1972 OG 10K Final (Entire Race)
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- This legendary race features Great Britain's Dave Bedford rocketing out to a blistering 60-second first lap, setting the stage for an unforgettable battle for Olympic gold. The video captures every thrilling lap of the competition, along with estimated split times for all 25 laps around the track.
Witness history as Lasse Virén of Finland smashes the World Record, leaving a trail of shattered national records in his wake. This masterpiece of distance running will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish!
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Amazing Athlete, in the pantheon of long distance runners, he ranks alongside all of them, Nurmi, zatopek, Gebrselassie, Bekele, and farah.
The greatest distance race of all time.
Bedford, Puttemans, Viren, Shorter, Gammoudi and Yifter etc - all household names when it comes to distance running.
David Coleman and Norris McWhirter provide informed commentary.
I met Lasse Viren two weeks ago. Such a humble man.
How is he? Miten mies jakselee?
what a legend, bless him
@@PaulVinonaama Pysyttelee legendana vaan varmaan 😄
Back then they had to run heats for the 10,000 now they just have the final. This is what makes Viren's performance even more amazing.
Great commentators. Descriptive, colorful, honest and researched. Missing in these times here in the US.
We get "diversity" commentators. They suck
Great race. Bedford very brave. Thank you putting in the splits, huge help
An arrogant idiot who got his tactics totally wrong.
Even American TV at the time showed the entire race live, aside from one commercial break (~1 to 2 minutes) in the middle. Maybe this was because the race was on a Sunday morning, US time. Having Frank Shorter in contention did not hurt either.
To me the most amazing thing was Viren’s fall and exceedingly quick recovery. He seemed to be on the ground for only a couple of seconds. And then, except for the first 100 meters or so after getting up, when he accelerated to regain contact, Viren seemed unperturbed by the fall.
Then there were the stumbles by Puttemans and Viren with one or two laps left. Can you imagine what flashed through their minds at that point?
Emiel Puttemans was overshadowed but equally a great distance runner. He broke the world record in the 5k six days after these games -- 13:13.
He was great in this race. Viren was just a little better.
Yes he was certainly a great runner
Puttemans ran more than ten outdoor and indoor world records in his career.
After 50 years that Lasse Virén's time is still second best time which Finnish runner has ever run on 10 000 meters. He really is a Flying Finn and a rare talent 🦅🇫🇮
Actually the real Flying Finn,omho, is Paavo Nurmi...9 olymipic gold medals.
And he had the master coach
Frank Shorter said of Lasse Viren that he had an amazing gait. The upper body was relaxed and upright never slouching. And that the lower body did all the locomotion without affecting his form, whether he was jogging, running or sprinting. Shorter said that "it was in the RPM's; it was something to watch."
Great runner
I saw both Frank and Lasse lose road races in NJ 2 years apart.
Frank in 1982 at 10K.
Lasse in 1980 at 15K.
@@rentslavebut they won when it mattered 🥇
Yes, Lasse's running form was quite a contrast with that of many of today's great African runners, with their high recovery ("back-kick"). He seems to pull his trailing leg forward relatively close to the ground, as if he's trying to get his foot back on the ground as quickly as possibly. It was a unique style even then, but obviously very efficient even at sprint speeds.
Thanks for putting this up. Viren's drive for home from 630 meters out was amazing.
Glad you enjoyed it
2:29.2 last kilometer.
Yeh. I wonder how Viren could do that?
@@TheAutisticCat Do you not also ask yourself how Puttemans could run a sub 2:30 last kilometre?
I watched this on tv in Munich. The atmosphere during the race was absolutely electric. Bedford really impressed. But the whole race everybody thought Viren was unbeatable. He didn't disappoint.
You fall. You get up and rejoin the pack and take the lead. You win. You set a world record. Tell me this wasn't the greatest race in Olympic history. I'll wait
It is not world record
@@tonder762it was at the time
@@braydonnix134 As a Finn I know it was a European record, not World record
@@tonder762 Being a Finn does not guarantee knowledge. Certainly it was a world record. If you cannot google it yourself, check it here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10,000_metres_world_record_progression
It was world record. It is easy to check if you can use computer.@@tonder762
Fantastic race. Thank you for posting.
