Sprinter Valeri Borzov 100 meters, Olympic Champion

Video of Valeri Borzov 100 meters 1972 & 1976 Olympics

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[JimAsian1]

@58telecaster RF No, I think Valeri Borzov won and would have won even if the 2 other runners were there. The fact that he won the 200 M is proof that Valeri was a winner. and fast But to be honest, who knows? It's all conjecture. Who knows who would have won?

I respect your views.

[58telecaster]

the US sprinters won the 4x100 in a walk.

[58telecaster]

Eddie hart and Ray Robinson (both from the Univ. of Alabama) would have probably finished 1/2, both being faster than either Taylor or Borzov. Their dq was total bullshit. I was there with my father. Crawford came up lame. Borzov earned the 200m outright, but the 100 was a joke.

[TheEctomorph]

@mortella23 I presume that you are referring to the big Trinidadian sprinter, Hasely Crawford (who was running in lane 2). He stopped sprinting in that race because he sustained a painful hamstring injury.

Incidentally, Crawford's 'day in the sun' was to arrive 4 years later - at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada. He became the Olympic 100 metres sprint champion at those games. (His winning time was 10.06 - which was considered very fast indeed back in those days.)

[TheEctomorph]

@BlackFox0911 [continuing on from my previous 'post' about the sprinting ability of Mr Average.]

generous - to Mr 'Average', that is!

Let me take this opportunity to wish you a happy and prosperous 2012.

[TheEctomorph]

@BlackFox0911 [continuing on from my previous 'post' about the sprinting ability of Mr 'Average'.]

back in 1972, the "average Joe" would not have been capable of sprinting 100m in less than 13.70 seconds - even on a top class synthetic track, such as the one that was used for the Munich Olympics. So when I stated that Mr 'Average' would have finished 26 metres behind Valeriy Borzov in a 100 metres sprint race (when the Ukranian sprint superstar was in his prime) I was probably being too

[TheEctomorph]

@BlackFox0911 [continuing on from my previous 'post' about the sprinting ability of Mr 'Average'.]

finished at least 26 METRES behind Valeriy Borzov - the great Ukranian speedster of the 1970's - in that Olympic 100m sprint final in Munich, on 1st September 1972.

It is worth mentioning that back in those days - almost 40 years ago - athletics tracks were not quite as "fast" as they are today - in the early part of the 21st century. Therefore, it is probably true to say that

[TheEctomorph]

@BlackFox0911 LOL! That may not be such bad idea, actually, Mr "BlackFox". Of course, modern athletics tracks (unlike those of 1972) do usually have a extra lane - for the short sprint races.

Let us assume (just for the sake of argument) that Mr 'Average' - in his physical prime between the ages of, say, 22 and 28 - is capable of returning a time of 13.50/13.60 for the 100 metres sprint (electronically timed). That means that the "average Joe" - as you call him - would have

[mortella23]

why did that one guy stop?

[82Bdog]

@6batistabomb LOL true