Olympische Spiele München 1972: Staffel Damen

Olympic Games Munich 1972: Women's Relay

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[Finarphin]

Does anybody know who the German lady is who is speaking on this? The commentary seems to have been created much later, as there is a reference to Annegret Richter winning in Montreal.

[olympia72de]

Heide Rosendahl is speaking, her commentary was recorded in 1997.

[Marchjoy1963]

This is wonderfull to see, just a rare find on youtube, thank you for posting this. What a great run on the anchor leg by Heide Rosenhahl, and even more wonderfull to her commentary years later; just fantastic !

[newnamegeorge]

I got sent this documentary from a German friend in 1997, it comes from a 25th anniversary documentary which shows all the track finals and all the field events medal winners. Absolutely fantastic viewing i have watched plenty of times since. Munich was the first games i remember properly and they will always have a special memory for me.

[BarbJanayjk28]

nun komme aus münchen

[cirosuperiore]

gotta love those wonderful german women. and with glasses too.

[markguest36]

are there 1976 womens relays out there? and 1980 4x400

[Finarphin]

I know perfectly well Heide speaks good English; I've seen it myself. For all I know she speaks it everyday at home. But her own commentary on this race strikes me as important, so I've tried to obtain a translation. I think it's pretty close.

Starter: On your marks!

Announcer: This race has become a supreme highlight, totally unforgettable in the history of these games.

[Finarphin]

Heide: Well, the relay is always exciting, more exciting than the other events, because a lot of things can happen: you can drop the baton, you can run out of your lane, you can go beyond the passing zone -- and so be quickly disqualified. [gun goes off]

H: And so everyone’s trying to do their best, because you’re competing together with three others and afterwards you don’t want it said you were the one who failed.

[Finarphin]

H: The -- Christiane, well, as we know, stepped in here. The pass to Ingrid was good. Ingrid ran a great leg – A: Fabulous, simply fabulous. H: And Annegret, at that time very young, would later -- four years later won the Olympic championship in the 100 meters in Montreal. And -- A: Here it comes… H: Here it comes. [Heide takes baton] A: …the great anchor leg: Heide Rosendahl… H: Yes. A: …against Renate Stecher.

[Finarphin]

H: Right. I knew, of course, that Renate was the best sprinter in the world; she had won the 100 and 200 meters. [West Germany wins] And I knew how fast I could run, and what kind of lead I could hold against those behind me, and it was just enough. [celebrates with Christiane Krause] Oh, yeah. [laughs].

A: What a moment that was.

H: It was a world record back then, so performance-wise it was a fast relay.

[Finarphin]

[anchor from another angle]

H: I have never seen it from this perspective. I was constantly trying to hear whether she was gaining or not, but it was so loud in the stadium I couldn’t hear a thing. In the old days, on a dirt track, you could hear the steps, but on the Tartan track it was inaudible.

[replay of final meters]

H: I just knew, when she hadn’t come up to me by 80 meters, I told myself, “Okay, it’s over now, you don’t stand a chance from here on; now we’re winning this thing

[jubbadupa]

What a magnificent run by Heidi.. it looks as though the GDR got the baton, a strach before the GFR at the final exchange and Stecher was unable to close her down !