Still the greatest runner ever...........any other great runner will tell you they wished they had Pre's fire and guts on any given day. Watch Doc's about him and there are former champions that say he was an amazing runner.....Watch "Fire on the Track" the Steve Prefontaine story
@runwithkyrstin2002 Shoulda, woulda, coulda.....Viren's PR was FASTER then Pre's, was it not, REGARDLESS of Pre's O T time, and Viren's Olympic winning time? Many can run a fast time- The Olympic final is full of them- but only one can put that together with the smartest race, and WIN....
I can't believe anyone would criticize Pre because he lost a race. Does losing one race invalidate the unbelievable accomplishments of his all too short career? I don't thinks so. Pre is golden. And if you think you can do better, then by all means prove it.
In the '72 Olympics it has been shown Pre actually was the 1st runner to reach a 5k distance in the race. He ran a 5K + 40 extra meters in a time 2 seconds slower than Viren ran a 5K by running in outside lanes. Even though Viren took home the medal that day, Pre was a faster/greater runner running 40 extra meters over Viren!!! Wow!
In the '72 Olympics it has been shown Pre actually was the 1st runner to reach a 5k distance in the race. He ran a 5K + 40 extra meters in a time 2 seconds slower than Viren ran a 5K by running in outside lanes. Even though Viren took home the medal that day, Pre was a faster/greater runner running 40 extra meters over Viren!!! Wow!
Pre was a beast don't get it mixed! He didnt win.....but he wasn't unbeaten in his career! He was respected.....and is a Legend. Imagine the sport now if he lived!
@GetUpAndTryAgain it doesn't thats the thing. Pre wasn't only a runner he was a visionary as well. Pre knew that anyone could achieve greatness if they tried hard enough. thats what made his legacy so great.
I agree, and to add a bit of interest: running a sub 4 minute mile was considered highly impossible before one runner did it in 1954.. now the WR is 3:43
You must also know that along with all of the other great achievements that he did or would've done, he also helped lead the movement for the AAU to allow American professional athletes to get the same equal rights to compete and get paid. Just as other countries would do for their professional athletes, I believe that American athletes would've been even more competitive with the world if they had been paid for their time, effort, and work at what they did best.
hey pre is my favorite distance runner of all time, and the favorite of many many people. But lets face the fact that the only reason he couldnt achieve both gold olimpic and world medals is because he died almost beore reaching the peak of his carreer, hes great for what he could have been. Also he managed to do very interesting things in college. hes a god
You know whats funny in the 1973 LA times mile Pre ran faster then the winners in this, he ran a 3:59.2 they ran a 3:59.6 hes still better in my book.
A hypothetical: If Bayi and Walker had faced each other in the 1500m at the 1976 Olympics (i.e., if Tanzania had not boycotted), who would have won? I have my opinion. Whats yours?
For anyone who wants to know, this conversation is continued, i'm learning more, and I am certianly cenceeding certain points to your friend here. Smart guy, knows alot, just a little too enthused in proving this wrong.
Pre was a great runner, he had alot more potential, but he didn't always, win [we all SHOULD know that;seems some of us didn't]
The key is his spirit, just keep that alive. Run till u've got nothing left; thats the Pre spirit!
Well, i don't know who Walker and Bayi are, but they didn't become legend like he did. You learn about him, you learn more about the heart of running than about any other way you could. "Running is a work of art" he said.
Also, I'm not going to make a excuse for him losing this race. But something to think about: he's not a miler. They are. They are as much out of his leauge as he is of their, just in different races. He ran longer ones, they ran shorter. They belong to diff. leagues.
Well your pretty ignorant then . And did Pre ever win Olympic Gold or break World Records ? I know he's an icon and I respect him a lot, maybe if he didn't die young he could have done big things but on times alone he's significantly worse than John Walker . Walker even ran 5 seconds quicker than Pre over 3000m . Another point John Walker is DEFINATLEY a legend he just hasn't had big films and t-shirts made about him .
"Did Pre ever..break world records?" Uuuuhhh..YEAH!
okay, nm.I just checked.He did not set world records.I was wrong, i admit it.Sry.
