Allan Wells

Film made for Motherwell AC when Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Allan Wells visisted the club.

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[tophatandmonocle]

Don't matter what wind was....still and always an olympic champ regardless of who was or wasn't there in the final with him!

[LadyyBird2809]

OMG Allan Wells Is My HeadMaster!!

Mr.Wells Bless Him.

He Looked SO young then

[bigrab60]

about Wells and the Americans in 1980, did he not beat them at a meeting in Austria not long after the olympics. A Scottish icon.

[TheEctomorph]

[Continuing on from my previous 'post' about Mr Allan Wells]: the American athletics team of 1980 had competed in Moscow. With regard to James Sandford, I think that 'Wellsy' would have found it somewhat more difficult to beat him ...... but I would honestly say that, had that American sprinter had the opportunity to compete in the 1980 Olympics, his chances of beating the big Scotsman would have been no higher than 50:50.

Allan Wells was a superb sprinter in his heyday.

[TheEctomorph]

[Continuing on from my previous 'post' about Mr Allan Wells] Jim Hines (who succeeded Hayes as Olympic 100 metres champion). No disrespect to Mr Sandford and Mr Floyd, but I would even say that they were inferior sprinters to Valeriy Borzov (the 1972 Olympic sprint champion at both 100 and 200 metres, whose personal best for the short sprint was 10.07).

It is my firm belief that Allan Wells would have beaten Stanley Floyd (who was still only a teenager at the time) in the 1980 Olympics, if

[TheEctomorph]

[Continuing on from my previous 'post' about Mr Allan Wells] they are correct. At the end of the 1970/beginning of the 1980's, American sprinting was going through a somewhat fallow period. If my memory serves me correctly, the two top sprinters from the U.S.A. - at that particular time - were Mr James Sandford and Mr Stanley Floyd. Although they were both fine sprinters, I would not say that they were in the same class as Bob Hayes (the 1964 Olympic sprint champion) or

[TheEctomorph]

[Continuing on from my previous 'post' about Mr Allan Wells]: naturally talented sprinter ever to have set foot on God's Earth (with one notable exception: a 6 foot 5" Jamaican athletic genius by the name of Usain Bolt).

Finally, I would just like to point out that those critics of Allan Wells - who maintain that he would never have won a Gold medal (in the 100m) at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow if he had had to compete against the top American sprinters of the day - cannot prove that

[TheEctomorph]

[Continuing on from my previous 'post' about Mr Allan Wells]: naturally talented sprinter ever to have set foot on God's Earth (with one notable exception: a 6 foot 5" Jamaican athletic genius by the name of Usain Bolt).

Finally, I would just like to point out that those critics of Allan Wells - who maintain that he would never have won a Gold medal (in the 100m) at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow if he had had to compete against the top American sprinters of the day - cannot prove that

[TheEctomorph]

[Continuing on from my previous 'post' about Mr Allan Wells]: to beat Allan Wells by about one-and-a-half metres. However, on that slow Moscow track - in decidedly adverse weather conditions - it is extremely unlikely that the burly Florida speedster would have been able to run faster than 10.10 secs. And, in saying that, I am fully aware of Hayes' reputation for sprinting excellence. Many knowledgeable athletics pundits and writers consider him to have been the most

[TheEctomorph]

[Continuing on from my previous 'post' about Mr Allan Wells]: have managed to run 10.20 or 10.22 in those conditions - and, when I say that, I am referring to Borzov at the peak of his powers. (By 1980, of course, the great Ukranian sprinter was way past his prime as an athlete, and had in fact retired from competition.)

If the great American sprinter of the early/mid 1960's, Mr Robert ["Bob"] Hayes had been 21 years of age in 1980 - instead of 1964 - he would probably have been able

[TheEctomorph]

[Continuing on from my previous 'post' about Mr Allan Wells]:

When one takes into account all the factors that I have mentioned in this 'post', it becomes clear that Wells' winning time of 10.25 seconds was very respectable, if not brilliant. Indeed, it would have taken a great sprinter to have run the 100m in under 10.20 seconds in that race, on that track - given the decidedly unfavourable weather conditions that prevailed. I would even say that the excellent Valeriy Borzov would only

[TheEctomorph]

[Continuing on from my previous 'post' about Mr Allan Wells) respectable indeed. One has to remember, too that the 1980 Olympic track was not 'fast' - not by today's standards, at any rate. Admittedly, the Moscow track was nowhere near as bad as the track that had been used for the Tokyo Olympics, 16 years previously ...... but it certainly wasn't good. It was much less conducive (to fast sprinting times) than the track which was used for the 2008 Olympic Games, just a few years ago.