Frank Shorter Munich Olympics Marathon

[kozmon0t]

Best part about this was Shorter couldn't do the commentary cause he was in the race.

[officerdepfife]

1 Frank Shorter (USA) 2:12:19 2 Karel Lismont (BEL) 2:14:31 3 Mamo Wolde (ETH) 2:15:08 4. Kenneth Moore (USA) 2:15:39 5. Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 2:16:27 6. Ron Hill (GBR) 2:16:30 7. Donald MacGregor (GBR) 2:16:34 8. Jack Foster (NZL) 2:16:56 9. Jack Bacheler (USA) 2:17:38 10. Lengissa Bedane (ETH) 2:18:36 11. Seppo Nikkari (FIN) 2:18:49 12. Akio Usami (JPN) 2:18:58 13. Derek Clayton (AUS) 2:19:49

[duncr]

Wow I think that's Abebe Bikila in a wheelchair at the start? 0:16

[duncr]

Brilliant thanks for uploading. One thing I liked seeing was the commentators holding up their phones at 2:53 to get the roar of the crowd when Shorter crosses the finish. The sound of those commentaries on the olympics and other big sporting events abroad was really something special. It just doesn't sound the same today

[TheAssasin2525]

I was happy and honored to have seen (on live tv) a fellow American (Shorter) win this marathon. I was still in junior high school!

[VirenKickedPresAss]

Shorter was WAY better than Pre. Shorter has TWO medals, and his WORST finish was 5th, and Pres BEST finish was FOURTH. Sure, Pre could beat him in a 5k, but he had to go all out to  do it, and for any race longer than 5k, Shorter DESTROYED Pre.

[thISxTHplacE]

@VirenKickedPresAss He was also 24 when he died. Not even at the prime years of his life. Dick. And for someone that hates Pre on every running video, it sure seems like you know a hell of a lot about him.

[VirenKickedPresAss]

@thISxTHplacE And yet ANOTHER WHINER for Pre! Does everyone notice that Pre supporters:

1) need a bag for their sweatsuits

2) Need a bag for their shoes

3) Need a bag for all of their EXCUSES for why he got his ass kicked! LMMFAO!

[jck9506]

Hi, Frank Shorter was the best!

[ollie705]

Thought the film might show the imposter who ran into the stadium ahead of Shorter. At the end of the film, it also looks like an imposter on the podium in third LOL.

[niwersa]

metronome.

[Sherpaful]

Notice Shorter's restrained celebration when he wins. I'm guessing he wanted to keep his victory celebration subdued to honor the slain Israeli athletes.

[caravaggio31]

Who's 'Pre'?

[hollywoodundead4eva]

@caravaggio31 wow...



[fr3ckles]

man he didn't just win the marathon, he destroyed all his competition!

[adelfred]

They edited the fun part out!!!!

[drclown]

wtf? some of them don't even seem that tired

[sendinfox14]

i know.....they've ran and trained so hard that their bodies' have become beast lol

[rmrooster01]

Whose gonna fill Shorters shoes? The Americans currently have Ryan Hall and Dathan Rathzestein or whatever, but they cant run with the Kenyans, and it just sucks.........

[Raimakusa]

I'm sure Ryan has the best chance so far, being that he has the second fastest marathon time by an American (American Record held currently by Khalid Khannouchi who is Moroccan-born), and the American Record for the half marathon (which was his first ever half I believe). As opposed to Ritz, I don't think he'll have the chance, because you always find him injured.

[toby099]

look out for galen rupp

[scobuli]

2:12 to win an Olympic Marathon, by a guy who had never run sub 2:12 before. Not sure why Clayton and Hill, who had done 2:09 dropped off so badly - was it the heat? Altitude?

[crlbertone]

Not two Marathons are equal. Not even one same course will render same performances. Unetani also ran terribly bad, after winning Boston in 2:13.

[crackadownsouth]

Does anybody know what Frank ran in high school, or how he progressed in college?

[toby099]

frank ran 3:50 mile's at age 12

[sendinfox14]

there's no way

[StaleBread12]

lol ya sure

[MultiRunnerDude]

thats not true

[MultiRunnerDude]

in his biography he says that his PR for his junior year of high school was 4:44

[specialist34535]

Some basic facts:

1. This was the 1972 Olympic marathon. Viren took part in the 1976 Olympic marathon (he was 5.)

2. Doping was illegal already in 1972 and 1976 Olympic games. Viren was never tested positive.

3. Blood doping wasn't illegal in Olympic games until 1988.

4. There is absolutely no real proof that Viren used blood doping.

5. Viren was injured one month before 1980 Olympic games in Moscow, so his preparation to those games was far from perfect (he was 5th in the 10k).