However, he set MANY american records which still hold to day, and btw, the 3k was still too short a race. Have u not heard me? He-was-a-DISTANCE-runner.Generally i'd call 1.6k and 3k distance,but it hardly seems didtance at thier level.His best races were 5k and up.
And btw, his best 5k time was faster than the winners of 72 olympics. Literaly had a bad day
in the end, its recognized that winning in the olypics is not equivilent to being the best. Thats why there's an "olympic record" and then the "world record" is compltetely different, expect in the cases where they happen to run there best times at the olympics.
Admitadly, i only glazed over the list, but it looks like most world records are NOT made in the olympics.
Looks like that Gold is only a symbol now, huh? And one that doesn't mean what u thought, either.
Your a complete ignorant lunatic . I did mention that the two world class athletes who beat him in that race held World records and they held them for a considerable time . Your completley contradict yourself, Pre never broke a world record and mistake me if I am wrong but what American record does he still hold ? He didn't just have a bad day, Lasse Viren's PR of 13.16 over 5k is faster than Pre's and he was the winner of the 1972 olympics . Your a complete idiot .
Except for the fact that the Munich 5k was the race in which bowerman and shorter, moore, and a lot others said was the best race he ever ran. the start of it was too slow, leaving the podium for the fastest kickers. you cant say he had a bad day when his last mile was a 4:04.
pre was a great runner no doubt. But most people call him a legend because of his confidence and mental disipline (that like no1 had like pre )and how he believed in him self. Itsnot always about the time.
Your the ignorant one and not realizing without Pre distant running would not be what it is today in Americs...shut the hell up and quit hating on the god of distant running in the US
Prefontaine is one of those "what if" type of athletes like Bo Jackson. They both (Pre, Bo) were great athletes and icons in their respected sports even though none of them won their sports top prize.
"Pre set the U.S. record in the 5000 in the event that took him to the 1972 Olympic Games. However, Prefontaine was passed with 150 meters remaining by eventual winner Lasse Viren and silver medalist Mohammed Gammoudi. He lost a third place position to Britain's hard-charging Ian Stewart in the last 15 meters of the race, after having led nearly the entire last mile in a toe-to-toe battle with Viren." wikipedia
you missed by point - sciatica is extremely painful lol. don't forget he went undefeated in events of the mile and up for 3.5 years. many of his performances were unforgetable and the people who knew pre and loved him did not because of hollywood. many in the country may, but it's not the only reason.
"truth2btold" ur a fag. the race pre was in in munich was the best field of athletes ever competing together. and pre would have won if that other stuff didnt happen. u cant even cock off unless ur on the medal stands at the olympics. and i doubt that will happen.
truth, you know absolutely nothing about running first of all.
secondly he Ran a 4:04 LAST mile in that race where he "didn't win the gold", and no one would have ran that unless he pushed the pace for them. He turned that race into a work of art. He didn't win, but he put out the most effort and left it all out there, and that is the essence of what Pre represents.
what was Virens winning time in Munich? What was Pre's time in the Trials in Eugene?
Virens Gold medal time 13:26.4 Pre's U.S. Trials time 13:22.8
where's the problem here? People need to get off this "he finished 4th kick" Should have ran the same negative splits he did against young (or faster) and he would have had it....problem was they walk thru the first 2 miles...not Pre's style
but keep in that at this point in 75, Pre had done no speed work whatsoever. He was battling a sinus infection, but more importantly, sciatica as well...
if anyone else ran like Pre did in that race, they would be deemed an idiot....but with him, he is a fighter. He doesnt change his running style no matter what the competition.
i heard he was sick...even if he wasnt he didnt let them win...u hav no idea how hard it is to hold off some of those kickers that r some of the best in the world
yeah, but pre's run faster than the 3:59.6 that the winnner right there ran on that exact same track, so on a healthy day when pre dominates a race how he normally does, tehy dont outkick him and he wins
Are you seriously trying to make this idiotic comment??? That is total bullshit, Pre never thought about retiring AT 21 YEARS OLD YOU MORON! He still was in college at the time and had to run for Oregon for 2 more years! He got older, yes, 24 then he died. Most runners don't reach their prime until 30. Once again you are an idiot.
walker reminds me of jason weller with his running form....if u know who jason weller is hes the pennsylvania highschool state champ in xc and in the 3200m run...
