1976 Olympic 1500m Final

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fr556 | September 24, 2006

Montreal 1500, 1976. John Walker of New Zealand wins.

fr556 | September 24, 2006

Montreal 1500, 1976. John Walker of New Zealand wins.

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  • GO Walker Hes The Man!! Dont Lie He Just Is!

  • John Walker is a legend.1st man to run 100 sub 4 minute miles.

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  • @futuremodal ovett was only really an 800 runner in 76, 77 was his first year training for the 1500

  • @KingLiopleurodon Thanks. I did not know that Ovett was in the 1500 semis. What was the reason he didn't make the final, e.g. just ran poorly or did something happend aka did a Jim Ryun-like fall? Personally, I think this race was Coghlans if he'd just gone wide the last 100. Too bad about van Damme, would've been fun to see him in his prime against Coe and Ovett in their respective primes.

  • that will be nick willis in two years...

  • @raysalsa1 Nah, he was coached by Arch Jelly.

  • @mooca513 you know if arthur lydiard was his coach?

  • @Wouldman2 I'd like to add -there was NEVER an immigration stance to not let blacks in NZ. NZ has always been very multicultural. Your facts are totally false.

  • @Wouldman2 Well actually.. Black is our (NZ) national colour. All our sport teams (most famously the All Blacks rugby team) wear black uniforms. football is the only national team which wears white, to oppose our All Black rugby team.. (All whites..get it?). There was protest in relation to the NZ rugby tour of south africa, resulting in the boycott of the olympics by the africas - however the black singlet of walker had no relation to this.

  • I guess the young kids don't know about why John wore the Black outfit. he chose it for his personal protest to the people wanting him banned from the Olympics beause of N.Z.'s immigration stance to not allow Blacks in. Team events use National colour or matching uniforms, but runners get numbers and John wore all Black to make a point. Check out the Soccer game today on TV, one fan from N.Z. wore all Black and waved a banner that read "All White" . FIFA let that one slip by.

  • walker is the man

  • 38 second last 300m! monster kick!!!

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