Michael Johnson 400m 1996 Olympics

Michael Johnson's 400m final at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The first half of his historic double.

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[Nolan Gaudreau]

I always think Eddie Murphy when I watch Johnson.

[alterbridgegod]

this guy is a legend. hes great on the bbc athletics coverage too.

[Velo222able]

I just get the feeling, every time I watch Michael Johnson run, that he was using drugs in some way, shape, or form. Just look at his body in this video, even right at the beginning. It's just too unnatural -- just like his running technique.

I want to believe he did it totally legit, but it's almost impossible for me to believe. I don't doubt that he worked hard, and trained hard. But his body itself, and his running, looks completely mechanical and artificial.

[Radafi Blacks]

you must feel like a fool now son

[Fasukuwa Kamanda]

My 4x100 team cant even get 43s that's crazy only 1 person does it

[2011hwalker]

Kirana James, Luguelín Santos, Quincy Watts...

[ohsnapiam59]

Watching him always gets me emotional...he is so beautiful to watch.

[CoMpLeXGFX]

There have been a few guys that have gotten down into the 45s in high school. Aldrich Bailey just did it last year.

[Winderman1400]

To all those saying Bolt could never do it in his wildest dreams, remember, bolt ran a 45.35 400m at age 17. Tell me who else you've ever known that did that.

[funk192]

lmao, he so does look like him @ 0:32 xD

[pboora123]

Runs like a terminator.

[edscottable]

yeah that's one of the reasons i didn't like johnson. if he was gonna lose he'd like to pull up lame. also he used to talk about carl lewis like carl wasn't shit and was a has been. carl was the last of the great track and field guys.