Then he had significant injuries and retired from running (76) and then began running again toward the end of 1982 and the rest is history. For sure one of the greatest (he was good in track, cross country and the marathon), totally forgotten and outside of Portugal totally underrated.

It's a wonder the runners didn't get injured with all those swinging elbows!

The greatest middle distance runner ever, his 800 metre world record has been beaten by only two men, and more importantly, by only 0.8 of a second just shows how unique Coe was.

LA'28!