Hicham El Guerrouj 2004 Athens Olympics

[7agneskickingbird7]

Renato Canova posted on Letsrun that El G had completed the following session as part of his preparation for these Olympics

1 x 1000m (2:24), 60 second rest, 1 x 200m (26), rest 3 minutes, 1 x 800m (1:53), 60 second rest, 1 x 200m (26), rest 3 minutes, 1 x 600m (1:24), rest 60 seconds, 1 x 200m (26), rest 2 minutes, 1 x 400m (54), rest 60 seconds, 1 x 200m (26), rest 2 minutes, 1 x 200m (26), rest 30 seconds, 1 x 200m (25)

[izri1]

Damn i was almost shocked when i thought he was making a cross in the 1:10.

[MrReduux]

@izri1 It's not a cross , it's a moroccan old way to thank Allah

i think he was praying Allah to help him to achieve his dream

[MrReduux]

@izri1 Try to give a poor man some change and you'll se the same thing

seems like he thanks araza9 ( Allah )

[freedom4MaRoKia]

ih ya wadi ya hicham, nsit berkane ou bwi9char, nsit lma39ouda ou nass li salfolak sbardina bach tajri flawal, sma3na 3lik kassol walakin mahssabalna mkalakh ou nakar lkhir.

li bghana nbghiwah , nbi3o danya ou nachriwah.

ou li krahna nakarhoh ou f a9rab zabal narmouh.

[hich101]

We love u Hicham...Viva Maroc..ur a Living Legend...May Allah bless u

[siddu9898]

Hicham is just terrific, but who else saw Silva's monstrous last 400.

[opusdei1545]

i saw this the exact day it aired. i was 14 and it was then i became a mid distance runner. congrats hicam you inspired me to run. i thank you;

[yowyOw69]

Last 300m 38:57, that's close to women's best at 400m.

[yowyOw69]

Last 400m just under 52 seconds!

[tikourine]

still my heart beats fast everytime i watch thi race,god bless you weld blady .THANK YOU HICHAM

[beatbrozer]

a legend..

[JigasTuga]

rui silva whit 2 laps to go was in last and he finished in 3 that's huge

[isura21]

Thank you for not adding terrible music like everyone else. Great race.

[formanm19]

How about a 1:45. last 800 meters with a 51.91 last 400. Incredible!

[KUNFU026]

Estas son las cosas que me inspiran a seguir corriendo .. Corredores como el Guerrouj, Haile Gebrslassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Paul Tergat, Mexicanos como Deonicio Ceron, Arturo Barrios, Germán Silva, Juan Luis Barrios etc etc .. Saludos Atletas!

[LennieNelson55]

Pre would run away from em all

[Winston408]

@LennieNelson55 Not in a 1500

[MrAladas]

un hero marocain

we miss you

[coolerthansatan]

Bernard desliked the Video !!

[klops004]

@coolerthansatan hhhh loooooooool

[YiftertheShifter1]

@coolerthansatan Oh come on, why would Lagat dislike this? He didn't look at all upset, he got an Olympic silver after turning in one of his best ever races. Bernard = thumbs up.

[kammoul1]

@bejakabyle Quel racisisme! Que trouves-tu de moche? Il a honore l'Afrique du nord et avant lui c'etait Aouita le geant de l'athletisme! Alors tu l'acceptes ou pas c'est la realite! Un peu de respect aux grands sportifs !!

[bejakabyle]

qui va detester cette video ,sauf un fils de put ......Hicham elguerrouj avait honnorer l'afrique du nord il a honore les berbers aussi

[ftenovic92]

RESPECT

[bouzriwita]

the first thing that he does after he won the race is prostrate to allah and say thank you. for this you are a role model !.

[Mayortwilleger]

1 dislike? Who knew Lagat would watch this?

[petehillie]

what a heroic story.. never giving up

[best496]

i ran a 4minute 10 second mile last saturday and i wasnt even trying. i run 1 mile every weekend. next weekend im going to try to run as fast as i can for a mile. maybe get under 3 minutes 43 seconds

[Nerdybeef95]

What is a 1500m time that a division 1 college would give you a scholarship for? I would like to run in college, and seeing videos like this kinda kills my self confidence...

[ephabouyed]

That took pure courage and bottle, well done Hicham you truly deserved it.

