I was in the stadium for this, and in fact all the track evenings. A golden era of 400m running, that's for sure. Great memories from Barcelona. Feels like a more innocent time.
M'eh. It's an event that gives average runners a chance at gold and if a baton change gets fouled up you can get disqualified. It will never be better than the 100m sprint
@@A-small-amount-of-peas There's not enough time to build up dramatic tension in that race. In the 200 and 400, the races are short enough that everyone is still sprinting, but long enough that dynamics can develop over the course of the run. The 4x400 takes what is good about the longer sprints and adds all the complexities of relay matchups to it.
Whoever was responsible for conceiving that Vallmon-Watts 1-2 lineup deserves a medal. Those two were LETHAL. Same lineup the following year when they obliterated the world record again, but having the two of them lead the relay was something brilliant, especially since you’d think Watts, having won the Olympic title, would have been put up last. 43.1 for his split. Amazing
Nothing peculiar about that upright stance. Bailey used it in the 1996 100m gold win, and it was the most beautiful stride and posture ever. Michael and Donovan are beautiful to watch.
Michael did not run the individual 400m at these Olympics. He was heavily favored to win the 200 but IIRC didn't even make the final due to food poisoning. Michael was put in the relay at the last minute, probably not best to have him anchor. In 1996, Michael suffered a slight muscle pull at the end of the 200m and told the US coaches he would not be available for relays. Yes, he did anchor in 2000 but of course that team was retroactively disqualified.
@@helpinghal yup-people forget that Michael Johnson was initially a 200m specialist, it sure helped the U.S cause when you have 2 other Olympic 400m gold medalists on your team with Steve Lewis and Quincy Watts!
@@docpj72 if memory serves, there was some grumbling about Michael being put on the 4x400 relay in 1992 at the last minute. Michael's answer:. "Any of you guys ever beat me at 400 meters?".
@@helpinghal From what I heard Michael Johnson had to be talked into doing the relay by his teammates as he wanted to drop out because he wasn’t anywhere near fully fit because of his food poisoning. If he didn’t the USA would’ve probably brought in Kevin Young.
Dream final of Quincy Watts and Michael Johnson in the 1992 Olympics. Possible world record?? Had Johnson been 100% they would have destroyed the world record 4x400m relay.
UV gotta respect Regis on the last leg for team GB he would run 1 4x400m relay a year n if my memory serves me right in the Tokyo w/Champs he ran 43.7sec for his leg of the relay I wonder what he managed here in Barcelona? 3rd place with 3 specialists at 400m n a world class 200m sprinter to make up the team is mighty competitive in my eyes. I'd love to see a world class field of a 4x300m race now that wud be interesting..
Good bronze for GB. Not much they could have done - that was a good Cuban team who set a Cuban record in the heats that still stands. Had Redmond been fit, he could have replaced Akabusi and probably got silver. But that's history.
Barcelona was the best performance of Cuba in Olympic games of all time. That relay 4x400, except Roberto Hernandez, the runner who closed the relay, the others were not great runners, but they were a relay very coupled, and that day ran very well. Cuba also won Bronze in the 4x100 and it was exactly the same. They trained a lot for those games.
What a huge joy see new records, But still more joy to see U.S.A winning, I was amazed at cubans ,they are looking competitive , congratulations to them too,, and to U.S.A brother Great Britain , My respect also, Thank you Great Britain for sending the pilgrims this way, Look how great this England descendant Nation have become, Because, IN GOD WE TRUST, 🇬🇧🇺🇸.
I presume this David Grindley , The British 2nd runner got injuries or something as apparently he was the fastest British teenager ever with a time of 44.47 seconds? Yet he was never again running for Britain it seems after 1992
Akabussi was half a second slower than all but Black on the first leg, probably cost us a silver, should have let Richardson run. We were well off our best though, a 2:59.73 is miles off the winning time and three seconds slower than the UK record. And Coleman is wrong about Regis, he'd run the 400m a few times including the worlds in '91 and 1990 at the Europeans IIRC
@@timrobinson100 Don't shout dickhead!, he was wrong, he was not a novice at all, he was already an international 400m runner and had been so for a couple of years, he was already a 200m specialist and if he was good enough to run at world level then his 'novice' tag by Coleman is a nonsense.
The late David Coleman's reaction was a little bit delayed simply due to the emphatic nature of the victory, but I thought he hit the right tone. His knowledge of and passion for athletics was second to none.
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I was in the stadium for this, and in fact all the track evenings. A golden era of 400m running, that's for sure. Great memories from Barcelona. Feels like a more innocent time.
The 4x400 is the best Olympic event and always will be. Fight me.
Yes
It’s the Decathlon
Can’t fight the truth !
M'eh. It's an event that gives average runners a chance at gold and if a baton change gets fouled up you can get disqualified.
It will never be better than the 100m sprint
@@A-small-amount-of-peas There's not enough time to build up dramatic tension in that race. In the 200 and 400, the races are short enough that everyone is still sprinting, but long enough that dynamics can develop over the course of the run.