This country still produces a few runners of Pre's caliber, but they are often ruined by over-training in college. I wish I had a dollar for every gifted runner I ever met who got stress fractures from excessive high-speed training in college.
where my friend runs in college (coastal carolina div 1) all they do is distance runs and maybe speed or tempo 1 time every 2 weeks so thats not completly true but there are alot of colleges that do that and its a shame
What a race! The immortals at work! Too bad that Pre never really got into a serious mile/1500 with these guys outdoors. Thanks for posting, brings back the memories for this burnout case!
any way he was not in shape and sick that day watch PREFONTAINE LA Times... his best was 3:53record 7 times sub 4.. he was not a miler and he kick their asses.. you probably allways lose in every aspect of your life... pre won everything, lose less than you can imagine
hey buddy, trust me he is the god of runners you just dont know what your talkign about, dont be a hater. he was a 5000m runner and all that not a 1500m runner and he still creamed them in the other 1500m race, these guys were the best 1500m runners in the world, and pre special isnt even 1500m.
That's right 1500 and 1600 were not his distances, thought he had good times at the mile but he eas compiting against, the flying kiwis wlaker and Dixon who were specialists in the mile and the 1500 mostly Walker, Dixon did 5000 alson, and Verbayi was a miler specialist, so it's like you putted Haile Gebrsselassie against Hicham El Gerrouch in a 1500 race.
I think Pre that race in short indoor track as a training.
note, god of all 'american' runners. not god of all runners. he wasn't by any means the best, as you can clearly see here. a fan favourite among americans, thats all
I have actually seen this already and I found out that the winner of this race tested positive for banned substances 2 weeks after this race the 1st and second place were tested positive.
Wow thanks, it's great to see videos back from when New Zealand was a force in world athletics. They were good days... Snell, Halberg, McGee, Baillie, Davies, Dixon, Tayler, Walker... not much since then but keep your eye on Nick Willis. Oh and jdogs333, what are you on about? Walker and Bayi did not test positive for anything. Don't spin crap
Still the greatest runner ever...........any other great runner will tell you they wished they had Pre's fire and guts on any given day. Watch Doc's about him and there are former champions that say he was an amazing runner.....Watch "Fire on the Track" the Steve Prefontaine story
runwithkyrstin2002 2 months ago
@runwithkyrstin2002 Shoulda, woulda, coulda.....Viren's PR was FASTER then Pre's, was it not, REGARDLESS of Pre's O T time, and Viren's Olympic winning time? Many can run a fast time- The Olympic final is full of them- but only one can put that together with the smartest race, and WIN....
VirenKickedPresAss 1 week ago
he ran hard and he gave his best.
TheDeadhead56 4 months ago
he wasn't an amazing miler. He still had a very fast time, but he wasn't a legend in the mile. He probably would have lapped those guys in the 3 mile
j4str 4 months ago
I can't believe anyone would criticize Pre because he lost a race. Does losing one race invalidate the unbelievable accomplishments of his all too short career? I don't thinks so. Pre is golden. And if you think you can do better, then by all means prove it.
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In the '72 Olympics it has been shown Pre actually was the 1st runner to reach a 5k distance in the race. He ran a 5K + 40 extra meters in a time 2 seconds slower than Viren ran a 5K by running in outside lanes. Even though Viren took home the medal that day, Pre was a faster/greater runner running 40 extra meters over Viren!!! Wow!
adadogensco 5 months ago
Stand in a mans moccasins for 2 weeks. Then Jjudge him.
woodskier 7 months ago
Did first run the exact same time as the miracle mile? Youd think Pre would have done better on a 200m track, being pretty short.
track2996 7 months ago
thats my friends great granpa no joke
eaglecarl10 7 months ago
Good race. Nothing else too it.
mgs3master 8 months ago
Can't imagine running a distance race on that tiny track.