[asweetpotato77]

How do you tell a true runner? By taking a high school runner-like 800M start, and finishing with a 1:46. 5 seconds off the 800M world record. Unbelieveable.

[ralucagymnast]

Unbelievable; that guy is superhuman:)

[YiftertheShifter1]

@ralucagymnast Yes he is! One of the most inspiring athletes too- a true once-in-a-generation superstar.

[champcar31]

I remember watching this and cheering and jumping up and down in my living room at like 4am.

[Chocosizzles]

Dude, the third place person was in second to last at the bell and pulled up to get third! Nice kick. Hats off to Lagat and Guerrouj as well. Great race.

[YiftertheShifter1]

@Chocosizzles That's because Hicham ran a 54 second penultimate lap, and continued to accelerate. Rui Silva (the man who finished 3rd), didn't respond as much to the surge, and passed by all the tiring athletes with a good finish.

[14chaos2]

EL G was the man, if you don't think so, Google the world records...he still owns them! I love the sportsmanship after the race, it gave me some hope for humanity.

[MajorThorn]

1:46 last 800m? Are you kidding me?

[tionic7]

hes a beast

[elmestizo91]

God Damn, this just inspires me as a runner. You give your all and push yourself to the limit. Hicham, you're an inspiration.

[karimismable]

the legend of morocco no one will realise wat he has fulfilled.

[9Ballr]

An incredible race.

[toutesudo]

as a runner am.i know how hard it is,how understand the meaning that tears.this stupid people who making comments like shit,i chalenge them to try,only to try make only 1 week of training like they do.it was the moust beatifull 1500 final i ever saw.its esay talking on the sofa...

[issamkarimredasoufia]

ولد لقحبة ديك الطزايري

هوا لي كان طيحو

كلاب

[kostastaxi]

nice doping control in moroco!!!!!

[ikexcrunner1]

haha i love these splits: 60, 61, 53, 51 39 last 300

[saoutem]

bravo hicham

[gatoradeee]

race starts at 1:45

[ChadBurk4420]

GGGGOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLd

[aaacacaas]

He came back in a 1:46 the last 800!!!!!!

[aaacacaas]

Great Moment, it was actually a really slow race though lol.

[hitchy000]

طاقة من عند الله 5:17



[hitchy000]

notre légende .. vive el guerrouj and vive le Maroc

[nozeSuBzErOnoze]

BILLY MILLS!!

[4241600m]

@nozeSuBzErOnoze yeah! look at mills look at mills!!!

theres also a famous announcer who is british, at the mexico city olympics he said "who cares who's third" because the top two were so fast (the race was the 400 hurdles)... pretty epic, lol.

[HotSIzZle12]

awesome

[memoextrem]

SIMBOLO DE PERSEVERANCIA

[miuamiu]

good stuff to all the runners, esp to hicham. even the last place runner up I cant even beat :/

[pavelkostov]

thats right look at ngeny sprint past that cheater.

[YiftertheShifter1]

Screw you.

[pavelkostov]

Keep the wool nice and snug over your eyes. The dopers appreciate your support! Keep it up!

[YiftertheShifter1]

@pavelkostov Keep that ugly lying mouth of yours flapping. Don't be surprised to when you find your fat nose broken. Keep it up!

[pavelkostov]

Way to threaten people over youtube videos. Its my opinion. Obviously I can't prove it. He seems suspicious to me. I love athletics, but its sad that the 1990's and early 2000's were times of doping across the board. Many dopers were caught only because they admitted it. But today, drugs are easily noticed in blood and urine samples. Its great, we are back to drug free running! Take a tip, attack the argument not the author, it really weakens everything you say, and no one takes you seriously.

[pavelkostov]

further, you have your comments removed because you loose sight of what your writing about. I'm writing about athletics, and you are writing about my fat nose.............these two issues are not the same.

[YiftertheShifter1]

No, I removed my comment because I clicked 'post' before I was finished with the comment. Don't pretend to know things that you obviously don't. Do some research, try to open your mind, then come back and we can have a more civilized conversation.

[pavelkostov]

Finally, he didn't use a pacesetter, for once in his overblown inflated career.

[YiftertheShifter1]

@pavelkostov He doesn't need a pacesetter to win. He's the best, and you know it.

[Damazigh]

@pavelkostov

lol what a loser. The guy is a legend with WRs and shitload of medals to show for it. Only a youtube loser like you who's sitting on his fat ass at home would think his career is overblown...

