Steve Ovett-Seb Coe. Heats,Semis and Final - 800m, 1980 Olympic Games (plus interviews).

We've all seen the 1980 800 metres final umpteen times,but probably not in sequence with the heats and semis? Looking at these clips ,Ovett's later claim that he was so pumped up that had the 800/1500 finals been the other way around he'd have won the 15 and lost the 8 seem a fairly justifiable comment. He oozed confidence as opposed to a tense looking Coe ,who, it seems,almost needed the kick up the backside from losing to spur him on to a famous victory a week later in the longer distance. The press had already decided Coe would win the 800 and Ovett the 1500 before the games had started....it didn't quite work out like that......

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Sports

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• Steve Ovett
• Seb Coe
• Sebastian Coe
• 1980 Olympic Games
• Moscow
• 800 metres
• Olympic Final
• Gold Medal
• Track and Field
• Athletics
• Coe-Ovett

[linglingjr]

arrisippy you have some awesome videos, I'm curious why there are barely any videos of Wes santee? he was a huge competitor for the sub four mile so why aren't there any videos?

[ARRISIPPY]

@linglingjr I've seen one short clip of him attempting a mile WR between Bannister and Landy's first sub fours,which he obviously missed. Not sure why there isn't more footage of him about.Most of the sports reports back then were pre TV and therefore recorded for heavily edited cinema news clips. Perhaps the US news reels weren't kept for posterity as one would hope,or maybe they're still sitting in an archive somewhere? Glad you like the videos! Steve

[ollie705]

you have surpassed yourself..please more heats and interviews.. thanks ;)

[ARRISIPPY]

@ollie705 thanks for the kind words...you're right'....took me hours this, one and my original cut ended up at nearly half an hour! I'd like to do similar with the Moscow 1500's,but it'll have to wait till I have a few spare hours! Cheers!

[SuperBigizz]

how lucky we were to have ovett and coe.....the best of the best  thank you for so good and giveing us all so much

[martynhanson]

Looking at the heats and semis it occurred to me if Coe had fallen they would have said he would have done the double (cast iron they would have said)

[cegtown]

This is a wonderful clip. Thank you so much for posting it.

[superdons88]

great stuff, such a vivid memory of my youth

[nicolrobertbaird]

sincere thanks arrisippy, seeing this on youtube is like throwing on an old pair of jeans and finding 20 quid in the pocket....it was only within the last few months that the FULL 800m final was posted, there's so much more here. when i first heard ovett say "he wanted to go home" after this final i thought it was sour grapes but it fits with what you see, he looks so focussed/single-minded throughout each race then seems relaxed during the interview, who knows?? 2 legends all the same!

[yellcarreon]

ur the best bro! thanks for this video!

[99run4it99]

just wanted to give u a huge thanks. i look every morning to see if u have upload any more great videos. the 80's were the best running era.