Thinking about it more, I can't imagine running at all on that tiny, crowded track. I'd become claustrophobic.
josephgrovers 9 months ago
"Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it" Prefontaind definently pushed the pace and forced them to respond
kofinater 11 months ago 4
Pre was a beast don't get it mixed! He didnt win.....but he wasn't unbeaten in his career! He was respected.....and is a Legend. Imagine the sport now if he lived!
scottfree24 1 year ago
prefontaine was a very great runner, but i disagree with his thought that talent didn't have anything to do with how fast he ran.
GetUpAndTryAgain 1 year ago
@GetUpAndTryAgain it doesn't thats the thing. Pre wasn't only a runner he was a visionary as well. Pre knew that anyone could achieve greatness if they tried hard enough. thats what made his legacy so great.
boydxcrunner 1 year ago
May his legacy live on
11tobiobito 1 year ago
Prefontaine is like my freaking hero now
wickedfire0 1 year ago
Pre is fucking great
12363brad 1 year ago
The only good race pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good way to die -Steve prefontaine
oneshot6kills 1 year ago 2
@oneshot6kills Its best pace, not only good, and today looks like a good day to die not way to die. come on man
xxxDAPROBLEMxxx 1 year ago
i ran a 4:41 my softmore year and i was a 800 runner..i did not even sprint at the end of the race.
dlpman8 2 years ago
@dlpman8 you're still gay
rud3dogg 1 year ago
@rud3dogg lol
DatTrackBoy813 1 year ago
@dlpman8 nobody cares about your highschool times
sueyking 1 year ago
@sueyking colleges?
BrezHurley 1 year ago
@dlpman8 Faggot munch. this is about him not you. fucking shitface
11tobiobito 1 year ago
@dlpman8 i know everyone has been replying to you but what is one more. first of all its sophomore, second, that is just a dumb comment.
JCDrums19 1 year ago
@starbrighter You think 4:04 Is Fast You Should See His Other Mile Time It Was A 3:59.2
FreddieFreddie1 2 years ago
Did Jordan ever have a bad game?
Did Ali ever get knocked down?
Did Ruth ever strike out?
Of course they did!
ALL athletes have their bad days, nobody is immune to them after all they are human.
But u can't completely judge an athletes career based on 1 days results. Thats unfair to say the least.
1bounce234 2 years ago 33
I concur, ts 150, but MOST indoor tracks are 200... so thats my mistake
electrospecter99 2 years ago
some are 160,
i don't know why they don't have just on distance
SomethingHeavenly 2 years ago
they run 8 laps, 8 times 200 = one mile
so its 200m
electrospecter99 2 years ago
its 11 laps, on a 150m track
Brandonlcosta 2 years ago
no 8x200m = 1600m. one mile =1609.344m. noob.
dweece 2 years ago
23 sec into the video
MattCFU23 2 years ago
running uber fast splits indoors even at a pro level is more difficult, especially since its only a 200m track
electrospecter99 2 years ago
this track is even less than 200. i believe that it is 150
iltctw 2 years ago
I agree, and to add a bit of interest: running a sub 4 minute mile was considered highly impossible before one runner did it in 1954.. now the WR is 3:43
electrospecter99 2 years ago
since when is 4:04 considered bad? if you can run below 4:20 in the mile, you're a God.
rockdudeman11 2 years ago 3
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My best Mile was 5:25, I was Flying, Couldn't imagine a 4:04, you have to be suicidal for that.
starbrighter 2 years ago
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what year of hs er college was that cause currently im a soph in hs and my fastest is 4:40
bjropel 2 years ago
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i ran a 4:39 as a sophomore so suck it.
haha no im kidding thats good
rocknrollhoochiekoo 2 years ago
You must also know that along with all of the other great achievements that he did or would've done, he also helped lead the movement for the AAU to allow American professional athletes to get the same equal rights to compete and get paid. Just as other countries would do for their professional athletes, I believe that American athletes would've been even more competitive with the world if they had been paid for their time, effort, and work at what they did best.
bigdogg00 2 years ago
hey pre is my favorite distance runner of all time, and the favorite of many many people. But lets face the fact that the only reason he couldnt achieve both gold olimpic and world medals is because he died almost beore reaching the peak of his carreer, hes great for what he could have been. Also he managed to do very interesting things in college. hes a god
jonathonpower6666 2 years ago
and he was short
TraderDelta 2 years ago
You know whats funny in the 1973 LA times mile Pre ran faster then the winners in this, he ran a 3:59.2 they ran a 3:59.6 hes still better in my book.
thefallen2124 2 years ago
Pre turned it OVER!!!
