Dave Wottle - 1972 Spectacular Olympic Finish

[JamesBoy4LifeMan4Luv]

1.45.86 is beyond the capability of those at my city athletics level. 1.52 is a big deal... Wottle got this sub 1.46 time and the Olympic gold by hanging back. He's lucky it wasn't a little faster. But it wasn't a lazy run... you can see he's going faster than a lot of them in that second 100m on the back straight. I'll look at the original clip again later, for sure. I came to this thru Billy Mills (awesome!). Wottle actually slowed down near the line.

[pacmaninsideofme]

awesome! what song is this?

[newromantic888]

REALLY THE TIME TOTALLY SUCKED. Try to fool us again.

[newromantic888]

800M MORE LUCK TAN STYLE

[braverabbit17]

haha in the beginning i was all like who the hell is the loser in the baseball hat? and now i see that i am very salty

[trwent]

@braverabbit17 Golf cap, actually.

[GetBackJack123]

This shows why you should never mentally give up even if you are in the back. Keep going strong and you must might win.

[kiplinggroove]

@GetBackJack123 This is what Wottle did, he was known as a 'Head Waiter'! It wasn't that he couldn't get to the front, he chose not to. On this occasion, it worked out fine!

[GetBackJack123]

@kiplinggroove Ah okay. Well, great performance.

[rice2210]

dude, this is better than nick symmonds. nick just copied it

[bluehighlighterfreak]

this is nothing to nick symmonds 800 meter olympic qualifier.

[Shane444888]

lol he looks like Napoleon Dynamite

[LeanaJo76]

Wottle will always be remembered for wearing that white cap on his head. He was so unique. So different. Awesome!

[liquidassets81]

@LeanaJo76 yeah and he caught shit for wearing it during the National Anthem at the medal ceremony; he forgot to take it off!

[nurvrax]

wow! great posting. I was 8 when I first saw this...I always thought it was Wottle who fell on the line, but the slow-mo clears that up. Cool!!

[CreativeStuffVideo]

Yevgeniy Arzhanov was the one who fell. He had felt that it was his race to win and was shocked to see somebody (Wottle) passing him in the final steps. His only response was to throw himself at the line.

[tybo09]

Just goes to show that all that matters is what position you're in when you cross the finish line.

[radiotrackstar]

Great use of music alongside dramatic footage of the close of a thrilling Campaign by a truly great American athlete.