Don Quarrie,Allan Wells,Hasely Crawford-Commonwealth Games,1978. 100m.Final.(HQ)

[TheEnlightened77]

In his prime Don Quarrie was very special. Alan Wells who later went on to take gold in the olympics and learnt a lot from Quarrie whom he admired tremendously. Crawford was a powerhouse, big and strong and fast. When it really mattered he defeated Quarrie at the olympics striking gold in the bargain. To my knowledge Quarrie has never bettered the time Crawford set that day. Wells carried some serious muscle and was like an express train. All three athletes were the "holy trinity" in those days.

[TheEctomorph]

@Soulyadie [Continuing on from my 'post' about Hasely Crawford] to Mr Crawford ...... by a distance. However, the big Trinidanian was the better 100 metres sprinter (marginally).

[TheEctomorph]

@Soulyadie [Continuing on from my previous 'post' about Hasely Crawford]: fast during his entire career in track and field. (His 'legal' personal best time was 10.07.)

When Mr Quarrie won the Commonwealth 100m title in July 1978, his fast time of 10.03 did not count as Central American & Caribbean record, as it was heavily wind-assisted.

I have a lot of respect for Donald Quarrie; he was one of the greatest sprinters of his generation ...... and he was certainly a superior 200 metres runner

[fieldfullofthistles]

A very exciting time - I loved Alan Wells performances - along with Coe Ovett Thompson so many great events with Brits taking on the world. Brilliant

[richardjohnson909]

Quarrie, Wells and Crawford three great sprinters and olympic champions and always a hair's breath between them. Apart from Alan Wells how can these little islands of the Caribbean produce so many top class athletes?

[6400az]

@richardjohnson909

Hey do'nt forget my own litte speck of the world, Cuba...we had a couple of sprinters too.Figueroa, Leonard . Not in sprinting but also Juantorena.....

[ARRISIPPY]

@6400az Juantorena vs Boit,77 World Cup-greatest 800 metres ever.I can assure you we haven't forgotten Cuba!

[seanofafrica]

Despite being only twelve at the time, I remember this race well. Wells had suddenly come to the fore from nowhere, and while we were routing for him to win, I remember thinking it was awesome that the number one sprinter at the time, Quarrie, only just pipped him, and that he beat the Olympic champ. Awesome.

[BGOAT07]

This was some good old school sprinting...

[xerakis]

Two great , classy champions in Quarrie and Wells. They both represented "sportsmen" in the truest and best sense of the word.  Who knows what times they would have run in this day and age with the track surfaces they run on now.

[Soulyadie]

Crawford was a boy to D.Q. in dis race ,him could'nt follow , him could'nt follow him. LOL

[TheEctomorph]

@Soulyadie Don't be silly; Mr Quarrie's margin of victory over big Hasely Crawford was only 0.04 of a second; which equates to less than half a metre of track.

And surely you are aware of the fact that, two years before that race took place, the big Trinidanian beat his Jamaican rival (Mr Quarrie) in the Olympic final - a much more important and presigious race than the Commonwealth Games 100m sprint final. Mr Crawford's winning time in the Olympic final was 10.06. Quarrie never ran that

[6468lee]

Thanks for this vintage video...Crawford the trini boy...

[Woodlander65]

Brilliant run by Quarrie and Wells, both legends, and a great scalp in Crawford.