ContagiouslyKelly 3 years ago
Pre was the greatest
starbrighter 3 years ago 2
A hypothetical: If Bayi and Walker had faced each other in the 1500m at the 1976 Olympics (i.e., if Tanzania had not boycotted), who would have won? I have my opinion. Whats yours?
disgruntledathlete 3 years ago
For anyone who wants to know, this conversation is continued, i'm learning more, and I am certianly cenceeding certain points to your friend here. Smart guy, knows alot, just a little too enthused in proving this wrong.
Pre was a great runner, he had alot more potential, but he didn't always, win [we all SHOULD know that;seems some of us didn't]
The key is his spirit, just keep that alive. Run till u've got nothing left; thats the Pre spirit!
C0rran05 3 years ago 4
Well, i don't know who Walker and Bayi are, but they didn't become legend like he did. You learn about him, you learn more about the heart of running than about any other way you could. "Running is a work of art" he said.
Also, I'm not going to make a excuse for him losing this race. But something to think about: he's not a miler. They are. They are as much out of his leauge as he is of their, just in different races. He ran longer ones, they ran shorter. They belong to diff. leagues.
C0rran05 3 years ago
Well your pretty ignorant then . And did Pre ever win Olympic Gold or break World Records ? I know he's an icon and I respect him a lot, maybe if he didn't die young he could have done big things but on times alone he's significantly worse than John Walker . Walker even ran 5 seconds quicker than Pre over 3000m . Another point John Walker is DEFINATLEY a legend he just hasn't had big films and t-shirts made about him .
1MCmagma 3 years ago
"Did Pre ever..break world records?" Uuuuhhh..YEAH!
okay, nm.I just checked.He did not set world records.I was wrong, i admit it.Sry.
However, he set MANY american records which still hold to day, and btw, the 3k was still too short a race. Have u not heard me? He-was-a-DISTANCE-runner.Generally i'd call 1.6k and 3k distance,but it hardly seems didtance at thier level.His best races were 5k and up.
And btw, his best 5k time was faster than the winners of 72 olympics. Literaly had a bad day
C0rran05 3 years ago
in the end, its recognized that winning in the olypics is not equivilent to being the best. Thats why there's an "olympic record" and then the "world record" is compltetely different, expect in the cases where they happen to run there best times at the olympics.
Admitadly, i only glazed over the list, but it looks like most world records are NOT made in the olympics.
Looks like that Gold is only a symbol now, huh? And one that doesn't mean what u thought, either.
C0rran05 3 years ago
Your a complete ignorant lunatic . I did mention that the two world class athletes who beat him in that race held World records and they held them for a considerable time . Your completley contradict yourself, Pre never broke a world record and mistake me if I am wrong but what American record does he still hold ? He didn't just have a bad day, Lasse Viren's PR of 13.16 over 5k is faster than Pre's and he was the winner of the 1972 olympics . Your a complete idiot .
1MCmagma 3 years ago
@1MCmagma His olympic trials 5k record still stands...9 olympic 5k trials later
Traviskula 1 year ago
Except for the fact that the Munich 5k was the race in which bowerman and shorter, moore, and a lot others said was the best race he ever ran. the start of it was too slow, leaving the podium for the fastest kickers. you cant say he had a bad day when his last mile was a 4:04.
HottRunner 3 years ago 2
pre was a great runner no doubt. But most people call him a legend because of his confidence and mental disipline (that like no1 had like pre )and how he believed in him self. Itsnot always about the time.
DoretoMan123454 3 years ago 4
Your the ignorant one and not realizing without Pre distant running would not be what it is today in Americs...shut the hell up and quit hating on the god of distant running in the US
ev92527 2 years ago
I don't know why you guys are making excuses for him . Over a mile/1500 Pre wasn't in Walker's and Bayi's league .
1MCmagma 3 years ago
Pre never was that great in the mile. Haha.
