Steve Ovett - 1 mile 1979

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Uploaded by on Jan 6, 2009

1979: In a great race against Thomas Wessinghage of Germany, Steve Ovett runs his first sub 3:50 mile not long after Coe set his first WR in the mile of 3:49.0 (3:48.95 auto).

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  • You're welcome dahby79.

  • Yeah, thanks mate. We're lucky too that it's of such high quality and clarity. (Just kidding)

  • Heh. It would be great to have some of the old races in HD, wouldn't it?

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  • I thought he'd break Coe's record here. He actually broke 2 records for the mile, a few other 3.49 miles and 2 or 3 world 1500m records.

  • c palace was a very slow track - so it was a fantastic run

  • Thanks for the video,milerman.

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