1984 Olympic Men's 1500m final - Sebastian Coe

[ronpaulforpresident6]

The British Press trashed this British native all the way up to his wins in the 800 and 1500M

races in 1984. No wonder he has no respect for them

[gav800]

30 years later and IMO, Coe's still the greatest 800/1500 runner ever (El G & Kipketer better in each, but not over both).

[deano27671]

@gav800 Yes indeed. Coe's still the only man to have gone sub 1:42 and sub 3:30. If you add up all athletes' fastest 800 & 1500 times, he's still got the quickest overall combined time ever. And that was from running on slightly slower tracks 30 years ago!

[dalgetty]

According to GQ, the subtitles at 3:10 would read: "Who says I'm f***king finished?"

[bennevisplace]

Jeez, that extra gear coming off the last bend....

[ImreAMX]

By the way, does anyone know if there is a video of the missing part of the 2nd lap?, it's my favorite part cause it's a niceclose up shot of Coe just cruising so easily.

[ImreAMX]

Yeah, Coe would probably have won going ahead at 2 laps to go -- but why give up his bigger advantage, that being his quick acceleration from speed. Cram pulled away from Abascal, yet Coe made it look like Cram didn't kick -- The field spread out so Coe didn't have to go to the front for danger of getting tangled up. Shame about Scott,

[98jaym]

I love the "pointing" at 3:04. Coe is my new favorite runner!

[deano27671]

In his biography, Coe said he felt so relaxed and good with 2 laps to go, that for a moment he toyed with the idea of hitting the front himself and running flat out. He decided not to, believing his kick would be good enough, but believes he could have run under 3:30 if he had! That would have required a last 800m of 1:47.3! Incredible.