Thank you for putting this up ! 👍
many thanks for uploading...superb race!
Awesome stuff. I remember watching this as an 11 year old.
I was 8, as a Finn rooting for Viren, of course. The fall and the win - one of the unforgettable childhood's memories.
ran with Shorter and Viren as a kid in a road race.. Both men generous with their time . Only topped by having met PRE...
What a finnish
Always showed this race to my kids before state XC. Great lessons in this race.
Впечатляет уникальная техника бега Вирена,присущая тольо ему.Кажется,что он бежит в прогулочном темпе.
I was a 14 year old kid watching that race on TV when I realized, Lasse Viren was a MONSTER!
Blood- doper extra-ordinaire.
@@Gerhard2770 Viren's times are slow by todays standards. College students today run faster than Viren. Ive run a 13: 17 for5km. Ive never used any performance enhancement. I lined up against Viren in the late 70's. I can tell you this man was built for running. His rhythm and cadence was what was "extra- ordinaire". His commitment to training was remarkable. He was methodical and so very determined. Perhaps instead of parroting the blood doping smear, consider that years of hard work also lead to fast running. Relentless hill sprints was the only drug I took. If anyone tried to stick a needle in me I would have punched them in the head. Viren's times and performances were entirely possible without enhancement & I am proof of that.
There is an error around 2' It was Naftali Temu, not Mamo Wolde, who won 10,000 in 1968.
Lasse, this run, you fall and win. And new world record. This run can makes the movie…
Lasse, perkele!
14:00 Kaatuu!
29:10 Voittaaaaaaaa!
Great video
Superbe course. C'est une très bonne idée d'afficher les chronos de tous les tours.
Sisulla mentiin. Viren the finnish flash :D
Inspiration, this race as is its winner who inspires.
Shorter last after 2 laps. Ends up 5th. Great pacing.
Would there be any FULL versions available of the 1976 10000m final in Montreal where Viren beat Lopez.
The 10k on the track is one race you need to have patience going balls out and you will pay the price.
I remember these races from when I was a kid. But the American commentary certainly didn't obsess with Bedford like these BBC versions. It was interesting that a world record could fall despite Viren quite obviously slowing the pace to a crawl as soon as he decided to lead at the 17 minute mark. The commentator thought Viren wanted to inject pace. It was exactly the opposite.
I think Viren noticed that Bedford was tending to slow down. The last lap Bedford led was 69s; then 67, 71, 68, 68; certainly no "crawl."
Americans obsessed over Jim Ryan and Pre...
Their running shorts are much better than what the present athletes are wearing!
I'd appreciate if you might have the 1976 Montreal 10000m finale race, the ABC-TV version. It is of interest particularly because Jim McKay, Erich Segal (author of "The Love Story") and legendary miler Marty Liquori brought up the topic of blood doping into the discussion in their commentary, which led the Finnish Olympics delegation to take some legal measures / threats leading the topic not to be discussed a few days later at the 5000m finale.
I had the opportunity to ask Marty Liquori about the topic a few years ago, and he maintained that he didn't want to talk about the topic at all in the studio, and that the conversation was overall more speculative than accusing Lasse Viren (albeit he was evidently the reason why the topic of transfusions arose in the first place).
Funny enough, if I'm remembering right the BBC team talked about the same thing in the 1980 10,000 which also featured Viren. They say something like Viren suddenly went into the hospital just before the Games and "there were one or two knowing smiles among the distance boys" but they also point out that blood doping was legal then. The other Finn who was prominent in that race, Kaarlo Maaninka, later actually admitted he did blood doping. The third Finn in the '80 race was Martti Vainio who would famously win a medal in 1984 only to get busted for regular old doping a few days later. It all puts a bit of a damper on this era of distance running for me, even if some of what they were doing was still legal. But now we doubt any big performance today because we fear it was made possible by EPO so maybe it's all the same.