The 4x400 takes what is good about the longer sprints and adds all the complexities of relay matchups to it.
regis you still done good
Whoever was responsible for conceiving that Vallmon-Watts 1-2 lineup deserves a medal. Those two were LETHAL. Same lineup the following year when they obliterated the world record again, but having the two of them lead the relay was something brilliant, especially since you’d think Watts, having won the Olympic title, would have been put up last. 43.1 for his split. Amazing
Steve Lewis was a beast. Shame that injuries cut his career short.
Wonderful to hear the late Davis Coleman commentary again.
That would be David Coleman, a Legend.
But since when is a baton a batten? Lol
Michael Johnson is the best ever
he still has the fastest 400 meter in a relay ever with a 42.9 split .....
Agreed, but ironically he had the slowest split of the entire US team in this race, LOL! He was sick at these Games though.
They had to pull the camera so far back to catch the 2nd and 3rd place runners in the frame, it was like watching Secretariat win the Belmont.
Thus is the greatest race in the whole olympics
Johnson ran the third leg. Incredible!
Love it ! Thanks for the upload 😊
Amazing performance so beautifull congratulations deserve your team, watching from Greece ❤❤❤
Nothing peculiar about that upright stance. Bailey used it in the 1996 100m gold win, and it was the most beautiful stride and posture ever. Michael and Donovan are beautiful to watch.
It's peculiar because it's rare.
The glory days of track and field of the USA.
Que grandes Atletas son los Cubanos❤ que carrera son geniales Grande Cuba .
Tremendo fue eso
Jeremy Wariner is my GOAT but I swear that I could watch Michael Johnson every day all day. I love his running style. Effortless.
Jeremy is beautiful to watch and he had so much style. I wish we talked about him more.
@@Mehrunissah93 the next Biggest 400 meter Us runner after Harry Butch Reynolds , MJ and Quincy Watts / Andrew Valmon . 5 Legends
That's Eddie Murphy!!
😂😂😂😂😂
Wariner was never as good as Johnson.
Think about this: Michael Johnson, probably the best 400 runner in history, anchored the 4x400 in one Olympic Games.
Michael did not run the individual 400m at these Olympics. He was heavily favored to win the 200 but IIRC didn't even make the final due to food poisoning. Michael was put in the relay at the last minute, probably not best to have him anchor. In 1996, Michael suffered a slight muscle pull at the end of the 200m and told the US coaches he would not be available for relays. Yes, he did anchor in 2000 but of course that team was retroactively disqualified.
@@helpinghal yup-people forget that Michael Johnson was initially a 200m specialist, it sure helped the U.S cause when you have 2 other Olympic 400m gold medalists on your team with Steve Lewis and Quincy Watts!
@@docpj72 if memory serves, there was some grumbling about Michael being put on the 4x400 relay in 1992 at the last minute. Michael's answer:. "Any of you guys ever beat me at 400 meters?".
@@helpinghal From what I heard Michael Johnson had to be talked into doing the relay by his teammates as he wanted to drop out because he wasn’t anywhere near fully fit because of his food poisoning. If he didn’t the USA would’ve probably brought in Kevin Young.
Even a subpar Michael Johnson looked pretty dammed good to me!
amazing race for 2nd and 3rd
Dream final of Quincy Watts and Michael Johnson in the 1992 Olympics. Possible world record?? Had Johnson been 100% they would have destroyed the world record 4x400m relay.
They destroyed it the following season in the world championships.
UV gotta respect Regis on the last leg for team GB he would run 1 4x400m relay a year n if my memory serves me right in the Tokyo w/Champs he ran 43.7sec for his leg of the relay I wonder what he managed here in Barcelona? 3rd place with 3 specialists at 400m n a world class 200m sprinter to make up the team is mighty competitive in my eyes. I'd love to see a world class field of a 4x300m race now that wud be interesting..
MJ was around 43.2 on his relay splits .....42.9 is the ultimate record
And Akabusi was a hurdler. Was very impressive from Akabusi and Regis.
Yes regis was a high 43 low 44 relay splitter
Regis was class
Just where does Cuba get its magnificent athletes from.
i would assume Cuba 🤷🏾♀️
From the same genes the Americans got them. All 4 of them were African-Caribbean descendant. From Africa my friend!!!
And also....the anchor athlete was nothing less than Roberto Hernandez (RIP)....a world class athlete at that time.
Cuba
Oh no! This is a kill me event, the guys can run 😭. Absolutely stunning 🥰 USA can race lord. 😊
Good bronze for GB. Not much they could have done - that was a good Cuban team who set a Cuban record in the heats that still stands. Had Redmond been fit, he could have replaced Akabusi and probably got silver. But that's history.
Barcelona was the best performance of Cuba in Olympic games of all time. That relay 4x400, except Roberto Hernandez, the runner who closed the relay, the others were not great runners, but they were a relay very coupled, and that day ran very well. Cuba also won Bronze in the 4x100 and it was exactly the same. They trained a lot for those games.