Raimakusa 3 years ago
"and prefontaine last"
even the birds know
thetalkincow 3 years ago
he lost because this was his second race in the same day
livelife987 3 years ago
i wonder why pre lost this race, anyone know where there is footage of the race he won with stitches in his foot
mewoyou 3 years ago
The race with his foot in disrepair was while he was at U of O, he graduated in '73, so it was before then.
Opie852 3 years ago
greg luganus beat him in the next round sad
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erbia907 3 years ago
WTF...I watched the whole race to see PRE RUN LAST......
mervrun 3 years ago
it was a mile...4 minutes long...cry me a fuckin river
KingAttle 3 years ago 3
PREFONTAINE IS GOD!!!
chicolou07 3 years ago
Prefontaine is one of those "what if" type of athletes like Bo Jackson. They both (Pre, Bo) were great athletes and icons in their respected sports even though none of them won their sports top prize.
jaimesandoval1988 3 years ago
yeah, also Bo Jackson looks like Colossus from the X-men comics, he resembles him.
HomedudePedroski 3 years ago
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lol America's sweetheart Fontaine got smoked. The guy didn't even get an olympic medal, but they crazy about him. Is it because holywood ??
truth2btold66 3 years ago
This event wasn't Pre's best race, he was a 3miler.
He broke every American youth record in running, he was a total phenomenon. He went to the Olympics when he was 21 or 22:
salvatorewilliam 3 years ago 4
"Pre set the U.S. record in the 5000 in the event that took him to the 1972 Olympic Games. However, Prefontaine was passed with 150 meters remaining by eventual winner Lasse Viren and silver medalist Mohammed Gammoudi. He lost a third place position to Britain's hard-charging Ian Stewart in the last 15 meters of the race, after having led nearly the entire last mile in a toe-to-toe battle with Viren." wikipedia
salvatorewilliam 3 years ago
didn't they do a blood coke thing? i mean the people who won? i was reading about it lasse wiren did lots of it
thefallen2124 3 years ago
i meant blood doping*
thefallen2124 3 years ago
blood doping occured during the olympics, im not sure here about here though.
someguynamedaaron 3 years ago
eh doesn't matter prefontaine is my hero and he didn't blood dope
thefallen2124 3 years ago
no he didnt. my dad met pre. i live in the town he went to school. ive been to pres rock, the place he died. hes my hero as well
someguynamedaaron 3 years ago
haha lucky i wish i met him before he died, and i want to go to oregon just to see coo's bay and his grave idk why im no stalker lol...
thefallen2124 3 years ago
it such a shame that Pre would die only a few months after this race.
azfeet22 3 years ago
He died tragically in a car crash at the age of 24, never realizing his full potential. It's kinda sad, but he was great.
salvatorewilliam 3 years ago 2
you missed by point - sciatica is extremely painful lol. don't forget he went undefeated in events of the mile and up for 3.5 years. many of his performances were unforgetable and the people who knew pre and loved him did not because of hollywood. many in the country may, but it's not the only reason.
vanbozekstein 3 years ago
"truth2btold" ur a fag. the race pre was in in munich was the best field of athletes ever competing together. and pre would have won if that other stuff didnt happen. u cant even cock off unless ur on the medal stands at the olympics. and i doubt that will happen.
sdoggcmn 3 years ago
you're an idiot. it's not because of Hollywood.
islandjinjin 3 years ago
truth, you know absolutely nothing about running first of all.
secondly he Ran a 4:04 LAST mile in that race where he "didn't win the gold", and no one would have ran that unless he pushed the pace for them. He turned that race into a work of art. He didn't win, but he put out the most effort and left it all out there, and that is the essence of what Pre represents.
wiremanart 3 years ago 28
your abs correct. as in the movie "pre was troubled by knowing a medeokre effort can win a race, and a magnificent effort can lose a race"
someguynamedaaron 3 years ago
@wiremanart That is correct... lol
TheKINGLyle 11 months ago
what was Virens winning time in Munich? What was Pre's time in the Trials in Eugene?