@@bradoneil536 The BBC 10k race from 1980 in which they mention the alleged hospital visits and "blood exchanges" is actually on TH-cam, at least was still a year-two ago.
@@bradoneil536 th-cam.com/video/JrZpT-LXO-8/w-d-xo.html
From roughly 4:50 onwards
@@bradoneil536 It's pretty common knowledge here in Finland that Viren used blood doping. He has never admitted this but it's pretty clear. There are few reasons, few of his Finnish buddy athletes admitted that they used blood doping and some have even said that Viren did it also. One more reason is that Viren wasn't really that good in Finnish Championships, he has only 2 or 3 gold medals if I remember right. But always just before Olympic Games he was magically over one minute faster and nobody had chances against him. But yeah, blood doping was legal then.
@@MultiJejje That is simply not true. What is true is that Viren was at his best in the Olympic years 1972 and 1976, but his condition lasted for most of the season including the Finnish Championships. Tutki tilastoja, niin huomaat tämän. (Itse olin todistamassa stadionilla kesäkuussa 1976, kun Viren juoksi kympillä maailman kärkiajan, kun olympiakisoihin oli vielä kosolti aikaa. Ei häntä kukaan Kalevan kisoissa voittanut silloin eikä 1972.)
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I had never watched this from the beginning. I had no idea, the complete polar opposite strategy of the 5000 meter race this Olympics. Its almost like some of the runners who doubled (like Bedford) -(who ended with a bronze in the 5K) thought "not going to make that mistake again." I mean a 60 second opening 1/4. No one to this day has averaged 4-minute miles for 6.2 miles.
Bedford did not get bronze in the 5K. He was 12th IIRC.
@@PaulVinonaama @usa26point2mileman - ian stewart (another british athlete like bedford) won bronze in the 5000m.
i have seen this race numbers of times, i think gammoudi would have been without that collision in the top four, he made earlier a few days before 27. 54 and he was a good tactic
Besides, he later got the silver in the 5000m.
Great commentary. David Coleman?
Yep
Bedford was great, but compared to Veren's form Bedford lifted his knees way higher and threw them out more.
It took 6:06 (4:32 race time) before anyone mentioned Virén.
Which is odd, considering that Viren had blown away Bedford, Puttemans, and Ian Stewart in a 2-mile race just a couple of weeks before this, a race in which Viren set a new WR.
18:35 "Certainly Bedford has not taken them along as fast as we expected...and they're now about three seconds outside world record schedule". Seems pretty fast to me!
I remember that many actually waited for the WR to be broken. In those days there were no rabbitted WR trials and many believed that the runners might actually run considerably faster than they had. And on the basis of this race they really might. Viren did get the WR despite his fall and the very uneven pacing. We can only try to guess how fast he (or even Puttemans) might have run if they had put all their effor to a rabbitted WR trial.
@@PaulVinonaama Fair comment!
Interesting to watch the contrasting styles of Bedford and Viren, Bedford looks like he is forcing it the whole way compared to Viren who looks like he is just ticking over. What a different race it would have been had Bedford not led for the first 3k then stuck in a fast 5k and hung on?
Bedford opening 400 in 60 and 2:04 for 800. It sure told everyone in the field the WR and OR was going to be broken that day. Viren’s quick recovery after his fall was amazing.
Bedford couldn't run that way, he had to go hard from the start. Probably more than a little traumatized from the European Championships the year before where he led the whole race until the last lap and finished 5th. In '72 he improved his 400 best to 54.8 which meant if he jumped into that Euro Champs on the last lap he STILL would have finished 5th.
@@PivotalRunning I thought they were dying after the crazy start, they were 10 seconds behind Clarke at 9000 but then Viren REALLY cranked it up.
@@aldopedroso6212 Exactly why he should not have led from the start, should have hung with the pack to around 4 or 5 k then kicked it down, may not have won, or even beaten Puttemans for silver but could defiantly had the bronze. I think he tried to stamp his authority on the race from the start but couldn't quite execute like when he set the world record.