For them, sure, but with a time that was standard in the mid sixties
John regis was a tank he split high 43 a few times in the 1991 world championship he ran 44.2 and in this 4x400 he ran 44.7
I’d have put Redmond in before Regis
What a huge joy see new records, But still more joy to see U.S.A winning, I was amazed at cubans ,they are looking competitive , congratulations to them too,, and to U.S.A brother Great Britain , My respect also, Thank you Great Britain for sending the pilgrims this way, Look how great this England descendant Nation have become, Because, IN GOD WE TRUST, 🇬🇧🇺🇸.
..."thank you Great Britain"......seriously??
It’s not the English descendants that make the U.S. a eat athletic nation.
@@ricardogonzalez1894 It didn't appear out of nowhere, who do you think established it?
@skinnytinny9023 The history talks by itself. A lot of obscure techniques and access to substances unable to get detected.
3:39 Holy shit! That music at the end though, is that Queen??! lmao
Yes it was
No. Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé.
Breathtakingly amazing
It was the 'Barcelona' song that was a sort of official song of the '92 games.
Cuba por Latinoamérica 🇨🇺🙋♂️
I presume this David Grindley , The British 2nd runner got injuries or something as apparently he was the fastest British teenager ever with a time of 44.47 seconds? Yet he was never again running for Britain it seems after 1992
Must admit, completely forgot about Grindley!
Just checked.
He's now an airline pilot.
I suppose 'going fast', is in his DNA...
Sadly his career was destroyed by injuries, which seem to have been the curse of so many British 400m runners over the years.
Andrew Valmon:NJ NATIVE FROM Manchester
1:29 "And the Kenyans 🇰🇪have gone off the track!!!!!!"😂😂😂
Jermano Mayfield 😂😂😂😂 leave ‘me alone
@@dsw_heelskill9013 ok lol but it was so funny lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Michael Johnson always looked so stiff in the neck when he ran (to me).
U.S. men own the 4 x 4
interesting video
Big up my USA
Some of the exchanges look worse than a JH Track Team. Facing the outside of the track? Not sliding down as the stick comes in?
Did look like amateur hour .
Is it me? When johnson gets into turn 3 he looks like he has a miss step.
He tripped on the rail
Yeah I saw that before coming to the comments.
Did America’s first leg run a 42
1st leg 44.5, 2nd 43.1,3rd 44.8 anchor 43.6
Geezer. Dude was rollin
Big mistake! Chris should have anchored the lads home.
michael johnson runs like forrest gump
To this day, I strongly believe the Americans were not clean at all!!!
Akabussi was half a second slower than all but Black on the first leg, probably cost us a silver, should have let Richardson run. We were well off our best though, a 2:59.73 is miles off the winning time and three seconds slower than the UK record.
And Coleman is wrong about Regis, he'd run the 400m a few times including the worlds in '91 and 1990 at the Europeans IIRC
HE DIDNT SAY HE HADNT RUN [ HE SAID HE WAS A COMPARITVE NOVICE
@@timrobinson100 Don't shout dickhead!, he was wrong, he was not a novice at all, he was already an international 400m runner and had been so for a couple of years, he was already a 200m specialist and if he was good enough to run at world level then his 'novice' tag by Coleman is a nonsense.
thats what i said you prick [
@@timrobinson100 you should change your tone sir.
@@tonyfranklin8306 you should change your tone sir.
Always interesting hearing these broadcasts from other countries. USA setting world record - meh.
What do you expect the commentator to do?
The late David Coleman's reaction was a little bit delayed simply due to the emphatic nature of the victory, but I thought he hit the right tone. His knowledge of and passion for athletics was second to none.
agreed 100%@@travelenglishlistening5198
David Coleman probably the best sports commentator of all time
Los superhombres superdopados
Yes Sir!! Even Michael Johnson
ВСЕ В ДОПИНГЕ.ТОГДА НИКТО НЕ КОНТРОЛИРОВАР.ВАДА НЕБЫЛО
the battle wasn't for second and third place. It was for second place.
Derek Redmond spoiled England's chances with his individual 400m.
I was in the stadium for that iconic father/son moment I'm sure he'd rather have been in the relay.
👏👏👏👏
4×100m women sydney 2000 olympics
None of them are slim, how they could possibly run that fast with such weight🤔🙄
because all of their weight is pure muscle, gotta have muscle for speed like that
You're overlooking how they added all that lean muscle weight, lol.
Thats what happens when you have an arm a leg and a foot on the opposition
Why is America so good in track??
Because of massiv doping!
@renard69ful you can say the same thing about swimming and cycling
black guys
Our college/university T&F system is the best in the world. It's the reason so many international athletes come to train and attend school here.
The university system here. American universities train athletes worldwide.
Aah yes, back in the day when the Cuban's were massively doping.
Bad video (very fuzzy) for the 90’s.
Homerism announcer. Obvious that a new world record was going to be set, but his focus is on his home country runner from Britain.
Maybe you didn't know that the previous year at the WC England won gold and Americans got silver. The commentator had great expectations for a reason!
and of course an american commentator would never be biased towards an american athlete would they
yet as he should have been and he him self was a great man
Ni
1991 was better.