[YiftertheShifter1]

I didn't say that I'll break your nose, I'm saying that someone who is so annoyed at how arrogant you are behaving might do it. If it's obvious you can't prove it (and nobody can), then why do you accuse him? Why is he so suspicious to you? Just because he is North African? Hicham was a very dedicated, hard-working, faithful, and talented athlete. He won his first race at age 15 without any formal training. He had success as a junior and even more as a senior. What's suspicious about that?

[YiftertheShifter1]

There were plenty of dopers, that is right, but plenty of them were caught from drug tests during Hicham's career, and all the dopers who have confessed were implicated by some witness or other doper. Nobody has ever legitimately accused Hicham of doping. Nothing ever suggests that he did. Can't you just accept that he was a very talented athlete, and that he never needed drugs to be this good? If not, then don't tell me not to "attack the author."

[YiftertheShifter1]

FYI, you engaged in personal insults just as I was. Don't be a hypocrite. If an argument has absolutely no basis in reality and completely unproven, and then I show you the error and yet you repeat the argument with defiance and ignorance, then expect to receive some harsh words. And don't talk to me about people taking me seriously; what I say has basis in reality and is completely backed by what is known. I can't that about your arguments; even one unproven argument lowers your credibility.

[pavelkostov]

thats right delete my comments when I speak the truth. I'm not attacking any youtube users with my posts. Hicham was a dope artists. Just like the rest of the north africans. how many have been caught? pretty much all.

[YiftertheShifter1]

LOL, the truth? You wouldn't know the truth if it came and took a shit in your ugly face. You are attacking us with how absolutely stupid your comments are, and about how stubborn you continue to remain. If you can produce any shred, any tangible shred of hard evidence, maybe I'll believe you, but you're just insulting us. And for the record, if all the north africans were caught... why not the big three, Aouita, Morceli, and El G? Defeating your own argument I see.

[pavelkostov]

Guess who else was not caught? Masterkova, world record holder during the 1990's for women, olympic champion 1500 meters. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmm, could it be possible that some dopers don't get caught? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmm i wonder????? no not possible they are such stand up individuals.

[YiftertheShifter1]

@pavelkostov You see, pavel, we here in the States believe that someone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. You Russians on the other hand are different; to Russians like you, you are guilty "because I think you are." Evidence in history, from the pogroms of Jews to Stalin's purges, are proof of that. So, if no evidence exists that Masterkova or El Guerrouj have doped, then we the jury find the defendents not-guilty.

[pavelkostov]

Ah yes, and Ben Johnson would have been innocent too if his bottle had not been tested for steroids. they never caught his blood, only his saliva from his bottle which he accidently gave to authorities. He would have been innocent too, and Barry Bonds. Never hard proof, hey sammy sosa looks legit too hahahahahaha

[YiftertheShifter1]

Blah blah blah. You are nothing but an argumentative coward. Stay like that, because El Guerrouj will forever keep the two golds and three world records he won FAIR AND SQUARE, without EPO, steroids, or any other PED. Your pathetic and baseless accusations will never make it further than youtube, PavelSHITTYCOWARD.

[Sdelosinfiernos]

Beautiful race...

[pavelkostov]

too bad Lagat got cheated by this steroid doper. HIcham el ROIDS!!!

[YiftertheShifter1]

Hicham wins, here's his prize.

Pavel's a loser who sits and cries!

[richaldeano]

@pavelkostov yeah SUUUUUURRRRRREEE.

[babajouba]

@richaldeano fuck you , he is not fuckin' american ... only one , of all your history sport was clean un great " mohamed ali " , the rest is fuckin' bull schiiiiiiiiiiiit

[richaldeano]

@babajouba Who cares if he is not American. El Guerrouj was the fucking king of middle distance. 'Nough said. I really don't know what you are arguing or if you misinterpretted what I said. I was sarcastically replying to pavelkostov claiming that El Guerrouj used steroids, which is absurd. SOOOO, what the hell are you talking about???? I am American, but I have nothing but respect for El Guerrouj. He is an inspiration and was an awesome middle distance runner.

[babajouba]

@richaldeano sorry man , you have all my excuses ...

god bless the good americans und morrocans people...

[babajouba]

@pavelkostov SOME RESPECT ASSHOLL , FOR THE KING...