@@johnstirling6597 He wouldn't have beaten Yifter.
Ritmo infernal, salieron para hacer un tiempo por debajo de 27':0", impresionante esta carrera, memorable, es un deleite verla y esta fue en 1972!.
Por debajo de 26'00 el primer kilometro.
Interesting that Viren has longer legs than the other runners and a lower heel kick.
I found that also fascinating
@@fungiformenow A tremendous running action that never wavered even under extreme pressure.
@@gunternetzer9621 yes, it so brings to the mind the action of giraffe in run
@@fungiformenow I see that, smart
How many Olympic medalists and World Record setters in this race, eh?
Virén's fall at 14:00.
AND HE STILL SET A WORLD RECORD!!!
Worst commentators ever! (They forgot he fell)
2:28 "he miscounted a lap the following day.... and ended a lap too soon". Like I'm listening to Monthy Python's Olympics :D
Viren falls, the commentator barely mentions it. I thought he would be screaming away.
this is better than nascar
Watch 228 ,Finland.
In your fonts, 7 and 1 are almost identical.
Thank you! That’s what my Wife said and I should have listened to her. I’ll make that change going forward.
Is that Frank Horwill one of the speakers?
I’m not sure on the BBC Commentary but I would say it is probably Frank Horwill as he brought so much enthusiasm into the UK during his long and impactful tenure in athletics.
@@PivotalRunning Thanks 🙏
The one who talks most of the time is David Coleman, I think.
@@PivotalRunning David Coleman is definitely the main commentator in this video. I believe Ron Pickering was the other fellow commentating.
@@garysmith3913 Not Pickering, I think it was one of the McWhirter twins who later went on to do Record Breakers with Roy Castle.
shorter saved for the marathon
Yea, and Viren for the 5000m.
thus was probably the last time a Kenyan got lapped😄😅
Viren brought a few extra red blood cells with him.
Perfectly legal at the time.
@@francishunt562 Moreover, an assumption with no evidence.
@@PaulVinonaama Who needs evidence when you've got all those sour grapes?
Greetings From Finland!
Lasse actually just was very ill couple of weeks ago and is never able to run again, but is ok Otherwise I think.
Viren very ill? Hope he is getting better! Please let us know.
btw, is Lasse's coach Rolf Haikkola still around? Hope so.
According to Finnish wikipedia he is (born 1927, so 96 now). Here is an interview of him (in finnish) four years ago. th-cam.com/video/sT2mhV1jgwM/w-d-xo.html
@@garysmith3913
No one mentions Viren’s blood transfusions before the Olympics and the lack of good races and times in the previous 4 years?
What the hell? Viren was only 23 in these Olympics and had improved steadily in the previous years (1970: 13.43 and 29.15, 1971: 13.29 and 28.17, 1972: 13.16 and 27.38).
and no one mentions that Finlands national distance running coach was noneother than 'Arthur Lydiard'. A veritable trail of Olympic medals in his coaching wake.
They outlawed blood doping after this.
@@whahappened8398, Lydiard was Finland´s distance running coach from the spring 1967 to spring 1969. Not in the seventies.
@@saminieminen4871 thankyou for taking the time to reply.
Soon after Lydiard’s departure the Flying Finns came back with a vengeance. Juha Väätäinen, Lasse Viren and others amassed gold medals and smaller prizes in the Olympics, European Championships and World Cross-Country Championships. Though Lydiard had had little personal contact with any of them, he had inspired an entire generation of Finnish youth and modernized their coaches’ thinking.
Try Finnish commentators...
mahtavaa kultaa ja kunniaa tuli
Blood doping.....
Those doped couldn't winn🤔
Jelousy speaking.
@@suomenpresidentti Lasse Viren was a creep.
Miel Puttemans mijne held als kind
Now the WR is a full minute faster.
Last lap in 56 seconds, but his stride didn’t look any different from the slower pace. Wow
Great commentators. Descriptive, colorful, honest and researched. Missing in these times here in the US.