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Classic Olympic Highlights from the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games as Ann Packer wins the women's 800m gold medal for Great Britain.
Despite being a very versatile athlete, at the Tokyo 1964 Games, Ann Packer decided to concentrate her efforts on the 400m and then, almost as an after-thought, entered the 800m, another event in which she had little experience but lots of potential.
Packer set a European record in the 400m final, but had to be content with a silver medal behind the Australian Betty Cuthbert, who had sprinted clear and held on, despite Packer closing in the final stages. The British athlete turned now to the longer distance, but was not confident of matching that medal-winning performance.
She could finish only fifth in the opening heat, scraping into the next round, and was then third in her semi-final. Feeling tired, and lacking confidence, Packer considered missing the final entirely to go shopping. But she was inspired by her fiancé, athlete Robbie Brightwell, who had finished a disappointing fourth in the men's 400m final and was despondent on missing out on a medal.
And so, to cheer him up, Packer decided to race anyway. The race was led from the start by the French athlete Maryvonne Dupureur, who broke away from the pack and held first place for most of its distance. Behind her, though, Packer moved up from eighth, to sixth, to third and then overtook Dupureur with 70 metres to go, holding on to win in a new world record time. "It was so easy, I could not believe I had won," said Packer afterwards. "I knew nothing about the event and that probably helped."
It was a triumph that appeared to set up this exceptional athlete for a glittering sporting future. Instead, Packer retired from competition at the age of just 22. She married Robbie - who had won his own medal with a silver in the 4x400m relay - and they had three sons - one became a 400m runner, the other two became professional footballers.
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You can't imagine what it was like watching it live. A British woman winning a track gold medal was something we'd dreamed about for so long. I still get emotional about it now.
I watched it live, as a 7-y-o kid in the north of England. And I remember watching it live too. A thrilling race. We watched on the BBC with superb commentary from the great BBC sports commentator, David Coleman. I still don't think I've ever seen such a sprint finish from a female athlete as Ann Packer's run here.
Fantastic memories.
I was 10. I remember my father yelling at the screen in excitement. And that David Coleman commentary.
Great athletic performance and thrilling filmmaking! The entire event covered in one single unbroken shot. Amazing! A candle lit for the camera operator who shot this.
This is from a time when women running was a rare sight. Many female runners trained in their spare time, or in secret, because no one encouraged it. Many didn't have coaches, most just ran because they loved the sport, and didn't have much of an athletic foundation with rules and form focus. With everything they were up against, those women were pretty fabulous.
Still after all these years, this is an electric performance. :-)
Thank you "Olympics" for bringing this film to us
Thanks for uploading this - wonderful historical film. Yes ladies running style has changed but that's the way they used to run. Packer's burst of speed is even more impressive in this film than the TV footage.
What a finish from Packer. She came from nowhere and blew the field away
She was in a different class to all the others
When Ann came to win in the end a huge smile appeared on my face!
Amazing performance and with such little fuss at the end! So different to today.
Absolutely amazing run by Ann when you watch this in crystal clarity. She was so easy in her sprint, I think she could easily have run two or three seconds faster. In today's conditions, she could easily have been a 1:55 runner.
Yes she retired after Tokyo. She could have tun a much faster time had she carried on!! But there is more to life than gold medald❤️
Same as Keely Hodgkinson...
2:01 is world class even today.1964 cinder track. 1964 shoes. 1964 training knowledge.Easily she gives any of todays' women a run for their money if she had those advantages.
Agreed. That cinder track looked fairly chewed up. She would probably have run 1:59 on a modern synthetic track. It was also a tactical race. She was in lane 3 running around the last bend. Packer had great speed, she was in the British 4x100 team that won a bronze medal at the European championships. She was also an amateur. She had started work as a teacher and had to fit in her job with training. As a professional with more stamina work, she might have been quite good.
@@waterboys3001 100m & 800m! Can't be many capable of that!
'And on the inside of her, a pretty little girl' lol
Magnificent Olympics for Ann
Magnificent finish
I remember only another athlete running a world record at the first international competition: the legend Emil Zatopek.