[Rasputine4251]

O 3º Classificado acomodou-se à ao lugar na recta da meta, se acreditasse "parecia" estar com capacidade para a vitória.

[babahya]

morocco is the best

[falling333]

last 800m 1:46.7 !!!!!! wtf!!!

[chhouka]

thks you Hicham

you made me proud of being moroccan

[acts1power]

great race. Glad he won

[hicham326]

i love this guy, and he truely deserves two olympic golds coz he is a true champion and im using his name in honour of him...

[SirNinjaLotBBQ]

ok dude he helps out with my middle school track team!!!!

[hicham326]

@SirNinjaLotBBQ ... howcome mannn..

[Estropajes]

What happened exactly at second 36???

[ohiguys]

he "tripped" although it look to me as though he was elbowed

[Estropajes]

it look the same to me, it's very weird...

[manfaith]

Hicham is a symbole of resistance, struggle and hope. He deserves The two Gold medals in Athens. Love you noble hicham.

[chuckmanofgod]

Yes, he is considered African, but not all Africans are a dark skin color. White and black is considered more of a race instead of a skin color.

[mimito92]

a legend!!!!! hicham is the best....

[EvanJuggle]

Wow a White guy won the race!

[jgxcmonkey]

hes not white.

[koolkurd82]

el g has more world records ,he would of beat morceli in 96 if he didnt fall

[DMortz]

thats bull shit no one can call that. wr are totally different then championship races

[oraghn4u]

hicham el guerrouj is the best athlete 4 ever

he distroy bekele in 2004

hi s the legendary athlete of all time

we will miss you

[oraghn4u]

hicham el guerrouj is the best athlete 4 ever

he distroy bekele in 2004

hi s the legendary athlete of all time

we will miss you

[oraghn4u]

hicham el guerrouj is the best athlete 4 ever

[xxxxxxx87]

Really thank you flyneagle for uploading this video...el guerrouj is the best..he is a legend...

[YiftertheShifter1]

El Guerrouj has defeated Bekele twice in championship 5000m races. Bekele's credentials are much better, but the El G-Bekele record is 2-0.

[ahnoush]

VIve Moroccooooooooooooooooooo

[w1x1c1]

Morocco For Ever

[bahraouik]

The greatest race of all times..!!

[w1x1c1]

what are you saying Bobbylatope you d better shut up your fucking mouth and say things that don t show that you and the animals have many things in common(unless you are a one)

Hicham El Guerrouj is the best

he has brought pride to Morocco and to Moroccan

so proud for my country i am so proud

Morocco and Moroccan for ever

Hicham el Guerrouj LO mejor corredor de todos los tiempos

saludos

[Bobbylatope]

Hicham El Guerrouj is probably dopes... never controle + but so many suspicions

[ForzaRossifumi46]

Ya tenia que llegar un francés a dar la nota anda vete a tomar por culo gabacho. Si no entiendes español pues te jodes, que aunque sé francés me da asco.

There are always a fuckin french talking bullshit. SHUT UP YOUR FUCKIN MOUTH OK?

[Aminuximus]

simply the best race ever, n Hicham is simply the best, greatest running legend :)

[YesPlease93]

1.46 for the last 800m :| Only El Guerrouj could manage that.

[jermyrae]

or bernard lagat.. but you know...

[khalid93o]

tahya maghrib

[croixe27]

paavo nurmi

[Hasslon]

I remember 1996 when he fell, everyone cried for him....like the king said he was still a champion and he will forever be Our CHAMPION ...Take that 2 Golds Anyone done that before ?? FOREVER MOROCCO and MOROCCAN

[croixe27]

paavo nurmi

[thefallen2124]

Well there is quite a few runners who have gotten 2 medals in a race, spectacular runner but its been done.

[samira76620]

Maroc <3

Hicham Le meilleuR

[deco9987]

El Guerrouj made some wierd, goat-like bleating noise at 6:23..

But race of the century so far...

[kaldav2]

the best one

[mohatleta]

hicham es y lo sera el dios del medio fondo-fondo

[4241600m]

EL GUERROUJ, EL GUERROUJ, EL GUEROUJJ!!!!!!!!! thats my favorite part of the video

[BEIJlNG2008]

lastima que no estuvo en beijing

[betbakes]

si muy malo

[howazakaria]

wew will mis you hiccchhham

maroc morocco loko

[yoyoyo93092]

wuts the song in the begining?