Virens Gold medal time 13:26.4 Pre's U.S. Trials time 13:22.8
where's the problem here? People need to get off this "he finished 4th kick" Should have ran the same negative splits he did against young (or faster) and he would have had it....problem was they walk thru the first 2 miles...not Pre's style
runwithkyrstin2002 2 months ago
yes, it's not his event or his season.
but keep in that at this point in 75, Pre had done no speed work whatsoever. He was battling a sinus infection, but more importantly, sciatica as well...
vanbozekstein 3 years ago
this isn't pre's event, and it was indoor. if this was a 5,000 or 10,000 meter he would've smoked them
oleytrackstar 3 years ago 2
Prefontaine last?
:(
if this was a 3 mile run pre would of owned hardcore
guanato92 3 years ago
This was really good considering pre was mostly a 5k person
skryzalin 3 years ago
Everyone loses sometimes good job Pre you did your best and thats whats cool
GetUpAndTryAgain 3 years ago
Pre was the best even though he got beat
prepistol44 3 years ago 5
how was he the best? the best american sure...but this isn't the world series...it is a world sport
thetalkincow 3 years ago
i wish i ran that fast on my off days
jordantownruns 3 years ago 2
how come those 4 guys arent bleeding???
KEA0991 3 years ago
w/e you cant beat pre
celiget 4 years ago
wow ...blast from the past!!!
Dixon and Walker ...and the brilliant Filbert Bahi (spelling?).
Want to see a better race?
Watch the 1974 Commonwealth games 1500m when walker tries to catch bahi.....same result as this
rugbyman1 4 years ago
Bayi. Filbert Bayi.
LeanaJo76 4 years ago
In their 35 plus years in business,Nike has had hundreds of stars wear their shoes.They have made a statue of only one of them -Steve Prefontaine.
rentslave 4 years ago 3
If you aint first
you might as well be last
sploogetron2000 4 years ago 2
if anyone else ran like Pre did in that race, they would be deemed an idiot....but with him, he is a fighter. He doesnt change his running style no matter what the competition.
cicirunner 4 years ago
it must have been tough running on those crappy, small tracks.
cicirunner 4 years ago 2
Indoor tracks do suck. I hated them when I was competing. I like the outdoor tracks better.
LeanaJo76 3 years ago 2
why did he let those guys win? there's no way he was serious in that race
sinschild07 4 years ago
i heard he was sick...even if he wasnt he didnt let them win...u hav no idea how hard it is to hold off some of those kickers that r some of the best in the world
mattt2624 4 years ago
yeah, but pre's run faster than the 3:59.6 that the winnner right there ran on that exact same track, so on a healthy day when pre dominates a race how he normally does, tehy dont outkick him and he wins
pagenotdisplayed 4 years ago
i kno but sinschild07 is talking like pre let them win cuz he fooling around or something and he definately wasnt he just had an off day
mattt2624 4 years ago
61 seconds first lap, u dumbass announcer
campusmang 4 years ago
not to mention he kept turning down offers to go pro so he could run in the olympics -- he had nothing to retire on
matt51306 4 years ago
all pre fans i have made a tribute to prefontaine, come by my channel , watch it and coment in the video
MJJlover01 4 years ago
pre was last because this wasnt his race... and the other ppl were VERY fast at this race
imjstcl 4 years ago
Are you seriously trying to make this idiotic comment??? That is total bullshit, Pre never thought about retiring AT 21 YEARS OLD YOU MORON! He still was in college at the time and had to run for Oregon for 2 more years! He got older, yes, 24 then he died. Most runners don't reach their prime until 30. Once again you are an idiot.
gunther101 4 years ago
greatest man ever!! and i have the same birthday!!
karattop 4 years ago
3:59 mile, goddamn thats fast.
Claizen 4 years ago
walker reminds me of jason weller with his running form....if u know who jason weller is hes the pennsylvania highschool state champ in xc and in the 3200m run...
KEA0991 4 years ago
wow too bad pre took it out so hard, thats a pretty fast mile considering that its such a short track. all those turns and crap
headache515 4 years ago
tough for a real track runner to run laps around a stick like that.
upnunder13 4 years ago
pre got pwn'd
a05as03 4 years ago
ok, yeah, real nice >:?(
narutard1211 4 years ago
dont hear prefontaine last very much
KEA0991 4 years ago
i would owe u a dollar
sjd8886 4 years ago
This country still produces a few runners of Pre's caliber, but they are often ruined by over-training in college. I wish I had a dollar for every gifted runner I ever met who got stress fractures from excessive high-speed training in college.