Now just imagine what Ann would have become if she would not have stopped immediately after this Olympics at 22 y.o.
Wow 2:01 for a women back in 1964 is pretty good.
@Clean Up On Aisle 3 mmmmm on a tartan track..an ran on a RUBBISH cinder track,,,,,big difference!!!!!!!!!
Something so iconic about the choice of film and mode of filming.
Wish our athletes still wore those classic colours as well!
Wow this lady was quite stunning!
Go Ann!!!
Anne Packer the 400m runner 🏃 with a huge burst of speed.
makes you wonder what Ann Packer could have done had she not retired at 22
Beautiful
she is very beautiful and elegant.
that is exactly what I was going to write. Yes she is beautiful and elegant. :) Heck of a kick too. She passed on the outside and blew everybody away. Awesome.
Great that you included the national anthem and flags at the end, you should do that in more videos
Please also upload the coverage of the women's 400m final from the same games, where Cuthbert beats Packer.
My mum used to go on about the commentator getting over excited about Packer winning this, but he seems so reserved listening to him in hindsight. Maybe it is the fog of memory, or maybe she was listening to a different commentator but great win anyway Ann Packer, forever GB gold.
Smoothmicra was it specifically this commentator?
It was David Colman- bbc
A perfect sport woman.
She was upset in the 400 by the legendary Betty Cuthbert, who ran an absolutely perfect race.
One of GBR's finest hours and the greatest race of all 800 metre races. And for romance, straight into the arms of fiance Robbe Brightwell.
Anne Packer... simply wonder
Very fast finish, she had only done six 800’s. Had she more experience, I think she would be the first under 2 minutes. She was expected to win the 400m instead, but came second, in a great race to the great Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 1956 ( 3 golds) who stepped up from retirement, and in distance 8 years later to win . Cannot find that full race though. Cuthbert 4 golds in four different events... not done before by a female. Carl. Lewis may have, I think.
I've uploaded Cuthbert's 400m win.
It would have been much better to have given us a wide shot to get the perspective instead of close-ups the whole time.
I get so moved by this race in the movie Tokyo Olympiad (source of this footage). The way the race moves through several people in the lead, the way Anne does that fearless, completely free burn at the end, down to the look of release and joy on her face crossing the tape. I also love that the footage starts out with her, due to her placement.
Oh, and biting her lip while on the podium is adorable.
No kneeling here
"A very pretty little girl."
Different times...
What a beautiful gal. Great run from her
Great race. They were fighters.
New Zealand 800 women Bronze and 800 mens gold !
Well, she did everything wrong and still won gold and set a world record. She was hopelessly boxed in at the back of the pack approaching the final turn. She then slows down to come round the field. Runs the bend in lane three. If she had used the right tactics maybe sub-2 min might have happened.
It was only her 7th 800 meters. She was a 400 meters specialist
ANN PACKER is my friends grandmother
BTW, this is NOT David Coleman's commentary.!
Second!She is fast
Beautiful woman.
Was this the 1st time for 800m in olympics . Women were considered to weak to go further than 400m in the past. How wrong they were.
Women ran the 800 in 1928, but several collapsed at the finish. So, they halted the event until 1960.
Near lack of commentary wonderful compared to nowadays when the BBC finds it necessary to take at least two dozen commentators to any Meet. "Pretty little thing" ha ha you'll not get away with that nowadays.
Even so David Coleman' s commentary was great as ever. Perhaps if that could be dubbed on to this that would make a great combination.
The commentary is fake, not live. It was added to the documentary. Not as bad as the Men's 100m though...
Runners' arm movements were very unnatural back then... very artificially low
@@robertluong220 upper body strength wasn’t emphasized.
So this gal, who had virtually no prior experience running the 800, enters the race on a whim and wins an Olympic gold medal and breaks the world record? LOL, just shows how much the sport has evolved over the past several decades. Also the absence of any east African runners in an event like this is something not likely to be seen for generations to come.
