The last couple of laps of the men’s 1500m at the 1974 Commonwealth Games held in Christchurch New Zealand. This has to be one of the greatest 1500 metre races of all time. Filbert Bayi of Tanzania raced to the front and took it to the rest of the field. He held on to win in a time of 3:32.2 – a new world record by almost a full second. Local boy John Walker was happy with his second place, also beating the previous world record.
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1974 Commonwealth Games 1500m Final
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Athletics
Tags: 1500m·1974·Christchurch·Com Games 1974·Commonwealth Games·events·new zealand·Tanzania·world record
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1986 Commonwealth Games 800m Steve Cram
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Athletics
A dominating performance by English runner Steve Cram at the 1986 Commonwealth Games 800m men held in Edinburgh, Scotland. His winning time was 1:42.22, a new Commonwealth Games record and and as the commentator said, it was the fastest time of the year to that point.
Tags: 1986·800m·Athletics·Com Games 1986·Commonwealth Games·Edinburgh·England·events·Scotland·Steve Cram
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Johnson wins Seoul 1988 Olympics Men’s 100m Final
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Athletics
Ben Johnson wins by ‘a mile’ in the men’s 100m sprint event. His time was 9.79 seconds. He was very quickly stripped of his win as he tested positive to performance enhancing drugs. Second in the race (eventual gold medalist) was Carl Lewis and 3rd was UK runner Linford Christie.
Tags: 100m·1988·1998 Olympics·Ben Johnson·Canada·drugs·events·olympic games·Seoul
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Jones wins Sydney 2000 Olympics Women’s 100m Final
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Athletics
Marion Jones wins by a mile (well by 0.37 seconds margin) in the women’s 100m sprint event. Her time was 10.87 seconds. She was subsequently stripped of her medals years later after it was found out that she has taken performance enhancers.
Tags: 100m·2000·2000 Olympics·events·Marion Jones·olympic games·Sydney·USA
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Usain Bolt World Record 100m at Beijing Olympics
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Athletics
Here is a video of the 100m sprint at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in which Usain Bolt broke the world record with a time 9.69 seconds. It is just unbelievable how he bursts away from the rest of the field.
Tags: 100m·2008·beijing·China·events·Jamaica·olympic games·usain bolt·world record
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Jesse Owens 200m Berlin Olympics
October 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Athletics
Watch the last 100m of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games 200m final, in which American athlete Jesse Owens wins the gold medal. See him in the 100m too.
Tags: 1936·200m·berlin·events·Germany·gold medal·jesse owens·olympic games·USA
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