AvgDude 4 years ago
where my friend runs in college (coastal carolina div 1) all they do is distance runs and maybe speed or tempo 1 time every 2 weeks so thats not completly true but there are alot of colleges that do that and its a shame
KEA0991 4 years ago
i would owe you four
Polar0388 4 years ago
What a race! The immortals at work! Too bad that Pre never really got into a serious mile/1500 with these guys outdoors. Thanks for posting, brings back the memories for this burnout case!
LesbianVampireLover 4 years ago
At the start of the video they said it is an 11 lap race
vrosetta 4 years ago
It's a 200m track im going to guess as they ran 8 laps.
Lemonsnoob 4 years ago
Pre is absolutely amazing.
What's the length of one lap on that track?
IronKreator 5 years ago
It's a 160 yard track. Almost non-existent anymore with metric distances being run.
kbaumhov 4 years ago
Thxs for posting these i always wanted to see my hro in action
ToWYoMama 5 years ago
three great athletes: bayi, walker and prefontaine... but what a tremendous performance from bayi that day!
basilcruncher 5 years ago
he went to school at Marshfield High home of the Pirates in Coos Bay, Oregon.
orangejuicerox11 5 years ago
ahahaa PRE lost!!
tare2222 5 years ago
any way he was not in shape and sick that day watch PREFONTAINE LA Times... his best was 3:53record 7 times sub 4.. he was not a miler and he kick their asses.. you probably allways lose in every aspect of your life... pre won everything, lose less than you can imagine
alextreme5k 5 years ago
"there are men out there that can beat me, but they'll have to bleed to do it." Go Pre
meganerdusa 5 years ago
pre dfl
karpopper 5 years ago
he was a great runner, there were a lot of good runners though, you win some you lose some...
SetTheStageForMe 5 years ago
hey buddy, trust me he is the god of runners you just dont know what your talkign about, dont be a hater. he was a 5000m runner and all that not a 1500m runner and he still creamed them in the other 1500m race, these guys were the best 1500m runners in the world, and pre special isnt even 1500m.
Loshack 5 years ago
That's right 1500 and 1600 were not his distances, thought he had good times at the mile but he eas compiting against, the flying kiwis wlaker and Dixon who were specialists in the mile and the 1500 mostly Walker, Dixon did 5000 alson, and Verbayi was a miler specialist, so it's like you putted Haile Gebrsselassie against Hicham El Gerrouch in a 1500 race.
I think Pre that race in short indoor track as a training.
Amras1 5 years ago
What the heck?? why didnt he win??? hes like the god of all american runners!!
pattiecake1311 5 years ago
note, god of all 'american' runners. not god of all runners. he wasn't by any means the best, as you can clearly see here. a fan favourite among americans, thats all
smileyguinea 5 years ago
ur a dumbass, pre was the best
mattt2624 4 years ago
pre was not a 1500 runner, much less an indoor 1500 runner
aunaturelstylee 5 years ago
I have actually seen this already and I found out that the winner of this race tested positive for banned substances 2 weeks after this race the 1st and second place were tested positive.
jdogs333 5 years ago
Wow thanks, it's great to see videos back from when New Zealand was a force in world athletics. They were good days... Snell, Halberg, McGee, Baillie, Davies, Dixon, Tayler, Walker... not much since then but keep your eye on Nick Willis. Oh and jdogs333, what are you on about? Walker and Bayi did not test positive for anything. Don't spin crap
tver005 5 years ago
Are you retarded?
that was two flat out lies right there.
supersingerchick 3 years ago
72' Olympics...
high5enmfer 5 years ago
Great video!!!
Rod Dixon, 3rd place, won New York City Marathon in 1983.
AntonioCarlos 5 years ago
Yeah what are you on about jfogs333 that is total rubbish, either your full of it or your sorces are wrong.
Go kiwis.
cheeseboy25 5 years ago
Go Pre Go!
eternalchamp 5 years ago
Long Live Pre!
BeauPaul 5 years ago