That said, her time was 2:01.1, but I'd be interested to know her split times. It was surely a negative split, another rarity in the modern 800.
PongGod At about 1:48 the stadium announcer can be heard saying: "Yon-hyaku metoru wa, go-juu-hachi byou, roku." = "400m, 58.6 seconds".
BillySolH Then the 58.6 split must have been for the leader, so I'm guessing Packer was probably closer to 1:00 as she was a bit back in the pack at that point. Probably not a negative split, but almost even times between the two laps which is still rather uncommon these days.
PongGod Makes sense, yes.
+PongGod why everyone talk about east africans werent allowed to. run this woman run 201 on a track thats slower than track now with the gears and track now that would probably be 158 and she didnt train like how pros trained now so doesnt make sense comparing plus russian beat the east africans in 800m regularly
+PongGod and also since 1992 4 Europeans won olympics gold which is 75%of gold from 92-12
Time?
Patrick Stewart sent me here too!
Basically zero training for the event and ran a world record time.
68 age now was 12 then remember it well class🐱
Ann was in a lousy position with 200 metres to go, but the last 100 was very impressive and I liked her form too.
The commentator was proper old school though. "Inside her, a very pretty little girl..." Just imagine Steve Cram saying that on the BBC today!
Nothing wrong with being "old school."
I had no idea haha! Wow XD
David rudisha won the 800m final ??
Patrick Stewart sent me here
aye Captain!
Ive talked to her
No frippery delighted to have won great memory today mr bolt prancing and preening your a runner end of but the world today look at me look at me what did you perform a miracle did you stop wars no your a runner and yes you broke records but not with humility 😀
I am just glad the prettiest girl won...2018 it is usually the manliest.
"...a very pretty little girl..."
So patronising! She was only winning for her man! Who underachieved. She retired at 22? Maybe Brightwell couldn't stand the competition.
This makes me feel ashamed of my 2:40 :(
oh ight ...
dominate i mean
im not saying she is the most beautiful woman in the world ever... Im just watching !
Queen Charlotte?
Whooohooi!
She is British not American you don't have shout Woohoo
The female Billy Mills.
@SubMan I think you got my point.
Really interesting listening to the commentating, it sounds so dated lol
this was back when the furthest distance that women could run was 800m since guys thought that running further would damage womens reproductive organs lol. Thankfully they were allowed to run whatever they wanted to over time
And the doping didn't ruin them? And other athletes?
that form is off putting
Your form could be very "beautiful" but nobody is gonna remember you for that. lol
They made History. They went to the olympics, not you. lol
このレースは、世界新記録樹立という素晴らしいものだが、もし🇰🇵辛金丹（シム・キムタン）が出場出来ていれば、🇬🇧パッカーの🥇は無かった筈で複雑な気分にさせられる。辛金丹は１９６３年に２分の壁を破っており、最終的には、1.58.0まで記録を伸ばし、🇩🇪ミュンヘン五輪当時の公認世界記録よりも上だった。北朝鮮がオリンピックに対抗するガネフォ（第三世界の新興国競技大会、インドネシア、中華人民共和国等）に参加していた為、出場が許されなかった訳だが、彼女は参加すべく、日本に来ていた。真の世界一決戦が観たかったのは、私だけでは無かったと思う。残念で仕方がない。
Thank you for that.
Before the Eastern Bloc countries started using steroids!
Terrible camera work, never showed whole field. But great race by Ann. This is the time when the pretty females looked like females.
Women those days had good sense. They knew this was an athletics field, so they showed up in true athletics gear. Today women mistake the athletics field for a swimming pool and show up in bikinis and bras ...so ugly!
Their form is horrible lol
Ann Packer of England .... such ignorance.
back in those days when black people dont over take the running
All white athletes I noticed.
The 800 in the next Olympics was won by a Black woman.
@0:12 "Inside her is a very pretty little girl". Dreadful commentator, not just for that remark, which must have been questionable even in 1964, but for the whole race in general.