[kingofmorocco]

hicham was about to lose that race see how lagat took the 1st place on teh alst 50m then hicham came back again.

only on these situations we see the difference between teh good and the great.

[iamreally9]

i dont think its fair to say that lagat isnt one of the greats

[enikol11]

im in tha aths team 4 the 1500m and the 800m and Hicham El Guerouj is my hero

he is really an inspiration and a true legend!!

[FreestyleHWI]

Hicham was the best a legend!!! we will miss you!!!

[NikitaOo]

we will mis you Hicham

[Raimakusa]

51.91 last lap. I can barely pull out a 55 for the 400 meter. lol.

[paintballx2008x]

the guy who came in 3rd was so happy lmao

[ghostmancasa]

LE PREMIER EMBASSADEUR DU MAROC

DIMA hicham

[Stianlolz]

I love this runner El Guerrouj, too bad I didnt hear about him before I started to run about 2 years ago. Hes one of my favorite runners in the mile.

[YiftertheShifter1]

I feel the exact same way. I started running because I thought what this man did was "magical." I wish I had heard of his achievements earlier...

[fruitsandpi]

whersthe noah guy did he retire by 04?

[EvolutionaryLoophole]

car accident

[zmwsadil]

Running for USA By now

[Zamir143]

Noah got in a car crash and I think he has stopped running. They have more info on wikipedia.

[rajawi9999]

"finaly this is his olympic dream" like said, this is why he cry.

[pabanil]

how many kilometers in marathon of man? and in woman?

[billyscience]

both 42.2km

[rajawi9999]

Why we call it marathon? loooooool

[HaileHailu]

why you ask so many questions?

[Raimakusa]

The marathon has been said to originate from when the Persians were defeated at the Battle of Marathon; Pheidippidies, a greek messenger, was sent to tell the news to the Athenians back in Athens to tell the outcome of the battle, in which he ran nonstop for 26.2 miles (or 42.2 kilometers) and when he finally reached Athens, he had exclaimed that they had won the battle, and collapsed and died; the story may not be completely accuracte, but that is what I've been told :P

[mxweng]

last 800 meters in 1:46!!!! I wonder if he could have been a great 800 meter runner as well. Gold in 800, 1,500 and 5000?

[BobBobGobGob]

The race is amazing, but the quality is AIDS.

[cristiansteeple]

hebb y hicham son los mejores, mis favoritos por lo q han hecho a lo largo de su carrera, pero hicham mis respetos por luchar 8 años, para conseguir el oro olimpico.

[guyofdo0m]

WOOP WOOP lol

[loulasw]

Hicham Elgerouj, is a real legend. and he is the best, not to forget said aouita and nawal amotawakeel, and other moroccan legends from different sports...Hicham is the best. and morocco has got so many medals throught the history.

[bahim1991]

Yeah he is the best on the World ... the new ones are so so so so stupid fuck them :@

[casanovatako]

a great champion tank's a lot for everything

[Arabiansoultan]

fin yamik al-garuj, kunti kat-hamarna el-wjah

[Utahraptor9]

What a beautiful finish by both El Guerrouj and Lagat

[lilyopi]

zidane hicham r da same da greatest ever

[gotchamajor]

HICHAM notre dernier espoir ???

faudra travailer des autres pour y prendre le relai...

[SophMeg1]

This man is amazing, what a win. i cried for him

[naddd15]

HICHAM T LE MEILLEUR

[aloudis]

to be a midlle distance runner, and to run 400 meters in 51 seconds, that mean one simple adjective...INCREDIBLE, we missed u great champion

[aloudis]

the greatest champion deserved that greatest reward, we cried from joy that night

[Littrell89]

rui silva força para o pequim 2008...portugal esta contigo...

[EJEouterbelt]

Damn... As much as I like bernard, I was really rooting for hicham. He really deserved to win this race. This made me feel all happy inside so im gonna go eat some waffles.

[koolkurd82]

well I felt bad for tergat

[golperuano]

I teared up when I saw him win. What guts this guy showed to fight off the kenyan in the end. Bravo to El Garrouj.

[maminae]

Fabulous! Reminds me of the Haile-Targat finish.

[salwa9895]

simply the king of 1500m

[necedemalis213]

"The king was super happy" lmao, somehow that just sounds weird.

hicham even ran one time while fasting. he is clean as clean can be