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Zatopek Wins 5,000m in the 1952 Olympics

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This is the dramatic footage of Emil Zatopek's 5,000m race in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki.

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  • The Greatest of them All.

    Phelps wins 8 golds beating Spitz. Wonderful!! Swimming 1-way. er no.

    Who will win 5k, 10k and Marathon (1st ever attempt) in 1 Olympics. No-one. Ever. Across all nations. Viren, Yifter, El Gerroui, Gebreselaaise, Bekele. The all time greats can never match what he did in 8 days.

  • Currently it's impossible to win 5000,10000 and the marathon at the same olympics

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  • @raulevich Zatopek wins. 3 Endurance events. All Gold Medals. '....It is at the border of pain and suffering that the men are seperated from the boys...'

  • Chris Solinsky.....

  • @rc2869 Ok Viren 4 golds: 5k and 10k in Munich1972 and montreal 76¨

  • Лучший атлет времен и народов Gordon Pirie.

  • @Yr thinking of 76 :)

  • He definitely had the greatest impact on running of all runners. More so then Bekele, Viren etc all those guys.

  • @Mitrabcn

    Yea it is, just look at Lasse Viren in the 1980 olympics,

  • @Dave88011 What twaddle! As a competitive swimmer and competitive runner i can say that each swimming event is necessary. The different strokes are very different from each other. They cater to very different people. Because of people like michael phelps, who can do almost every stroke on the international stage, people believe that the strokes are pointless. Though i am not discrediting Emil Zatopek, what he did was amazing. He deserves to be known as the king of distance running.

  • @Mitrabcn Yes but he managed it!. And he had never run a competetive marathon before

  • @Minkymoo222 - When Phelps wins an OpenWater title to go with 800m and 1500m or anyone else then he will be as good. And not before :-)

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