[mamowolde]

1.viren wasnt injured in 80'. he just got his ass kicked.

2.You said do[ing was illegal in 72. then you say its illegal in 88?

3 you suck black cock

4.shut the fuck up

[PeerlessPaavo]

Mamo, you were a thrice-medaled Olympian, imprisoned for a decade on a disputed charge, who gained release, only to die weeks into freedom anew.

May I speak freely, Mamo? Given this, where is the grace, the sense of kinship among all living things, the worldview gained from calculating the orbit of one's own soul whilst kept within the artifice of prison walls?

I ask: Befit it a Citizen of Planet Earth thus to utter "bullshit" and "got his ass kicked," to use but two of your milder terms?

[bumblebeemoi]

Yes, Peerless...Mamo won by over 4 minutes in 1968....incredible...just as his teammate, the immortal Abebe Bikila was.

Despite being innocent, he never gave back hatred...only forgiveness, light and love. His is an exalted spirit, soaring above the small thoughts and feelings of so many, but always grounded in love and humility. Now his great light shines in eternity......

[omarxcpre]

yeah fuck viren!!!

[Offspring1337]

Very true, Viren blows.

[Trulyloyale]

Viren & all the finns were doped cheaters ??

XDDDD .......!!!!

That sounds so funny and unbelievably bizarre said by someone from the US, since the americans are the biggest and the dirtiest doped cheaters of all times in track & field, not mentioning many other sports that they ruined all the way by their cheating cunts who litterally stole away hundreds of olympic/world competitions medals and victories .....!!

Typical US pathetic and ridiculous attitude

[meester6178]

Viren did dope, he couldnt have qualified for the olympics if he hadnt

[crwnikeboy]

Sort of like Martti Vainio in the 1984 Olympics right? Someone who was too stupid to realize that his blood doping ,when introduced back into his system, would have the steriods he injected prior.

[asifsmartie]

i just wish i could run half as fast

brillant

x

[weemackee]

Pre lives.

[utopia1024]

Shorter lives too

[rytkonen]

Well...Most talented distance runners in 70`s was actually Henry Rono and Lasse Viren. Shorter was number 1 in marathon. All time list is Nurmi, Zatopek, Viren, Gebrslelassie, Clarke(5-10km). Marathon: Bikila, Shorter, Lopes.

[kingwilson06ad]

Henry Rono was arguably the greatest runner in history who never ran in the Olympics. Kenya boycotted the '76 Games (as had most African nations due to a ridiculous boycott opposing New Zealand's decision to enter the rugby World Cup in South Africa) and the '80 Games because of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan.

[smurphdog32]

Viren is a cheater and so are all the fins they were all blood dopers. Kinda sad they had to cheat and ruin their rep.

[FinnMove]

I think Viren would have won this race

if 5000 metres wouldn´t been at the same day.

Those speeches of doping are rubbish.

You are just jealous.

[meester6178]

I agree, once doping was made illegal, viren didnt finish in the top 4 for the 5000m, kind of a big fall after winning gold the previous olympics

[mrcatohead]

he was also about 32 though

[mamowolde]

yeah, and yifter was 40. no bullshit

[dwadeprodigy3]

Did anyone find out how to get the entire race on DVD or VHS with sound? I don't remember the announcer who did the entire race but the announcer was as classy a man as Shorter.  The whole race would be great to view because of the music by Chuck Mangioni called grey clouds or rainning clouds...something like that.

[yaknbo]

Hi, in 72 the announcer was Eric Segal. The chuck mangione music, and yes, well, down was 76 in Montreal! I remember appreciating the music in the recap. Dark and rainy day/evening. I remember Bily Rogers more or less bumming out, Lasse Viren taking 5th, and Karel Lismont JUST edging out Don Kardong. It was a great Marathon in Montreal. Not as good as Munich, of course.

[LeanaJo76]

Pre and Shorter were 2 of the greatest male distance runners in the 70's. Long live Shorter and Pre!!! Amen!!!

[dwadeprodigy3]

well said about Pre and Shorter. I was 11 and watched Shorter win the Gold and I have never forgotten that race and remember it was viewed live, the whole race nothing interuptted it.

[zenmachinefilms]

Pre was an American hero.

Too bad Nike has done their best to capitalize on his greatness in their ads for their own corporate profits.

[yaknbo]

Nah, it's not. Good for Nike. Good for profits and good for capitalism.

[TheRunningPoet]

@LeanaJo76 one name you fail to mention is Gerry Lindgren .... He was "Pre" before Pre was....

[chrismca]

Shame about the end of the race. Don Kardong said it best when he introduced Frank Shorter as the man who was "twice preceded into the Olympic stadium by a German imposter." It's disgraceful to see how many internet sites praise Cierpinski then add his drug taking as a footnote (if at all). Disgusting.

[eoe1985]

halo I'm looling for a movi about a women , she finish marathon but on her "last feet" a see the image but I can't see her name , If you can halp it will be fantastic ;)

[smurphdog32]

Pre and Shorter were both great in their own events. Its ashame Pre died so young. We shouldn't be arguing who was better. We shouild aknowledge the both for their accomplishments. They were friends and thats how we should remember them.

[xedvux]

Is that Lismont number 56 I think?

Was he in the orange at the medal ceremony?

[crlbertone]

Thanks for sharing this video. My father ran this Marathon, he is the guy who takes the sponge on 1:03. I have seen this video before, and talked to him about it. I showed it to him and to my children. Very inspirational.

[hanglooses]

Empresinha do caralho.

[1MileRunner]

Sorry, Shorter stands much higher than Pre...check the medal count! And yes, I know he died early, but there was still that Viren guy...

[kingwilson06ad]

completely agree with you 1Mile... Shorter, Viren and Yifter, in my opinion, were the greatest middle distance runners of the 70's (5K and above)... you could also include Billy Rodgers, but not in the Olympic context

[kingwilson06ad]

I meant long distance runners, not middle distance runners

[broadjumper1]

Nope, not true. Pre turned running into a religion in the US and the folklore lives today. Ask a casual sports fan who Frank Shorter is, maybe 3 out 10 know. Ask 'em was PRE, and I think they'll ALL know. Yes Frank has Gold & Silver, but Pre died when he was reaching his peak, he waa 4 years younger than Shorter. Pre held ever AR from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. Shorter was great, but never held a single AR in an Olympic distance

[kingwilson06ad]

I think Pre was one of the great ones, but Pre was known mainly for his constant winning in the U.S, for his rebelious demeanor, and sadly for dying in a car crash so young. Internationally, Pre was an unknown. He never broke a world record. Shorter, in the meantime, was winning 10K races in Europe while Pre was breaking college records in Oregon. Shorter truly crafted how marathon running should be tackled.

[broadjumper1]

Pre was known for a lot, winning races, gutty performances, being a rebel & advancing the cause of US athletes. Don't kid yourself, the Europeans knew him, but you forget until the '78 Amateur Sports Act the AAU had control over an athlete's status, Shorter too. They decided where an athlete was to compete and the AAU got the money. Pre wanted to run against the best but the AAU had him at USA/USSR meets. Pre said US athletes needed welfare to live. He helped end "shamatuerism."

[kdc8122]

I got this clip from a old VHS I had. It's called Olympiad--Marathon. It's a documentary of all the marathon victories up to the point of the video release. I converted it to my computer, however for some reason I couldn't get the sound to work when I put it on YouTube.

[kiplng]

This is great. I have posted a much shorter clip taken from the same film footage as your clip. My hunch is these segments are from the movie Visions of Eight. The director John Schlesinger made this segment, called "The Longest." Of course, this could be from a Bud Greenspan documentary, as well. The man in the wheelchair is Abebe Bikila.  A German foundation flew him to the games. He is heavier and bearded, so does not look like the he did in his marathon days.

[tkellnerus]

Was that man in the wheelchair (0:16) Abebe Bikila? I heard that Bikila watched the '72 Olympic marathon and Shorter, out of respect for the now paraplegic Bikila, didn't break his record.

[broadjumper1]

Yes, it was Abebe Bikila, but the record breaking comment is false.

[kingwilson06ad]

I heard Bikila gave the gold medal to Shorter in the ceremonies and that Shorter admitted later that he felt humbled by this. Frank admired and worshipped the great Ethiopian as one of his idols.

[broadjumper1]

Sorry, no that's some kind of urban legend. Abebe was invited as a special guest to the 1972 Olympics in Munich where he witnessed American Frank Shorter win the marathon. After Shorter received his medal he went to Bikila to shake his hand, so it was after he fact, but Shorter did respecy him a great deal.

[DorkusMongus]

P.S. Anyone know how to get footage of this on DVD/VHS? Would love to watch the whole race -- with sound!!!

[DorkusMongus]

Frank Shorter is my hero. Pre had style, but Shorter delivered when it counted most. And to come back and win silver in '76 -- simply amazing. The guy knew how to prepare.

[bigtexan449]

shorter is the man! next to pre